Best Suspense Books | Summaries & Audio

Suspense Book Summaries

The Cut

by C.J. Dotson • 2025

She fled abuse to a hotel where the water breeds monsters and the owner wants her baby.

2.98

500+

🏨 Haunted Hotel Horror 🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏃‍♀️ Escape From Abuse 👩‍👧 Protective Mother 🌊 Ancient Evil Awakens

The Cut

She fled abuse to a hotel where the water breeds monsters and the owner wants her baby.

by C.J. Dotson 2025 304 pages

2.98

500+ ratings

🏨 Haunted Hotel Horror 🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏃‍♀️ Escape From Abuse 👩‍👧 Protective Mother 🌊 Ancient Evil Awakens

Play the Game

by J. Bree • 2019

After a crime lord claims her, a survivor and her four dangerous lovers prepare for war.

4.39

17k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🏫 Dark Prep School 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Play the Game

After a crime lord claims her, a survivor and her four dangerous lovers prepare for war.

by J. Bree 2019 408 pages

4.39

17k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🏫 Dark Prep School 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Xavier

by Silvia Violet • 2021

An ex-Ranger hides his hunted hacker on an island where iron control shatters.

4.27

1k+

🏝️ Forced Proximity 🌈 Gay Awakening 🔫 Romantic Suspense ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🛡️ Protective Hero

Xavier

An ex-Ranger hides his hunted hacker on an island where iron control shatters.

by Silvia Violet 2021 314 pages

4.27

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Forced Proximity 🌈 Gay Awakening 🔫 Romantic Suspense ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🛡️ Protective Hero

Blacktop Wasteland

by S.A. Cosby • 2020

An ex-wheelman's last heist goes bloody, and a Southern crime lord demands his family as payment.

4.08

60k+

🌴 Southern Noir 💎 Heist Gone Wrong 🏎️ One Last Job 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🥃 Hard-Boiled

Blacktop Wasteland

An ex-wheelman's last heist goes bloody, and a Southern crime lord demands his family as payment.

by S.A. Cosby 2020 285 pages

4.08

60k+ ratings

🌴 Southern Noir 💎 Heist Gone Wrong 🏎️ One Last Job 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🥃 Hard-Boiled

Riot

by Tillie Cole • 2017

A blood pit champion and a drugged consort share a cell, their bond sparking rebellion.

4.35

7k+

🇷🇺 Bratva Romance ⛓️ Captive Romance 🥊 Underground Fighting 🔒 Forced Proximity 🧠 Amnesia Plot

Riot

A blood pit champion and a drugged consort share a cell, their bond sparking rebellion.

by Tillie Cole 2017 304 pages

4.35

7k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Bratva Romance ⛓️ Captive Romance 🥊 Underground Fighting 🔒 Forced Proximity 🧠 Amnesia Plot

A Line in the Dark

by Malinda Lo • 2017

A queer teen's jealousy of her best friend's girlfriend erupts at a party that leaves someone dead.

3.25

4k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💜 Sapphic Yearning 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 🐍 Toxic Friendship 🌲 Small Town Mystery

A Line in the Dark

A queer teen's jealousy of her best friend's girlfriend erupts at a party that leaves someone dead.

by Malinda Lo 2017 288 pages

3.25

4k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💜 Sapphic Yearning 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 🐍 Toxic Friendship 🌲 Small Town Mystery

Lord John and the Private Matter

by Diana Gabaldon • 2003

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

3.76

50k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives 🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Affair

Lord John and the Private Matter

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

by Diana Gabaldon 2003 368 pages

3.76

50k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives 🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Affair

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt

by Chelsea Iversen • 2024

Her garden feels her moods, but a missing father brings an inspector who sees only madness.

3.56

3k+

🪴 Sentient Garden 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🔥 Female Rage 💍 Gaslighting Husband 🏚️ Asylum Threat

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt

Her garden feels her moods, but a missing father brings an inspector who sees only madness.

by Chelsea Iversen 2024 309 pages

3.56

3k+ ratings

🪴 Sentient Garden 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🔥 Female Rage 💍 Gaslighting Husband 🏚️ Asylum Threat

Maniac

by Onley James • 2023

The psychiatrist who raised vigilante killers takes in a young murderer who becomes his obsession.

4.14

8k+

🖤 Dark M/M Romance ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔪 Psychopath Protagonist

Maniac

The psychiatrist who raised vigilante killers takes in a young murderer who becomes his obsession.

by Onley James 2023 267 pages

4.14

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark M/M Romance ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔪 Psychopath Protagonist

Long Bright River

by Liz Moore • 2020

A Philly cop's missing sister haunts the streets she patrols: a serial killer is dumping bodies.

4.04

100k+

🚔 Police Procedural 👯 Estranged Sisters 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💊 Opioid Crisis 🌃 Urban Noir

Long Bright River

A Philly cop's missing sister haunts the streets she patrols: a serial killer is dumping bodies.

by Liz Moore 2020 482 pages

4.04

100k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 👯 Estranged Sisters 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 💊 Opioid Crisis 🌃 Urban Noir

Almost Beautiful

by Jamie McGuire • 2022

A secret wedding, a campus fire, and the investigation that turns their marriage into an alibi.

3.94

5k+

🎓 College Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🖤 Possessive Hero 👊 Underground Fighter 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Loyalty

Almost Beautiful

A secret wedding, a campus fire, and the investigation that turns their marriage into an alibi.

by Jamie McGuire 2022 388 pages

3.94

5k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🖤 Possessive Hero 👊 Underground Fighter 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Loyalty

The President Is Missing

by Bill Clinton • 2018

To stop a crippling cyberattack, the president vanishes to find the hacker who can disarm it.

3.86

100k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 💻 Techno-Thriller 🔍 Traitor Within 🎯 President In Peril 🏃‍♂️ Off The Grid

The President Is Missing

To stop a crippling cyberattack, the president vanishes to find the hacker who can disarm it.

by Bill Clinton 2018 513 pages

3.86

100k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 💻 Techno-Thriller 🔍 Traitor Within 🎯 President In Peril 🏃‍♂️ Off The Grid

X's and O's

by Elle Thorpe • 2025

A funeral shooting drags two sisters into a biker war against the man who destroyed them.

4.24

14k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club 💕 Why Choose 💜 Bisexual Heroes 👯 Protective Sister 🔓 Held Captive

X's and O's

A funeral shooting drags two sisters into a biker war against the man who destroyed them.

by Elle Thorpe 2025 428 pages

4.24

14k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club 💕 Why Choose 💜 Bisexual Heroes 👯 Protective Sister 🔓 Held Captive

Beautiful Redemption

by Jamie McGuire • 2015

An FBI agent's one-night stand is her boss, her neighbor, and the partner she can't refuse.

4.12

50k+

💼 Boss Employee Romance 🌙 One-Night Stand 🏢 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Undercover As Couple 🔍 FBI Romance

Beautiful Redemption

An FBI agent's one-night stand is her boss, her neighbor, and the partner she can't refuse.

by Jamie McGuire 2015 260 pages

4.12

50k+ ratings

💼 Boss Employee Romance 🌙 One-Night Stand 🏢 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Undercover As Couple 🔍 FBI Romance

Beyond Her Reach

by Melinda Leigh • 2025

A mother's murder shatters a quiet suburb, and the killer came through an unlocked door.

4.50

16k+

🚔 Police Procedural 👩‍✈️ Female Detective 🐕 K9 Partner 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🎯 Framed Suspect

Beyond Her Reach

A mother's murder shatters a quiet suburb, and the killer came through an unlocked door.

by Melinda Leigh 2025 312 pages

4.50

16k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 👩‍✈️ Female Detective 🐕 K9 Partner 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🎯 Framed Suspect

Obsession Mine

by Anna Zaires • 2017

Her husband's killer takes her to a cliffside prison where his obsession becomes her only shelter.

4.15

6k+

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Alpha Possessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding ⚡ Dubious Consent

Obsession Mine

Her husband's killer takes her to a cliffside prison where his obsession becomes her only shelter.

by Anna Zaires 2017 350 pages

4.15

6k+ ratings

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Alpha Possessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding ⚡ Dubious Consent

The Family Secret

by Mikayla Davids • 2023

Three sisters flee a murder to a remote Alpine chalet, where their secrets have already arrived.

3.89

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔐 Family Secrets ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

The Family Secret

Three sisters flee a murder to a remote Alpine chalet, where their secrets have already arrived.

by Mikayla Davids 2023 265 pages

3.89

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔐 Family Secrets ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Wolf Hour

by Jo Nesbø • 2025

A haunted Minneapolis detective, numb from loss, chases a sniper hiding in plain sight.

4.01

10k+

🖋️ Literary Crime 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Broken Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Masked Killer

Wolf Hour

A haunted Minneapolis detective, numb from loss, chases a sniper hiding in plain sight.

by Jo Nesbø 2025 400 pages

4.01

10k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Crime 👮 Police Procedural 💔 Broken Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Masked Killer

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

by Philip Fracassi • 2025

At a retirement home, residents keep dying. The staff blames age. One retired teacher blames murder.

4.00

8k+

🏚️ Retirement Home Horror 🔪 Slasher Horror 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Elderly Sleuths ⚔️ Final Girl

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

At a retirement home, residents keep dying. The staff blames age. One retired teacher blames murder.

by Philip Fracassi 2025 409 pages

4.00

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Retirement Home Horror 🔪 Slasher Horror 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Elderly Sleuths ⚔️ Final Girl

The King's Deception

by Steve Berry • 2013

An ex-agent's London errand turns lethal: the pickpocket he's escorting holds a Tudor secret.

4.00

15k+

🏰 Tudor Intrigue 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Alternate History 🚇 Underground London 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

The King's Deception

An ex-agent's London errand turns lethal: the pickpocket he's escorting holds a Tudor secret.

by Steve Berry 2013 612 pages

4.00

15k+ ratings

🏰 Tudor Intrigue 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Alternate History 🚇 Underground London 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Fake News & Office Blues

by Amanda M. Lee • 2022

A journalist stops a kidnapping, then uncovers a trafficking ring behind a small-town pageant.

4.74

1k+

🖋️ Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💑 Married Sleuths 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 😏 Snarky Protagonist

Fake News & Office Blues

A journalist stops a kidnapping, then uncovers a trafficking ring behind a small-town pageant.

by Amanda M. Lee 2022 327 pages

4.74

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💑 Married Sleuths 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 😏 Snarky Protagonist

Thick as Thieves

by Megan Whalen Turner • 2017

A slave who loved power must trust a foreign soldier to survive his master's murder.

4.17

16k+

🏛️ Political Fantasy 🤝 Slow Burn Friendship 🏺 Ancient Mediterranean 📜 Embedded Mythology 🫂 Found Family

Thick as Thieves

A slave who loved power must trust a foreign soldier to survive his master's murder.

by Megan Whalen Turner 2017 337 pages

4.17

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Fantasy 🤝 Slow Burn Friendship 🏺 Ancient Mediterranean 📜 Embedded Mythology 🫂 Found Family

Revolver

by Marcus Sedgwick • 2009

A frozen cabin, a dead father, and a gunman demanding gold the family may not have.

3.71

5k+

🧊 Arctic Survival ⛏️ Gold Rush Frontier 💔 Absent Mother ⚖️ Sins Of The Father 🚪 Home Invasion

Revolver

A frozen cabin, a dead father, and a gunman demanding gold the family may not have.

by Marcus Sedgwick 2009 224 pages

3.71

5k+ ratings

🧊 Arctic Survival ⛏️ Gold Rush Frontier 💔 Absent Mother ⚖️ Sins Of The Father 🚪 Home Invasion

Desecrated Saints

by J. Rose • 2022

An asylum escapee, her four lovers, and a corporation that will kill to keep its secrets.

4.28

6k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Survivors 😈 Morally Gray Heroine

Desecrated Saints

An asylum escapee, her four lovers, and a corporation that will kill to keep its secrets.

by J. Rose 2022 470 pages

4.28

6k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Survivors 😈 Morally Gray Heroine

The Red Shore

by William Shaw • 2025

His sister lost at sea, a detective shields her son as a coastal town buries its crimes.

4.24

500+

🔍 Police Procedural 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 👫 Estranged Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Red Shore

His sister lost at sea, a detective shields her son as a coastal town buries its crimes.

by William Shaw 2025 376 pages

4.24

500+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 👫 Estranged Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🔗 Generational Trauma

Foreign Influence

by Brad Thor • 2010

A former spy must safeguard a scholar whose decoded cipher could defuse jihadist dogma.

4.27

23k+

🔐 Crypto Thriller 🕌 Religious Conspiracy 📜 Manuscript Chase 🏛️ Founding Fathers Secrets 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Foreign Influence

A former spy must safeguard a scholar whose decoded cipher could defuse jihadist dogma.

by Brad Thor 2010 373 pages

4.27

23k+ ratings

🔐 Crypto Thriller 🕌 Religious Conspiracy 📜 Manuscript Chase 🏛️ Founding Fathers Secrets 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Death of an Earl

by G.G. Vandagriff • 2021

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

4.27

1k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia 🏰 English Manor Murder 🇬🇧 Pre War England

Death of an Earl

An Oxford poet must clear her fiancé's sister-in-law of murdering an earl.

by G.G. Vandagriff 2021 257 pages

4.27

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎓 Oxford Academia 🏰 English Manor Murder 🇬🇧 Pre War England

A Dance of Shadows

by David Dalglish • 2012

Veldaren's vigilante cowed its thieves. A killer, a crusader, and invaders now burn it all down.

4.12

3k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🌙 Vigilante Justice 🏙️ City Of Thieves 🔀 Shifting Alliances

A Dance of Shadows

Veldaren's vigilante cowed its thieves. A killer, a crusader, and invaders now burn it all down.

by David Dalglish 2012 468 pages

4.12

3k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🌙 Vigilante Justice 🏙️ City Of Thieves 🔀 Shifting Alliances

Cruel Obsession

by J.L. Beck • 2020

Ordered to kill the woman he's stalked for years, a mob enforcer kidnaps her instead.

3.70

4k+

🔒 Captive Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance ☠️ Touch Her And Die 🧸 Childhood Bond

Cruel Obsession

Ordered to kill the woman he's stalked for years, a mob enforcer kidnaps her instead.

by J.L. Beck 2020 177 pages

3.70

4k+ ratings

🔒 Captive Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance ☠️ Touch Her And Die 🧸 Childhood Bond

Fierce Obsessions

by Suzanne Wright • 2017

A raven shifter hiding orphans among wolves catches the pack enforcer who'll break down her walls.

4.16

13k+

🐺 Shifter Romance ❤️‍🔥 Reluctant Mates 🏠 Found Family 🐺 Wolf Pack 💔 Scarred Leads

Fierce Obsessions

A raven shifter hiding orphans among wolves catches the pack enforcer who'll break down her walls.

by Suzanne Wright 2017 306 pages

4.16

13k+ ratings

🐺 Shifter Romance ❤️‍🔥 Reluctant Mates 🏠 Found Family 🐺 Wolf Pack 💔 Scarred Leads

Bitter Blood

by Jerry Bledsoe • 1988

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

4.04

10k+

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

Bitter Blood

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

by Jerry Bledsoe 1988 573 pages

4.04

10k+ ratings

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

Shadow and Skulls

by L.M. Terry • 2024

A haunted high school senior falls for the older biker who refuses to let her hide.

4.39

1k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💔 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Protector Stalker Hero 🌸 Trauma Survivor Heroine 💌 Epistolary Intimacy

Shadow and Skulls

A haunted high school senior falls for the older biker who refuses to let her hide.

by L.M. Terry 2024 270 pages

4.39

1k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💔 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Protector Stalker Hero 🌸 Trauma Survivor Heroine 💌 Epistolary Intimacy

The Three-Candle Prayer

by Abe Moss • 2024

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

4.02

500+

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

The Three-Candle Prayer

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

by Abe Moss 2024 284 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

All That’s Left to Say

by Emery Lord • 2023

A girl goes undercover at her dead cousin's prep school to find who supplied the pills.

3.67

1k+

🏫 Prep School Mystery 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Hidden Identity 😔 Survivor's Guilt

All That’s Left to Say

A girl goes undercover at her dead cousin's prep school to find who supplied the pills.

by Emery Lord 2023 400 pages

3.67

1k+ ratings

🏫 Prep School Mystery 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Hidden Identity 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Last Violent Call

by Chloe Gong • 2023

When scientists hunt a brainwashed girl, two ex-gangsters in hiding are her only hope.

4.20

13k+

🔥 Established Couple 🌏 1920s China 🚂 Train Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Mind Control

Last Violent Call

When scientists hunt a brainwashed girl, two ex-gangsters in hiding are her only hope.

by Chloe Gong 2023 225 pages

4.20

13k+ ratings

🔥 Established Couple 🌏 1920s China 🚂 Train Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Mind Control

Obsidio

by Amie Kaufman • 2018

Refugees launch a desperate mission: free a frozen colony and expose the corporation behind it all.

4.44

58k+

📄 Epistolary Sci-Fi 🚀 Space Opera 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🤖 AI Morality ⛓️ Occupied Territory

Obsidio

Refugees launch a desperate mission: free a frozen colony and expose the corporation behind it all.

by Amie Kaufman 2018 618 pages

4.44

58k+ ratings

📄 Epistolary Sci-Fi 🚀 Space Opera 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🤖 AI Morality ⛓️ Occupied Territory

Mafiosa

by Catherine Doyle • 2017

She joins the mob that killed her mother, falls for the heir training her to kill.

4.39

3k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Family Feud 🔫 Reluctant Killer 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Mafiosa

She joins the mob that killed her mother, falls for the heir training her to kill.

by Catherine Doyle 2017 400 pages

4.39

3k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Family Feud 🔫 Reluctant Killer 😔 Survivor's Guilt

The Lincoln Myth

by Steve Berry • 2014

A document that could legally end America pits a retired agent against a Mormon fanatic.

3.89

14k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛪ Mormon History 🔥 Religious Fanaticism 📜 Hidden Document 💔 Torn Loyalties

The Lincoln Myth

A document that could legally end America pits a retired agent against a Mormon fanatic.

by Steve Berry 2014 429 pages

3.89

14k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛪ Mormon History 🔥 Religious Fanaticism 📜 Hidden Document 💔 Torn Loyalties

The Broken Places

by Mia Sheridan • 2024

A detective and her undercover partner hunt a killer whose drug turns trauma into violence.

3.76

11k+

🖤 Partners To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Investigation 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Broken Places

A detective and her undercover partner hunt a killer whose drug turns trauma into violence.

by Mia Sheridan 2024 340 pages

3.76

11k+ ratings

🖤 Partners To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Investigation 💔 Trauma Recovery

Mercy

by Dylan Page • 2022

After months of stalking, a scarred enforcer kidnaps a detective's daughter and calls it love.

4.14

3k+

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Morally Grey Hero

Mercy

After months of stalking, a scarred enforcer kidnaps a detective's daughter and calls it love.

by Dylan Page 2022 304 pages

4.14

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Morally Grey Hero

Beneath the Poet’s House

by Christa Carmen • 2024

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

3.79

1k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

Beneath the Poet’s House

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

by Christa Carmen 2024 336 pages

3.79

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

A Beautiful Funeral

by Jamie McGuire • 2016

The Maddox clan gathers to bury a brother. Only a handful know he is still alive.

4.14

19k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💀 Faked Death 🕵️ FBI Agent 🛡️ Alpha Protector 💔 Marriage In Crisis

A Beautiful Funeral

The Maddox clan gathers to bury a brother. Only a handful know he is still alive.

by Jamie McGuire 2016 240 pages

4.14

19k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💀 Faked Death 🕵️ FBI Agent 🛡️ Alpha Protector 💔 Marriage In Crisis

The Apostle

by Brad Thor • 2009

A kidnapped American doctor. Scot Harvath must break a terrorist out of prison to save her.

4.16

21k+

🚑 Hostage Rescue 🕵️ Covert Operations 🇦🇫 Afghanistan War 🏛️ Washington Politics 💰 Mercenaries

The Apostle

A kidnapped American doctor. Scot Harvath must break a terrorist out of prison to save her.

by Brad Thor 2009 358 pages

4.16

21k+ ratings

🚑 Hostage Rescue 🕵️ Covert Operations 🇦🇫 Afghanistan War 🏛️ Washington Politics 💰 Mercenaries

To The End

by J. Bree • 2020

Severed heads arrive for the Wolf. Four ruthless lovers will tear the underworld apart.

4.37

16k+

🖤 Why Choose Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die

To The End

Severed heads arrive for the Wolf. Four ruthless lovers will tear the underworld apart.

by J. Bree 2020 352 pages

4.37

16k+ ratings

🖤 Why Choose Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Poisoner's Revenge

by Jeff Wheeler • 2019

Sealed in a crypt with a corpse, a dying poisoner must survive to exact her revenge.

4.31

2k+

🏰 Court Intrigue 🧪 Poisoner Protagonist 🔥 Slow-Burn Revenge 🕵️ Female Spy 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

The Poisoner's Revenge

Sealed in a crypt with a corpse, a dying poisoner must survive to exact her revenge.

by Jeff Wheeler 2019 40 pages

4.31

2k+ ratings

🏰 Court Intrigue 🧪 Poisoner Protagonist 🔥 Slow-Burn Revenge 🕵️ Female Spy 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

A Very Bad Thing

by J.T. Ellison • 2024

When a famed author dies on tour, the journalist profiling her becomes the prime suspect.

4.13

48k+

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4.00

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