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Vicious Deception

by Elira Firethorn • 2023

After a botched takedown, a crime boss imprisons four lovers and weaponizes their devotion.

4.18

2k+

🖤 Captive Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 💕 Found Family 💜 Polyamorous Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Vicious Deception

After a botched takedown, a crime boss imprisons four lovers and weaponizes their devotion.

by Elira Firethorn 2023 379 pages

4.18

2k+ ratings

🖤 Captive Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 💕 Found Family 💜 Polyamorous Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Sweetest Venom

by Mia Asher • 2016

A billionaire bought her body. A photographer sees her soul. One woman has forgotten how to feel.

4.04

5k+

🏦 Billionaire Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🔺 Angsty Love Triangle 🔧 Working Class Hero 🔒 Emotionally Guarded

Sweetest Venom

A billionaire bought her body. A photographer sees her soul. One woman has forgotten how to feel.

by Mia Asher 2016 222 pages

4.04

5k+ ratings

🏦 Billionaire Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🔺 Angsty Love Triangle 🔧 Working Class Hero 🔒 Emotionally Guarded

The House of Blue Leaves

by John Guare • 1971

In Queens, a zookeeper chases Hollywood, pushed by his mistress, as his ailing wife unravels.

3.81

2k+

🎭 Absurdist Dark Comedy 💭 Failed American Dream ✨ Hollywood Dreams 🧠 Mental Illness 💔 Love Triangle

The House of Blue Leaves

In Queens, a zookeeper chases Hollywood, pushed by his mistress, as his ailing wife unravels.

by John Guare 1971 80 pages

3.81

2k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist Dark Comedy 💭 Failed American Dream ✨ Hollywood Dreams 🧠 Mental Illness 💔 Love Triangle

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

by Jennifer Lynch • 1990

A murdered homecoming queen's diary reveals the shadow that stalked her from childhood.

3.82

15k+

📖 Diary Novel 🏚️ Small Town Horror 🎭 Secret Double Life 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Dreamlike Dread

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

A murdered homecoming queen's diary reveals the shadow that stalked her from childhood.

by Jennifer Lynch 1990 184 pages

3.82

15k+ ratings

📖 Diary Novel 🏚️ Small Town Horror 🎭 Secret Double Life 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Dreamlike Dread

His Pretty Little Burden

by Nicci Harris • 2022

A pregnant teen seeks her father at a mafia estate. The Don claims her instead.

3.83

20k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

His Pretty Little Burden

A pregnant teen seeks her father at a mafia estate. The Don claims her instead.

by Nicci Harris 2022 434 pages

3.83

20k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

First Born

by Will Dean • 2022

Her identical twin murdered, an anxious Londoner flies to New York to find the killer.

3.59

16k+

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Whodunit 👯 Identical Twins 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😤 Sibling Rivalry

First Born

Her identical twin murdered, an anxious Londoner flies to New York to find the killer.

by Will Dean 2022 368 pages

3.59

16k+ ratings

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Whodunit 👯 Identical Twins 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😤 Sibling Rivalry

Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart

by Emma Simmerman • 2026

Her ex-boyfriends are dying, and pages from her private breakup journal appear at every crime scene.

3.78

2k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Campus Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💋 Fake Dating 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart

Her ex-boyfriends are dying, and pages from her private breakup journal appear at every crime scene.

by Emma Simmerman 2026 384 pages

3.78

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Campus Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💋 Fake Dating 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Girl from Widow Hills

by Megan Miranda • 2020

She was a famous child survivor. Now she wakes beside her rescuer's body and remembers nothing.

3.69

66k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 📺 Media Exploitation 💔 Maternal Betrayal 👤 Stalker

The Girl from Widow Hills

She was a famous child survivor. Now she wakes beside her rescuer's body and remembers nothing.

by Megan Miranda 2020 325 pages

3.69

66k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 📺 Media Exploitation 💔 Maternal Betrayal 👤 Stalker

Le Programme

by Sandra Dussault • 2018

To protect his brother, a teen fugitive finds a hidden village of young murderers.

4.18

437

🔮 Simulated World 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrifice For Sibling 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

Le Programme

To protect his brother, a teen fugitive finds a hidden village of young murderers.

by Sandra Dussault 2018 437 pages

4.18

437 ratings

🔮 Simulated World 🤝 Found Family 💔 Sacrifice For Sibling 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

The Wind Through the Keyhole

by Stephen King • 2012

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

4.13

95k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt 🗡️ Orphan's Quest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Wind Through the Keyhole

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

by Stephen King 2012 322 pages

4.13

95k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt 🗡️ Orphan's Quest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Be Still My Heart

by Emily McIntire • 2021

A lobsterman and the detective hunting him find desire more dangerous than a killer.

3.98

17k+

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🌫️ Gothic Seaside 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Bonded Love 🏝️ Small Island Town

Be Still My Heart

A lobsterman and the detective hunting him find desire more dangerous than a killer.

by Emily McIntire 2021 452 pages

3.98

17k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🌫️ Gothic Seaside 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Bonded Love 🏝️ Small Island Town

Too Good to Be True

by Carola Lovering • 2021

A woman with OCD accepts a proposal from a man whose wife planned the entire seduction.

3.84

47k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 💔 Love Built On Lies 🔪 Revenge Plot 👁️ Multiple Povs 🧠 Ocd Protagonist

Too Good to Be True

A woman with OCD accepts a proposal from a man whose wife planned the entire seduction.

by Carola Lovering 2021 342 pages

3.84

47k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 💔 Love Built On Lies 🔪 Revenge Plot 👁️ Multiple Povs 🧠 Ocd Protagonist

The First Husband

by McGarvey Black • 2020

To reclaim a family heirloom, she marries a Kashmiri stranger who follows her across continents.

4.03

3k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💍 Cursed Heirloom 🖤 Love Turned Obsession 🎭 Reinvented Identity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

The First Husband

To reclaim a family heirloom, she marries a Kashmiri stranger who follows her across continents.

by McGarvey Black 2020 274 pages

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💍 Cursed Heirloom 🖤 Love Turned Obsession 🎭 Reinvented Identity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

The Tower

by Colin Wilson • 1987

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

4.02

500+

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

The Tower

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

by Colin Wilson 1987 496 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

Princes of Carnage

by Eva Ashwood • 2024

Newly orphaned, a gang leader weds her three lethal rivals to survive a common threat.

4.22

6k+

🖤 Why Choose Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Stalker Hero

Princes of Carnage

Newly orphaned, a gang leader weds her three lethal rivals to survive a common threat.

by Eva Ashwood 2024 452 pages

4.22

6k+ ratings

🖤 Why Choose Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Stalker Hero

The Rebel of Raleigh High

by Callie Hart • 2019

One party branded Silver as prey. The scarred new boy chose to stand with her instead.

4.09

11k+

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Sexual Assault Recovery 🔫 School Shooting 🏚️ Foster Care Trauma

The Rebel of Raleigh High

One party branded Silver as prey. The scarred new boy chose to stand with her instead.

by Callie Hart 2019 376 pages

4.09

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Sexual Assault Recovery 🔫 School Shooting 🏚️ Foster Care Trauma

Keep The Doctor Away

by James Caine • 2024

Her surgeon husband's island clinic. One death. Too many lies. And no way out.

3.85

4k+

🏥 Medical Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Gaslighting 🫀 Organ Harvesting

Keep The Doctor Away

Her surgeon husband's island clinic. One death. Too many lies. And no way out.

by James Caine 2024 265 pages

3.85

4k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Gaslighting 🫀 Organ Harvesting

On Midnight Beach

by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick • 2020

A dolphin unites teenagers in a 1970s Irish town, where love ignites and old hatreds wait.

3.84

500+

📖 Irish Myth Retelling ⚔️ Small Town Rivalry 💔 Tragic First Love 🌿 Rural Ireland 🕊️ Grief And Healing

On Midnight Beach

A dolphin unites teenagers in a 1970s Irish town, where love ignites and old hatreds wait.

by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick 2020 288 pages

3.84

500+ ratings

📖 Irish Myth Retelling ⚔️ Small Town Rivalry 💔 Tragic First Love 🌿 Rural Ireland 🕊️ Grief And Healing

The Midnight Carousel

by Fiza Saeed McLynn • 2025

An orphan, a carousel, and its finest horse: children who ride it vanish without a trace.

3.72

1k+

🎠 Cursed Object 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🔍 Obsessed Detective 🎪 Dark Carnival

The Midnight Carousel

An orphan, a carousel, and its finest horse: children who ride it vanish without a trace.

by Fiza Saeed McLynn 2025 368 pages

3.72

1k+ ratings

🎠 Cursed Object 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🔍 Obsessed Detective 🎪 Dark Carnival

Heartless

by Crystal Ash • 2020

A medic and her bikers let a scarred assassin in. His nightmares carry a violence no one expects.

4.44

4k+

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Romance 🏍️ Motorcycle Club 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Scarred Hero 🖐️ Touch Starved

Heartless

A medic and her bikers let a scarred assassin in. His nightmares carry a violence no one expects.

by Crystal Ash 2020 364 pages

4.44

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Romance 🏍️ Motorcycle Club 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Scarred Hero 🖐️ Touch Starved

All the Lies

by S.T. Abby • 2016

FBI profiler Logan Bennett's lover is the vigilante killer he's hunting.

4.5

300k+

🖤 Dark Romance ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏚️ Small-Town Secrets 🕵️‍♂️ FBI Profiler

All the Lies

FBI profiler Logan Bennett's lover is the vigilante killer he's hunting.

by S.T. Abby 2016 141 pages

4.5

300k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏚️ Small-Town Secrets 🕵️‍♂️ FBI Profiler

What a Carve Up!

by Jonathan Coe • 1994

A lonely biographer uncovers how one family's greed poisoned Britain, then the murders start.

4.11

13k+

🎭 Political Satire 🏚️ Country House Mystery 😈 Family Of Villains 📖 Metafiction ⚖️ Karmic Retribution

What a Carve Up!

A lonely biographer uncovers how one family's greed poisoned Britain, then the murders start.

by Jonathan Coe 1994 501 pages

4.11

13k+ ratings

🎭 Political Satire 🏚️ Country House Mystery 😈 Family Of Villains 📖 Metafiction ⚖️ Karmic Retribution

BEYOND EXTINCTION

by John Keeble • 2018

A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.

3.83

138

🧬 Genetic Dystopia 🧬 Species Replacement 🧠 Genetic Memory 🚫 Dehumanization 🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse

BEYOND EXTINCTION

A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.

by John Keeble 2018 306 pages

3.83

138 ratings

🧬 Genetic Dystopia 🧬 Species Replacement 🧠 Genetic Memory 🚫 Dehumanization 🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse

Diver's Heart

by K.A. Knight • 2021

Trapped underground with her four exes, a diver faces monsters and a love that won't stay buried.

3.79

13k+

👥 Polyamorous Romance 🌊 Survival Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Diver's Heart

Trapped underground with her four exes, a diver faces monsters and a love that won't stay buried.

by K.A. Knight 2021 400 pages

3.79

13k+ ratings

👥 Polyamorous Romance 🌊 Survival Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Sunshine and Bullets

by Coralee June • 2018

Three possessive men from her past find her. The secret she's hiding could tear them apart.

4.09

7k+

🛡️ Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Serial Killer 🖤 Trauma Recovery

Sunshine and Bullets

Three possessive men from her past find her. The secret she's hiding could tear them apart.

by Coralee June 2018 410 pages

4.09

7k+ ratings

🛡️ Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Serial Killer 🖤 Trauma Recovery

Labyrinth of Twisted Games

by Katerina St. Clair • 2024

Trapped in a blood bond, a living weapon must resist the prophet who wants her broken.

4.19

1k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🔗 Forced Proximity 💔 Love Triangle 🌑 Morally Grey Hero ⭐ Chosen One

Labyrinth of Twisted Games

Trapped in a blood bond, a living weapon must resist the prophet who wants her broken.

by Katerina St. Clair 2024 587 pages

4.19

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🔗 Forced Proximity 💔 Love Triangle 🌑 Morally Grey Hero ⭐ Chosen One

Demons and Roses

by Beka Westrup • 2024

Her cruel husband died and returned as a demon who burns for her.

3.73

500+

🔥 Demon Romance 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 👹 Monster Lover 💀 Touch Her And Die 🌱 Trauma Healing

Demons and Roses

Her cruel husband died and returned as a demon who burns for her.

by Beka Westrup 2024 380 pages

3.73

500+ ratings

🔥 Demon Romance 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 👹 Monster Lover 💀 Touch Her And Die 🌱 Trauma Healing

Evil Thing

by Serena Valentino • 2020

Before the puppies, Cruella De Vil was just a girl who wanted her mother's love.

3.97

12k+

🖤 Villain Origin Story 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 💔 Toxic Mother Wound 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

Evil Thing

Before the puppies, Cruella De Vil was just a girl who wanted her mother's love.

by Serena Valentino 2020 352 pages

3.97

12k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Origin Story 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 💔 Toxic Mother Wound 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

I Stop Somewhere

by T.E. Carter • 2018

A murdered girl's ghost watches from a rotting house as her killer charms his next victim.

3.91

3k+

🪦 Dead Girl Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🤝 Survivor Solidarity 🔥 Feminist Rage 🌫️ Bleak Small Town

I Stop Somewhere

A murdered girl's ghost watches from a rotting house as her killer charms his next victim.

by T.E. Carter 2018 320 pages

3.91

3k+ ratings

🪦 Dead Girl Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🤝 Survivor Solidarity 🔥 Feminist Rage 🌫️ Bleak Small Town

Knife To Meet You

by K.N. Wilder • 2026

A vigilante bartender and a serial killer try to murder each other, failing into obsessive love.

4.27

1k+

🎭 Dark Romantic Comedy 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Secret Society

Knife To Meet You

A vigilante bartender and a serial killer try to murder each other, failing into obsessive love.

by K.N. Wilder 2026 446 pages

4.27

1k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Romantic Comedy 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Secret Society

Things We Burn

by Anne Malcom • 2024

A burnt-out chef spends one night with a daredevil. She gets pregnant; he gets prison.

3.80

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🖤 Dark Romance 👩‍🍳 Chef Heroine 🤰 Surprise Pregnancy 💔 Second Chance Love

Things We Burn

A burnt-out chef spends one night with a daredevil. She gets pregnant; he gets prison.

by Anne Malcom 2024 478 pages

3.80

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🖤 Dark Romance 👩‍🍳 Chef Heroine 🤰 Surprise Pregnancy 💔 Second Chance Love

His Turn

by J.A. Huss • 2017

A ballerina signs a contract with two dominant men, turning power games into a psychological war.

4.12

3k+

🧠 Psychological Bdsm ⚖️ Power Exchange 👥 Menage Triad 📝 Contractual Relationship 🩰 Ballerina Heroine

His Turn

A ballerina signs a contract with two dominant men, turning power games into a psychological war.

by J.A. Huss 2017

4.12

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Bdsm ⚖️ Power Exchange 👥 Menage Triad 📝 Contractual Relationship 🩰 Ballerina Heroine

Beyond Black

by Hilary Mantel • 2005

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

3.43

10k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia 💔 Haunted By Trauma 😈 Darkly Comic

Beyond Black

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

by Hilary Mantel 2005 432 pages

3.43

10k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia 💔 Haunted By Trauma 😈 Darkly Comic

Raven's Cry

by Charlie Nottingham • 2022

A witch and her three lovers must reclaim her brother's soul from a demon.

4.33

1k+

🫂 Found Family 💕 Why Choose 💀 Necromancer Hero 👻 Ghostly Hauntings 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

Raven's Cry

A witch and her three lovers must reclaim her brother's soul from a demon.

by Charlie Nottingham 2022 286 pages

4.33

1k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 Why Choose 💀 Necromancer Hero 👻 Ghostly Hauntings 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

The Witch Elm

by Tana French • 2018

An assault fractures his memory. A skull in his uncle's garden. The prime suspect: himself.

3.58

100k+

🖋️ Literary Crime 🔍 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 💭 Fragmented Memory

The Witch Elm

An assault fractures his memory. A skull in his uncle's garden. The prime suspect: himself.

by Tana French 2018 528 pages

3.58

100k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Crime 🔍 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 💭 Fragmented Memory

Fracture

by Callie Hart • 2014

A doctor searching for her sister discovers a criminal whose darkness matches her own hidden need.

4.26

12k+

🖤 Dark Romance 😈 Criminal Antihero ⛓️ BDSM Power Exchange 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Healing

Fracture

A doctor searching for her sister discovers a criminal whose darkness matches her own hidden need.

by Callie Hart 2014 141 pages

4.26

12k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 😈 Criminal Antihero ⛓️ BDSM Power Exchange 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Healing

Twisted

by Callie Hart • 2014

A missing sister draws a doctor into the grasp of an enforcer who demands complete surrender.

4.43

9k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Wounded Hero 🏡 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🌃 Criminal Underworld

Twisted

A missing sister draws a doctor into the grasp of an enforcer who demands complete surrender.

by Callie Hart 2014 171 pages

4.43

9k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Wounded Hero 🏡 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🌃 Criminal Underworld

Sovereign

by Jane Henry • 2024

To survive the men hunting her, a hacker becomes the captive bride of a Bratva kingpin.

3.81

6k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captive Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⚡ Power Exchange

Sovereign

To survive the men hunting her, a hacker becomes the captive bride of a Bratva kingpin.

by Jane Henry 2024 362 pages

3.81

6k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captive Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⚡ Power Exchange

Too Far

by Abby Millsaps • 2023

Her four men would do anything to protect her, but the cameras are already rolling.

4.09

7k+

🔥 Polyamorous Romance 🏈 College Football 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💊 Chronic Illness Rep

Too Far

Her four men would do anything to protect her, but the cameras are already rolling.

by Abby Millsaps 2023 431 pages

4.09

7k+ ratings

🔥 Polyamorous Romance 🏈 College Football 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💊 Chronic Illness Rep

Bear with Me

by Nicole Blanchard • 2015

A psychic overwhelmed by every touch meets the one man she can't read: a bear shifter.

3.68

216

🐻 Bear Shifter Hero ✋ Psychic Touch 🫂 Touch Starved 💞 Fated Mates 🔪 Murder Mystery Romance

Bear with Me

A psychic overwhelmed by every touch meets the one man she can't read: a bear shifter.

by Nicole Blanchard 2015 172 pages

3.68

216 ratings

🐻 Bear Shifter Hero ✋ Psychic Touch 🫂 Touch Starved 💞 Fated Mates 🔪 Murder Mystery Romance

The Girl Next Door

by Jack Ketchum • 1989

In 1950s suburbia, a boy watches his neighbors slowly destroy the orphan girl next door.

3.91

58k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Bystander Guilt 🔒 Captive Torture 📰 Based On True Crime

The Girl Next Door

In 1950s suburbia, a boy watches his neighbors slowly destroy the orphan girl next door.

by Jack Ketchum 1989 370 pages

3.91

58k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Bystander Guilt 🔒 Captive Torture 📰 Based On True Crime

Hawk's Woman

by Sam Crescent • 2025

An MC president obsesses over a reluctant outsider while a hidden enemy plots her end.

4.06

500+

🏍️ Outlaw MC Romance 🌸 Virgin Heroine 🖤 Found Family 🔥 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Hawk's Woman

An MC president obsesses over a reluctant outsider while a hidden enemy plots her end.

by Sam Crescent 2025 242 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

🏍️ Outlaw MC Romance 🌸 Virgin Heroine 🖤 Found Family 🔥 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

The New One

by Evie Green • 2023

After their daughter's accident, parents accept a clone replacement and a life of hidden cameras.

3.60

1k+

🧬 Near-Future Biotech 🪞 Clone Identity 📹 Corporate Surveillance 🤖 Engineered Perfection 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The New One

After their daughter's accident, parents accept a clone replacement and a life of hidden cameras.

by Evie Green 2023 394 pages

3.60

1k+ ratings

🧬 Near-Future Biotech 🪞 Clone Identity 📹 Corporate Surveillance 🤖 Engineered Perfection 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Nine Minutes

by Beth Flynn • 2014

Abducted by a biker gang at fifteen, Ginny becomes the lifelong obsession of a ruthless leader.

4.34

19k+

🏍️ Biker Gang Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🖤 Obsessive Antihero ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Trauma Bonding

Nine Minutes

Abducted by a biker gang at fifteen, Ginny becomes the lifelong obsession of a ruthless leader.

by Beth Flynn 2014 318 pages

4.34

19k+ ratings

🏍️ Biker Gang Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🖤 Obsessive Antihero ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Trauma Bonding

The Godsend

by Bernard Taylor • 1976

A family's kindness to a pregnant stranger yields a baby and a tally of dead siblings.

3.77

500+

🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Evil Child 👶 Sinister Foundling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror

The Godsend

A family's kindness to a pregnant stranger yields a baby and a tally of dead siblings.

by Bernard Taylor 1976 223 pages

3.77

500+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Evil Child 👶 Sinister Foundling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror

Commit

by Candice Wright • 2024

A homeless girl takes refuge with her stepmother's ex, a hitman whose protection is possession.

4.15

500+

🖤 Dark Romance 🏚️ Modern Gothic ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Possessive Hero

Commit

A homeless girl takes refuge with her stepmother's ex, a hitman whose protection is possession.

by Candice Wright 2024 406 pages

4.15

500+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🏚️ Modern Gothic ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Possessive Hero

The Book of Lost Things

by John Connolly • 2006

A boy follows his dead mother's voice into a dark fairy-tale world where bargains demand betrayal.

3.96

86k+

🖤 Twisted Fairy Tales 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌒 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Sibling Betrayal ⚡ Dangerous Bargains

The Book of Lost Things

A boy follows his dead mother's voice into a dark fairy-tale world where bargains demand betrayal.

by John Connolly 2006 339 pages

3.96

86k+ ratings

🖤 Twisted Fairy Tales 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌒 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Sibling Betrayal ⚡ Dangerous Bargains

Wise Blood

by Flannery O'Connor • 1952

War scarred him and God won't let go, so he founds a church that denies salvation.

3.82

38k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛪ Crisis Of Faith 😈 Religious Satire 🎭 False Prophets 🖤 Dark Comedy

Wise Blood

War scarred him and God won't let go, so he founds a church that denies salvation.

by Flannery O'Connor 1952 256 pages

3.82

38k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛪ Crisis Of Faith 😈 Religious Satire 🎭 False Prophets 🖤 Dark Comedy

All Hail Chaos

by Sarah Rees Brennan • 2026

A dying fan wakes in her favorite book as the villainess everyone wants dead.

4.10

3k+

🌐 Meta Fantasy 👑 Villainess Protagonist 📖 Reader Trapped In Book ⚔️ Corrupted Chosen One 🖤 Dark Romantasy

All Hail Chaos

A dying fan wakes in her favorite book as the villainess everyone wants dead.

by Sarah Rees Brennan 2026 558 pages

4.10

3k+ ratings

🌐 Meta Fantasy 👑 Villainess Protagonist 📖 Reader Trapped In Book ⚔️ Corrupted Chosen One 🖤 Dark Romantasy

Turning Back

by J.A. Huss • 2017

She fled two men and their bed. A year later, they find her with a baby.

4.18

4k+

🍼 Secret Baby ⛓️ Bdsm Triad 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Heroine 💔 Second Chance Romance 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Turning Back

She fled two men and their bed. A year later, they find her with a baby.

by J.A. Huss 2017

4.18

4k+ ratings

🍼 Secret Baby ⛓️ Bdsm Triad 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Heroine 💔 Second Chance Romance 🩹 Hurt Comfort

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