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The Truth About Him

by M. O'Keefe • 2015

Hiding from her abusive husband, she falls for a scarred ex-con. Then her past finds her.

3.83

3k+

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 🔧 Ex-Con Hero 🏚️ Forced Proximity 🏃 On The Run

The Truth About Him

Hiding from her abusive husband, she falls for a scarred ex-con. Then her past finds her.

by M. O'Keefe 2015 320 pages

3.83

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 🔧 Ex-Con Hero 🏚️ Forced Proximity 🏃 On The Run

Lady of the Nightmares

by Kate King • 2023

A human maid claims the Fae throne, bound to princes whose love will doom them all.

4.15

4k+

🌑 Dark Fae Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👤 Human Among Fae 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Lady of the Nightmares

A human maid claims the Fae throne, bound to princes whose love will doom them all.

by Kate King 2023 512 pages

4.15

4k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Fae Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👤 Human Among Fae 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Draven's Afterlife

by Stephanie Hudson • 2019

His two-thousand-year vigil ends when his fated soulmate walks into his nightclub.

4.60

1k+

🖤 Fated Mates 💀 Obsessive Hero 💔 Damaged Heroine 🔥 Possessive Alpha 🌙 Shared Dreams

Draven's Afterlife

His two-thousand-year vigil ends when his fated soulmate walks into his nightclub.

by Stephanie Hudson 2019 388 pages

4.60

1k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 💀 Obsessive Hero 💔 Damaged Heroine 🔥 Possessive Alpha 🌙 Shared Dreams

Court of Evil

by K.A. Knight • 2025

Betrayed by her team, a hunter survives through a fae bargain and rises with monsters at her back.

4.21

1k+

🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 👹 Monster Love Interests 🔥 Female Rage ⚔️ Cathartic Revenge 💔 Betrayed By Her Own

Court of Evil

Betrayed by her team, a hunter survives through a fae bargain and rises with monsters at her back.

by K.A. Knight 2025 474 pages

4.21

1k+ ratings

🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 👹 Monster Love Interests 🔥 Female Rage ⚔️ Cathartic Revenge 💔 Betrayed By Her Own

The Queen of All that Dies

by Laura Thalassa • 2015

Her people's last hope: marrying the immortal king who destroyed everything she loved.

3.89

21k+

🔥 Love-Hate Dynamic ⛓️ Captive Bride 👑 Morally Grey King 💍 Political Marriage 🧠 Memory Erasure

The Queen of All that Dies

Her people's last hope: marrying the immortal king who destroyed everything she loved.

by Laura Thalassa 2015 325 pages

3.89

21k+ ratings

🔥 Love-Hate Dynamic ⛓️ Captive Bride 👑 Morally Grey King 💍 Political Marriage 🧠 Memory Erasure

Godslayer

by J.A. Huss • 2025

He's a weapon. She's his power source. Their love is the trap the gods designed.

4.19

187

🌀 World-Hopping Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Codependent Love 👑 Gods As Villains 🏭 Harvest Dystopia

Godslayer

He's a weapon. She's his power source. Their love is the trap the gods designed.

by J.A. Huss 2025 491 pages

4.19

187 ratings

🌀 World-Hopping Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Codependent Love 👑 Gods As Villains 🏭 Harvest Dystopia

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

by Eleni Kyriacou • 2023

A Greek Cypriot grandmother's murder trial forces her interpreter to decide: loyalty or justice.

4.10

3k+

🕰️ Historical Crime ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🌍 Immigrant Experience ⚰️ Death Penalty

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

A Greek Cypriot grandmother's murder trial forces her interpreter to decide: loyalty or justice.

by Eleni Kyriacou 2023 409 pages

4.10

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Historical Crime ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🌍 Immigrant Experience ⚰️ Death Penalty

Thirteen Storeys

by Jonathan Sims • 2020

A dead billionaire's tower haunts its residents. Then he invites them to dinner.

3.79

9k+

🏢 Haunted Building 🖤 Modern Gothic ⚖️ Social Horror 🏗️ Gentrification Horror 👻 Trapped Spirits

Thirteen Storeys

A dead billionaire's tower haunts its residents. Then he invites them to dinner.

by Jonathan Sims 2020 390 pages

3.79

9k+ ratings

🏢 Haunted Building 🖤 Modern Gothic ⚖️ Social Horror 🏗️ Gentrification Horror 👻 Trapped Spirits

Happy Ever Afterlife, Part 2

by Stephanie Hudson • 2018

When a demon king's dark side emerges, his wife follows him into Hell to save him.

4.58

2k+

🖤 Demon Hero 💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Possessive Hero 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Happy Ever Afterlife, Part 2

When a demon king's dark side emerges, his wife follows him into Hell to save him.

by Stephanie Hudson 2018 332 pages

4.58

2k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Hero 💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Possessive Hero 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Born, Madly

by Trisha Wolfe • 2018

Her patient is a serial killer. Her therapy is murder. Their biggest threat is a copycat.

3.85

10k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔪 Partners In Crime 💀 Mutual Obsession 🩸 Trauma Bonded 🎭 Hidden Identity

Born, Madly

Her patient is a serial killer. Her therapy is murder. Their biggest threat is a copycat.

by Trisha Wolfe 2018 306 pages

3.85

10k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔪 Partners In Crime 💀 Mutual Obsession 🩸 Trauma Bonded 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Red House

by Roz Watkins • 2023

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

4.03

2k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

The Red House

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

by Roz Watkins 2023

4.03

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

Bound by Love

by Cora Reilly • 2018

To save her sister, she betrayed her Capo husband. Now her secret could cost her everything.

3.98

40k+

🖤 Marriage In Crisis 🗡️ Alpha Hero 🕯️ Obsessive Love 👑 Crime Family 🥀 Angsty Romance

Bound by Love

To save her sister, she betrayed her Capo husband. Now her secret could cost her everything.

by Cora Reilly 2018 393 pages

3.98

40k+ ratings

🖤 Marriage In Crisis 🗡️ Alpha Hero 🕯️ Obsessive Love 👑 Crime Family 🥀 Angsty Romance

Noel of Sin

by Jodie King • 2024

Her stepbrother returns on Christmas Eve. One forbidden night got him exiled. He wants another.

4.04

1k+

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 🏍️ MC Romance 🔪 Obsessive Antihero 👁️ Stalker Romance 💫 Second Chance Love

Noel of Sin

Her stepbrother returns on Christmas Eve. One forbidden night got him exiled. He wants another.

by Jodie King 2024 189 pages

4.04

1k+ ratings

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 🏍️ MC Romance 🔪 Obsessive Antihero 👁️ Stalker Romance 💫 Second Chance Love

Hell Fae Prince

by Lexi C. Foss • 2025

Forged to destroy the Hell Fae, a woman finds herself mated to four of their lords.

4.36

1k+

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Why Choose Romance ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 💔 Trauma Healing

Hell Fae Prince

Forged to destroy the Hell Fae, a woman finds herself mated to four of their lords.

by Lexi C. Foss 2025 301 pages

4.36

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Why Choose Romance ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 💔 Trauma Healing

Sweet Anarchy

by Steph Macca • 2023

A biker bar shooting ignites a turf war and a taboo relationship with her three stepbrothers.

4.18

2k+

🏍️ Biker Club Wars 🖤 Why Choose 🔥 Stepbrother Romance 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery

Sweet Anarchy

A biker bar shooting ignites a turf war and a taboo relationship with her three stepbrothers.

by Steph Macca 2023 239 pages

4.18

2k+ ratings

🏍️ Biker Club Wars 🖤 Why Choose 🔥 Stepbrother Romance 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery

Beautiful Savage

by Caroline Peckham • 2022

A mute captive collapses in a blizzard. The mountain man who saves her is mafia.

4.25

6k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🏠 Found Family 🪓 Mountain Man

Beautiful Savage

A mute captive collapses in a blizzard. The mountain man who saves her is mafia.

by Caroline Peckham 2022 508 pages

4.25

6k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🏠 Found Family 🪓 Mountain Man

The Bone Witch

by Rin Chupeco • 2017

Raising her brother from the dead exiles a girl into a glittering sisterhood of dark magic.

3.68

51k+

🦴 Necromantic Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚠️ Corrupted Magic System 🏯 Asian Fantasy World 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Bone Witch

Raising her brother from the dead exiles a girl into a glittering sisterhood of dark magic.

by Rin Chupeco 2017 411 pages

3.68

51k+ ratings

🦴 Necromantic Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚠️ Corrupted Magic System 🏯 Asian Fantasy World 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

Bound and Freed Boxed Set

by Nikki Sex • 2013

Scarred Dom. Searching sub. A broken elevator. In the dark, he finally lets go.

4.02

1k+

🖤 Bdsm Romance 💔 Damaged Hero 🩹 Trauma Healing 🛗 Forced Proximity 🏢 Bdsm Club

Bound and Freed Boxed Set

Scarred Dom. Searching sub. A broken elevator. In the dark, he finally lets go.

by Nikki Sex 2013 379 pages

4.02

1k+ ratings

🖤 Bdsm Romance 💔 Damaged Hero 🩹 Trauma Healing 🛗 Forced Proximity 🏢 Bdsm Club

Cursed Shadows

by K.C. Kean • 2024

A skinwalker seizes her academy. Her necromancy and four fierce protectors are all she has left.

4.17

3k+

🏰 Dark Academia Fantasy 💀 Necromancer Heroine 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🌑 Shadow Magic

Cursed Shadows

A skinwalker seizes her academy. Her necromancy and four fierce protectors are all she has left.

by K.C. Kean 2024 444 pages

4.17

3k+ ratings

🏰 Dark Academia Fantasy 💀 Necromancer Heroine 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🌑 Shadow Magic

Lethal Justice

by Kathy Lockheart • 2022

A masked robber shields his hostage from his crew, risking everything for a forbidden hunger.

4.16

2k+

⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔫 Criminal Underworld 💔 Trauma Bonding 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Lethal Justice

A masked robber shields his hostage from his crew, risking everything for a forbidden hunger.

by Kathy Lockheart 2022 368 pages

4.16

2k+ ratings

⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔫 Criminal Underworld 💔 Trauma Bonding 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Hidden Huntress

by Danielle L. Jensen • 2015

Bound by magic to a prince underground, a singer hunts the witch who cursed his people.

3.83

13k+

🗡️ Curse Breaking Quest 👑 Fae Court Intrigue ✨ Bound By Magic 🖤 Mother As Villain 🎭 Secret Identity

Hidden Huntress

Bound by magic to a prince underground, a singer hunts the witch who cursed his people.

by Danielle L. Jensen 2015 500 pages

3.83

13k+ ratings

🗡️ Curse Breaking Quest 👑 Fae Court Intrigue ✨ Bound By Magic 🖤 Mother As Villain 🎭 Secret Identity

In Her Eyes

by Sarah Alderson • 2019

When her daughter is shot during a home invasion, every clue points to someone she loves.

4.13

19k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Old Flame Returns 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect

In Her Eyes

When her daughter is shot during a home invasion, every clue points to someone she loves.

by Sarah Alderson 2019 286 pages

4.13

19k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Old Flame Returns 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect

Of Sea and Shadow

by Will Wight • 2014

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

4.13

5k+

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities ⚖️ Forbidden Bargains 💔 Grief And Loss

Of Sea and Shadow

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

by Will Wight 2014 428 pages

4.13

5k+ ratings

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities ⚖️ Forbidden Bargains 💔 Grief And Loss

Fiend

by Alma Katsu • 2025

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

3.38

2k+

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🏙️ Modern Gothic 📖 Literary Horror

Fiend

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

by Alma Katsu 2025 243 pages

3.38

2k+ ratings

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🏙️ Modern Gothic 📖 Literary Horror

Darkness of Light

by Stacey Marie Brown • 2013

Exiled for a supernatural fire, a teen outcast meets a scarred stranger who knows her secret.

3.95

14k+

🧚 Fae Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔍 Hidden Heritage 🩹 Scarred Hero 🌑 Dark Fantasy

Darkness of Light

Exiled for a supernatural fire, a teen outcast meets a scarred stranger who knows her secret.

by Stacey Marie Brown 2013 298 pages

3.95

14k+ ratings

🧚 Fae Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔍 Hidden Heritage 🩹 Scarred Hero 🌑 Dark Fantasy

Damnation

by Katelyn Taylor • 2025

A Salem landowner's forbidden affair with a beggar healer is swallowed whole by the witch trials.

3.88

1k+

🧹 Salem Witch Trials 💔 Forbidden Love 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🥀 Tragic Romance 🏘️ Colonial New England

Damnation

A Salem landowner's forbidden affair with a beggar healer is swallowed whole by the witch trials.

by Katelyn Taylor 2025 132 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

🧹 Salem Witch Trials 💔 Forbidden Love 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🥀 Tragic Romance 🏘️ Colonial New England

Vicious Little Darling

by Teresa Wolf • 2024

A serial killer, bored with blood, finds a woman whose darkness answers his own.

4.37

500+

🖤 Stalker Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🩸 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Masked Stalker

Vicious Little Darling

A serial killer, bored with blood, finds a woman whose darkness answers his own.

by Teresa Wolf 2024 234 pages

4.37

500+ ratings

🖤 Stalker Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🩸 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Masked Stalker

A Soul to Protect

by Opal Reyne • 2024

Fleeing her abuser, she shelters with a skull-faced monster who aches for her warmth.

4.45

5k+

🐍 Monster Romance 🩹 Traumatized Heroine 🤫 Non-Verbal Hero 💞 Dual Healing 😇 Gentle Monster

A Soul to Protect

Fleeing her abuser, she shelters with a skull-faced monster who aches for her warmth.

by Opal Reyne 2024 562 pages

4.45

5k+ ratings

🐍 Monster Romance 🩹 Traumatized Heroine 🤫 Non-Verbal Hero 💞 Dual Healing 😇 Gentle Monster

The Quarter Moon

by Stephanie Hudson • 2013

Her lover died. The Oracle's riddles promise answers, but the path leads straight through Hell.

4.49

5k+

🔗 Fated Mates 🔥 Descent Into Hell 🖤 Dark Paranormal Romance 🥀 Tortured Hero 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

The Quarter Moon

Her lover died. The Oracle's riddles promise answers, but the path leads straight through Hell.

by Stephanie Hudson 2013 682 pages

4.49

5k+ ratings

🔗 Fated Mates 🔥 Descent Into Hell 🖤 Dark Paranormal Romance 🥀 Tortured Hero 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls

by Lynn Weingarten • 2015

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

3.40

20k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

by Lynn Weingarten 2015 320 pages

3.40

20k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Happy Ever Afterlife, Part 1

by Stephanie Hudson • 2018

A hybrid mother and her demon king won the war. The demon inside him is waking.

4.42

2k+

🏠 Supernatural Domesticity 💋 Fated Mates 👥 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🏰 Gothic Domestic

Happy Ever Afterlife, Part 1

A hybrid mother and her demon king won the war. The demon inside him is waking.

by Stephanie Hudson 2018 397 pages

4.42

2k+ ratings

🏠 Supernatural Domesticity 💋 Fated Mates 👥 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🏰 Gothic Domestic

The Darkest Whisper

by Gena Showalter • 2009

A half-Harpy captive silences an immortal warrior's inner demon but her father is his sworn enemy.

4.30

44k+

🖤 Demon-Possessed Hero ⚔️ Immortal Warriors 🦇 Monster Heroine 🔓 Captive Rescue Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

The Darkest Whisper

A half-Harpy captive silences an immortal warrior's inner demon but her father is his sworn enemy.

by Gena Showalter 2009 406 pages

4.30

44k+ ratings

🖤 Demon-Possessed Hero ⚔️ Immortal Warriors 🦇 Monster Heroine 🔓 Captive Rescue Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Vital Found

by Kaydence Snow • 2019

Bound to four tormented men by a supernatural force, her newfound family is already under siege.

4.23

14k+

👥 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 💫 Fated Mates 🏫 Academy Setting 🥊 Underground Fighting

Vital Found

Bound to four tormented men by a supernatural force, her newfound family is already under siege.

by Kaydence Snow 2019 428 pages

4.23

14k+ ratings

👥 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 💫 Fated Mates 🏫 Academy Setting 🥊 Underground Fighting

13 Months Haunted

by Jimmy Juliano • 2025

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

3.63

2k+

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

13 Months Haunted

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

by Jimmy Juliano 2025 384 pages

3.63

2k+ ratings

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides

by Matthew Inman • 2010

A web designer quits to draw crude comics about punching dolphins and life's absurdities.

4.04

12k+

🖥️ Webcomic Collection 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🌀 Surreal Cartoons 😈 Irreverent Satire 🔞 Adult Cartoons

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides

A web designer quits to draw crude comics about punching dolphins and life's absurdities.

by Matthew Inman 2010 160 pages

4.04

12k+ ratings

🖥️ Webcomic Collection 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🌀 Surreal Cartoons 😈 Irreverent Satire 🔞 Adult Cartoons

Igniting Cinder

by Holly Roberds • 2024

A goth bartender crashes a vampire ball. The playboy prince claims her as his fake fiancee.

4.22

3k+

🩸 Vampire Court Intrigue 💍 Fake Engagement ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 💪 Survivor Heroine

Igniting Cinder

A goth bartender crashes a vampire ball. The playboy prince claims her as his fake fiancee.

by Holly Roberds 2024 458 pages

4.22

3k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Court Intrigue 💍 Fake Engagement ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 💪 Survivor Heroine

Monstrous Power

by Eva Chase • 2022

Her scream devours pain, her lovers are monsters, and their creators want their weapons back.

3.97

5k+

🐺 Monster Love Interests 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Heroine With Dark Powers 💔 Traumatized Found Family ⚡ Powers With A Cost

Monstrous Power

Her scream devours pain, her lovers are monsters, and their creators want their weapons back.

by Eva Chase 2022 428 pages

3.97

5k+ ratings

🐺 Monster Love Interests 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Heroine With Dark Powers 💔 Traumatized Found Family ⚡ Powers With A Cost

Reap

by Tillie Cole • 2015

A mafia princess finds a feral enemy heir chained in her basement. She reaches for him.

4.29

11k+

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 💔 Rival Families 🐺 Feral Hero 🖐️ Touch Starved 🩹 Scarred Lovers

Reap

A mafia princess finds a feral enemy heir chained in her basement. She reaches for him.

by Tillie Cole 2015 231 pages

4.29

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 💔 Rival Families 🐺 Feral Hero 🖐️ Touch Starved 🩹 Scarred Lovers

Ordinary Monsters

by J.M. Miro • 2022

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

3.77

22k+

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

Ordinary Monsters

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

by J.M. Miro 2022 672 pages

3.77

22k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

Vicious Bonds

by Shanora Williams • 2023

Pulled into a brutal realm, she's telepathically tied to its ruthless king. Their bond is fatal.

3.95

3k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🔫 Touch Her And Die 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

Vicious Bonds

Pulled into a brutal realm, she's telepathically tied to its ruthless king. Their bond is fatal.

by Shanora Williams 2023 468 pages

3.95

3k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🔫 Touch Her And Die 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

The Monsters We Are

by Suzanne Wright • 2025

A revenant witch claimed by the devil's son: a bounty forces her monster sanctuary to war.

4.22

2k+

🖤 Found Family 🔥 Fated Mates 🧙 Witch Coven 💀 Dark Humor 🩸 Touch Her And Die

The Monsters We Are

A revenant witch claimed by the devil's son: a bounty forces her monster sanctuary to war.

by Suzanne Wright 2025 404 pages

4.22

2k+ ratings

🖤 Found Family 🔥 Fated Mates 🧙 Witch Coven 💀 Dark Humor 🩸 Touch Her And Die

Avidian

by Ashley R. O'Donovan • 2025

A ghost-speaking captive is ordered to solve a murder. Her captor's son has other plans.

3.88

1k+

🌹 Gothic Romantasy 👻 Speaks To Ghosts ⚔️ Rebel Underground 💔 Dangerous Attraction 🌑 Dark Atmospheric

Avidian

A ghost-speaking captive is ordered to solve a murder. Her captor's son has other plans.

by Ashley R. O'Donovan 2025 364 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

🌹 Gothic Romantasy 👻 Speaks To Ghosts ⚔️ Rebel Underground 💔 Dangerous Attraction 🌑 Dark Atmospheric

The Serpent and the Wolf

by Rebecca Robinson • 2024

A princess flees her warlord husband, then strikes a bargain: play the wife, master the death-curse.

4.00

22k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Political Marriage 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧙‍♀️ Witch Coven 🕯️ Slow Burn

The Serpent and the Wolf

A princess flees her warlord husband, then strikes a bargain: play the wife, master the death-curse.

by Rebecca Robinson 2024 352 pages

4.00

22k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Political Marriage 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧙‍♀️ Witch Coven 🕯️ Slow Burn

The Truths We Seek

by Lily Wildhart • 2023

Her abuser is a cop. Her protectors are criminals. She's falling for all three of them.

3.75

1k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔫 Organized Crime

The Truths We Seek

Her abuser is a cop. Her protectors are criminals. She's falling for all three of them.

by Lily Wildhart 2023 400 pages

3.75

1k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔫 Organized Crime

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

by Anonymous

An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.

2.69

500+

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 📓 Confessional Narrative ☣️ Toxic Protagonist 🎭 Emotional Manipulation 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.

by Anonymous

2.69

500+ ratings

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 📓 Confessional Narrative ☣️ Toxic Protagonist 🎭 Emotional Manipulation 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

A Descent Into Darkness

by T.S. Kinley • 2024

Exiled from Neverland, a boy turns pirate, loves a condemned alchemist, and surrenders to revenge.

3.88

1k+

👹 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairytale Retelling 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

A Descent Into Darkness

Exiled from Neverland, a boy turns pirate, loves a condemned alchemist, and surrenders to revenge.

by T.S. Kinley 2024 270 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

👹 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairytale Retelling 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Winter Be My Shield

by Jo Spurrier • 2012

An escaped mage draws power from suffering while empires hunt her through a frozen wilderness.

3.86

1k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 💔 Pain Magic ⚡ Traumatized Mage 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse ⚔️ Resisting Empire

Winter Be My Shield

An escaped mage draws power from suffering while empires hunt her through a frozen wilderness.

by Jo Spurrier 2012 464 pages

3.86

1k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 💔 Pain Magic ⚡ Traumatized Mage 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse ⚔️ Resisting Empire

Avenging Skulls

by L.M. Terry • 2022

Escaping captivity, she finds refuge with a motorcycle club that feeds predators to pigs.

4.53

2k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏃 Captivity And Escape

Avenging Skulls

Escaping captivity, she finds refuge with a motorcycle club that feeds predators to pigs.

by L.M. Terry 2022 368 pages

4.53

2k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏃 Captivity And Escape

Everything I Left Unsaid

by M. O'Keefe • 2015

Fleeing her past, she answers a burner phone and begins an anonymous affair with a scarred recluse.

3.87

5k+

🔥 Erotic Awakening 🎭 Anonymous Connection 🖤 Scarred Reclusive Hero 🏚️ Trailer Park Setting 🦋 Abused Heroine Starting Over

Everything I Left Unsaid

Fleeing her past, she answers a burner phone and begins an anonymous affair with a scarred recluse.

by M. O'Keefe 2015 352 pages

3.87

5k+ ratings

🔥 Erotic Awakening 🎭 Anonymous Connection 🖤 Scarred Reclusive Hero 🏚️ Trailer Park Setting 🦋 Abused Heroine Starting Over

Black Bear Alibi

by J.C. Fuller • 2019

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

4.15

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🏠 Killer Next Door 👮‍♀️ Woman Detective

Black Bear Alibi

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

by J.C. Fuller 2019 479 pages

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners 🏠 Killer Next Door 👮‍♀️ Woman Detective

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