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The Perfect Child

by Lucinda Berry

A couple adopts a traumatized child whose disturbing behavior threatens to destroy their family.

4.01

200k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Disturbed Child 💔 Crumbling Marriage 📋 Foster Care Trauma

Immersive

The Perfect Child

A couple adopts a traumatized child whose disturbing behavior threatens to destroy their family.

by Lucinda Berry 2019 371 pages

4.01

200k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Disturbed Child 💔 Crumbling Marriage 📋 Foster Care Trauma

Burned Dreams

by Neva Altaj • 2023

Revenge put him inside the mafia. The boss's battered wife was never part of the plan.

3.86

41k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🌑 Dark Romance 💍 Forced Marriage 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Burned Dreams

Revenge put him inside the mafia. The boss's battered wife was never part of the plan.

by Neva Altaj 2023 290 pages

3.86

41k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🌑 Dark Romance 💍 Forced Marriage 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Her Soul for Revenge

by Harley Laroux • 2021

She bargains her soul to a demon for revenge. The deal didn't include her heart.

4.24

59k+

😈 Demon Bargain Romance ⚔️ Cult Takedown 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🌱 Trauma Healing 💀 Revenge Quest

Her Soul for Revenge

She bargains her soul to a demon for revenge. The deal didn't include her heart.

by Harley Laroux 2021 559 pages

4.24

59k+ ratings

😈 Demon Bargain Romance ⚔️ Cult Takedown 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🌱 Trauma Healing 💀 Revenge Quest

Losing Hope

by Colleen Hoover • 2013

After his twin's suicide, a guilt-ridden boy meets his missing childhood friend's mirror image.

4.09

200k+

🖤 Angsty Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔥 Tortured Hero 🌱 Survivor Love Story

Losing Hope

After his twin's suicide, a guilt-ridden boy meets his missing childhood friend's mirror image.

by Colleen Hoover 2013 321 pages

4.09

200k+ ratings

🖤 Angsty Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔥 Tortured Hero 🌱 Survivor Love Story

Vicious

by V.E. Schwab • 2013

A pain-wielding fugitive hunts the former best friend who sent him to prison.

4.18

300k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Friends To Enemies ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🫂 Found Family 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Vicious

A pain-wielding fugitive hunts the former best friend who sent him to prison.

by V.E. Schwab 2013 402 pages

4.18

300k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Friends To Enemies ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🫂 Found Family 🐱 Cat And Mouse

I Know What You Did Last Summer

by Lois Duncan • 1973

Four friends covered up a fatal hit-and-run. One year later, someone is hunting them down.

3.38

21k+

🔪 Teen Suspense 🚗 Fatal Cover-Up 🎯 Revenge Thriller 💔 Crumbling Friendships 🧠 Psychological Horror

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Four friends covered up a fatal hit-and-run. One year later, someone is hunting them down.

by Lois Duncan 1973 199 pages

3.38

21k+ ratings

🔪 Teen Suspense 🚗 Fatal Cover-Up 🎯 Revenge Thriller 💔 Crumbling Friendships 🧠 Psychological Horror

The Black Cat

by Edgar Allan Poe • 2004

After he hangs his cat, a lookalike with a noose-shaped mark follows him home.

4.03

59k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🐈‍⬛ Animal Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror

The Black Cat

After he hangs his cat, a lookalike with a noose-shaped mark follows him home.

by Edgar Allan Poe 2004 24 pages

4.03

59k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🐈‍⬛ Animal Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror

The Fae Princes

by Nikki St. Crowe • 2023

Peter Pan killed Tinker Bell. Now she's back, and saving Winnie costs him his shadow.

3.94

87k+

🧚 Peter Pan Retelling 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🌑 Shadow Magic 💫 Fated Mates

The Fae Princes

Peter Pan killed Tinker Bell. Now she's back, and saving Winnie costs him his shadow.

by Nikki St. Crowe 2023 226 pages

3.94

87k+ ratings

🧚 Peter Pan Retelling 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🌑 Shadow Magic 💫 Fated Mates

Seduced in the Dark

by C.J. Roberts • 2012

Her captor trained her for auction. Loving her was never part of the plan.

4.27

56k+

🖤 Captive Romance 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome ⚔️ Antihero Redemption ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🦇 Vigilante Justice

Seduced in the Dark

Her captor trained her for auction. Loving her was never part of the plan.

by C.J. Roberts 2012 505 pages

4.27

56k+ ratings

🖤 Captive Romance 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome ⚔️ Antihero Redemption ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🦇 Vigilante Justice

What Lies in the Woods

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2023

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

3.94

200k+

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

What Lies in the Woods

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2023 336 pages

3.94

200k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller • 1961

A bombardier in wartime Italy discovers the finish line moves every time he gets close.

3.99

800k+

🎭 Absurdist War Fiction 🪖 Military Satire 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare ✊ Anti-War Protest 😈 Dark Comedy

Catch-22

A bombardier in wartime Italy discovers the finish line moves every time he gets close.

by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages

3.99

800k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist War Fiction 🪖 Military Satire 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare ✊ Anti-War Protest 😈 Dark Comedy

The Lies of Locke Lamora

by Scott Lynch • 2006

Locke Lamora's gang cons Camorr's wealthy. A masked killer hunts the crime lords who protect them.

4.30

300k+

🏦 Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🃏 Darkly Comic

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Locke Lamora's gang cons Camorr's wealthy. A masked killer hunts the crime lords who protect them.

by Scott Lynch 2006 752 pages

4.30

300k+ ratings

🏦 Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🃏 Darkly Comic

Who Goes There?

by John W. Campbell Jr. • 1938

Antarctic researchers thaw a shape-shifting alien. Anyone could be the monster.

3.77

12k+

❄️ Arctic Horror 👽 Classic Sci-Fi Horror 🎭 Hidden Impostor 👀 Trust No One 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Who Goes There?

Antarctic researchers thaw a shape-shifting alien. Anyone could be the monster.

by John W. Campbell Jr. 1938 161 pages

3.77

12k+ ratings

❄️ Arctic Horror 👽 Classic Sci-Fi Horror 🎭 Hidden Impostor 👀 Trust No One 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Crossed

by Emily McIntire • 2023

He's a priest, she's the town's most scorned woman, and his obsession will break every vow.

3.67

75k+

🔥 Taboo Priest Romance 😈 Morally Gray Hero 🌑 Dark Retelling 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🛡️ Protective Sister

Crossed

He's a priest, she's the town's most scorned woman, and his obsession will break every vow.

by Emily McIntire 2023 418 pages

3.67

75k+ ratings

🔥 Taboo Priest Romance 😈 Morally Gray Hero 🌑 Dark Retelling 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🛡️ Protective Sister

Snow Crash

by Neal Stephenson • 1992

In a franchise-run America, a hacker discovers a brain-melting virus born from an ancient language.

4.01

200k+

🖥️ Cyberpunk 🦠 Language As Virus 🌐 Virtual Reality 🏢 Corporate Dystopia ⚡ High-Octane Action

Snow Crash

In a franchise-run America, a hacker discovers a brain-melting virus born from an ancient language.

by Neal Stephenson 1992 576 pages

4.01

200k+ ratings

🖥️ Cyberpunk 🦠 Language As Virus 🌐 Virtual Reality 🏢 Corporate Dystopia ⚡ High-Octane Action

The Strain

by Guillermo del Toro • 2009

A dead plane at JFK, a CDC doctor, and a vampire plague that surfaces at sundown.

3.80

90k+

🩸 Vampire Plague 🔬 Epidemiological Horror 👹 Ancient Evil ⚔️ Vampire Hunters 🦠 Body Horror

The Strain

A dead plane at JFK, a CDC doctor, and a vampire plague that surfaces at sundown.

by Guillermo del Toro 2009 403 pages

3.80

90k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Plague 🔬 Epidemiological Horror 👹 Ancient Evil ⚔️ Vampire Hunters 🦠 Body Horror

Tragic Bonds

by J. Bree • 2022

Her five Bonded wield shadow and madness. A god sleeps inside her. The Resistance hunts them.

4.19

98k+

🔥 Why Choose 🌑 Shadow Daddy 💫 Fated Mates 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Traumatized Hero

Tragic Bonds

Her five Bonded wield shadow and madness. A god sleeps inside her. The Resistance hunts them.

by J. Bree 2022 542 pages

4.19

98k+ ratings

🔥 Why Choose 🌑 Shadow Daddy 💫 Fated Mates 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Traumatized Hero

The Bone Collector

by Jeffery Deaver • 1997

A forensic genius, now quadriplegic, deciphers a killer's cryptic clues as victims are buried alive.

4.20

100k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Mentor And ProtéGé

The Bone Collector

A forensic genius, now quadriplegic, deciphers a killer's cryptic clues as victims are buried alive.

by Jeffery Deaver 1997 528 pages

4.20

100k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Mentor And ProtéGé

A Short Stay in Hell

by Steven L. Peck • 2011

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

4.15

70k+

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror 💔 Love Across Eternity 🎭 Absurdist Afterlife

A Short Stay in Hell

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

by Steven L. Peck 2011 108 pages

4.15

70k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror 💔 Love Across Eternity 🎭 Absurdist Afterlife

Until the World Falls Down

by Jordan Lynde • 2025

Betrayed and heartbroken, she enters a fae maze where escape means resisting the lord's obsession.

3.81

15k+

🖤 Cursed Immortal Hero 🌀 Enchanted Labyrinth 🔗 Possessive Love Interest 🥀 Morally Grey Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity

Until the World Falls Down

Betrayed and heartbroken, she enters a fae maze where escape means resisting the lord's obsession.

by Jordan Lynde 2025 532 pages

3.81

15k+ ratings

🖤 Cursed Immortal Hero 🌀 Enchanted Labyrinth 🔗 Possessive Love Interest 🥀 Morally Grey Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity

The Siren

by Tiffany Reisz • 2012

A dominatrix author surrenders her manuscript to a British editor who demands far more than words.

4.01

28k+

🔥 Literary Erotica ⛓️ Dominatrix Heroine ✝️ Priest Love Interest 🖤 Underground Bdsm Club ✍️ Writer And Editor

The Siren

A dominatrix author surrenders her manuscript to a British editor who demands far more than words.

by Tiffany Reisz 2012 432 pages

4.01

28k+ ratings

🔥 Literary Erotica ⛓️ Dominatrix Heroine ✝️ Priest Love Interest 🖤 Underground Bdsm Club ✍️ Writer And Editor

The King's Men

by Nora Sakavic • 2014

A fugitive athlete returns to his team, his face branded, a powerful family demanding his future.

4.57

82k+

🫂 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🥍 College Sports 🏆 Underdog Team

The King's Men

A fugitive athlete returns to his team, his face branded, a powerful family demanding his future.

by Nora Sakavic 2014 556 pages

4.57

82k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🥍 College Sports 🏆 Underdog Team

The Last Hour of Gann

by R. Lee Smith • 2013

A crash-landed woman must trust a lizardman warrior whose god forbids her very presence.

4.12

9k+

👽 Interspecies Romance 🛸 Crash Landing Survival 💪 Alpha Alien Hero ⛓️ Captive Romance 🏛️ Ancient Alien Ruins

The Last Hour of Gann

A crash-landed woman must trust a lizardman warrior whose god forbids her very presence.

by R. Lee Smith 2013 706 pages

4.12

9k+ ratings

👽 Interspecies Romance 🛸 Crash Landing Survival 💪 Alpha Alien Hero ⛓️ Captive Romance 🏛️ Ancient Alien Ruins

The Empusium

by Olga Tokarczuk • 2022

A frail student checks into a remote sanatorium where the men's circle hides a sacrificial rite.

3.75

25k+

🏚️ Folk Horror ⛰️ Mountain Gothic 👗 Gender Disguise 🔪 Sacrificial Ritual 🍄 Unreliable Perception

The Empusium

A frail student checks into a remote sanatorium where the men's circle hides a sacrificial rite.

by Olga Tokarczuk 2022 305 pages

3.75

25k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror ⛰️ Mountain Gothic 👗 Gender Disguise 🔪 Sacrificial Ritual 🍄 Unreliable Perception

Creation's Captive

by Melody Joanne • 2024

She sees ghosts. He is a Destroyer. The bond that ties them demands everything.

3.60

5k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🖤 Possessive Antihero ⚡ Hidden Powers 👻 Contemporary Supernatural 😶 Isolated Heroine

Creation's Captive

She sees ghosts. He is a Destroyer. The bond that ties them demands everything.

by Melody Joanne 2024 332 pages

3.60

5k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🖤 Possessive Antihero ⚡ Hidden Powers 👻 Contemporary Supernatural 😶 Isolated Heroine

The Atlas Complex

by Olivie Blake • 2024

Six medeians must stop their mentor from tearing open the multiverse, or help him do it.

2.83

34k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🗝️ Secret Society 💔 Rivals To Lovers 👥 Found Family 😈 Morally Grey

The Atlas Complex

Six medeians must stop their mentor from tearing open the multiverse, or help him do it.

by Olivie Blake 2024 496 pages

2.83

34k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🗝️ Secret Society 💔 Rivals To Lovers 👥 Found Family 😈 Morally Grey

The Troop

by Nick Cutter • 2014

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

3.83

100k+

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

The Troop

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

by Nick Cutter 2014 358 pages

3.83

100k+ ratings

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

The Double

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1997

A St. Petersburg clerk's double appears and takes his job, his reputation, and his sanity.

3.67

45k+

👥 DoppelgäNger 🧠 Psychological Novella 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Darkly Comic 🔒 Claustrophobic

The Double

A St. Petersburg clerk's double appears and takes his job, his reputation, and his sanity.

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1997 144 pages

3.67

45k+ ratings

👥 DoppelgäNger 🧠 Psychological Novella 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Darkly Comic 🔒 Claustrophobic

Two Sides to Every Murder

by Danielle Valentine • 2024

Twin strangers meet at a reopened camp as a masked killer resumes a long-ago massacre.

3.68

12k+

🔥 Summer Camp Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🎭 Masked Killer 💰 Inheritance Feud 🏡 Small Town Mystery

Two Sides to Every Murder

Twin strangers meet at a reopened camp as a masked killer resumes a long-ago massacre.

by Danielle Valentine 2024 282 pages

3.68

12k+ ratings

🔥 Summer Camp Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🎭 Masked Killer 💰 Inheritance Feud 🏡 Small Town Mystery

The Last Wish

by Andrzej Sapkowski • 1993

A witcher roams a dark land where every monster contract forces an impossible moral choice.

4.14

400k+

🐺 Slavic-Inspired Fantasy 📖 Subverted Fairy Tale 👑 Cursed Nobility 💫 Fated Lovers ⚖️ Morally Gray Hero

The Last Wish

A witcher roams a dark land where every monster contract forces an impossible moral choice.

by Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 400 pages

4.14

400k+ ratings

🐺 Slavic-Inspired Fantasy 📖 Subverted Fairy Tale 👑 Cursed Nobility 💫 Fated Lovers ⚖️ Morally Gray Hero

Elantris

by Brandon Sanderson • 2006

Cast into a city of living decay, a cursed prince must discover why the magic failed.

4.16

300k+

🏰 Political Fantasy ✨ Hard Magic System 💀 Cursed Immortals 👑 Arranged Political Marriage ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

Elantris

Cast into a city of living decay, a cursed prince must discover why the magic failed.

by Brandon Sanderson 2006 638 pages

4.16

300k+ ratings

🏰 Political Fantasy ✨ Hard Magic System 💀 Cursed Immortals 👑 Arranged Political Marriage ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

Dark Lover

by J.R. Ward • 2005

A half-vampire reporter finds herself claimed by a warrior king who never wanted a queen.

4.15

300k+

🖤 Alpha Vampire Romance 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Reluctant King 🩸 Blood Bond 🔍 Hidden Heritage

Dark Lover

A half-vampire reporter finds herself claimed by a warrior king who never wanted a queen.

by J.R. Ward 2005 393 pages

4.15

300k+ ratings

🖤 Alpha Vampire Romance 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Reluctant King 🩸 Blood Bond 🔍 Hidden Heritage

Shadow Slave

by Guiltythree • 2022

Alone in a black ocean, he watches the water drain, revealing a labyrinth prowled by monsters.

4.56

2k+

🗡️ Progression Fantasy 🌙 Dream World 👤 Sentient Companion 🏝️ Lone Survivor 🤝 Found Family

Shadow Slave

Alone in a black ocean, he watches the water drain, revealing a labyrinth prowled by monsters.

by Guiltythree 2022 591 pages

4.56

2k+ ratings

🗡️ Progression Fantasy 🌙 Dream World 👤 Sentient Companion 🏝️ Lone Survivor 🤝 Found Family

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket • 1999

Three gifted orphans face a wicked guardian who stages a play to steal their inheritance.

4.03

500k+

🖤 Orphaned Siblings 🧠 Resourceful Orphans 👹 Wicked Guardian 💀 Macabre Humor 📖 Narrator Intrusion

The Bad Beginning

Three gifted orphans face a wicked guardian who stages a play to steal their inheritance.

by Lemony Snicket 1999 162 pages

4.03

500k+ ratings

🖤 Orphaned Siblings 🧠 Resourceful Orphans 👹 Wicked Guardian 💀 Macabre Humor 📖 Narrator Intrusion

The Lying Game

by Ruth Ware • 2017

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

3.52

200k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

The Lying Game

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

by Ruth Ware 2017 370 pages

3.52

200k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

The Dark One

by Nikki St. Crowe • 2022

Winnie Darling falls into savage Neverland, where four dark rulers will do anything to possess her.

3.94

100k+

🧚 Peter Pan Retelling 🧝 Fae Princes 🌑 Shadow Magic 🖤 Villain Gets The Girl 💫 Found Family

The Dark One

Winnie Darling falls into savage Neverland, where four dark rulers will do anything to possess her.

by Nikki St. Crowe 2022 226 pages

3.94

100k+ ratings

🧚 Peter Pan Retelling 🧝 Fae Princes 🌑 Shadow Magic 🖤 Villain Gets The Girl 💫 Found Family

Better Run

by Alina May • 2024

A food blogger is abducted by two men who play mind games to own her completely.

3.69

16k+

🔗 Captor Captive 👥 Reverse Harem 🕹️ Psychological Games 🔪 Revenge Plot 🏚️ Isolated Cabin

Better Run

A food blogger is abducted by two men who play mind games to own her completely.

by Alina May 2024 225 pages

3.69

16k+ ratings

🔗 Captor Captive 👥 Reverse Harem 🕹️ Psychological Games 🔪 Revenge Plot 🏚️ Isolated Cabin

Dreamcatcher

by Stephen King • 2001

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

3.66

100k+

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

Dreamcatcher

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

by Stephen King 2001 688 pages

3.66

100k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

Journey to the End of the Night

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline • 1932

A French medic's journey through war, colonialism, and poverty reveals a nightmare with no exit.

4.18

48k+

🪖 War Novel 🗺️ Picaresque Novel 🖤 Misanthropic Satire 😒 Cynical Narrator 💔 Toxic Obsession

Journey to the End of the Night

A French medic's journey through war, colonialism, and poverty reveals a nightmare with no exit.

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline 1932 453 pages

4.18

48k+ ratings

🪖 War Novel 🗺️ Picaresque Novel 🖤 Misanthropic Satire 😒 Cynical Narrator 💔 Toxic Obsession

Paper Princess

by Erin Watt • 2016

An orphan enters a billionaire's mansion and a dangerous war with his cruel, irresistible son.

3.91

100k+

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Rich Boy Poor Girl 🚫 Forbidden Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

Paper Princess

An orphan enters a billionaire's mansion and a dangerous war with his cruel, irresistible son.

by Erin Watt 2016 370 pages

3.91

100k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Rich Boy Poor Girl 🚫 Forbidden Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

Small Spaces

by Katherine Arden • 2018

Her class trip vanishes into mist where scarecrows walk and a smiling man bargains for souls.

4.01

30k+

🧒 Middle Grade Horror ☕ Cozy Horror 📖 Haunted Diary 💔 Grieving Protagonist 🤝 Dangerous Bargains

Small Spaces

Her class trip vanishes into mist where scarecrows walk and a smiling man bargains for souls.

by Katherine Arden 2018 218 pages

4.01

30k+ ratings

🧒 Middle Grade Horror ☕ Cozy Horror 📖 Haunted Diary 💔 Grieving Protagonist 🤝 Dangerous Bargains

Kings of Quarantine

by Caroline Peckham • 2020

Three cruel kings rule a quarantined school. The new girl just became their obsession.

4.15

34k+

🖤 Dark Bully Romance 👑 Reverse Harem ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🥀 Morally Grey Heroes 🔒 Forced Proximity

Kings of Quarantine

Three cruel kings rule a quarantined school. The new girl just became their obsession.

by Caroline Peckham 2020 658 pages

4.15

34k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Bully Romance 👑 Reverse Harem ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🥀 Morally Grey Heroes 🔒 Forced Proximity

Killing Sarai

by J.A. Redmerski • 2013

Nine years a cartel prisoner, she flees in a hitman's car, begging the killer for protection.

4.08

32k+

🎯 Hitman Hero ⛓️ Captivity Trauma 🏃 On The Run 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💀 Cartel Violence

Killing Sarai

Nine years a cartel prisoner, she flees in a hitman's car, begging the killer for protection.

by J.A. Redmerski 2013 268 pages

4.08

32k+ ratings

🎯 Hitman Hero ⛓️ Captivity Trauma 🏃 On The Run 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💀 Cartel Violence

The Black Ice

by Michael Connelly • 1993

A cop's suicide note lures Harry Bosch into a border drug war and a deadly masquerade.

4.13

95k+

📋 Police Procedural 🕶️ Hardboiled Detective 💀 Fake Death 🌵 Border Noir 💊 Drug Cartels

The Black Ice

A cop's suicide note lures Harry Bosch into a border drug war and a deadly masquerade.

by Michael Connelly 1993 439 pages

4.13

95k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🕶️ Hardboiled Detective 💀 Fake Death 🌵 Border Noir 💊 Drug Cartels

How Does It Feel?

by Jeneane O'Riley • 2023

A biologist crashes into the Unseelie Court, where a dark prince claims her as his prisoner.

3.72

77k+

👑 Fae Court Intrigue 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🧬 Human In Fae Realm 🖤 Dark Fae Prince ⚔️ Trials And Tests

How Does It Feel?

A biologist crashes into the Unseelie Court, where a dark prince claims her as his prisoner.

by Jeneane O'Riley 2023 388 pages

3.72

77k+ ratings

👑 Fae Court Intrigue 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🧬 Human In Fae Realm 🖤 Dark Fae Prince ⚔️ Trials And Tests

Stolen Heir

by Sophie Lark • 2020

A mafia beast kidnaps his enemy's daughter for revenge and discovers his captive is his match.

3.84

94k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔫 Mafia Enemies To Lovers 🩰 Ballet 💔 Scarred Hero

Stolen Heir

A mafia beast kidnaps his enemy's daughter for revenge and discovers his captive is his match.

by Sophie Lark 2020 430 pages

3.84

94k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔫 Mafia Enemies To Lovers 🩰 Ballet 💔 Scarred Hero

The Collector

by John Fowles • 1963

A clerk wins a fortune and imprisons an art student in a cellar, certain she will love him.

3.97

96k+

🧠 Psychological Horror ♟️ Captor Captive Mind Games 🦋 Obsessive Captor 🧩 Survival By Wit 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

The Collector

A clerk wins a fortune and imprisons an art student in a cellar, certain she will love him.

by John Fowles 1963 283 pages

3.97

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A Blackened Bond

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4.23

16k+ ratings

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A bored prodigy kills by writing names. A genius detective hunts for his.

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4.47

300k+ ratings

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Godblight

His daemon brother returns with a plague to kill a demigod, and the Emperor gives only silence.

by Guy Haley 2021 369 pages

4.25

2k+ ratings

🛡️ Grimdark Sci-Fi ⚔️ Brother Against Brother 🙏 Crisis Of Faith 👁️ Cosmic Horror ⚡ Demigod Protagonist

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