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My Dark Desire

by L.J. Shen • 2024

A fencer steals from a billionaire. He makes her his housekeeper. The real game is surrender.

4.14

45k+

💰 Billionaire Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖐️ Touch Aversion 💔 Trauma Healing

My Dark Desire

A fencer steals from a billionaire. He makes her his housekeeper. The real game is surrender.

by L.J. Shen 2024 426 pages

4.14

45k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖐️ Touch Aversion 💔 Trauma Healing

Cut and Thirst

by Margaret Atwood • 2024

Three elderly friends plot literary revenge but find time and aging have their own plans.

3.12

31k+

🎭 Dark Comedy ✒️ Literary Satire 👴 Aging Protagonists 🥀 Thwarted Revenge 👯 Female Friendship

Cut and Thirst

Three elderly friends plot literary revenge but find time and aging have their own plans.

by Margaret Atwood 2024 34 pages

3.12

31k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Comedy ✒️ Literary Satire 👴 Aging Protagonists 🥀 Thwarted Revenge 👯 Female Friendship

A Game of Fate

by Scarlett St. Clair • 2020

When Hades bets on love, the mortal who tempts him is a goddess in hiding.

3.97

100k+

🖤 Hades And Persephone 🏛️ Modern Mythology ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

A Game of Fate

When Hades bets on love, the mortal who tempts him is a goddess in hiding.

by Scarlett St. Clair 2020 379 pages

3.97

100k+ ratings

🖤 Hades And Persephone 🏛️ Modern Mythology ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

Rule of Two

by Drew Karpyshyn • 2007

Hunted by Jedi, the last Sith Lord trains his successor while his own body kills him.

4.24

28k+

🖤 Dark Side Perspective 🐍 Sith Apprenticeship 🌌 Old Republic Era ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 💀 Power At A Cost

Rule of Two

Hunted by Jedi, the last Sith Lord trains his successor while his own body kills him.

by Drew Karpyshyn 2007 318 pages

4.24

28k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Side Perspective 🐍 Sith Apprenticeship 🌌 Old Republic Era ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 💀 Power At A Cost

We Are All the Same in the Dark

by Julia Heaberlin • 2020

A trucker finds a mute, one-eyed girl, reigniting a Texas town's hunt for his vanished sister.

3.77

57k+

🕵️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Girl Case 👮 Female Detective 🏚️ Southern Gothic ☠️ Toxic Small Town

We Are All the Same in the Dark

A trucker finds a mute, one-eyed girl, reigniting a Texas town's hunt for his vanished sister.

by Julia Heaberlin 2020 352 pages

3.77

57k+ ratings

🕵️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Girl Case 👮 Female Detective 🏚️ Southern Gothic ☠️ Toxic Small Town

The First Wall

by Gav Thorpe • 2020

A bitter rival besieges the Emperor's port while a forbidden faith opens the walls to daemons.

3.76

3k+

🔨 Siege Warfare 🌑 Grimdark ⚔️ Brother Against Brother 💔 Unwitting Betrayal ✝️ Faith As Weapon

The First Wall

A bitter rival besieges the Emperor's port while a forbidden faith opens the walls to daemons.

by Gav Thorpe 2020 460 pages

3.76

3k+ ratings

🔨 Siege Warfare 🌑 Grimdark ⚔️ Brother Against Brother 💔 Unwitting Betrayal ✝️ Faith As Weapon

Electric Idol

by Katee Robert • 2022

Sent to kill Psyche, Eros marries her instead. Now his mother wants them both dead.

3.94

100k+

🏛️ Mythology Retelling 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

Electric Idol

Sent to kill Psyche, Eros marries her instead. Now his mother wants them both dead.

by Katee Robert 2022 384 pages

3.94

100k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythology Retelling 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

Irreversible

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2025

Chained in adjacent cells, a captive model and vengeful detective fall in love through a wall.

4.07

13k+

🖤 Trauma Bond ⛓️ Captive Romance 💔 Damaged Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Love 🥀 Best Friend Betrayal

Irreversible

Chained in adjacent cells, a captive model and vengeful detective fall in love through a wall.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2025 582 pages

4.07

13k+ ratings

🖤 Trauma Bond ⛓️ Captive Romance 💔 Damaged Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Love 🥀 Best Friend Betrayal

The Complete Stories and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1849

Every tale and poem: madness, murder, mourning, and the birth of modern detective fiction.

4.40

200k+

🖤 Gothic Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Romanticism 👥 DoppelgäNger 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Complete Stories and Poems

Every tale and poem: madness, murder, mourning, and the birth of modern detective fiction.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 821 pages

4.40

200k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Romanticism 👥 DoppelgäNger 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

Scorpion

by Avina St. Graves • 2024

To escape an arranged marriage, she bodyguards a secret society's heir. Love is a blood sport.

3.60

7k+

🕵️ Secret Society 💍 Arranged Marriage 🥊 Underground Fighting 💔 Forbidden Love 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance

Scorpion

To escape an arranged marriage, she bodyguards a secret society's heir. Love is a blood sport.

by Avina St. Graves 2024 246 pages

3.60

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Secret Society 💍 Arranged Marriage 🥊 Underground Fighting 💔 Forbidden Love 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance

G-Spot

by Noire • 2005

Trapped in a Harlem kingpin's club, she risks all for a forbidden affair with his son.

4.42

8k+

🔥 Urban Erotica 🏙️ Street Lit 💔 Forbidden Love ☣️ Toxic Relationship 🌶️ High Heat

G-Spot

Trapped in a Harlem kingpin's club, she risks all for a forbidden affair with his son.

by Noire 2005 320 pages

4.42

8k+ ratings

🔥 Urban Erotica 🏙️ Street Lit 💔 Forbidden Love ☣️ Toxic Relationship 🌶️ High Heat

Cross Country

by James Patterson • 2008

Alex Cross pursues a merciless killer into Africa, unaware his family is the predator's next target.

3.89

46k+

🗺️ International Thriller 🗡️ Serial Killer Hunt 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Danger 🕵️ Conspiracy 🌍 War-Torn Africa

Cross Country

Alex Cross pursues a merciless killer into Africa, unaware his family is the predator's next target.

by James Patterson 2008 480 pages

3.89

46k+ ratings

🗺️ International Thriller 🗡️ Serial Killer Hunt 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Danger 🕵️ Conspiracy 🌍 War-Torn Africa

Lorenzo

by Sadie Kincaid • 2023

A grieving mafia boss and a woman fleeing abuse collide under one roof.

4.11

42k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Widowed Hero 🦋 Abuse Survivor ☀️ Grumpy And Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

Lorenzo

A grieving mafia boss and a woman fleeing abuse collide under one roof.

by Sadie Kincaid 2023 418 pages

4.11

42k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Widowed Hero 🦋 Abuse Survivor ☀️ Grumpy And Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

One Last Rainy Day

by Kate Stewart • 2023

He swore an oath to destroy her father. She became the one thing he couldn't sacrifice.

4.53

55k+

✨ Forbidden Love 🖤 Found Family 💔 Tragic Romance 💫 Love Triangle 🦅 Secret Society

One Last Rainy Day

He swore an oath to destroy her father. She became the one thing he couldn't sacrifice.

by Kate Stewart 2023

4.53

55k+ ratings

✨ Forbidden Love 🖤 Found Family 💔 Tragic Romance 💫 Love Triangle 🦅 Secret Society

The Heir

by Sophie Lark • 2021

At a mafia academy, two childhood friends face a rival whose obsession threatens a lifelong bond.

3.86

34k+

🔫 Mafia Academy 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🖤 Dangerous Obsession 💔 Love Triangle ⚔️ Deadly Competition

The Heir

At a mafia academy, two childhood friends face a rival whose obsession threatens a lifelong bond.

by Sophie Lark 2021 532 pages

3.86

34k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Academy 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🖤 Dangerous Obsession 💔 Love Triangle ⚔️ Deadly Competition

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

by Grady Hendrix • 2020

A Southern book club knows their new neighbor is a vampire. Their husbands know they're hysterical.

3.78

300k+

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🧛 Vampire Next Door 😱 Gaslighting Horror 😂 Horror Comedy

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

A Southern book club knows their new neighbor is a vampire. Their husbands know they're hysterical.

by Grady Hendrix 2020 410 pages

3.78

300k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🧛 Vampire Next Door 😱 Gaslighting Horror 😂 Horror Comedy

Marked by Masks and Secrets

by Maggie Sunseri • 2025

In a gothic city, a vampire's obsession with a chaos witch becomes the spark of revolution.

3.98

8k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🩸 Vampire Obsession ✨ Hidden Witch Powers 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🌙 Gothic Atmosphere

Marked by Masks and Secrets

In a gothic city, a vampire's obsession with a chaos witch becomes the spark of revolution.

by Maggie Sunseri 2025 522 pages

3.98

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🩸 Vampire Obsession ✨ Hidden Witch Powers 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🌙 Gothic Atmosphere

Twisted Games

by Elena Lawson • 2022

Three dangerous men rule her new academy. They just claimed her. So did a stalker.

4.33

9k+

🌃 Gang Rivalry 🖤 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🕷️ Stalker Obsession 🌧️ Angsty Romance

Twisted Games

Three dangerous men rule her new academy. They just claimed her. So did a stalker.

by Elena Lawson 2022 356 pages

4.33

9k+ ratings

🌃 Gang Rivalry 🖤 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🕷️ Stalker Obsession 🌧️ Angsty Romance

Never Whistle at Night

by Shane Hawk • 2023

Whistling after dark calls spirits with long memory: Indigenous horror rooted in colonial trauma.

3.85

31k+

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🔥 Folk Horror 💔 Colonial Trauma 🕯️ Ancestral Curse 🐺 Shapeshifter Lore

Never Whistle at Night

Whistling after dark calls spirits with long memory: Indigenous horror rooted in colonial trauma.

by Shane Hawk 2023 400 pages

3.85

31k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🔥 Folk Horror 💔 Colonial Trauma 🕯️ Ancestral Curse 🐺 Shapeshifter Lore

Crooked Crows

by Elena Lawson • 2021

Three brutal gang heirs rule an academy. The new girl carries blades and refuses to be owned.

4.16

14k+

🔪 Gang Romance 📚 Dark Academy 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🖤 Possessive Antiheroes ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Crooked Crows

Three brutal gang heirs rule an academy. The new girl carries blades and refuses to be owned.

by Elena Lawson 2021 382 pages

4.16

14k+ ratings

🔪 Gang Romance 📚 Dark Academy 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🖤 Possessive Antiheroes ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Scarlet Gospels

by Clive Barker • 2015

A haunted detective follows his kidnapped friend into Hell as a rogue demon overthrows the Devil.

3.50

11k+

🔍 Occult Detective 🔥 Infernal Journey 👥 Found Family 😈 Rebellion In Hell 🌌 Cosmic Horror

The Scarlet Gospels

A haunted detective follows his kidnapped friend into Hell as a rogue demon overthrows the Devil.

by Clive Barker 2015 361 pages

3.50

11k+ ratings

🔍 Occult Detective 🔥 Infernal Journey 👥 Found Family 😈 Rebellion In Hell 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Vicious Secret

by Morgan Bridges • 2024

She was his obsession long before the secret order demanded he hunt her.

4.05

10k+

🖤 Dark College Romance 🕯️ Secret Society 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🏃‍♀️ Hunted Bride 🔗 Forced Proximity

Vicious Secret

She was his obsession long before the secret order demanded he hunt her.

by Morgan Bridges 2024 342 pages

4.05

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark College Romance 🕯️ Secret Society 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🏃‍♀️ Hunted Bride 🔗 Forced Proximity

In Bloom

by Paul Tremblay • 2023

Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.

3.04

13k+

🦠 Ecological Horror 👁️ Cryptid Encounter 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

In Bloom

Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.

by Paul Tremblay 2023 35 pages

3.04

13k+ ratings

🦠 Ecological Horror 👁️ Cryptid Encounter 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

The Dream Thieves

by Maggie Stiefvater • 2013

Ronan steals from his dreams. His nightmares escape, and a rival dreamer hungers for destruction.

4.22

200k+

🌙 Dream Magic 🖤 Found Family 💔 True Love's Curse ⚡ Ley Lines 👑 Mythic Quest

The Dream Thieves

Ronan steals from his dreams. His nightmares escape, and a rival dreamer hungers for destruction.

by Maggie Stiefvater 2013 439 pages

4.22

200k+ ratings

🌙 Dream Magic 🖤 Found Family 💔 True Love's Curse ⚡ Ley Lines 👑 Mythic Quest

Pretend

by Lexie Axelson • 2024

Reeling from betrayal, an intelligence officer falls for her SEAL protector as a stalker closes in.

4.19

2k+

🪖 Dark Military Romance 🔪 Stalker Romance 🖤 Obsessed Hero 🚪 Forced Proximity 💔 Scarred Hero

Pretend

Reeling from betrayal, an intelligence officer falls for her SEAL protector as a stalker closes in.

by Lexie Axelson 2024 451 pages

4.19

2k+ ratings

🪖 Dark Military Romance 🔪 Stalker Romance 🖤 Obsessed Hero 🚪 Forced Proximity 💔 Scarred Hero

Suicidas

by Raphael Montes • 2012

A suicide pact among wealthy friends turns into a massacre inside a locked basement.

4.05

10k+

🎭 Metafiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎲 Death Game 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

Suicidas

A suicide pact among wealthy friends turns into a massacre inside a locked basement.

by Raphael Montes 2012 488 pages

4.05

10k+ ratings

🎭 Metafiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎲 Death Game 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

Hunting Pretty

by Sienna Blake • 2025

She wants the masked intruder in her room. He's been waiting for her to fight back.

3.95

3k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 🧠 Repressed Memories

Hunting Pretty

She wants the masked intruder in her room. He's been waiting for her to fight back.

by Sienna Blake 2025

3.95

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 🧠 Repressed Memories

Frankenstien (4)

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley • 1818

A scientist creates life and recoils. His creature, abandoned and enraged, demands a reckoning.

3.91

1.9M+

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🧪 Mad Scientist ⚡ Scientific Hubris 💔 Sympathetic Monster 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy

Frankenstien (4)

A scientist creates life and recoils. His creature, abandoned and enraged, demands a reckoning.

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1818 128 pages

3.91

1.9M+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🧪 Mad Scientist ⚡ Scientific Hubris 💔 Sympathetic Monster 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy

Broken Promises

by I.A. Dice • 2022

When his lover vanishes, a mafia boss learns a bounty makes her the underworld's most wanted.

3.96

4k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🏃‍♀️ On The Run 💔 High Angst

Broken Promises

When his lover vanishes, a mafia boss learns a bounty makes her the underworld's most wanted.

by I.A. Dice 2022 298 pages

3.96

4k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🏃‍♀️ On The Run 💔 High Angst

The Guest

by Emma Cline • 2023

A grifter drifts through a wealthy beach town, trading charm for safety as the past stalks her.

3.27

100k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🃏 Grifter Protagonist 💋 Femme Fatale ⚖️ Class Divide 💰 Transactional Relationships

The Guest

A grifter drifts through a wealthy beach town, trading charm for safety as the past stalks her.

by Emma Cline 2023 304 pages

3.27

100k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🃏 Grifter Protagonist 💋 Femme Fatale ⚖️ Class Divide 💰 Transactional Relationships

The Butcher

by Penelope Sky • 2025

A betrayed wife falls for a powerful stranger: the man who controls Paris's criminal underworld.

3.87

35k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🥀 Dark Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 💀 Antihero Love Interest

The Butcher

A betrayed wife falls for a powerful stranger: the man who controls Paris's criminal underworld.

by Penelope Sky 2025 302 pages

3.87

35k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🥀 Dark Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 💀 Antihero Love Interest

Turn Coat

by Jim Butcher • 2009

Harry Dresden hides his worst enemy from the White Council. The real traitor is still inside.

4.44

100k+

🕵️ Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔪 Framed For Murder 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🎭 Hidden Traitor

Turn Coat

Harry Dresden hides his worst enemy from the White Council. The real traitor is still inside.

by Jim Butcher 2009 420 pages

4.44

100k+ ratings

🕵️ Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔪 Framed For Murder 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🎭 Hidden Traitor

Sky Daddy

by Kate Folk • 2025

A content moderator's secret fantasy of a fatal plane crash collides with a vision board brunch.

3.80

24k+

🖤 Unconventional Desires 🫂 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Satire 😈 Darkly Comic 🧘 Wellness Culture

Sky Daddy

A content moderator's secret fantasy of a fatal plane crash collides with a vision board brunch.

by Kate Folk 2025 368 pages

3.80

24k+ ratings

🖤 Unconventional Desires 🫂 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Satire 😈 Darkly Comic 🧘 Wellness Culture

Darling Venom

by Parker S. Huntington • 2021

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

4.25

84k+

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief 📚 Literary World 😞 Survivor's Guilt

Darling Venom

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

by Parker S. Huntington 2021 470 pages

4.25

84k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief 📚 Literary World 😞 Survivor's Guilt

The Raven

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1845

In a shadowy chamber, a scholar's grief summons a raven whose sole reply damns him to despair.

4.29

100k+

🖤 Gothic Poetry 👻 Haunted By Grief 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🐦‍⬛ Ominous Bird 🥀 Unreliable Narrator

The Raven

In a shadowy chamber, a scholar's grief summons a raven whose sole reply damns him to despair.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1845 64 pages

4.29

100k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Poetry 👻 Haunted By Grief 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🐦‍⬛ Ominous Bird 🥀 Unreliable Narrator

The Unseen

by Ania Ahlborn • 2025

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

3.36

3k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

The Unseen

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

by Ania Ahlborn 2025 384 pages

3.36

3k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

Viper

by Suzanne Wright • 2024

A Vegas demon has forgotten the archangel she loved. He has fallen from grace and found her.

4.20

3k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💫 Fated Mates 😇 Fallen Angels 🔄 Reincarnation Romance 🖤 Possessive Hero

Viper

A Vegas demon has forgotten the archangel she loved. He has fallen from grace and found her.

by Suzanne Wright 2024 428 pages

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💫 Fated Mates 😇 Fallen Angels 🔄 Reincarnation Romance 🖤 Possessive Hero

The Metamorphosis

by Peter Kuper • 2004

A man wakes as an enormous bug. His family's rejection proves more monstrous than his body.

3.80

5k+

📚 Literary Adaptations 🪳 Kafkaesque 😱 Existential Horror 🦗 Body Transformation 🏠 Family Alienation

The Metamorphosis

A man wakes as an enormous bug. His family's rejection proves more monstrous than his body.

by Peter Kuper 2004 80 pages

3.80

5k+ ratings

📚 Literary Adaptations 🪳 Kafkaesque 😱 Existential Horror 🦗 Body Transformation 🏠 Family Alienation

Stolen by the Wolves

by Lyx Robinson • 2021

Promised to a monster, a goddess-blooded princess is stolen by the Viking wolf in disguise.

4.00

4k+

🐺 Viking Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🛡️ Protective Alpha

Stolen by the Wolves

Promised to a monster, a goddess-blooded princess is stolen by the Viking wolf in disguise.

by Lyx Robinson 2021 360 pages

4.00

4k+ ratings

🐺 Viking Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🛡️ Protective Alpha

Played

by Sadie Kincaid • 2025

A dying grandfather pulls a PI home to New York, where his ex-lover is now his client.

4.19

8k+

🖤 Hurt/Comfort 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🌧️ Angsty Romance

Played

A dying grandfather pulls a PI home to New York, where his ex-lover is now his client.

by Sadie Kincaid 2025 375 pages

4.19

8k+ ratings

🖤 Hurt/Comfort 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🌧️ Angsty Romance

Love & Other Killers

by Brynne Weaver • 2025

A serial killer hiding as a farmer meets his match: a woman who hunts predators for sport.

3.97

57k+

🖤 Dark Romantic Comedy 🫂 Criminal Found Family ⚔️ Competitive Couple ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Serial Killers In Love

Love & Other Killers

A serial killer hiding as a farmer meets his match: a woman who hunts predators for sport.

by Brynne Weaver 2025 61 pages

3.97

57k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantic Comedy 🫂 Criminal Found Family ⚔️ Competitive Couple ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Serial Killers In Love

The Inheritance

by Trisha Sakhlecha • 2025

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

3.65

15k+

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

The Inheritance

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

by Trisha Sakhlecha 2025 352 pages

3.65

15k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

The Dead Take the A Train

by Cassandra Khaw • 2023

When a friend flees abuse, a demon hunter must fight the abuser and a parasitic angel.

3.60

7k+

🖤 Sapphic Horror 💼 Corporate Occult ⚔️ Demon Hunter 💕 Friends To Lovers 😇 Angels And Demons

The Dead Take the A Train

When a friend flees abuse, a demon hunter must fight the abuser and a parasitic angel.

by Cassandra Khaw 2023 391 pages

3.60

7k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Horror 💼 Corporate Occult ⚔️ Demon Hunter 💕 Friends To Lovers 😇 Angels And Demons

The Hazel Wood

by Melissa Albert • 2018

Alice enters her grandmother's dark fairy tales hunting her mother and finds she belongs to them.

3.55

100k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 📖 Stories Come Alive 🚪 Portal Fantasy 😤 Angry Protagonist 🔀 Fairy Tale Subversion

The Hazel Wood

Alice enters her grandmother's dark fairy tales hunting her mother and finds she belongs to them.

by Melissa Albert 2018 359 pages

3.55

100k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 📖 Stories Come Alive 🚪 Portal Fantasy 😤 Angry Protagonist 🔀 Fairy Tale Subversion

The Rebel and the Rose

by Catherine Doyle • 2025

She makes saints. He kills them. A false prophet’s war turns enemies into lovers.

4.13

5k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🔥 Magical Rebellion ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin 🌑 Dark Prophecy

The Rebel and the Rose

She makes saints. He kills them. A false prophet’s war turns enemies into lovers.

by Catherine Doyle 2025 528 pages

4.13

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🔥 Magical Rebellion ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin 🌑 Dark Prophecy

The Fall of the House of Usher

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1839

Summoned to a decaying mansion, a visitor finds friend and house bound together in shared madness.

3.84

90k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Decaying Mansion 🏰 Isolated Setting 💀 Ancestral Curse 🏠 Sentient House

The Fall of the House of Usher

Summoned to a decaying mansion, a visitor finds friend and house bound together in shared madness.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1839 36 pages

3.84

90k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Decaying Mansion 🏰 Isolated Setting 💀 Ancestral Curse 🏠 Sentient House

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1886

A lawyer probes the bond between a revered doctor and the brute who trampled a child.

4.00

36k+

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🎩 Victorian London 👤 Dark Alter Ego ⚗️ Scientific Hubris 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories

A lawyer probes the bond between a revered doctor and the brute who trampled a child.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 254 pages

4.00

36k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🎩 Victorian London 👤 Dark Alter Ego ⚗️ Scientific Hubris 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Stand and Defend

by Sloane St. James • 2024

Fleeing her abusive fiancé, she hides with his NHL best friend, where safety slowly becomes desire.

4.23

36k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 😏 Reformed Playboy 🖤 Abuse Survivor

Stand and Defend

Fleeing her abusive fiancé, she hides with his NHL best friend, where safety slowly becomes desire.

by Sloane St. James 2024 458 pages

4.23

36k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 😏 Reformed Playboy 🖤 Abuse Survivor

What a Way to Go

by Bella Mackie • 2024

Impaled on a lake spike at his own party: a financier's death exposes his family's secrets.

3.36

32k+

🖤 Dark Comedy 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🎭 Social Satire 📱 True Crime Obsession

What a Way to Go

Impaled on a lake spike at his own party: a financier's death exposes his family's secrets.

by Bella Mackie 2024 376 pages

3.36

32k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Comedy 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🎭 Social Satire 📱 True Crime Obsession

Unite Me

by Tahereh Mafi • 2014

He lost the girl whose touch kills. Her diary shows him the monster he's become.

3.86

84k+

🔥 Dystopian Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Morally Grey Love Interest ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family

Unite Me

He lost the girl whose touch kills. Her diary shows him the monster he's become.

by Tahereh Mafi 2014 197 pages

3.86

84k+ ratings

🔥 Dystopian Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Morally Grey Love Interest ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family

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