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The Trade Off

by Sandie Jones • 2023

A young journalist uncovers the lies behind a tabloid scandal that left a woman dead.

3.24

3k+

🖤 Newsroom Thriller 📰 Tabloid Culture 🏢 Toxic Workplace ⚔️ Mentor Rivalry 🔦 Exposing Corruption

The Trade Off

A young journalist uncovers the lies behind a tabloid scandal that left a woman dead.

by Sandie Jones 2023 304 pages

3.24

3k+ ratings

🖤 Newsroom Thriller 📰 Tabloid Culture 🏢 Toxic Workplace ⚔️ Mentor Rivalry 🔦 Exposing Corruption

Defend the Dawn

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2022

An apothecary and a brutal prince sail for medicine, but their captain hides a dangerous secret.

4.16

37k+

🏛️ Political Fantasy 👑 Court Intrigue ⛵ Seafaring Adventure ⚔️ Rebel X Royal 🖤 Morally Gray Love Interest

Defend the Dawn

An apothecary and a brutal prince sail for medicine, but their captain hides a dangerous secret.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2022 496 pages

4.16

37k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Fantasy 👑 Court Intrigue ⛵ Seafaring Adventure ⚔️ Rebel X Royal 🖤 Morally Gray Love Interest

The Lottery and Other Stories

by Shirley Jackson • 1949

An annual lottery where winning means death opens a collection where menace wears an ordinary face.

4.02

82k+

🏠 Domestic Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 👥 Mob Mentality 🪞 Uncanny 🔇 Quiet Dread

The Lottery and Other Stories

An annual lottery where winning means death opens a collection where menace wears an ordinary face.

by Shirley Jackson 1949 302 pages

4.02

82k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 👥 Mob Mentality 🪞 Uncanny 🔇 Quiet Dread

Into Darkness We Fall

by Jodie King • 2024

A college student with a stalker falls for a rapper and a fighter harboring dark secrets.

4.22

1k+

📜 Stalker Romance ⛓ Captor Captive 🛡 Touch Her And Die 💀 Mafia Dynasty 👑 Hidden Heiress

Into Darkness We Fall

A college student with a stalker falls for a rapper and a fighter harboring dark secrets.

by Jodie King 2024

4.22

1k+ ratings

📜 Stalker Romance ⛓ Captor Captive 🛡 Touch Her And Die 💀 Mafia Dynasty 👑 Hidden Heiress

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

by Iain Reid • 2016

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

3.50

200k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Metafiction 🌀 Surreal Horror 🏚️ Isolation Horror

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

by Iain Reid 2016 241 pages

3.50

200k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Metafiction 🌀 Surreal Horror 🏚️ Isolation Horror

Beneath the Surface

by Emily McIntire • 2021

She trusts a tattooed stranger with her son. He was hired to find her.

4.23

8k+

🍼 Single Parent Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🏡 Small Town Romance

Beneath the Surface

She trusts a tattooed stranger with her son. He was hired to find her.

by Emily McIntire 2021 432 pages

4.23

8k+ ratings

🍼 Single Parent Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🏡 Small Town Romance

Cursed

by Benedict Jacka • 2012

A diviner tracks Dark mages draining magic from the living, his only ally a hunted enchantress.

4.08

21k+

⏳ Precognitive Hero 🏙️ Magic London 🐾 Wishes Gone Wrong ⚖️ Mage Politics 🌑 Cursed Apprentice

Cursed

A diviner tracks Dark mages draining magic from the living, his only ally a hunted enchantress.

by Benedict Jacka 2012 293 pages

4.08

21k+ ratings

⏳ Precognitive Hero 🏙️ Magic London 🐾 Wishes Gone Wrong ⚖️ Mage Politics 🌑 Cursed Apprentice

Sparrow

by L.J. Shen • 2016

A Boston fixer forces a waitress to marry him, but their hate burns hotter than revenge.

4.02

58k+

👰 Forced Marriage 🖤 Possessive Hero 😈 Antihero Romance ❤️‍🩹 Hero Redemption 🔥 Steamy

Sparrow

A Boston fixer forces a waitress to marry him, but their hate burns hotter than revenge.

by L.J. Shen 2016 312 pages

4.02

58k+ ratings

👰 Forced Marriage 🖤 Possessive Hero 😈 Antihero Romance ❤️‍🩹 Hero Redemption 🔥 Steamy

The Hunt

by Mila Crawford • 2023

Three scarred men haunt a gentle college student, and they will not rest until she is theirs.

3.23

6k+

🖤 Dark Romance ❤️ Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Recovery Journey ⛪ Religious Guilt And Kink

The Hunt

Three scarred men haunt a gentle college student, and they will not rest until she is theirs.

by Mila Crawford 2023 232 pages

3.23

6k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance ❤️ Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Recovery Journey ⛪ Religious Guilt And Kink

A Thorn in Every Heart

by Kate King • 2025

A violinist's one-night stand lands her in a fae kingdom, forced to play the king's bride.

4.02

11k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧝‍♀️ Fae Romance 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💕 Found Family 💫 Fated Mates

A Thorn in Every Heart

A violinist's one-night stand lands her in a fae kingdom, forced to play the king's bride.

by Kate King 2025 400 pages

4.02

11k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧝‍♀️ Fae Romance 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💕 Found Family 💫 Fated Mates

The Library at Hellebore

by Cassandra Khaw • 2025

A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.

3.07

7k+

📚 Dark Academia 🩸 Body Horror 🫂 Found Family 💔 Sapphic Longing 🕯️ Gothic Dread

The Library at Hellebore

A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.

by Cassandra Khaw 2025 278 pages

3.07

7k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🩸 Body Horror 🫂 Found Family 💔 Sapphic Longing 🕯️ Gothic Dread

Guess Again

by Charlie Donlea • 2025

An ex-detective reopens a cold case. The sole lead: the serial killer who murdered his father.

4.15

61k+

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🎭 Copycat Crimes 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Guess Again

An ex-detective reopens a cold case. The sole lead: the serial killer who murdered his father.

by Charlie Donlea 2025 352 pages

4.15

61k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🎭 Copycat Crimes 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Th1rt3en

by Steve Cavanagh • 2018

A movie star on trial for murder. His lawyer must unmask a serial killer on the jury.

4.20

100k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Frame-Up ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 👥 Jury Manipulation

Th1rt3en

A movie star on trial for murder. His lawyer must unmask a serial killer on the jury.

by Steve Cavanagh 2018 356 pages

4.20

100k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Frame-Up ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 👥 Jury Manipulation

Debt Inheritance

by Pepper Winters • 2014

Her family's six-century-old debt comes due: she is the payment, and he intends to collect.

3.75

27k+

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Submission And Dominance 🧠 Psychological Captivity 🏰 Isolated Estate

Debt Inheritance

Her family's six-century-old debt comes due: she is the payment, and he intends to collect.

by Pepper Winters 2014 222 pages

3.75

27k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Submission And Dominance 🧠 Psychological Captivity 🏰 Isolated Estate

Head Cases

by John McMahon • 2025

Serial killers murdered their own way. An FBI misfit must decode a killer's lethal puzzle.

4.00

16k+

🔍 Fbi Procedural 🎯 Vigilante Killer 🫂 Found Family 🐁 Cat And Mouse Chase 🩸 Generational Trauma

Head Cases

Serial killers murdered their own way. An FBI misfit must decode a killer's lethal puzzle.

by John McMahon 2025 341 pages

4.00

16k+ ratings

🔍 Fbi Procedural 🎯 Vigilante Killer 🫂 Found Family 🐁 Cat And Mouse Chase 🩸 Generational Trauma

Rabid

by Ivy Asher • 2021

Her pack calls her feral and broken. The alpha who claims her calls her mate.

3.85

20k+

🐺 Feral Wolf Heroine 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing

Rabid

Her pack calls her feral and broken. The alpha who claims her calls her mate.

by Ivy Asher 2021 362 pages

3.85

20k+ ratings

🐺 Feral Wolf Heroine 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing

Shifted Fate

by Elena Lawson • 2019

Alone in the woods, she's saved by a wolf. He's a shifter. He's in her class.

4.13

4k+

🐺 Werewolf Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🐾 Pack Politics ⚠️ Abusive Ex

Shifted Fate

Alone in the woods, she's saved by a wolf. He's a shifter. He's in her class.

by Elena Lawson 2019 185 pages

4.13

4k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🐾 Pack Politics ⚠️ Abusive Ex

Guilty Pleasures

by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1993

A necromancer hunts vampires until their master forces her to hunt their killer instead.

4.02

100k+

🕵️ Supernatural Investigator 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🩸 Vampire Politics 📜 Legalized Monsters 🤝 Uneasy Alliances

Guilty Pleasures

A necromancer hunts vampires until their master forces her to hunt their killer instead.

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 355 pages

4.02

100k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Investigator 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🩸 Vampire Politics 📜 Legalized Monsters 🤝 Uneasy Alliances

The Heart Goes Last

by Margaret Atwood • 2015

Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.

3.39

75k+

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🏚️ Near-Future Collapse 📹 Surveillance State 👥 Double Life 💋 Forbidden Desire

The Heart Goes Last

Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.

by Margaret Atwood 2015 320 pages

3.39

75k+ ratings

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🏚️ Near-Future Collapse 📹 Surveillance State 👥 Double Life 💋 Forbidden Desire

Lover Boy

by Brianna Flores • 2024

Estranged stepbrothers become college roommates and find their hatred has always burned like need.

3.83

2k+

👥 Stepbrother Romance ⛓️ Power Play 💔 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🏫 College Campus

Lover Boy

Estranged stepbrothers become college roommates and find their hatred has always burned like need.

by Brianna Flores 2024 292 pages

3.83

2k+ ratings

👥 Stepbrother Romance ⛓️ Power Play 💔 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🏫 College Campus

Kid

by Jescie Hall

An addict falls for his best friend's sister, and their bond threatens to destroy them both.

4.16

14k+

🧲 Toxic Love 💊 Addiction Struggle 🌱 Trauma Healing 🖤 Angsty Romance 🩹 Self-Harm Recovery

Kid

An addict falls for his best friend's sister, and their bond threatens to destroy them both.

by Jescie Hall 400 pages

4.16

14k+ ratings

🧲 Toxic Love 💊 Addiction Struggle 🌱 Trauma Healing 🖤 Angsty Romance 🩹 Self-Harm Recovery

Crank

by Ellen Hopkins • 2004

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

4.16

100k+

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

Crank

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

by Ellen Hopkins 2004 537 pages

4.16

100k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

Hero of the Imperium

by Sandy Mitchell • 2007

Every time Commissar Cain saves his own skin, the Imperium gives him a medal.

4.44

4k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😰 Reluctant Hero 💀 Grimdark Comedy ⚔️ Warhammer 40k 📜 War Memoir Satire

Hero of the Imperium

Every time Commissar Cain saves his own skin, the Imperium gives him a medal.

by Sandy Mitchell 2007 768 pages

4.44

4k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😰 Reluctant Hero 💀 Grimdark Comedy ⚔️ Warhammer 40k 📜 War Memoir Satire

The Pilo Family Circus

by Will Elliott • 2009

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

3.81

3k+

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

The Pilo Family Circus

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

by Will Elliott 2009 300 pages

3.81

3k+ ratings

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

Sweet Obsession

by Katee Robert • 2025

The son of a traitor seduces his captor while a sorceress's fleet blockades Olympus.

3.58

13k+

🔗 Captor Captive Romance 🏛️ Mythological Retelling 💔 Hurt Comfort ⚡ Power Exchange 👑 Palace Intrigue

Sweet Obsession

The son of a traitor seduces his captor while a sorceress's fleet blockades Olympus.

by Katee Robert 2025 336 pages

3.58

13k+ ratings

🔗 Captor Captive Romance 🏛️ Mythological Retelling 💔 Hurt Comfort ⚡ Power Exchange 👑 Palace Intrigue

Dark of the Moon

by John Sandford • 2007

A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.

4.00

43k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 👤 Hidden Parentage 🕰️ Generational Secrets

Dark of the Moon

A wealthy man's ritual murder pulls an investigator into a small town's forty-year-old cover-up.

by John Sandford 2007 373 pages

4.00

43k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 👤 Hidden Parentage 🕰️ Generational Secrets

Lascivia

by Eva Muñoz • 2018

Engaged to a captain, she can't resist her married colonel. The affair will wreck them both.

4.02

22k+

🪖 Military Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Forbidden Desire ☣️ Toxic Relationship 😩 Angsty

Lascivia

Engaged to a captain, she can't resist her married colonel. The affair will wreck them both.

by Eva Muñoz 2018 880 pages

4.02

22k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Forbidden Desire ☣️ Toxic Relationship 😩 Angsty

Taming the Wolves

by Lyx Robinson • 2021

Bound to the Viking who killed her husband, she discovers she can command wolves.

4.14

2k+

🐺 Viking Omegaverse 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🐺 Pack Dynamics 🌕 Omega's Awakening

Taming the Wolves

Bound to the Viking who killed her husband, she discovers she can command wolves.

by Lyx Robinson 2021 652 pages

4.14

2k+ ratings

🐺 Viking Omegaverse 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🐺 Pack Dynamics 🌕 Omega's Awakening

The First Circle

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • 1968

Inside Stalin's secret research prison, scientists trade their souls for a chance at freedom.

4.26

10k+

🐻 Stalinist Russia ⛓️ Political Prisoners 🤫 Quiet Defiance ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 👁️ Surveillance State

The First Circle

Inside Stalin's secret research prison, scientists trade their souls for a chance at freedom.

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 580 pages

4.26

10k+ ratings

🐻 Stalinist Russia ⛓️ Political Prisoners 🤫 Quiet Defiance ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 👁️ Surveillance State

Pestilence

by Laura Thalassa • 2018

Trying to kill Pestilence made her his captive. Now hatred feels like something else entirely.

3.86

100k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Captor Captive 🌍 Biblical Apocalypse ⚡ Immortal Antihero 🔥 Slow Burn

Pestilence

Trying to kill Pestilence made her his captive. Now hatred feels like something else entirely.

by Laura Thalassa 2018 416 pages

3.86

100k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Captor Captive 🌍 Biblical Apocalypse ⚡ Immortal Antihero 🔥 Slow Burn

The Flowers of Evil

by Charles Baudelaire • 1857

Poems that find ecstasy in the gutter, hold you responsible, and turned despair into an art form.

4.19

82k+

🥀 French Poetry 🖤 Symbolist Poetry 🥱 Existential Ennui 🌸 Beauty And Decay 🏙️ Urban Alienation

The Flowers of Evil

Poems that find ecstasy in the gutter, hold you responsible, and turned despair into an art form.

by Charles Baudelaire 1857 464 pages

4.19

82k+ ratings

🥀 French Poetry 🖤 Symbolist Poetry 🥱 Existential Ennui 🌸 Beauty And Decay 🏙️ Urban Alienation

Letters from the Dead

by Isabella Valeri • 2025

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

3.26

325

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty 🏫 Boarding School 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Letters from the Dead

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

by Isabella Valeri 2025 480 pages

3.26

325 ratings

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty 🏫 Boarding School 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Till Death

by Miranda Lyn • 2024

A killer marked by Death marries a dark king, and their union could destroy them both.

3.74

7k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🖤 Found Family 🎭 Magical Theater 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance

Till Death

A killer marked by Death marries a dark king, and their union could destroy them both.

by Miranda Lyn 2024 644 pages

3.74

7k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🖤 Found Family 🎭 Magical Theater 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance

The Tin Drum

by Günter Grass • 1959

Never growing past three, he drums the Nazi nightmare and screams glass into shards.

3.95

46k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 👁️ Grotesque Imagery 🧒 Arrested Development

The Tin Drum

Never growing past three, he drums the Nazi nightmare and screams glass into shards.

by Günter Grass 1959 580 pages

3.95

46k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 👁️ Grotesque Imagery 🧒 Arrested Development

Sinners' Playground

by Caroline Peckham • 2020

Buried alive, she returns to the four men who destroyed her heart and still own it.

4.18

21k+

👥 Why Choose ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Found Family 💔 Childhood Sweethearts 🔥 Possessive Hero

Sinners' Playground

Buried alive, she returns to the four men who destroyed her heart and still own it.

by Caroline Peckham 2020 625 pages

4.18

21k+ ratings

👥 Why Choose ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Found Family 💔 Childhood Sweethearts 🔥 Possessive Hero

Demon Reform Academy

by Lyra Winters • 2025

Her matebond severed, a demon shields five mates from a cult that consumes souls for power.

4.10

2k+

🏫 Demon Academy 💫 Fated Mates 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏠 Found Family 💕 Polyamorous Bonds

Demon Reform Academy

Her matebond severed, a demon shields five mates from a cult that consumes souls for power.

by Lyra Winters 2025 618 pages

4.10

2k+ ratings

🏫 Demon Academy 💫 Fated Mates 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏠 Found Family 💕 Polyamorous Bonds

Kingston

by Leila James • 2022

She infiltrates a brotherhood for her missing cousin; three dangerous men now own her every secret.

4.10

6k+

🏛️ Dark Secret Society 💋 Why Choose ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Kingston

She infiltrates a brotherhood for her missing cousin; three dangerous men now own her every secret.

by Leila James 2022 468 pages

4.10

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Secret Society 💋 Why Choose ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Sadie

by Courtney Summers • 2018

When her thirteen-year-old sister is murdered, a girl with a stutter and a switchblade goes hunting.

4.03

100k+

🎙️ True Crime Fiction 🔪 Vigilante Justice 🛣️ Dark Road Trip 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Sadie

When her thirteen-year-old sister is murdered, a girl with a stutter and a switchblade goes hunting.

by Courtney Summers 2018 308 pages

4.03

100k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Fiction 🔪 Vigilante Justice 🛣️ Dark Road Trip 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Song of the Marked

by S.M. Gaither • 2020

A plague-marked thief learns she's the lost queen and is taken by the king's deadliest enforcer.

3.89

25k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Royal Identity 💀 Morally Grey Love Interest 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Song of the Marked

A plague-marked thief learns she's the lost queen and is taken by the king's deadliest enforcer.

by S.M. Gaither 2020 437 pages

3.89

25k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Royal Identity 💀 Morally Grey Love Interest 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Eclipse of the Crown

by A.K. Caggiano • 2023

A baroness collared at a villain convention. A demon who trades a cursed quest for her freedom.

4.35

13k+

🎭 Comedic Fantasy Romance 🖤 Villain Love Interest ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Trauma Recovery 💬 Banter And Wit

Eclipse of the Crown

A baroness collared at a villain convention. A demon who trades a cursed quest for her freedom.

by A.K. Caggiano 2023 464 pages

4.35

13k+ ratings

🎭 Comedic Fantasy Romance 🖤 Villain Love Interest ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Trauma Recovery 💬 Banter And Wit

Bound

by Rosa Lee • 2021

Her inheritance of a dark corporate empire comes with four possessive lovers and a ruthless enemy.

4.11

12k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 👥 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 💋 Possessive Heroes 🏢 Corporate Intrigue

Bound

Her inheritance of a dark corporate empire comes with four possessive lovers and a ruthless enemy.

by Rosa Lee 2021 352 pages

4.11

12k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 👥 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 💋 Possessive Heroes 🏢 Corporate Intrigue

Unholy Tsar

by Sasha Leone • 2024

A woman fleeing her past falls for a Russian mob boss whose family wants him dead.

3.63

2k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💪 Survivor Heroine 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 💔 Family Betrayal

Unholy Tsar

A woman fleeing her past falls for a Russian mob boss whose family wants him dead.

by Sasha Leone 2024 280 pages

3.63

2k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💪 Survivor Heroine 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 💔 Family Betrayal

Pretty Reckless

by L.J. Shen • 2019

She destroyed his sister's future. Now he's her foster brother, and hate feels like desire.

4.04

82k+

😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🥀 Dark Romance 🏫 High School Romance 👑 Mean Girl Redemption

Pretty Reckless

She destroyed his sister's future. Now he's her foster brother, and hate feels like desire.

by L.J. Shen 2019 360 pages

4.04

82k+ ratings

😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🥀 Dark Romance 🏫 High School Romance 👑 Mean Girl Redemption

Midnight Fae Academy

by Lexi C. Foss • 2021

Dragged into a brutal ascension, a hybrid fae must unite four mates before trials destroy her.

4.33

3k+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Magical Trials 🖤 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Mates

Midnight Fae Academy

Dragged into a brutal ascension, a hybrid fae must unite four mates before trials destroy her.

by Lexi C. Foss 2021 308 pages

4.33

3k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Magical Trials 🖤 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Mates

Burnt Offerings

by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1998

The Vampire Council wants her lover dead, and necromancer Anita Blake answers with blood and fire.

4.09

72k+

🧛 Vampire Politics 🐺 Pack Hierarchy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🩸 Blood Bond

Burnt Offerings

The Vampire Council wants her lover dead, and necromancer Anita Blake answers with blood and fire.

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1998 392 pages

4.09

72k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Politics 🐺 Pack Hierarchy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🩸 Blood Bond

The Lost Sisters

by Holly Black • 2018

Locke promised Taryn love and belonging in Faerie. The price was her twin sister.

3.34

100k+

👑 Faerie Court Intrigue 👯 Sister Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🌙 Secret Romance 🤝 Faerie Bargain

The Lost Sisters

Locke promised Taryn love and belonging in Faerie. The price was her twin sister.

by Holly Black 2018 50 pages

3.34

100k+ ratings

👑 Faerie Court Intrigue 👯 Sister Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🌙 Secret Romance 🤝 Faerie Bargain

Sinners Retreat

by Lauren Biel • 2024

At a secret retreat for serial killers, her lover is her brother's murderer.

3.97

16k+

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