Best Suspense Books | Summaries & Audio

Suspense Book Summaries

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

by Jason Pargin • 2024

A driver, a stranger, a locked box, and an internet that thinks it's a bomb.

3.93

17k+

🖥️ Internet Satire 📱 Viral Paranoia 🚗 Odd Couple Road Trip 🤷 Reluctant Everyman 😂 Absurdist Humor

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

A driver, a stranger, a locked box, and an internet that thinks it's a bomb.

by Jason Pargin 2024 400 pages

3.93

17k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Satire 📱 Viral Paranoia 🚗 Odd Couple Road Trip 🤷 Reluctant Everyman 😂 Absurdist Humor

Absolution

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2024

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

3.57

13k+

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Absolution

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2024 464 pages

3.57

13k+ ratings

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Reaper

by Chelle Rose • 2025

The mafia killer who couldn't kill her now can't let her go.

3.99

500+

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive Dynamics 💀 Obsessive Anti Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🏚️ Forced Proximity

Reaper

The mafia killer who couldn't kill her now can't let her go.

by Chelle Rose 2025 253 pages

3.99

500+ ratings

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive Dynamics 💀 Obsessive Anti Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🏚️ Forced Proximity

Twelve

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2017

Teen profilers must prove a girl on a lighthouse ledge: three suicides are murder.

3.79

85k+

🕵️ Teen Profilers 🔪 Killer Profiling 🫂 Found Family 🌟 Gifted Misfits 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Twelve

Teen profilers must prove a girl on a lighthouse ledge: three suicides are murder.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2017 144 pages

3.79

85k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Profilers 🔪 Killer Profiling 🫂 Found Family 🌟 Gifted Misfits 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Wycherleys

by Annaliese Avery • 2025

Her curse poisons every magical bond, except with the rival she was raised to hate.

4.02

1k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎩 Regency Fantasy 🔮 Cursed Heroine 💫 Forbidden Love 🎭 Fake Relationship

The Wycherleys

Her curse poisons every magical bond, except with the rival she was raised to hate.

by Annaliese Avery 2025 432 pages

4.02

1k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎩 Regency Fantasy 🔮 Cursed Heroine 💫 Forbidden Love 🎭 Fake Relationship

Bad Little Bride

by Meagan Brandy

To claim power, a mafia princess marries her father's enemy. The contract becomes her prison.

3.79

9k+

🖤 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔫 Criminal Underworld

Bad Little Bride

To claim power, a mafia princess marries her father's enemy. The contract becomes her prison.

by Meagan Brandy

3.79

9k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔫 Criminal Underworld

Tempest

by Julie Cross • 2011

Time jumps never changed anything, until a bullet threw a teen two years into the past.

3.70

13k+

🕰️ Time Travel Romance 🕵️ Teen Spy 🧬 Genetic Abilities 🔬 Government Experiments 🔀 Alternate Timelines

Tempest

Time jumps never changed anything, until a bullet threw a teen two years into the past.

by Julie Cross 2011 413 pages

3.70

13k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Romance 🕵️ Teen Spy 🧬 Genetic Abilities 🔬 Government Experiments 🔀 Alternate Timelines

The Memory Collectors

by Dete Meserve • 2025

Four strangers journey into their own pasts to heal, and find the same tragedy waiting.

3.91

9k+

🕰️ Emotional Time Travel 💔 Linked By Tragedy 😢 Grieving Mother 💕 Second Chance Romance 🤝 Found Family

The Memory Collectors

Four strangers journey into their own pasts to heal, and find the same tragedy waiting.

by Dete Meserve 2025 336 pages

3.91

9k+ ratings

🕰️ Emotional Time Travel 💔 Linked By Tragedy 😢 Grieving Mother 💕 Second Chance Romance 🤝 Found Family

Bad Things Happened in This Room

by Marie Still • 2025

She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.

3.33

500+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏡 Domestic Gothic 🤯 Unreliable Narrator 💡 Gaslighting 👧 Missing Child

Bad Things Happened in This Room

She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.

by Marie Still 2025 304 pages

3.33

500+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏡 Domestic Gothic 🤯 Unreliable Narrator 💡 Gaslighting 👧 Missing Child

Take Me with You

by Nina G. Jones • 2016

She's a caregiver. He collects stolen lives. When he takes her, survival means becoming his.

3.99

6k+

🔗 Captor Captive 👁️ Obsessed Stalker 💔 Trauma Bond 🌑 Morally Grey Hero 🩹 Damaged Hero

Take Me with You

She's a caregiver. He collects stolen lives. When he takes her, survival means becoming his.

by Nina G. Jones 2016 355 pages

3.99

6k+ ratings

🔗 Captor Captive 👁️ Obsessed Stalker 💔 Trauma Bond 🌑 Morally Grey Hero 🩹 Damaged Hero

Legacy

by Kate Brian • 2008

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

4.04

7k+

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

Legacy

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

by Kate Brian 2008 243 pages

4.04

7k+ ratings

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

Roses and Skulls

by L.M. Terry • 2023

A mute, scarred MC princess is drawn to her childhood protector, but a rival's obsession threatens.

4.47

3k+

🏍️ Biker Romance 🖤 Dark Contemporary 💞 Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 🐍 Jealous Friend

Roses and Skulls

A mute, scarred MC princess is drawn to her childhood protector, but a rival's obsession threatens.

by L.M. Terry 2023 459 pages

4.47

3k+ ratings

🏍️ Biker Romance 🖤 Dark Contemporary 💞 Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 🐍 Jealous Friend

Angelology

by Danielle Trussoni • 2010

An orphaned nun uncovers a secret war over angels and learns she carries their blood.

3.45

18k+

🗝️ Secret Society 👼 Angel Lore 🩸 Hidden Bloodline ⏳ Dual Timeline ⛪ Gothic Convent

Angelology

An orphaned nun uncovers a secret war over angels and learns she carries their blood.

by Danielle Trussoni 2010 464 pages

3.45

18k+ ratings

🗝️ Secret Society 👼 Angel Lore 🩸 Hidden Bloodline ⏳ Dual Timeline ⛪ Gothic Convent

Mine

by Aubrey Dark • 2014

A fake wife walks into a surgeon's office. He's an assassin who can't stop watching her.

3.76

2k+

🖤 Dark Captivity Romance 😈 Villain Love Interest ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔥 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Forced To Kill

Mine

A fake wife walks into a surgeon's office. He's an assassin who can't stop watching her.

by Aubrey Dark 2014 233 pages

3.76

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captivity Romance 😈 Villain Love Interest ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔥 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Forced To Kill

Departure 37

by Scott Carson • 2025

Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.

3.82

2k+

🕰️ Time Travel Thriller 🥶 Cold War Paranoia 🕵️ Government Cover-Up 👻 Voices Of The Dead 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Departure 37

Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.

by Scott Carson 2025 389 pages

3.82

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Thriller 🥶 Cold War Paranoia 🕵️ Government Cover-Up 👻 Voices Of The Dead 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Operator Down

by Brad Taylor • 2018

A missing Mossad agent draws Pike Logan into an African coup powered by stolen nuclear triggers.

4.32

5k+

🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Fiction 🎯 Covert Ops ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🏛️ Political Coup

Operator Down

A missing Mossad agent draws Pike Logan into an African coup powered by stolen nuclear triggers.

by Brad Taylor 2018 450 pages

4.32

5k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Fiction 🎯 Covert Ops ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🏛️ Political Coup

Random in Death

by J.D. Robb • 2024

A lethal needle kills a teen in a crowd; Eve Dallas hunts a predator who strikes randomly.

4.46

27k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🚺 Misogynist Violence 💰 Privileged Killer

Random in Death

A lethal needle kills a teen in a crowd; Eve Dallas hunts a predator who strikes randomly.

by J.D. Robb 2024 368 pages

4.46

27k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🚺 Misogynist Violence 💰 Privileged Killer

Spells for Forgetting

by Adrienne Young • 2022

After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.

3.85

72k+

🖤 Small Town Gothic 🍂 Folk Magic 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌙 Friends To Lovers 🔑 Generational Secrets

Spells for Forgetting

After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.

by Adrienne Young 2022 351 pages

3.85

72k+ ratings

🖤 Small Town Gothic 🍂 Folk Magic 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌙 Friends To Lovers 🔑 Generational Secrets

The Devil Rides Out

by Dennis Wheatley • 1934

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation 🔮 Ritual Magic 🏃 Supernatural Pursuit

The Devil Rides Out

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

by Dennis Wheatley 1934 320 pages

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation 🔮 Ritual Magic 🏃 Supernatural Pursuit

In the Morning I'll be Gone

by Adrian McKinty • 2014

1983 Northern Ireland. A disgraced detective must solve a locked-room murder to catch an IRA bomber.

4.25

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🥃 Disgraced Detective 🏃‍♂️ Manhunt

In the Morning I'll be Gone

1983 Northern Ireland. A disgraced detective must solve a locked-room murder to catch an IRA bomber.

by Adrian McKinty 2014 326 pages

4.25

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🥃 Disgraced Detective 🏃‍♂️ Manhunt

Enemy of the State

by Kyle Mills • 2017

Framed by a Saudi spymaster, Mitch Rapp is hunted by the agencies he once called allies.

4.33

21k+

🏛️ Political Espionage 🎯 Framed Agent 🔫 Rogue Operative ⚔️ Counterterrorism 👁️ Paranoid Thriller

Enemy of the State

Framed by a Saudi spymaster, Mitch Rapp is hunted by the agencies he once called allies.

by Kyle Mills 2017 388 pages

4.33

21k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Espionage 🎯 Framed Agent 🔫 Rogue Operative ⚔️ Counterterrorism 👁️ Paranoid Thriller

Catching Pretty

by Sienna Blake • 2025

Held captive in a crumbling mansion, she belongs to a man who calls her suffering salvation.

4.18

2k+

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌧️ Damaged Heroine 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

Catching Pretty

Held captive in a crumbling mansion, she belongs to a man who calls her suffering salvation.

by Sienna Blake 2025

4.18

2k+ ratings

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌧️ Damaged Heroine 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

The Cry of the Halidon

by Robert Ludlum • 1972

A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.

3.77

6k+

🕵️ Reluctant Double Agent 🏛️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Thriller 🌴 Jungle Survival 🌍 Postcolonial Tension

The Cry of the Halidon

A geologist's secret Jamaica survey pits him against a cartel, spies, and a hidden society.

by Robert Ludlum 1972 448 pages

3.77

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Reluctant Double Agent 🏛️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Thriller 🌴 Jungle Survival 🌍 Postcolonial Tension

The Secret of Heaven

by Felix Alexander • 2016

Framed for murder, an amnesiac professor deciphers clues to a gospel that a secret order hunts.

3.83

377

🕯️ Religious Conspiracy 🏛️ Secret Society 🏃 Amnesiac Fugitive 📜 Forbidden Manuscript 🔍 Cryptic Clues

The Secret of Heaven

Framed for murder, an amnesiac professor deciphers clues to a gospel that a secret order hunts.

by Felix Alexander 2016 394 pages

3.83

377 ratings

🕯️ Religious Conspiracy 🏛️ Secret Society 🏃 Amnesiac Fugitive 📜 Forbidden Manuscript 🔍 Cryptic Clues

Tiny Pretty Things

by Sona Charaipotra • 2015

At a cutthroat ballet school, an outsider wins the lead, triggering a rival's sabotage campaign.

3.67

16k+

🩰 Ballet Boarding School 💀 Toxic Ballet Culture 👑 Queen Bee Rivalry 🔪 Sabotage Among Dancers 😱 Paranoid Atmosphere

Tiny Pretty Things

At a cutthroat ballet school, an outsider wins the lead, triggering a rival's sabotage campaign.

by Sona Charaipotra 2015 448 pages

3.67

16k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Boarding School 💀 Toxic Ballet Culture 👑 Queen Bee Rivalry 🔪 Sabotage Among Dancers 😱 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Perfect Stranger

by A.J. Carter • 2024

A blind date pulls a grieving mother to a lake house hiding her daughter's fate.

4.11

1k+

🕵️ Psychological Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 😰 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Book Club Thriller

The Perfect Stranger

A blind date pulls a grieving mother to a lake house hiding her daughter's fate.

by A.J. Carter 2024 350 pages

4.11

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychological Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 😰 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Book Club Thriller

Fake

by Tate James • 2020

Three enemies secretly married her. Now a stalker's obsession makes them her only protection.

4.34

52k+

🖤 Romantic Suspense 👥 Why Choose Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Boyfriend 🔒 Forced Proximity

Fake

Three enemies secretly married her. Now a stalker's obsession makes them her only protection.

by Tate James 2020 436 pages

4.34

52k+ ratings

🖤 Romantic Suspense 👥 Why Choose Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Boyfriend 🔒 Forced Proximity

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis • 2017

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

4.02

30k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ✉️ Blackmail

The Body in the Dales

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

by J.R. Ellis 2017 321 pages

4.02

30k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ✉️ Blackmail

Fractured Secrets

by Haley Jenner • 2023

Penniless and alone, she seeks her mafia half-brothers in New York. The Don claims her.

4.06

4k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Hidden Identity ☠️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Healing

Fractured Secrets

Penniless and alone, she seeks her mafia half-brothers in New York. The Don claims her.

by Haley Jenner 2023

4.06

4k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Hidden Identity ☠️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Healing

Bones

by Chelle Rose • 2024

A desperate thief wakes in a mafia heir's basement cage. He offers one way out: marriage.

3.98

1k+

🖤 Mafia Captivity 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captor To Lover 🔪 Obsessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Bones

A desperate thief wakes in a mafia heir's basement cage. He offers one way out: marriage.

by Chelle Rose 2024 236 pages

3.98

1k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Captivity 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captor To Lover 🔪 Obsessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Protector

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2016

A former sniper guards a defiant heiress, and her fierce independence threatens his armor.

3.81

20k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎖️ Military Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Damaged Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Protector

A former sniper guards a defiant heiress, and her fierce independence threatens his armor.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2016 384 pages

3.81

20k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎖️ Military Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Damaged Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Soulless Saint

by Elena Lawson • 2023

A scarred survivor catches the obsession of two criminal brothers while a rival gang hunts her.

4.29

2k+

💀 Gangland Romance 👬 Shared By Brothers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Secret Parentage 👑 Reluctant Heiress

Soulless Saint

A scarred survivor catches the obsession of two criminal brothers while a rival gang hunts her.

by Elena Lawson 2023 388 pages

4.29

2k+ ratings

💀 Gangland Romance 👬 Shared By Brothers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Secret Parentage 👑 Reluctant Heiress

The Birdcage Murders

by Karen Baugh Menuhin • 2022

Diamond dust kills a lord. The dinner guests all lost someone in a massacre twelve years ago.

4.55

3k+

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🎩 Golden Age Whodunit 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo ⚖️ Collective Revenge 💋 Femme Fatale

The Birdcage Murders

Diamond dust kills a lord. The dinner guests all lost someone in a massacre twelve years ago.

by Karen Baugh Menuhin 2022 278 pages

4.55

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🎩 Golden Age Whodunit 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo ⚖️ Collective Revenge 💋 Femme Fatale

The Current

by Tim Johnston • 2019

A frozen river swallows a car, one friend drowns, and the survivor unearths a cold case.

3.64

8k+

❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🕵️ Cold Case 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Road Trip Gone Wrong 📖 Literary Suspense

The Current

A frozen river swallows a car, one friend drowns, and the survivor unearths a cold case.

by Tim Johnston 2019 352 pages

3.64

8k+ ratings

❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🕵️ Cold Case 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Road Trip Gone Wrong 📖 Literary Suspense

The Seventh Function of Language

by Laurent Binet • 2015

After Barthes is killed, a detective and a scholar hunt a manuscript that weaponizes language.

3.76

6k+

📚 Literary Thriller 🔒 Secret Society 👥 Odd Couple Detectives 🧠 Real-Life Figures 🎭 Academic Satire

The Seventh Function of Language

After Barthes is killed, a detective and a scholar hunt a manuscript that weaponizes language.

by Laurent Binet 2015 359 pages

3.76

6k+ ratings

📚 Literary Thriller 🔒 Secret Society 👥 Odd Couple Detectives 🧠 Real-Life Figures 🎭 Academic Satire

Reaper

by Suzanne Wright • 2022

A nightmare demon's fated mate is the one man off-limits: her stepsister's ex, a lethal reaper.

4.21

5k+

💫 Fated Mates 🧠 Psychic Bond 🗡️ Possessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 😈 Demon Romance

Reaper

A nightmare demon's fated mate is the one man off-limits: her stepsister's ex, a lethal reaper.

by Suzanne Wright 2022 374 pages

4.21

5k+ ratings

💫 Fated Mates 🧠 Psychic Bond 🗡️ Possessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 😈 Demon Romance

Love at First Sighting

by Mallory Marlowe • 2025

Her UFO video was a joke to everyone except the agent sent to debunk it.

3.69

5k+

📱 Influencer Culture ⚡ Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔥 Slow Burn

Love at First Sighting

Her UFO video was a joke to everyone except the agent sent to debunk it.

by Mallory Marlowe 2025 352 pages

3.69

5k+ ratings

📱 Influencer Culture ⚡ Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔥 Slow Burn

Thorne Princess

by L.J. Shen • 2023

To keep her fortune, a damaged socialite must obey a ruthless ex-spy. Obedience isn't her strength.

3.85

20k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🖤 Alpha Protector

Thorne Princess

To keep her fortune, a damaged socialite must obey a ruthless ex-spy. Obedience isn't her strength.

by L.J. Shen 2023 452 pages

3.85

20k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🖤 Alpha Protector

Skeletal Hearts

by J. Rose • 2023

Loved by four men, hunted by one killer: she's the only victim who survived him.

4.18

5k+

🖤 Why Choose Romance 💛 Found Family 🔥 Touch Her And Die 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 💔 Trauma Recovery

Skeletal Hearts

Loved by four men, hunted by one killer: she's the only victim who survived him.

by J. Rose 2023 538 pages

4.18

5k+ ratings

🖤 Why Choose Romance 💛 Found Family 🔥 Touch Her And Die 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 💔 Trauma Recovery

Sugar and Skulls

by L.M. Terry • 2020

Two bikers ride into her desert town demanding the real woman behind the sugar skull mask.

4.10

7k+

🏍️ Biker Romance 🫂 Found Family 👥 Polyamory 💀 Vigilante 🎨 Art As Therapy

Sugar and Skulls

Two bikers ride into her desert town demanding the real woman behind the sugar skull mask.

by L.M. Terry 2020 352 pages

4.10

7k+ ratings

🏍️ Biker Romance 🫂 Found Family 👥 Polyamory 💀 Vigilante 🎨 Art As Therapy

Shadow of A Doubt

by William J. Coughlin • 1991

A down-and-out lawyer in recovery defends an old flame's stepdaughter on a murder charge.

4.23

2k+

🏛️ Courtroom Drama ⚖️ Flawed Lawyer 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🎭 Manipulative Defendant 🖤 Gritty

Shadow of A Doubt

A down-and-out lawyer in recovery defends an old flame's stepdaughter on a murder charge.

by William J. Coughlin 1991 418 pages

4.23

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Courtroom Drama ⚖️ Flawed Lawyer 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🎭 Manipulative Defendant 🖤 Gritty

Riot House

by Callie Hart • 2020

Sent to a gothic boarding school, a wounded girl becomes the obsession of its most dangerous boy.

3.84

28k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Riot House

Sent to a gothic boarding school, a wounded girl becomes the obsession of its most dangerous boy.

by Callie Hart 2020 465 pages

3.84

28k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Dead House

by Dawn Kurtagich • 2015

One body, two souls. When her sister vanishes, Kaitlyn is left alone with a whispering voice.

3.67

8k+

🏫 Gothic Boarding School 📹 Found Footage Horror 👥 Two Souls One Body 👹 Possession And Exorcism 🤐 Unreliable Narrator

The Dead House

One body, two souls. When her sister vanishes, Kaitlyn is left alone with a whispering voice.

by Dawn Kurtagich 2015 440 pages

3.67

8k+ ratings

🏫 Gothic Boarding School 📹 Found Footage Horror 👥 Two Souls One Body 👹 Possession And Exorcism 🤐 Unreliable Narrator

The Hitchhikers

by Chevy Stevens • 2025

A couple's RV trip becomes a hostage nightmare when two hitchhikers turn out to be wanted killers.

3.83

12k+

🚐 Road Trip Thriller 🔒 Hostage Survival 👁️ Dual Pov 💔 Cycle Of Abuse 🌲 Canadian Wilderness

The Hitchhikers

A couple's RV trip becomes a hostage nightmare when two hitchhikers turn out to be wanted killers.

by Chevy Stevens 2025 374 pages

3.83

12k+ ratings

🚐 Road Trip Thriller 🔒 Hostage Survival 👁️ Dual Pov 💔 Cycle Of Abuse 🌲 Canadian Wilderness

Liar

by Tate James • 2020

She's trapped with three dangerous men after an attack, and a stalker watches her every move.

4.32

56k+

👥 Why Choose 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔪 Stalker 🩹 Trauma Healing

Liar

She's trapped with three dangerous men after an attack, and a stalker watches her every move.

by Tate James 2020 448 pages

4.32

56k+ ratings

👥 Why Choose 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔪 Stalker 🩹 Trauma Healing

The Detective Up Late

by Adrian McKinty • 2018

A Belfast detective's final case: a missing girl, her car in a river, and no body.

4.36

3k+

🖤 Irish Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 👧 Missing Girl Case 🕰️ One Last Case 🏊 Faked Death

The Detective Up Late

A Belfast detective's final case: a missing girl, her car in a river, and no body.

by Adrian McKinty 2018 299 pages

4.36

3k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 👧 Missing Girl Case 🕰️ One Last Case 🏊 Faked Death

El color rojo

by M. Moon • 2025

Red apples appear in her apartment. Her stalker craves her terror and her surrender.

3.61

500+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker To Lover ⛓️ Power Exchange 💔 Shared Trauma Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

El color rojo

Red apples appear in her apartment. Her stalker craves her terror and her surrender.

by M. Moon 2025 506 pages

3.61

500+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker To Lover ⛓️ Power Exchange 💔 Shared Trauma Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

The Darwin Affair

by Timothy Mason • 2019

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

3.66

10k+

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective 🎭 Disfigured Villain 🌑 Gothic Undertones

The Darwin Affair

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

by Timothy Mason 2019 373 pages

3.66

10k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective 🎭 Disfigured Villain 🌑 Gothic Undertones

Nothing Left to Lose

by Kirsty Moseley • 2013

A scarred senator's daughter gets a SWAT officer as her fake boyfriend who challenges her walls.

4.26

16k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 💔 Trauma Survivor Heroine 🕯️ Slow Burn Healing 🏠 Forced Proximity

Nothing Left to Lose

A scarred senator's daughter gets a SWAT officer as her fake boyfriend who challenges her walls.

by Kirsty Moseley 2013

4.26

16k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 💔 Trauma Survivor Heroine 🕯️ Slow Burn Healing 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Rake

by L.J. Shen • 2022

A British heir and a burlesque owner strike a deal: co-parent without catching feelings.

4.07

22k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👑 British Aristocracy ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family 🦋 Survivor Heroine

The Rake

A British heir and a burlesque owner strike a deal: co-parent without catching feelings.

by L.J. Shen 2022 416 pages

4.07

22k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👑 British Aristocracy ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family 🦋 Survivor Heroine

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