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These Familiar Walls

by C.J. Dotson • 2026

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

3.59

500+

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

These Familiar Walls

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

by C.J. Dotson 2026 288 pages

3.59

500+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

Tampa

by Alissa Nutting • 2013

A teacher's obsession with her shy student spirals into a predatory affair that could destroy them.

3.34

59k+

🔥 Female Predator 🍎 Teacher Student Affair 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Dark Satire 🧠 Psychological Horror

Tampa

A teacher's obsession with her shy student spirals into a predatory affair that could destroy them.

by Alissa Nutting 2013

3.34

59k+ ratings

🔥 Female Predator 🍎 Teacher Student Affair 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Dark Satire 🧠 Psychological Horror

Grim

by K. Loraine • 2025

Rejected by her four horsemen, a succubus falls captive to the Devil, who wants an heir.

4.48

500+

🖤 Fated Mates 😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Forced Proximity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 😢 Groveling Hero

Grim

Rejected by her four horsemen, a succubus falls captive to the Devil, who wants an heir.

by K. Loraine 2025 326 pages

4.48

500+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Forced Proximity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 😢 Groveling Hero

Strangers in the Villa

by Robyn Harding • 2026

She wanted Spain to save her marriage. The strangers she let in came to end it.

3.57

10k+

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Hidden Identities 💰 Blackmail ⚔️ Personal Vendetta 🕯️ Slow Burn Suspense

Strangers in the Villa

She wanted Spain to save her marriage. The strangers she let in came to end it.

by Robyn Harding 2026 336 pages

3.57

10k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Hidden Identities 💰 Blackmail ⚔️ Personal Vendetta 🕯️ Slow Burn Suspense

Sea of Roses

by Opal Reyne • 2021

He rescued a trembling captive from a sinking ship. She was the pirate who sank his.

3.80

1k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance 👑 Female Pirate Captain ⛓️ Captive Romance 🤝 Found Family

Sea of Roses

He rescued a trembling captive from a sinking ship. She was the pirate who sank his.

by Opal Reyne 2021 382 pages

3.80

1k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance 👑 Female Pirate Captain ⛓️ Captive Romance 🤝 Found Family

El demonio de Arbennios

by Bernard Torelló • 2021

Framed for murder by his comrades, a soldier stripped of everything returns as a reckoning.

3.19

500+

🇪🇸 Spanish Fantasy ⚔️ Revenge Fantasy 🖤 Fall And Rebirth ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment ⚖️ False Accusation

El demonio de Arbennios

Framed for murder by his comrades, a soldier stripped of everything returns as a reckoning.

by Bernard Torelló 2021 303 pages

3.19

500+ ratings

🇪🇸 Spanish Fantasy ⚔️ Revenge Fantasy 🖤 Fall And Rebirth ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment ⚖️ False Accusation

Chase the Dark

by Annette Marie • 2014

Framed for a massacre, a magicless apprentice runs with two daemons she's falling for.

4.17

14k+

🪄 Magicless Heroine 💕 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🏃 Framed For A Crime 🌑 Daemon Underworld

Chase the Dark

Framed for a massacre, a magicless apprentice runs with two daemons she's falling for.

by Annette Marie 2014 320 pages

4.17

14k+ ratings

🪄 Magicless Heroine 💕 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🏃 Framed For A Crime 🌑 Daemon Underworld

The Prank

by L.V. Matthews • 2021

To avenge her father's suicide, a waitress infiltrates the mogul whose prank show destroyed him.

3.69

500+

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Assumed Identity ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🌫️ Morally Grey

The Prank

To avenge her father's suicide, a waitress infiltrates the mogul whose prank show destroyed him.

by L.V. Matthews 2021

3.69

500+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Assumed Identity ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🌫️ Morally Grey

Cursebound

by Sadie Kincaid • 2025

A mafia vampire must kill the Seer a blood spell compels him to want instead.

4.14

1k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Mafia 💔 Family Betrayal 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Cursebound

A mafia vampire must kill the Seer a blood spell compels him to want instead.

by Sadie Kincaid 2025 331 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Mafia 💔 Family Betrayal 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Broken Bonds

by K.L. Moore • 2023

When four mates die, a pregnant omega finds hope with a secret twin and his pack.

4.11

2k+

🔥 Omegaverse 💔 Love After Loss 🏠 Found Family 🤰 Pregnant Heroine 🕯️ Slow Burn

Broken Bonds

When four mates die, a pregnant omega finds hope with a secret twin and his pack.

by K.L. Moore 2023 424 pages

4.11

2k+ ratings

🔥 Omegaverse 💔 Love After Loss 🏠 Found Family 🤰 Pregnant Heroine 🕯️ Slow Burn

The Hermit

by Michelle Heard • 2025

She volunteers to marry an assassin to keep her sister from being sold into marriage.

3.93

18k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Hermit

She volunteers to marry an assassin to keep her sister from being sold into marriage.

by Michelle Heard 2025 283 pages

3.93

18k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Do No Evil

by M.S. Morris • 2020

A detective's Oxford reunion begins with a friend's murder and eyes in the soup.

4.34

3k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🏛️ Academic Mystery ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Do No Evil

A detective's Oxford reunion begins with a friend's murder and eyes in the soup.

by M.S. Morris 2020 249 pages

4.34

3k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🏛️ Academic Mystery ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Love and Lead

by Coralee June • 2019

She's what holds four dangerous men together. Then a rival takes someone they love.

4.17

3k+

🫂 Found Family 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🔥 Scarred Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Love and Lead

She's what holds four dangerous men together. Then a rival takes someone they love.

by Coralee June 2019 276 pages

4.17

3k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🔥 Scarred Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Dark Captivation

by Taylor Spratt • 2024

A wolf shifter wagers her heart against a demon king's war. Two months to resist him.

4.29

301

⛓️ Captor Captive 👑 Demon King Hero 🖤 Possessive Hero 💭 Forgotten Bond 🤝 Love Bargain

Dark Captivation

A wolf shifter wagers her heart against a demon king's war. Two months to resist him.

by Taylor Spratt 2024 322 pages

4.29

301 ratings

⛓️ Captor Captive 👑 Demon King Hero 🖤 Possessive Hero 💭 Forgotten Bond 🤝 Love Bargain

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley • 2025

A scientist creates life, then recoils. Abandoned, his creature demands a companion or revenge.

4.19

500+

🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🧬 Playing God ❄️ Arctic Isolation 💔 Tragic Villain 👁️ Monster Perspective

Frankenstein

A scientist creates life, then recoils. Abandoned, his creature demands a companion or revenge.

by Mary Shelley 2025 189 pages

4.19

500+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🧬 Playing God ❄️ Arctic Isolation 💔 Tragic Villain 👁️ Monster Perspective

Angels Fall

by J.A. Huss • 2018

Six weeks to pay a drug lord. Her only hope: the soldier she never forgave.

4.19

2k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Angels Fall

Six weeks to pay a drug lord. Her only hope: the soldier she never forgave.

by J.A. Huss 2018 286 pages

4.19

2k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Lost Girls of Hollow Lake

by Rebekah Faubion • 2026

Five girls survived Dead Refuge Island. Then a body surfaces, and the island calls them back.

3.60

500+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏝️ Isolated Island Horror 🔪 Final Girl Energy 🤐 Pact Of Silence 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Lost Girls of Hollow Lake

Five girls survived Dead Refuge Island. Then a body surfaces, and the island calls them back.

by Rebekah Faubion 2026 384 pages

3.60

500+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏝️ Isolated Island Horror 🔪 Final Girl Energy 🤐 Pact Of Silence 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Mother Night

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 1961

A Nazi propagandist awaits trial in Jerusalem, but his deadliest performance was convincing himself.

4.24

100k+

🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Double Agent 🖤 Darkly Comic 🎭 Performed Identity 🪖 Nazi Germany

Mother Night

A Nazi propagandist awaits trial in Jerusalem, but his deadliest performance was convincing himself.

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1961 288 pages

4.24

100k+ ratings

🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Double Agent 🖤 Darkly Comic 🎭 Performed Identity 🪖 Nazi Germany

Last Exit to Brooklyn

by Hubert Selby Jr. • 1964

Drag queens and dockworkers in 1950s Brooklyn seek a tenderness their world is built to crush.

3.95

33k+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🌃 1950s Brooklyn 🥀 Doomed Queer Longing 🔁 Cyclical Despair 💪 Toxic Masculinity

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Drag queens and dockworkers in 1950s Brooklyn seek a tenderness their world is built to crush.

by Hubert Selby Jr. 1964 290 pages

3.95

33k+ ratings

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🌃 1950s Brooklyn 🥀 Doomed Queer Longing 🔁 Cyclical Despair 💪 Toxic Masculinity

Falling Glass

by Adrian McKinty • 2011

A fixer tracks a fugitive mother across Ireland. A Russian assassin tracks the fixer.

3.93

2k+

🖤 Irish Crime Noir 📚 Literary Thriller 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 🥃 Fixer Antihero 🌧️ Lyrical Noir

Falling Glass

A fixer tracks a fugitive mother across Ireland. A Russian assassin tracks the fixer.

by Adrian McKinty 2011 10 pages

3.93

2k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Crime Noir 📚 Literary Thriller 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 🥃 Fixer Antihero 🌧️ Lyrical Noir

Of Deathless Shadows

by K.M. Moronova • 2023

Terra's village falls, she merges with a trauma-shadow for an academy where love and violence fuse.

3.66

4k+

🌑 Dark Romantasy 🥀 Why Choose ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Trauma-Based Magic ⚖️ Morally Gray

Of Deathless Shadows

Terra's village falls, she merges with a trauma-shadow for an academy where love and violence fuse.

by K.M. Moronova 2023 336 pages

3.66

4k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Romantasy 🥀 Why Choose ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Trauma-Based Magic ⚖️ Morally Gray

Deviant

by Callie Hart • 2014

One anonymous night to save her sister binds a doctor to a crime boss's scarred enforcer.

4.01

19k+

🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🔪 Crime World Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Deviant

One anonymous night to save her sister binds a doctor to a crime boss's scarred enforcer.

by Callie Hart 2014 164 pages

4.01

19k+ ratings

🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🔪 Crime World Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Knife

by Jo Nesbø • 2019

A detective wakes covered in blood, no memory, his wife murdered. He's the prime suspect.

4.27

36k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🪤 Framed Protagonist 🧠 Amnesia Mystery

Knife

A detective wakes covered in blood, no memory, his wife murdered. He's the prime suspect.

by Jo Nesbø 2019 531 pages

4.27

36k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🪤 Framed Protagonist 🧠 Amnesia Mystery

Scarred Queen

by Naomi West • 2024

He banished his wife for safety; she returned to bury her mother and demand a divorce.

4.31

5k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🙇‍♂️ Groveling Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding 😢 Heavy Angst

Scarred Queen

He banished his wife for safety; she returned to bury her mother and demand a divorce.

by Naomi West 2024 402 pages

4.31

5k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🙇‍♂️ Groveling Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding 😢 Heavy Angst

The Venom We Bleed

by Lucy Smoke • 2025

A disgraced heiress lands in public school, where three brutal criminals make her their obsession.

4.11

2k+

🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Why Choose 👑 Fallen Princess 🔗 Trauma Bonded

The Venom We Bleed

A disgraced heiress lands in public school, where three brutal criminals make her their obsession.

by Lucy Smoke 2025 468 pages

4.11

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Why Choose 👑 Fallen Princess 🔗 Trauma Bonded

The End of Her

by Shari Lapena • 2020

An ex-lover blackmails a new father, claiming his first wife's death was murder.

3.78

100k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 💰 Blackmail Scheme 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🐍 Femme Fatale

The End of Her

An ex-lover blackmails a new father, claiming his first wife's death was murder.

by Shari Lapena 2020 352 pages

3.78

100k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 💰 Blackmail Scheme 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🐍 Femme Fatale

Silent Vows

by Jill Ramsower • 2022

Forced into an Irish-Mafia marriage, a mute woman must speak before her silence buries them both.

3.78

65k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤐 Mute Heroine 🔥 Possessive Hero

Silent Vows

Forced into an Irish-Mafia marriage, a mute woman must speak before her silence buries them both.

by Jill Ramsower 2022 350 pages

3.78

65k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤐 Mute Heroine 🔥 Possessive Hero

Devious Kingpin

by Eva Winners • 2023

She kicks a mafia kingpin where it hurts. Payback: a Vegas wedding, a blood war, obsession.

4.21

3k+

🔫 Mafia Revenge 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Heroine Seeks Revenge

Devious Kingpin

She kicks a mafia kingpin where it hurts. Payback: a Vegas wedding, a blood war, obsession.

by Eva Winners 2023 368 pages

4.21

3k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Revenge 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Heroine Seeks Revenge

The Librarian

by Valerie Keogh • 2023

Her stalker framed her for destroying a painting. Now he wants her to know why.

3.83

9k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👭 Sister Bond 🕯️ Gaslighting 💔 Trauma Survivor ⚖️ Framed For Crime

The Librarian

Her stalker framed her for destroying a painting. Now he wants her to know why.

by Valerie Keogh 2023 281 pages

3.83

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👭 Sister Bond 🕯️ Gaslighting 💔 Trauma Survivor ⚖️ Framed For Crime

A Wolf Scorned

by Taylor Spratt • 2021

A rejected wolf shifter is claimed by three cursed Alphas needing the power in her blood.

3.85

500+

🖤 Fated Mates 💔 Rejected Mate 💋 Why Choose Romance 🐺 Cursed Wolf Pack 🔮 Hidden Witch Heritage

A Wolf Scorned

A rejected wolf shifter is claimed by three cursed Alphas needing the power in her blood.

by Taylor Spratt 2021 276 pages

3.85

500+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 💔 Rejected Mate 💋 Why Choose Romance 🐺 Cursed Wolf Pack 🔮 Hidden Witch Heritage

A Kiss of Hammer and Flame

by Amy de la Force • 2025

A blacksmith's sigil awakens an immortal weapon and a prophecy that crowns her or kills her.

3.47

500+

🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 👑 Hidden Royalty 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚒️ Commoner To Ruler

A Kiss of Hammer and Flame

A blacksmith's sigil awakens an immortal weapon and a prophecy that crowns her or kills her.

by Amy de la Force 2025 336 pages

3.47

500+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 👑 Hidden Royalty 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚒️ Commoner To Ruler

Into the Night

by Reece Barden • 2024

She's the woman foretold to destroy his kind. He's the shifter whose beast claims her anyway.

4.21

500+

💫 Fated Mates 🐺 Pack Dynamics 🌙 Cursed Heroine 🏃 Hunted By Pack 🏠 Forced Proximity

Into the Night

She's the woman foretold to destroy his kind. He's the shifter whose beast claims her anyway.

by Reece Barden 2024 296 pages

4.21

500+ ratings

💫 Fated Mates 🐺 Pack Dynamics 🌙 Cursed Heroine 🏃 Hunted By Pack 🏠 Forced Proximity

La Antártida del amor

by Sara Stridsberg • 2018

Murdered, she lingers, watching her children inherit the addiction and loss she could not outrun.

3.96

4k+

👻 Dead Narrator 💉 Addiction And Family 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🖤 Dark And Lyrical 💔 Destructive Love

La Antártida del amor

Murdered, she lingers, watching her children inherit the addiction and loss she could not outrun.

by Sara Stridsberg 2018 263 pages

3.96

4k+ ratings

👻 Dead Narrator 💉 Addiction And Family 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🖤 Dark And Lyrical 💔 Destructive Love

The Swell

by Allie Reynolds • 2022

A woman follows her best friend into a remote Australian surf cult where backpackers vanish.

3.53

6k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔥 Cult Dynamics 🏝️ Isolated Setting 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏄 Surf Culture

The Swell

A woman follows her best friend into a remote Australian surf cult where backpackers vanish.

by Allie Reynolds 2022 368 pages

3.53

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔥 Cult Dynamics 🏝️ Isolated Setting 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏄 Surf Culture

Blackwater I

by Michael McDowell • 1983

A flood strands a strange woman with an Alabama lumber family. She belongs to the river.

3.69

84k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror 🎭 Secret Identity

Blackwater I

A flood strands a strange woman with an Alabama lumber family. She belongs to the river.

by Michael McDowell 1983 154 pages

3.69

84k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror 🎭 Secret Identity

Drowning in Paper Flowers

by E.L. Westbury • 2024

Her husband's mistress came from the Southern town she fled, bringing the past into her kitchen.

4.15

33k+

🥀 Southern Gothic 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

Drowning in Paper Flowers

Her husband's mistress came from the Southern town she fled, bringing the past into her kitchen.

by E.L. Westbury 2024 434 pages

4.15

33k+ ratings

🥀 Southern Gothic 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

Something Golden

by justalazywriter • 2022

Draco Malfoy's redemption begins and ends with Hermione Granger, the witch he was raised to hate.

3.83

500+

🔪 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏰 Magical Boarding School 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ❤️‍🩹 Redemption Arc

Something Golden

Draco Malfoy's redemption begins and ends with Hermione Granger, the witch he was raised to hate.

by justalazywriter 2022 948 pages

3.83

500+ ratings

🔪 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏰 Magical Boarding School 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ❤️‍🩹 Redemption Arc

Played By The Bishop

by Samantha Barrett • 2024

Reunited with her mafia best friend, a scholarship student becomes the ruthless heir's captive.

3.88

2k+

🩸 Mafia Family Feud 🔗 Captor Captive 🎭 Secret Identity 🖤 Possessive Hero 🏠 Found Family

Played By The Bishop

Reunited with her mafia best friend, a scholarship student becomes the ruthless heir's captive.

by Samantha Barrett 2024 238 pages

3.88

2k+ ratings

🩸 Mafia Family Feud 🔗 Captor Captive 🎭 Secret Identity 🖤 Possessive Hero 🏠 Found Family

The Tournament

by Rebecca Barrow • 2025

Three girls at an elite boarding school are torn by a legendary tournament that turns fatal.

3.24

234

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 🌑 Dark Academia 🏆 Deadly Competition 💔 Friends To Enemies 🔥 Love Triangle

The Tournament

Three girls at an elite boarding school are torn by a legendary tournament that turns fatal.

by Rebecca Barrow 2025 416 pages

3.24

234 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 🌑 Dark Academia 🏆 Deadly Competition 💔 Friends To Enemies 🔥 Love Triangle

Her Blood Revenge

by M.J. Lawrie • 2024

Three men need her blood. A goddess wants her body. Her own magic frightens her most.

4.03

1k+

🩸 Blood Magic 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🔗 Captive To Lovers 💔 Wounded Heroine 👥 Found Family

Her Blood Revenge

Three men need her blood. A goddess wants her body. Her own magic frightens her most.

by M.J. Lawrie 2024

4.03

1k+ ratings

🩸 Blood Magic 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🔗 Captive To Lovers 💔 Wounded Heroine 👥 Found Family

The Bratva's Captive

by Jane Henry • 2019

A scarred Bratva enforcer abducts the rival boss's daughter to avenge his murdered lover.

4.19

1k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captive Romance 💔 Scarred Hero 🔪 Vengeance To Love 🩹 Trauma Bond

The Bratva's Captive

A scarred Bratva enforcer abducts the rival boss's daughter to avenge his murdered lover.

by Jane Henry 2019 344 pages

4.19

1k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captive Romance 💔 Scarred Hero 🔪 Vengeance To Love 🩹 Trauma Bond

Los elementales

by Michael McDowell • 1981

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

3.98

23k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

Los elementales

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

by Michael McDowell 1981 312 pages

3.98

23k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

Ruthless Little Games

by Lane Hart • 2024

A mafia princess marries the brothel heir her sister fled, plays his knife games to win.

4.04

4k+

🖤 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🔪 Knife Play ⛓️ Power Exchange 👑 Possessive Hero 🤝 Found Family

Ruthless Little Games

A mafia princess marries the brothel heir her sister fled, plays his knife games to win.

by Lane Hart 2024 392 pages

4.04

4k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🔪 Knife Play ⛓️ Power Exchange 👑 Possessive Hero 🤝 Found Family

Taut

by J.A. Huss • 2014

Fleeing heartbreak, a touch-averse genius rescues a grieving mother and her baby from a blizzard.

4.42

5k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Hero 🏚️ Forced Proximity 🍼 Single Mother ❄️ Stranded In Snow 💔 Trauma Recovery

Taut

Fleeing heartbreak, a touch-averse genius rescues a grieving mother and her baby from a blizzard.

by J.A. Huss 2014 422 pages

4.42

5k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Hero 🏚️ Forced Proximity 🍼 Single Mother ❄️ Stranded In Snow 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Wicked and the Damned

by Rebecca Robinson • 2026

A witch heiress is crowned empress by her captor as her warrior husband's army nears the capital.

4.09

5k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy ⚖️ Morally Grey Mentor 🔥 Touch Her And Die ✨ Possessed By A God 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Wicked and the Damned

A witch heiress is crowned empress by her captor as her warrior husband's army nears the capital.

by Rebecca Robinson 2026 416 pages

4.09

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy ⚖️ Morally Grey Mentor 🔥 Touch Her And Die ✨ Possessed By A God 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

Jensen

by Raya Morris Edwards • 2025

A reclusive cowboy. A mother on the run. She needs a weapon; he is one.

4.27

2k+

🏚️ Western Gothic 🔫 Crime Family Saga 🏃 Escape From Abuse 🐴 Ranch Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother

Jensen

A reclusive cowboy. A mother on the run. She needs a weapon; he is one.

by Raya Morris Edwards 2025 399 pages

4.27

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Western Gothic 🔫 Crime Family Saga 🏃 Escape From Abuse 🐴 Ranch Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother

The Witches of Scotland Book 5

by Steven P. Aitchison • 2023

A witch's body hosts an entity, and her dead mother's grimoires hold the only way out.

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The Witches of Scotland Book 5

A witch's body hosts an entity, and her dead mother's grimoires hold the only way out.

by Steven P. Aitchison 2023 184 pages

4.27

2k+ ratings

🖤 Spirit Possession ⚔️ Magical Trials 🕯️ Found Family Coven 💔 Generational Trauma ✨ Cosmic Stakes

Shadowmancer

by G.P. Taylor • 2002

A shipwrecked priest and two orphans defy a shadow-wielding vicar to reclaim a sacred relic.

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Shadowmancer

A shipwrecked priest and two orphans defy a shadow-wielding vicar to reclaim a sacred relic.

by G.P. Taylor 2002 288 pages

2.83

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Fantasy 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🤝 Found Family ⛪ Corrupted Priest

If This Is Love

by Jewel E. Ann • 2023

A purchased daughter and the ranch hand bound to her tyrant father cannot afford to fall.

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If This Is Love

A purchased daughter and the ranch hand bound to her tyrant father cannot afford to fall.

by Jewel E. Ann 2023 446 pages

4.02

7k+ ratings

⏳ Age Gap Romance 🔒 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn 🤠 Texas Ranch 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

The Woman in the Cabin

by Becca Day • 2024

A remote cabin. A controlling husband. The letters from his first wife are her escape plan.

3.96

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The Woman in the Cabin

A remote cabin. A controlling husband. The letters from his first wife are her escape plan.

by Becca Day 2024

3.96

53k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Marriage As Prison 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Unlikely Allies

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