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The Ice Princess

by Camilla Läckberg • 2010

A body in a frozen bathtub pulls a biographer into her Swedish hometown's thirty-year silence.

3.76

90k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Ice Princess

A body in a frozen bathtub pulls a biographer into her Swedish hometown's thirty-year silence.

by Camilla Läckberg 2010 393 pages

3.76

90k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 🩸 Generational Trauma

Not So Perfect Strangers

by L.S. Stratton • 2023

A desperate mother and a trophy wife agree to swap murders. Only one means it.

3.60

10k+

🔄 Murder Swap 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Abusive Marriage 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Female Rage

Not So Perfect Strangers

A desperate mother and a trophy wife agree to swap murders. Only one means it.

by L.S. Stratton 2023 320 pages

3.60

10k+ ratings

🔄 Murder Swap 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Abusive Marriage 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔥 Female Rage

The Twelve Days of Murder

by Andreina Cordani • 2023

A snowbound Christmas reunion turns deadly when a murder-mystery game claims its first real victim.

3.62

7k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎄 Christmas Thriller 🎭 Murder Mystery Game 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 💰 Class Tensions

The Twelve Days of Murder

A snowbound Christmas reunion turns deadly when a murder-mystery game claims its first real victim.

by Andreina Cordani 2023 384 pages

3.62

7k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎄 Christmas Thriller 🎭 Murder Mystery Game 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 💰 Class Tensions

Bone Smith

by Nicki Pau Preto • 2023

A disgraced bonesmith must trust an ironsmith enemy to save a prince from the haunted Breachlands.

4.16

10k+

🦴 Bone Magic 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Hidden Lineage 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🚫 Forbidden Magic

Bone Smith

A disgraced bonesmith must trust an ironsmith enemy to save a prince from the haunted Breachlands.

by Nicki Pau Preto 2023 1 pages

4.16

10k+ ratings

🦴 Bone Magic 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Hidden Lineage 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🚫 Forbidden Magic

Bury Your Gays

by Chuck Tingle • 2024

When a screenwriter won't kill his queer leads, the studio's AI sends his own monsters after him.

4.04

31k+

🪞 Metafictional Horror 🎬 Hollywood Horror 👹 Monsters Made Real 💔 Trauma As Monster 🫂 Found Family

Bury Your Gays

When a screenwriter won't kill his queer leads, the studio's AI sends his own monsters after him.

by Chuck Tingle 2024 295 pages

4.04

31k+ ratings

🪞 Metafictional Horror 🎬 Hollywood Horror 👹 Monsters Made Real 💔 Trauma As Monster 🫂 Found Family

A Conjuring of Light

by V.E. Schwab • 2017

Living magic swallows Red London. Three blood mages must trap a god who feeds on worship.

4.29

100k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Dark Fantasy 👥 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👑 Gay Royalty

A Conjuring of Light

Living magic swallows Red London. Three blood mages must trap a god who feeds on worship.

by V.E. Schwab 2017 624 pages

4.29

100k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Dark Fantasy 👥 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👑 Gay Royalty

Silver in the Bone

by Alexandra Bracken • 2023

A magicless scavenger braves dying Avalon to break her brother's curse, where death wears a crown.

3.87

12k+

⚔️ Arthurian Retelling 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Non Magical Heroine

Silver in the Bone

A magicless scavenger braves dying Avalon to break her brother's curse, where death wears a crown.

by Alexandra Bracken 2023 467 pages

3.87

12k+ ratings

⚔️ Arthurian Retelling 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Non Magical Heroine

Lords of the Hunt

by Kate King • 2023

A servant takes her twin's place in a fae hunt and claims the throne in blood.

3.93

6k+

🔥 Dark Romantasy 💕 Why Choose Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Human Among Fae 🔗 Deadly Fae Bargains

Lords of the Hunt

A servant takes her twin's place in a fae hunt and claims the throne in blood.

by Kate King 2023 412 pages

3.93

6k+ ratings

🔥 Dark Romantasy 💕 Why Choose Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Human Among Fae 🔗 Deadly Fae Bargains

Playing with Monsters

by Amelia Hutchins • 2016

A witch returns for an initiation ritual and a dark fae claims her as his forever.

4.22

13k+

🧚 Dark Fae Romance 😈 Obsessive Hero 🧠 Amnesia Romance 🔁 Twin Swap 🕯️ Dark Coven

Playing with Monsters

A witch returns for an initiation ritual and a dark fae claims her as his forever.

by Amelia Hutchins 2016 514 pages

4.22

13k+ ratings

🧚 Dark Fae Romance 😈 Obsessive Hero 🧠 Amnesia Romance 🔁 Twin Swap 🕯️ Dark Coven

Just Drop Out

by J. Bree • 2019

She survived the fight ring. Now a prep school's heirs are betting on who can destroy her first.

4.25

22k+

🖤 Bully Romance 🤝 Found Family 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💸 Class Divide

Just Drop Out

She survived the fight ring. Now a prep school's heirs are betting on who can destroy her first.

by J. Bree 2019 304 pages

4.25

22k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 🤝 Found Family 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💸 Class Divide

Captured Fate

by Eva Chase • 2023

A woman with a killing voice wakes in paradise, where her captors call sanctioned murder redemption.

3.88

3k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏝️ Gilded Cage 💔 Trauma Bonding 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💀 Presumed Dead Lover

Captured Fate

A woman with a killing voice wakes in paradise, where her captors call sanctioned murder redemption.

by Eva Chase 2023 366 pages

3.88

3k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏝️ Gilded Cage 💔 Trauma Bonding 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💀 Presumed Dead Lover

Court of Greed and Gold

by Eliza Raine • 2023

To break his curse, a shadow prince forces a human into marriage and the queen's games.

4.13

22k+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 🌑 Shadow Magic 💍 Forced Betrothal 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Court of Greed and Gold

To break his curse, a shadow prince forces a human into marriage and the queen's games.

by Eliza Raine 2023 308 pages

4.13

22k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 🌑 Shadow Magic 💍 Forced Betrothal 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Cannon

by Leila James • 2022

She infiltrates a brotherhood to find her cousin. Three men decide she belongs to them instead.

4.26

5k+

🤫 Secret Society 🖤 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonding 🏛️ Dark Academia Vibes 🔥 Mmf Romance

Cannon

She infiltrates a brotherhood to find her cousin. Three men decide she belongs to them instead.

by Leila James 2022 448 pages

4.26

5k+ ratings

🤫 Secret Society 🖤 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonding 🏛️ Dark Academia Vibes 🔥 Mmf Romance

Tempting Little Thief

by Meagan Brandy • 2023

A crime dynasty heiress meets a brutal outsider, and the chemistry between them ignites a war.

3.83

8k+

🖤 Mafia Dynasty 🎭 Secret Society Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Trauma Bonded Lovers 👑 Heiress And Outsider

Tempting Little Thief

A crime dynasty heiress meets a brutal outsider, and the chemistry between them ignites a war.

by Meagan Brandy 2023 587 pages

3.83

8k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Dynasty 🎭 Secret Society Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Trauma Bonded Lovers 👑 Heiress And Outsider

The Pucking Wrong Number

by C.R. Jane • 2023

One wrong number pulls a homeless waitress into a hockey star's dark and consuming obsession.

3.54

95k+

🫦 Wrong Number Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🚪 Stalking 🔗 Captor Captive 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

The Pucking Wrong Number

One wrong number pulls a homeless waitress into a hockey star's dark and consuming obsession.

by C.R. Jane 2023 390 pages

3.54

95k+ ratings

🫦 Wrong Number Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🚪 Stalking 🔗 Captor Captive 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Nocturnes & Nightmares

by Keri Lake • 2019

An assassin rents a room from the woman a serial killer wants dead.

3.89

2k+

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 👀 Protective Stalker 👩‍👦 Single Mother Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Traumatized Hero

Nocturnes & Nightmares

An assassin rents a room from the woman a serial killer wants dead.

by Keri Lake 2019

3.89

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 👀 Protective Stalker 👩‍👦 Single Mother Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Traumatized Hero

Dímelo en secreto

by Mercedes Ron • 2020

Two brothers want her. One stalker films her. The real danger hides behind a familiar face.

3.58

16k+

⚠️ Love Triangle 🔥 Forbidden Romance 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👀 Hidden Stalker 🩹 Trauma Healing

Dímelo en secreto

Two brothers want her. One stalker films her. The real danger hides behind a familiar face.

by Mercedes Ron 2020 416 pages

3.58

16k+ ratings

⚠️ Love Triangle 🔥 Forbidden Romance 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👀 Hidden Stalker 🩹 Trauma Healing

Cruel Malady

by Trisha Wolfe • 2023

She hunts abusive men. He wants to cure her psychopathy. Their obsession becomes the experiment.

3.81

500+

🧠 Psychopath Heroine ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 💀 Mutual Obsession 😈 Villain Love Story 🔥 Psychosexual

Cruel Malady

She hunts abusive men. He wants to cure her psychopathy. Their obsession becomes the experiment.

by Trisha Wolfe 2023 542 pages

3.81

500+ ratings

🧠 Psychopath Heroine ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 💀 Mutual Obsession 😈 Villain Love Story 🔥 Psychosexual

Call of the Fathoms

by Emma Hamm • 2025

A guard captures an undine. Their escape into the abyss binds them to an empire's fall.

4.16

4k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🧜 Monster Romance 🌊 Underwater Dystopia 💉 Brainwashed Guard 🔮 Fated Sacrifice

Call of the Fathoms

A guard captures an undine. Their escape into the abyss binds them to an empire's fall.

by Emma Hamm 2025 403 pages

4.16

4k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🧜 Monster Romance 🌊 Underwater Dystopia 💉 Brainwashed Guard 🔮 Fated Sacrifice

Lady of the Drowned Empire

by Frankie Diane Mallis • 2023

Her father murdered, a princess hides her bodyguard lover as a goddess wakes inside her.

4.14

3k+

👑 Fallen Royal House 🔥 Goddess Reincarnated 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance ♾️ Love Across Lifetimes 👯 Sisterhood Bonds

Lady of the Drowned Empire

Her father murdered, a princess hides her bodyguard lover as a goddess wakes inside her.

by Frankie Diane Mallis 2023

4.14

3k+ ratings

👑 Fallen Royal House 🔥 Goddess Reincarnated 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance ♾️ Love Across Lifetimes 👯 Sisterhood Bonds

The Rule Breaker

by Elle Nicoll • 2025

A grieving model and her stoic bodyguard clash as a stalker forces them into close quarters.

4.23

2k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn

The Rule Breaker

A grieving model and her stoic bodyguard clash as a stalker forces them into close quarters.

by Elle Nicoll 2025 440 pages

4.23

2k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn

Into the Dark Lands

by Michelle Sagara West • 1991

Her mercy captivates the Dark Lord. Their forbidden love may doom the Light forever.

3.59

1k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive And Captor 🗡️ Dark Epic Fantasy 👑 Dark Lord Romance 🩸 Blood Magic

Into the Dark Lands

Her mercy captivates the Dark Lord. Their forbidden love may doom the Light forever.

by Michelle Sagara West 1991 352 pages

3.59

1k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive And Captor 🗡️ Dark Epic Fantasy 👑 Dark Lord Romance 🩸 Blood Magic

Playing with Fire

by L.J. Shen • 2020

Her scars are visible. His are not. Their shared food-truck job forces both into the light.

4.16

46k+

🎓 College Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚚 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Heroine 😈 Bad Boy Hero

Playing with Fire

Her scars are visible. His are not. Their shared food-truck job forces both into the light.

by L.J. Shen 2020 436 pages

4.16

46k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚚 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Heroine 😈 Bad Boy Hero

Taking Turns

by J.A. Huss • 2017

When a woman disappears from a secret sex club, her replacement shatters every rule.

4.08

9k+

🕯️ Secret Sex Club 🧠 Psychological Bdsm 🔥 Shame And Desire ⚡ Surrender And Power 💔 Trauma Recovery

Taking Turns

When a woman disappears from a secret sex club, her replacement shatters every rule.

by J.A. Huss 2017 337 pages

4.08

9k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Sex Club 🧠 Psychological Bdsm 🔥 Shame And Desire ⚡ Surrender And Power 💔 Trauma Recovery

Collected Ghost Stories

by M.R. James • 1931

Cursed manuscripts, unraveling fabrics, and unearthly summons: classic English ghost stories.

4.12

7k+

🏛️ Antiquarian Horror 💀 Cursed Objects 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 📜 Hidden Manuscripts

Collected Ghost Stories

Cursed manuscripts, unraveling fabrics, and unearthly summons: classic English ghost stories.

by M.R. James 1931 568 pages

4.12

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Antiquarian Horror 💀 Cursed Objects 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 📜 Hidden Manuscripts

Creeping Beautiful

by J.A. Huss • 2020

Three men trained her, loved her, and broke her mind. Now she's back to learn why.

4.10

2k+

🧩 Psychological Suspense 💕 Why Choose 🧠 Mind Control 💭 Memory Loss 💔 Auctioned Heroine

Creeping Beautiful

Three men trained her, loved her, and broke her mind. Now she's back to learn why.

by J.A. Huss 2020 530 pages

4.10

2k+ ratings

🧩 Psychological Suspense 💕 Why Choose 🧠 Mind Control 💭 Memory Loss 💔 Auctioned Heroine

Blood on Her Tongue

by Johanna van Veen • 2025

A desperate letter summons her to a remote estate where a bog body stirs a hunger.

3.79

20k+

📜 Epistolary Horror 👯 Twin Horror 🧬 Changeling Myth 🩸 Body Horror 🌿 Bog Setting

Blood on Her Tongue

A desperate letter summons her to a remote estate where a bog body stirs a hunger.

by Johanna van Veen 2025 368 pages

3.79

20k+ ratings

📜 Epistolary Horror 👯 Twin Horror 🧬 Changeling Myth 🩸 Body Horror 🌿 Bog Setting

The Thorns Remain

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2021

A betrayed man seduces his enemy's wife for revenge, only to fall for her.

4.14

6k+

🔥 Revenge Romance 💔 Marriage Betrayal 👨‍👧 Single Father 👶 Secret Child ⚡ Forbidden Attraction

The Thorns Remain

A betrayed man seduces his enemy's wife for revenge, only to fall for her.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2021 493 pages

4.14

6k+ ratings

🔥 Revenge Romance 💔 Marriage Betrayal 👨‍👧 Single Father 👶 Secret Child ⚡ Forbidden Attraction

World After

by Susan Ee • 2013

Angels turned her sister into a monster. Now Penryn fights to protect her from everyone.

4.14

100k+

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance ⚔️ Sentient Weapon 💪 Reluctant Warrior 🦴 Body Horror 👧 Protective Sister

World After

Angels turned her sister into a monster. Now Penryn fights to protect her from everyone.

by Susan Ee 2013 320 pages

4.14

100k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance ⚔️ Sentient Weapon 💪 Reluctant Warrior 🦴 Body Horror 👧 Protective Sister

Gunmetal Lily

by Rebecca Royce • 2022

She was a peace offering. Now three cartel brothers each want a piece of her.

3.83

5k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 💔 Traumatized Hero 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Gunmetal Lily

She was a peace offering. Now three cartel brothers each want a piece of her.

by Rebecca Royce 2022 251 pages

3.83

5k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 💔 Traumatized Hero 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Shades of Midnight

by Lara Adrian • 2009

A haunted bush pilot and a vampire warrior hunt a savage killer across the Alaskan wilderness.

4.28

27k+

🩸 Vampire Warrior Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🔗 Blood Bond 🖤 Tortured Hero 💔 Traumatized Heroine

Shades of Midnight

A haunted bush pilot and a vampire warrior hunt a savage killer across the Alaskan wilderness.

by Lara Adrian 2009 383 pages

4.28

27k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Warrior Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🔗 Blood Bond 🖤 Tortured Hero 💔 Traumatized Heroine

Traitor

by Himera Ink • 2025

Her MC president promised safety. He branded her a traitor instead.

3.79

2k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🙇 Groveling Hero 💚 Trauma Recovery 🔪 Heroine Revenge Arc 🦅 Survivor Heroine

Traitor

Her MC president promised safety. He branded her a traitor instead.

by Himera Ink 2025 497 pages

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🙇 Groveling Hero 💚 Trauma Recovery 🔪 Heroine Revenge Arc 🦅 Survivor Heroine

Damaged Goods

by L.J. Shen • 2024

A ballerina's overdose sends her home to the football captain whose love can't save her.

3.97

14k+

🕊️ Childhood Friends To Lovers 💊 Addiction Recovery 🩰 Ballet World 🥀 Codependency 🌊 Small Town Romance

Damaged Goods

A ballerina's overdose sends her home to the football captain whose love can't save her.

by L.J. Shen 2024 418 pages

3.97

14k+ ratings

🕊️ Childhood Friends To Lovers 💊 Addiction Recovery 🩰 Ballet World 🥀 Codependency 🌊 Small Town Romance

Senseless

by Ronald Malfi • 2025

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

3.83

2k+

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

Senseless

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

by Ronald Malfi 2025 432 pages

3.83

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

Nevermore

by Miranda Lyn • 2025

After a deal with Death, a thief has 75 days to return home across a magic-starved world.

4.28

500+

🕯️ God-Touched Heroine 🖤 Found Family ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💫 Love Across Lifetimes 🕊️ Bargain With A God

Nevermore

After a deal with Death, a thief has 75 days to return home across a magic-starved world.

by Miranda Lyn 2025 649 pages

4.28

500+ ratings

🕯️ God-Touched Heroine 🖤 Found Family ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💫 Love Across Lifetimes 🕊️ Bargain With A God

A Shadow in the Reaping

by Brynne Weaver • 2021

A mute siren's blood saves a Reaper. The spell they share drags her into his war.

3.86

4k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🖤 Dark Humor 🌘 Brooding Love Interest

A Shadow in the Reaping

A mute siren's blood saves a Reaper. The spell they share drags her into his war.

by Brynne Weaver 2021 312 pages

3.86

4k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🖤 Dark Humor 🌘 Brooding Love Interest

Dark Sisters

by Kristi DeMeester • 2025

In her father's megachurch, purity is law. In the woods, something older and hungrier waits.

3.81

6k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Feminist Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🗡️ Blood Magic ⛪ Purity Culture

Dark Sisters

In her father's megachurch, purity is law. In the woods, something older and hungrier waits.

by Kristi DeMeester 2025 326 pages

3.81

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Feminist Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🗡️ Blood Magic ⛪ Purity Culture

Raelia

by Lynette Noni • 2016

The banished prince's blood runs in her veins. At Akarnae, his reach extends past the gates.

4.37

10k+

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 👥 Found Family

Raelia

The banished prince's blood runs in her veins. At Akarnae, his reach extends past the gates.

by Lynette Noni 2016 454 pages

4.37

10k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 👥 Found Family

Archer

by Leila James • 2023

Undercover in a twisted fraternity, she's claimed by three men who would kill for her.

4.20

4k+

🖤 Dark College Romance 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Caretaker Hero

Archer

Undercover in a twisted fraternity, she's claimed by three men who would kill for her.

by Leila James 2023 492 pages

4.20

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark College Romance 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Caretaker Hero

Soulsmith

by Will Wight • 2016

An outcast enters a world of warring magic sects, ancient ruins, and a mentor's dangerous agenda.

4.32

42k+

🪜 Progression Fantasy 🌀 Cultivation Magic 📈 Weak To Strong 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Manipulative Mentor

Soulsmith

An outcast enters a world of warring magic sects, ancient ruins, and a mentor's dangerous agenda.

by Will Wight 2016 284 pages

4.32

42k+ ratings

🪜 Progression Fantasy 🌀 Cultivation Magic 📈 Weak To Strong 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Manipulative Mentor

The Child in Time

by Ian McEwan • 1987

A children's author searches for his vanished daughter while time and memory warp around him.

3.58

15k+

🧒 Missing Child 💔 Marital Grief ⏳ Nonlinear Time 🧠 Psychological Realism 🏛️ Political Satire

The Child in Time

A children's author searches for his vanished daughter while time and memory warp around him.

by Ian McEwan 1987 263 pages

3.58

15k+ ratings

🧒 Missing Child 💔 Marital Grief ⏳ Nonlinear Time 🧠 Psychological Realism 🏛️ Political Satire

The Secrets We Keep

by Lily Wildhart • 2023

Fleeing her abusive cop ex, three possessive men offer her protection that feels like a cage.

3.93

3k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🏰 Gilded Cage 🔗 Abuse Survivor 🏃 On The Run

The Secrets We Keep

Fleeing her abusive cop ex, three possessive men offer her protection that feels like a cage.

by Lily Wildhart 2023 383 pages

3.93

3k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🏰 Gilded Cage 🔗 Abuse Survivor 🏃 On The Run

A Sword of Shadow and Deceit

by Lucinda Dark • 2024

An assassin must infiltrate a god academy, where three brothers turn her into a deadly wager.

3.99

3k+

👥 Reverse Harem 🏫 Academy Setting 🤝❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Assassin Fmc ⚡ Gods And Mortals

A Sword of Shadow and Deceit

An assassin must infiltrate a god academy, where three brothers turn her into a deadly wager.

by Lucinda Dark 2024 400 pages

3.99

3k+ ratings

👥 Reverse Harem 🏫 Academy Setting 🤝❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Assassin Fmc ⚡ Gods And Mortals

Lost to the Moon

by K. Loraine • 2023

A vampire Queen. Five supernatural mates. A demon whose mother just ended the world.

4.37

2k+

🔥 Why Choose 👑 Vampire Queen 🐺 Shifter Mates 😈 Deals With Demons 💕 Found Family

Lost to the Moon

A vampire Queen. Five supernatural mates. A demon whose mother just ended the world.

by K. Loraine 2023 448 pages

4.37

2k+ ratings

🔥 Why Choose 👑 Vampire Queen 🐺 Shifter Mates 😈 Deals With Demons 💕 Found Family

Vicious Souls

by K.C. Kean • 2022

A half-goddess caged, four fated mates, and a death arena rigged to destroy them all.

4.25

8k+

🖤 Dark Academia Romance 💘 Fated Mates 🤝 Found Family 🏛️ Greek Myth Backdrop ⚔️ High Stakes Trials

Vicious Souls

A half-goddess caged, four fated mates, and a death arena rigged to destroy them all.

by K.C. Kean 2022 336 pages

4.25

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia Romance 💘 Fated Mates 🤝 Found Family 🏛️ Greek Myth Backdrop ⚔️ High Stakes Trials

A Darkness So Sweet

by Emma Hamm • 2025

Swapped for a princess, a florist becomes the reluctant bride of a scarred troll healer.

3.94

11k+

🖤 Monster Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌍 Cultural Outsider 🩹 Healer Hero

A Darkness So Sweet

Swapped for a princess, a florist becomes the reluctant bride of a scarred troll healer.

by Emma Hamm 2025 430 pages

3.94

11k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌍 Cultural Outsider 🩹 Healer Hero

The Guilty

by David Baldacci • 2015

His mission killed a child. Now an assassin returns to Mississippi, his father charged with murder.

4.22

64k+

🔫 Assassin Thriller 🥃 Southern Noir 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🌿 Southern Gothic

The Guilty

His mission killed a child. Now an assassin returns to Mississippi, his father charged with murder.

by David Baldacci 2015 433 pages

4.22

64k+ ratings

🔫 Assassin Thriller 🥃 Southern Noir 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🌿 Southern Gothic

Pay the Piper

by George A. Romero • 2024

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

3.58

1k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

Pay the Piper

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

by George A. Romero 2024 328 pages

3.58

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

Caught in the Basilisk's Gaze

by Mallory Dunlin • 2024

A mortal fugitive and a basilisk Fury are soulmates. Only her love can survive his gaze.

4.08

1k+

🐉 Monster Romance 🖤 Dark Romantasy 💫 Soulmate Bond 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🧚 Mortal In Faery

Caught in the Basilisk's Gaze

A mortal fugitive and a basilisk Fury are soulmates. Only her love can survive his gaze.

by Mallory Dunlin 2024 461 pages

4.08

1k+ ratings

🐉 Monster Romance 🖤 Dark Romantasy 💫 Soulmate Bond 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🧚 Mortal In Faery

Carrion

by Amarah Calderini • 2024

She plunges from a dying world into a nightmare kingdom whose beautiful king commands death.

4.11

500+

🧚 Peter Pan Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Touch Her And Die 🚪 Portal Fantasy

Carrion

She plunges from a dying world into a nightmare kingdom whose beautiful king commands death.

by Amarah Calderini 2024 466 pages

4.11

500+ ratings

🧚 Peter Pan Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Touch Her And Die 🚪 Portal Fantasy

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