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You Beautiful Thing, You

by Saffron A. Kent • 2023

She's loved her brother's rival forever. Now she's pregnant with his baby on purpose.

3.45

5k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⚽ Brother's Rival 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌪️ Angsty Romance

You Beautiful Thing, You

She's loved her brother's rival forever. Now she's pregnant with his baby on purpose.

by Saffron A. Kent 2023

3.45

5k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⚽ Brother's Rival 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌪️ Angsty Romance

The Body Painter

by Pepper Winters • 2019

She answers an ad for a human canvas, only to discover the artist is her vanished first love.

3.86

2k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💀 Tortured Hero 🤫 Dark Secrets 💔 Hidden Scars

The Body Painter

She answers an ad for a human canvas, only to discover the artist is her vanished first love.

by Pepper Winters 2019 300 pages

3.86

2k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💀 Tortured Hero 🤫 Dark Secrets 💔 Hidden Scars

Lady in Lingerie

by Penelope Sky • 2018

Running from a crime lord, she walks into a designer's audition and becomes his reluctant muse.

4.38

5k+

🖤 Dark Captor Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👗 High Fashion 🏠 Forced Proximity ⏳ Age Gap

Lady in Lingerie

Running from a crime lord, she walks into a designer's audition and becomes his reluctant muse.

by Penelope Sky 2018 320 pages

4.38

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captor Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👗 High Fashion 🏠 Forced Proximity ⏳ Age Gap

With Ties that Bind Book Two

by Trisha Wolfe • 2016

To catch a trafficker, a suspended detective sends the woman he loves undercover as bait.

4.13

500+

🖤 Crime Syndicate Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🚨 Human Trafficking 🩹 Traumatized Heroine 🎭 Villain Pov

With Ties that Bind Book Two

To catch a trafficker, a suspended detective sends the woman he loves undercover as bait.

by Trisha Wolfe 2016

4.13

500+ ratings

🖤 Crime Syndicate Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🚨 Human Trafficking 🩹 Traumatized Heroine 🎭 Villain Pov

Broken Crown

by M.J. Crouch • 2024

She inherited a mafia empire. It came with three protectors and a war.

4.22

500+

👑 Mafia Romance 🖤 Reverse Harem ⚔️ Morally Grey Heroine 💔 Stepbrother Romance 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers

Broken Crown

She inherited a mafia empire. It came with three protectors and a war.

by M.J. Crouch 2024 306 pages

4.22

500+ ratings

👑 Mafia Romance 🖤 Reverse Harem ⚔️ Morally Grey Heroine 💔 Stepbrother Romance 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers

Myths and Mortals

by Charlie N. Holmberg • 2019

Sold to a summoner, Sandis carries a fire spirit within and a city of enemies without.

4.11

7k+

🔮 Summoning Magic 👻 Spirit Possession 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Allies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Myths and Mortals

Sold to a summoner, Sandis carries a fire spirit within and a city of enemies without.

by Charlie N. Holmberg 2019 284 pages

4.11

7k+ ratings

🔮 Summoning Magic 👻 Spirit Possession 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Allies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Jerusalem

by Jez Butterworth • 2009

A woodland outlaw's kingdom crumbles as eviction and a missing girl turn his village against him.

4.04

2k+

🎭 Tragicomedy 🌳 Rural England 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Tall Tales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 State Of The Nation

Jerusalem

A woodland outlaw's kingdom crumbles as eviction and a missing girl turn his village against him.

by Jez Butterworth 2009 109 pages

4.04

2k+ ratings

🎭 Tragicomedy 🌳 Rural England 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Tall Tales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 State Of The Nation

Apples Dipped in Gold

by Scarlett St. Clair • 2024

A brooding fae prince saves her life, then claims she's the key to breaking his curse.

3.58

8k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🧚 Fae Romance 💔 Cursed Love 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale

Apples Dipped in Gold

A brooding fae prince saves her life, then claims she's the key to breaking his curse.

by Scarlett St. Clair 2024 240 pages

3.58

8k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🧚 Fae Romance 💔 Cursed Love 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale

Vladimir

by Julia May Jonas • 2022

A campus scandal takes her husband. An aging professor's obsession with a young novelist undoes her.

3.43

40k+

🏛️ Dark Campus Novel 📜 Academic Scandal 🖤 Female Obsession 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💋 Older Woman Desire

Vladimir

A campus scandal takes her husband. An aging professor's obsession with a young novelist undoes her.

by Julia May Jonas 2022 238 pages

3.43

40k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Campus Novel 📜 Academic Scandal 🖤 Female Obsession 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💋 Older Woman Desire

Epiphany Jones

by Michael Grothaus • 2016

A hallucinating museum worker framed for a Van Gogh theft follows a blackmailer who may not be real.

3.83

179

🖤 Psychological Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📼 Blackmail Plot 🙏 Quest For Redemption 💔 Childhood Trauma

Epiphany Jones

A hallucinating museum worker framed for a Van Gogh theft follows a blackmailer who may not be real.

by Michael Grothaus 2016 400 pages

3.83

179 ratings

🖤 Psychological Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📼 Blackmail Plot 🙏 Quest For Redemption 💔 Childhood Trauma

Together We Rot

by Skyla Arndt • 2023

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

3.50

5k+

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Together We Rot

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

by Skyla Arndt 2023 272 pages

3.50

5k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Severed Realm

by Michael G. Manning • 2018

Killing a prince to save a child puts a grieving archmage on trial as reality breaks.

4.50

1k+

🏰 Epic Court Politics 💕 Friends To Lovers ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🌑 Magical Corruption 🌧️ Melancholy Fantasy

The Severed Realm

Killing a prince to save a child puts a grieving archmage on trial as reality breaks.

by Michael G. Manning 2018 357 pages

4.50

1k+ ratings

🏰 Epic Court Politics 💕 Friends To Lovers ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🌑 Magical Corruption 🌧️ Melancholy Fantasy

Hidden Truths

by Nicole Colville • 2013

An Italian racer and a guarded ex-skier ignite, but their secrets could destroy them.

3.68

228

🏍️ Sports Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Mental Health Rep 😔 Emotionally Scarred Hero

Hidden Truths

An Italian racer and a guarded ex-skier ignite, but their secrets could destroy them.

by Nicole Colville 2013 429 pages

3.68

228 ratings

🏍️ Sports Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Mental Health Rep 😔 Emotionally Scarred Hero

Beyond the Veil

by T.S. Kinley • 2022

Stolen to a dark Neverland, Gwen faces Peter Pan's obsession and an island stealing her memories.

3.76

1k+

🏴 Dark Peter Pan Retelling 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🧚 Fae Bargains 💭 Memory Loss

Beyond the Veil

Stolen to a dark Neverland, Gwen faces Peter Pan's obsession and an island stealing her memories.

by T.S. Kinley 2022 68 pages

3.76

1k+ ratings

🏴 Dark Peter Pan Retelling 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🧚 Fae Bargains 💭 Memory Loss

Amongst Our Weapons

by Ben Aaronovitch • 2022

Impossible London murders lead detective-wizard Peter Grant to an angel forged by the Inquisition.

4.32

20k+

🚔 Police Procedural Fantasy 🔍 Occult Detective 🏙️ Secret Magical London 🧙 Apprentice Wizard 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Amongst Our Weapons

Impossible London murders lead detective-wizard Peter Grant to an angel forged by the Inquisition.

by Ben Aaronovitch 2022 294 pages

4.32

20k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural Fantasy 🔍 Occult Detective 🏙️ Secret Magical London 🧙 Apprentice Wizard 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Twilight Crook

by Eva Chase • 2020

A thief and four monster lovers fight a shadow war until the fire inside her ignites.

3.94

4k+

💕 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Hidden Powers 🌫️ Morally Grey 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Twilight Crook

A thief and four monster lovers fight a shadow war until the fire inside her ignites.

by Eva Chase 2020 376 pages

3.94

4k+ ratings

💕 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Hidden Powers 🌫️ Morally Grey 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Eighteen

by J.A. Huss • 2015

To graduate, she needs her math teacher: a tattooed, off-limits man who sees past her defenses.

3.88

11k+

🎓 Teacher Student 🌑 Dark New Adult ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Wounded Heroine 🫂 Chosen Family

Eighteen

To graduate, she needs her math teacher: a tattooed, off-limits man who sees past her defenses.

by J.A. Huss 2015 314 pages

3.88

11k+ ratings

🎓 Teacher Student 🌑 Dark New Adult ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Wounded Heroine 🫂 Chosen Family

Undulate

by Elodie Hart • 2023

A widowed father's celibacy shatters when a bold young hire joins his exclusive sex club.

4.09

17k+

🖤 Widower Hero 💫 Age Gap Romance ⛓️ BDSM Romance 💋 Exclusive Sex Club 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family

Undulate

A widowed father's celibacy shatters when a bold young hire joins his exclusive sex club.

by Elodie Hart 2023 392 pages

4.09

17k+ ratings

🖤 Widower Hero 💫 Age Gap Romance ⛓️ BDSM Romance 💋 Exclusive Sex Club 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family

Into the Dread Void

by Abe Moss • 2021

A foster child finds a family, only to watch a predatory light consume them from within.

4.10

1k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌱 Coming Of Age Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤲 Empathic Abilities 🩸 Body Horror

Into the Dread Void

A foster child finds a family, only to watch a predatory light consume them from within.

by Abe Moss 2021 262 pages

4.10

1k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌱 Coming Of Age Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤲 Empathic Abilities 🩸 Body Horror

City of Darkness

by Karina Halle • 2023

She alone survives his touch. Their realm seized, they flee hell to raise a mortal army in Finland.

3.67

2k+

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 🏛️ Mythological Fantasy 💀 Touch Of Death 🏚️ Exiled Gods 🕯️ Underworld City

City of Darkness

She alone survives his touch. Their realm seized, they flee hell to raise a mortal army in Finland.

by Karina Halle 2023

3.67

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 🏛️ Mythological Fantasy 💀 Touch Of Death 🏚️ Exiled Gods 🕯️ Underworld City

When Evil Comes To Play

by B.L. Brunnemer • 2018

A dying necromancer must battle a demon that has possessed one of the boys who love her.

4.50

6k+

🦴 Necromancer Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 👹 Demon Possession 💕 Why Choose 🔪 Touch Her And Die

When Evil Comes To Play

A dying necromancer must battle a demon that has possessed one of the boys who love her.

by B.L. Brunnemer 2018 314 pages

4.50

6k+ ratings

🦴 Necromancer Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 👹 Demon Possession 💕 Why Choose 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Lady of Forsyth

by Angel Lawson • 2023

Three men assault their stepsister; now they refuse to share her with anyone, even herself.

4.24

3k+

🌑 Dark College Romance 👤 Stepbrother Romance 🔥 Bully Romance ❓ Why Choose 🩹 Assault Survivor

Lady of Forsyth

Three men assault their stepsister; now they refuse to share her with anyone, even herself.

by Angel Lawson 2023 105 pages

4.24

3k+ ratings

🌑 Dark College Romance 👤 Stepbrother Romance 🔥 Bully Romance ❓ Why Choose 🩹 Assault Survivor

Of Wind and Terror

by Katie May • 2024

Four fae princes claim a mute healer as their mate. Her curse could end the world.

4.31

500+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 👑 Reverse Harem Fantasy 💞 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Of Wind and Terror

Four fae princes claim a mute healer as their mate. Her curse could end the world.

by Katie May 2024 438 pages

4.31

500+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 👑 Reverse Harem Fantasy 💞 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Three Kinds of Lucky

by Kim Harrison • 2024

Magic's waste awakens as a sentient shadow. Only the cleaner who handles it can stop it.

3.90

5k+

🏭 Arcane Infrastructure 🧬 Hidden Heritage 🐕 Shadow Companion ⚖️ Class Divide 🗡️ Friend Turned Foe

Three Kinds of Lucky

Magic's waste awakens as a sentient shadow. Only the cleaner who handles it can stop it.

by Kim Harrison 2024 452 pages

3.90

5k+ ratings

🏭 Arcane Infrastructure 🧬 Hidden Heritage 🐕 Shadow Companion ⚖️ Class Divide 🗡️ Friend Turned Foe

Rouge

by Greer Rivers • 2023

One night with a masked dancer, and the baron's bride wakes up married to the enemy.

4.02

8k+

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🎭 Secret Society 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Rouge

One night with a masked dancer, and the baron's bride wakes up married to the enemy.

by Greer Rivers 2023 450 pages

4.02

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🎭 Secret Society 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Bitter Brambles

by Albany Walker • 2024

Abducted to a brutal academy, a woman with forbidden magic must survive the gods' deadly games.

4.19

1k+

🏫 Magical Academy 💕 Why Choose 💫 Fated Mates ⚡ Fallen Deity 🐺 Wolf Shifter

Bitter Brambles

Abducted to a brutal academy, a woman with forbidden magic must survive the gods' deadly games.

by Albany Walker 2024 238 pages

4.19

1k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Academy 💕 Why Choose 💫 Fated Mates ⚡ Fallen Deity 🐺 Wolf Shifter

I’ll Always Be With You

by Monica Murphy • 2023

A guarded ballerina's Paris fling becomes her prep school rival when she transfers into his domain.

3.81

18k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏫 Dark Prep School 🔥 Forced Proximity 🩰 Ballet Romance

I’ll Always Be With You

A guarded ballerina's Paris fling becomes her prep school rival when she transfers into his domain.

by Monica Murphy 2023 448 pages

3.81

18k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏫 Dark Prep School 🔥 Forced Proximity 🩰 Ballet Romance

Loving Dark Men

by J.A. Huss • 2022

An isolated institute. Three dark men. A neuroscientist whose past is about to be erased.

4.36

500+

🧠 Memory Manipulation ⛓️ Captor Captive Dynamic 💋 Why Choose Romance 🏠 Found Family 🏝️ Isolated Institute

Loving Dark Men

An isolated institute. Three dark men. A neuroscientist whose past is about to be erased.

by J.A. Huss 2022 427 pages

4.36

500+ ratings

🧠 Memory Manipulation ⛓️ Captor Captive Dynamic 💋 Why Choose Romance 🏠 Found Family 🏝️ Isolated Institute

Blood and Reign

by Rumer Hale • 2022

Kiarra and her mates brave the Underworld's trials to destroy the tyrant who stole its power.

3.90

4k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🌑 Underworld Journey 🏠 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Mates 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Blood and Reign

Kiarra and her mates brave the Underworld's trials to destroy the tyrant who stole its power.

by Rumer Hale 2022 386 pages

3.90

4k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🌑 Underworld Journey 🏠 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Mates 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Last Breath

by Karin Slaughter • 2017

A young lawyer fights to emancipate a desperate teenager, not realizing the girl has already won.

3.81

31k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🥃 Southern Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Client 🔀 Twist Ending

Last Breath

A young lawyer fights to emancipate a desperate teenager, not realizing the girl has already won.

by Karin Slaughter 2017 176 pages

3.81

31k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🥃 Southern Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Client 🔀 Twist Ending

The Will and the Wilds

by Charlie N. Holmberg • 2020

Trapped between monsters and a soul-stealing creature, she pays for protection one kiss at a time.

3.91

10k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 👹 Monster Love Interest 💫 Soul Bond ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Will and the Wilds

Trapped between monsters and a soul-stealing creature, she pays for protection one kiss at a time.

by Charlie N. Holmberg 2020 267 pages

3.91

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 👹 Monster Love Interest 💫 Soul Bond ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Moth and the Flame

by B.B. Reid • 2019

She saved a gang member. He dragged her into his underworld. Their only rule: don't beg.

4.25

5k+

🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Obsessive Love 🏠 Found Family 🧳 Foster Care Survivor 🔫 Gang Underworld

The Moth and the Flame

She saved a gang member. He dragged her into his underworld. Their only rule: don't beg.

by B.B. Reid 2019 431 pages

4.25

5k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Obsessive Love 🏠 Found Family 🧳 Foster Care Survivor 🔫 Gang Underworld

Ella's Masquerade

by Lexi C. Foss • 2020

Her new tormentor at the academy is secretly a fae prince sent to claim her magic.

4.29

1k+

🏰 Cinderella Retelling 🧚 Fae Romance 💔 Bully Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates

Ella's Masquerade

Her new tormentor at the academy is secretly a fae prince sent to claim her magic.

by Lexi C. Foss 2020 230 pages

4.29

1k+ ratings

🏰 Cinderella Retelling 🧚 Fae Romance 💔 Bully Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates

Five

by Sara Cate • 2022

An assassin and her three lovers build a deadly family until a cartel trap seizes one.

4.09

4k+

🔪 Assassin Heroine 🔫 Crime Family 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 😈 Possessive Heroes

Five

An assassin and her three lovers build a deadly family until a cartel trap seizes one.

by Sara Cate 2022 342 pages

4.09

4k+ ratings

🔪 Assassin Heroine 🔫 Crime Family 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 😈 Possessive Heroes

The Verity

by M.J. Lawrie • 2023

She refuses the Lord's demand and is exiled to a suicide squad in the undead wastes.

4.35

500+

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 👥 Found Family ⚔️❤️ Rivals To Lovers 🖤 Toxic Obsession 🎖️ Military Academy

The Verity

She refuses the Lord's demand and is exiled to a suicide squad in the undead wastes.

by M.J. Lawrie 2023

4.35

500+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 👥 Found Family ⚔️❤️ Rivals To Lovers 🖤 Toxic Obsession 🎖️ Military Academy

Through Battle and Blades

by Sam Hall • 2022

A wounded warrior duels for a crown with five fated wolf mates and a bloodthirsty goddess.

4.16

1k+

🐺 Fated Mates 💕 Found Family ⚡ Divine Intervention 🌶️ Spicy Fantasy 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance

Through Battle and Blades

A wounded warrior duels for a crown with five fated wolf mates and a bloodthirsty goddess.

by Sam Hall 2022 515 pages

4.16

1k+ ratings

🐺 Fated Mates 💕 Found Family ⚡ Divine Intervention 🌶️ Spicy Fantasy 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance

The Keyhole

by Gigi Styx • 2026

On a remote island, a fugitive nanny discovers the manor hides bodies and the master watches.

3.73

3k+

🏚️ Gothic Retelling 🖤 Dark Romance 🩸 Erotic Horror 👁️ Voyeurism 🎭 Masked Stalker

The Keyhole

On a remote island, a fugitive nanny discovers the manor hides bodies and the master watches.

by Gigi Styx 2026 314 pages

3.73

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Retelling 🖤 Dark Romance 🩸 Erotic Horror 👁️ Voyeurism 🎭 Masked Stalker

Lyric of Wind

by Tricia O'Malley • 2023

His realm is dying. Her voice is magic. They're fated, and a dark goddess hunts them.

4.71

4k+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 🍀 Celtic Mythology 💞 Fated Lovers 🔮 Hidden Heritage 🫂 Found Family

Lyric of Wind

His realm is dying. Her voice is magic. They're fated, and a dark goddess hunts them.

by Tricia O'Malley 2023 276 pages

4.71

4k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 🍀 Celtic Mythology 💞 Fated Lovers 🔮 Hidden Heritage 🫂 Found Family

Arm of the Sphinx

by Josiah Bancroft • 2014

A captain turned pirate scours a tower for his lost wife while addiction summons her ghost.

4.31

17k+

🏴‍☠️ Airship Pirates 💛 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 🖤 Guilt And Obsession ⚓ Women In Command

Arm of the Sphinx

A captain turned pirate scours a tower for his lost wife while addiction summons her ghost.

by Josiah Bancroft 2014 448 pages

4.31

17k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Airship Pirates 💛 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 🖤 Guilt And Obsession ⚓ Women In Command

Legacy of Lies

by Elizabeth Chandler • 2000

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

3.96

3k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Ancestral Curse

Legacy of Lies

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

by Elizabeth Chandler 2000 182 pages

3.96

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Ancestral Curse

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

by Robert E. Howard • 1953

From thief to king, a Cimmerian barbarian cuts through sorcerers, monsters, and ancient gods.

4.16

14k+

🗡️ Sword And Sorcery 💪 Barbarian Hero 👁️ Cosmic Horror 🐍 Ancient Evil 💀 Fatalistic

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

From thief to king, a Cimmerian barbarian cuts through sorcerers, monsters, and ancient gods.

by Robert E. Howard 1953 496 pages

4.16

14k+ ratings

🗡️ Sword And Sorcery 💪 Barbarian Hero 👁️ Cosmic Horror 🐍 Ancient Evil 💀 Fatalistic

Darkness Bound

by Sarah Piper • 2018

Her ex wants her necromancy. Four supernaturals want her heart. Her magic may doom them all.

4.08

3k+

🖤 Reverse Harem Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔮 Tarot Magic

Darkness Bound

Her ex wants her necromancy. Four supernaturals want her heart. Her magic may doom them all.

by Sarah Piper 2018 340 pages

4.08

3k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔮 Tarot Magic

Claiming the Beast

by Holly Roberds • 2024

A guilt-ridden huntress must recapture escaped gods while chained to the broken immortal she loves.

4.34

1k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💔 Broken Hero ⚡ God X Mortal ⛓ Forced Proximity 👩‍👦 Single Mom Romance

Claiming the Beast

A guilt-ridden huntress must recapture escaped gods while chained to the broken immortal she loves.

by Holly Roberds 2024 322 pages

4.34

1k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💔 Broken Hero ⚡ God X Mortal ⛓ Forced Proximity 👩‍👦 Single Mom Romance

The Warrior Priestess

by E.P. Bali • 2022

A demon king forces a captive healer to wed a fae monster, but their bond could shatter his realm.

3.91

3k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💍 Forced Marriage 🔗 Fated Mates 🌿 Healer Heroine ⛓️ Forced Proximity

The Warrior Priestess

A demon king forces a captive healer to wed a fae monster, but their bond could shatter his realm.

by E.P. Bali 2022 374 pages

3.91

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💍 Forced Marriage 🔗 Fated Mates 🌿 Healer Heroine ⛓️ Forced Proximity

Pretty Little Sins

by K.G. Reuss • 2022

After four dangerous boys betray her, a forced wedding is the price of staying alive.

4.26

4k+

🖤 Dark High School Romance 👥 Mafia Reverse Harem 💍 Forced Marriage 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Pretty Little Sins

After four dangerous boys betray her, a forced wedding is the price of staying alive.

by K.G. Reuss 2022 526 pages

4.26

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark High School Romance 👥 Mafia Reverse Harem 💍 Forced Marriage 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die

If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You

by Leigh Stein • 2025

A broke journalist joins a crumbling hype house haunted by a tarot reader who vanished.

3.21

2k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 📱 Influencer Culture 👻 Haunted House 💔 Parasocial Obsession 🎭 Twisted Mentorship

If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You

A broke journalist joins a crumbling hype house haunted by a tarot reader who vanished.

by Leigh Stein 2025 320 pages

3.21

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 📱 Influencer Culture 👻 Haunted House 💔 Parasocial Obsession 🎭 Twisted Mentorship

Trading Futures

by Jim Powell • 2016

At sixty, he gambled his marriage on a phone call his wife wasn't supposed to answer.

3.38

104

🧭 Literary Midlife Crisis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕰️ Nostalgia And Regret 🎲 Chance And Fate

Trading Futures

At sixty, he gambled his marriage on a phone call his wife wasn't supposed to answer.

by Jim Powell 2016 224 pages

3.38

104 ratings

🧭 Literary Midlife Crisis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕰️ Nostalgia And Regret 🎲 Chance And Fate

This Book Is Full of Spiders

by David Wong • 2012

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

4.26

34k+

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

This Book Is Full of Spiders

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

by David Wong 2012 406 pages

4.26

34k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

The Archer Queen

by E.P. Bali • 2023

A queen, a demon god, and the mate trapped between them. One bow cuts every bond.

4.52

500+

💘 Fated Mates 🖤 Trauma And Healing 👑 Matriarchal World 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance 😈 Fae And Demon Courts

The Archer Queen

A queen, a demon god, and the mate trapped between them. One bow cuts every bond.

by E.P. Bali 2023 461 pages

4.52

500+ ratings

💘 Fated Mates 🖤 Trauma And Healing 👑 Matriarchal World 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance 😈 Fae And Demon Courts

Zero Hour

by Steve Sheffield • 2024

An imprisoned FBI negotiator has seven days to find a senator's daughter buried alive underground.

4.27

500+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🔫 Rogue Agent 💔 Corrupt Mentor ⛓️ Captive Survival

Zero Hour

An imprisoned FBI negotiator has seven days to find a senator's daughter buried alive underground.

by Steve Sheffield 2024 276 pages

4.27

500+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🔫 Rogue Agent 💔 Corrupt Mentor ⛓️ Captive Survival

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