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Empire of Hate

by Rina Kent

To save her brother, she takes a job with the man who once destroyed her.

3.88

31k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Second Chance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💼 Workplace Romance 👀 Obsessed Hero

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Empire of Hate

To save her brother, she takes a job with the man who once destroyed her.

by Rina Kent 2022 382 pages

3.88

31k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Second Chance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💼 Workplace Romance 👀 Obsessed Hero

Eyes Turned Skyward

by Rebecca Yarros

A general's daughter hides her countdown from the rival flight student she can't resist.

4.25

63k+

🕰️ Ticking Clock Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 💊 Sick Heroine 🖋️ Tattooed Hero 🪖 Military Base Life

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Eyes Turned Skyward

A general's daughter hides her countdown from the rival flight student she can't resist.

by Rebecca Yarros 2014 342 pages

4.25

63k+ ratings

🕰️ Ticking Clock Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 💊 Sick Heroine 🖋️ Tattooed Hero 🪖 Military Base Life

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun

by Elle Cosimano

A novelist infiltrates a police academy to unmask a killer cop before the Russian mob collects.

3.83

85k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🤪 Slapstick Suspense 🖤 Dark Humor 👶 Single Mom Life 👯 Female Friendship Duo

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Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun

A novelist infiltrates a police academy to unmask a killer cop before the Russian mob collects.

by Elle Cosimano 2023 304 pages

3.83

85k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🤪 Slapstick Suspense 🖤 Dark Humor 👶 Single Mom Life 👯 Female Friendship Duo

Delightful Sins

by Lola King

One serial killer. One master manipulator. Two stepbrothers who refuse to let her run again.

3.78

7k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 💔 Stepbrother Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🔪 Serial Killer Hero 💕 Polyamorous Triad

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Delightful Sins

One serial killer. One master manipulator. Two stepbrothers who refuse to let her run again.

by Lola King 2023 531 pages

3.78

7k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 💔 Stepbrother Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🔪 Serial Killer Hero 💕 Polyamorous Triad

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

Resurrected in a stranger's body, a cultivator hunts a cursed arm with his stoic rival.

4.55

33k+

🏳️‍🌈 Danmei ⚔️ Xianxia 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💢 Rivals To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Resurrected in a stranger's body, a cultivator hunts a cursed arm with his stoic rival.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2016 395 pages

4.55

33k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Danmei ⚔️ Xianxia 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💢 Rivals To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Don't Believe Her

by Nicola Sanders

Her missing best friend is back, but she's wrong in ways only Ellie can see.

3.99

44k+

🎭 Gaslighting Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets 👤 False Identity 🌳 Small-Town Secrets

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Don't Believe Her

Her missing best friend is back, but she's wrong in ways only Ellie can see.

by Nicola Sanders 2024 302 pages

3.99

44k+ ratings

🎭 Gaslighting Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets 👤 False Identity 🌳 Small-Town Secrets

Fear the Flames

by Olivia Rose Darling

A hidden queen and a scarred commander forge a bloody alliance to steal her dragons back.

3.74

42k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🔪 Touch Her And Die 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Revenge Quest

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Fear the Flames

A hidden queen and a scarred commander forge a bloody alliance to steal her dragons back.

by Olivia Rose Darling 2022 571 pages

3.74

42k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🔪 Touch Her And Die 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Crossing to Safety

by Wallace Stegner

An aging writer remembers the wealthy couple who rescued his family, and the debts that followed.

4.16

51k+

👥 Lifelong Friendship 📚 Literary Academia 💑 Marriage Over Decades 🩺 Illness And Caregiving 👑 Controlling Matriarch

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Crossing to Safety

An aging writer remembers the wealthy couple who rescued his family, and the debts that followed.

by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages

4.16

51k+ ratings

👥 Lifelong Friendship 📚 Literary Academia 💑 Marriage Over Decades 🩺 Illness And Caregiving 👑 Controlling Matriarch

Gaslit

by R.R. Haywood

A disgraced detective tending a gothic manor discovers two missing maids and a house that watches.

4.04

1k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🕵️ Undercover Detective 💋 Femme Fatale 🏘️ Village Conspiracy 🏰 Architectural Horror

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Gaslit

A disgraced detective tending a gothic manor discovers two missing maids and a house that watches.

by R.R. Haywood 2024 294 pages

4.04

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🕵️ Undercover Detective 💋 Femme Fatale 🏘️ Village Conspiracy 🏰 Architectural Horror

City of Lies and Legends

by Kayla Edwards

His lover is comatose. The cure waits in a city that kills his kind on sight.

4.40

20k+

🖤 Found Family 💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Romance 🔥 Dark Urban Fantasy 🔍 Sibling Search

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City of Lies and Legends

His lover is comatose. The cure waits in a city that kills his kind on sight.

by Kayla Edwards 2024 778 pages

4.40

20k+ ratings

🖤 Found Family 💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Romance 🔥 Dark Urban Fantasy 🔍 Sibling Search

Cyberpunk 2077

by Rafał Kosik

Blackmailed strangers steal a container in Night City. Every gang in the city wants them dead.

3.51

4k+

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Manufactured Memories 💰 Criminal Underdogs

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Cyberpunk 2077

Blackmailed strangers steal a container in Night City. Every gang in the city wants them dead.

by Rafał Kosik 2023 416 pages

3.51

4k+ ratings

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Manufactured Memories 💰 Criminal Underdogs

A Court This Cruel & Lovely

by Stacia Stark

A fugitive with forbidden magic bargains with the fae from her dreams. His price: everything.

4.08

100k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🧚 Fae Romance 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 👑 Hidden Heir ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero

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A Court This Cruel & Lovely

A fugitive with forbidden magic bargains with the fae from her dreams. His price: everything.

by Stacia Stark 2023 562 pages

4.08

100k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🧚 Fae Romance 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 👑 Hidden Heir ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero

Brainwashed

by Nyla K.

A serial killer in a secret prison sets out to seduce the psychiatrist sent to study him.

4.22

7k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🛋️ Therapist Patient 🔪 Touch Him And Die 🖇️ Mutual Obsession 🩸 Bloodplay

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Brainwashed

A serial killer in a secret prison sets out to seduce the psychiatrist sent to study him.

by Nyla K. 2022 494 pages

4.22

7k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🛋️ Therapist Patient 🔪 Touch Him And Die 🖇️ Mutual Obsession 🩸 Bloodplay

Bourbon & Secrets

by Victoria Wilder

Back in Kentucky, a burlesque PI faces the widower who knows she buried a body.

4.09

38k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 💃 Performer Heroine 🌾 Southern Small Town

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Bourbon & Secrets

Back in Kentucky, a burlesque PI faces the widower who knows she buried a body.

by Victoria Wilder 2024 482 pages

4.09

38k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 💃 Performer Heroine 🌾 Southern Small Town

A Time of Courage

by John Gwynne

A winged outcast flees a slaughtered fortress. The demon Asroth is free. The last alliance gathers.

4.46

10k+

🗡️ Military Fantasy ✨ Celestial War 🛡️ Warrior Found Family 🏹 Vengeance Quest 🐉 Dragon Riders

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A Time of Courage

A winged outcast flees a slaughtered fortress. The demon Asroth is free. The last alliance gathers.

by John Gwynne 2020 648 pages

4.46

10k+ ratings

🗡️ Military Fantasy ✨ Celestial War 🛡️ Warrior Found Family 🏹 Vengeance Quest 🐉 Dragon Riders

Catch the Sun

by Jennifer Hartmann

When a killer's sister returns home, her only shelter is the boy next door who loved her first.

4.24

39k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌅 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💘 Boy Falls First

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Catch the Sun

When a killer's sister returns home, her only shelter is the boy next door who loved her first.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2024 448 pages

4.24

39k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌅 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💘 Boy Falls First

Bluebird

by Sharon Cameron

Her father experimented on prisoners. The Americans want to recruit him. She wants him dead.

4.32

11k+

🔗 Perpetrator's Daughter ⚖️ Post-War Reckoning 🎭 Assumed Identity 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family

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Bluebird

Her father experimented on prisoners. The Americans want to recruit him. She wants him dead.

by Sharon Cameron 2021 438 pages

4.32

11k+ ratings

🔗 Perpetrator's Daughter ⚖️ Post-War Reckoning 🎭 Assumed Identity 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family

American Fantasy

by Emma Straub

A divorced opera critic finds an unexpected connection with a burned-out boy band star at sea.

3.14

21k+

🖤 Midlife Romance 🚢 Cruise Ship Setting ⭐ Celebrity Romance 🎤 Boy Band Nostalgia 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

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American Fantasy

A divorced opera critic finds an unexpected connection with a burned-out boy band star at sea.

by Emma Straub 2026 304 pages

3.14

21k+ ratings

🖤 Midlife Romance 🚢 Cruise Ship Setting ⭐ Celebrity Romance 🎤 Boy Band Nostalgia 🔄 Midlife Reinvention

Ashes of Man

by Christopher Ruocchio

His Emperor is buried alive. The rescue will cost him everything he has left to lose.

4.48

15k+

🏰 Feudal Galactic Empire 👁️ Cosmic Horror ⚔️ Military Space Opera 💔 Doomed Love 🗡️ Fallen Hero

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Ashes of Man

His Emperor is buried alive. The rescue will cost him everything he has left to lose.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2022 544 pages

4.48

15k+ ratings

🏰 Feudal Galactic Empire 👁️ Cosmic Horror ⚔️ Military Space Opera 💔 Doomed Love 🗡️ Fallen Hero

Atlas

by Lucinda Riley

A silent orphan builds a family of daughters, hiding a diamond, a murder, and an old enemy.

4.51

91k+

🏡 Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Lost Love Reunited ⚔️ Enemy Brothers 📖 Epistolary Revelation

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Atlas

A silent orphan builds a family of daughters, hiding a diamond, a murder, and an old enemy.

by Lucinda Riley 2023 756 pages

4.51

91k+ ratings

🏡 Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Lost Love Reunited ⚔️ Enemy Brothers 📖 Epistolary Revelation

A Vow in Vengeance

by Jaclyn Rodriguez

A spy who hates the fae is claimed as the dark prince's fated mate.

4.03

12k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Fated Mates 🏛️ Fae Dark Academia 👥 Found Family 🌑 Morally Grey Hero

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A Vow in Vengeance

A spy who hates the fae is claimed as the dark prince's fated mate.

by Jaclyn Rodriguez 2026 471 pages

4.03

12k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Fated Mates 🏛️ Fae Dark Academia 👥 Found Family 🌑 Morally Grey Hero

A Deadly Episode

by Anthony Horowitz

A novelist and his detective investigate a murder on the set of their film adaptation.

4.02

11k+

📖 Meta Mystery 🕰️ Cold Case 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Revenge Motive ✍️ False Confession

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A Deadly Episode

A novelist and his detective investigate a murder on the set of their film adaptation.

by Anthony Horowitz 2026 373 pages

4.02

11k+ ratings

📖 Meta Mystery 🕰️ Cold Case 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Revenge Motive ✍️ False Confession

Arthas

by Christie Golden

To protect his people from undeath, a prince becomes the very monster he swore to destroy.

4.14

12k+

🖤 Corruption Arc 💀 Tragic Villain Origin 🗡️ Cursed Blade 🧟 Undead Plague 💔 Doomed Romance

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Arthas

To protect his people from undeath, a prince becomes the very monster he swore to destroy.

by Christie Golden 2009 320 pages

4.14

12k+ ratings

🖤 Corruption Arc 💀 Tragic Villain Origin 🗡️ Cursed Blade 🧟 Undead Plague 💔 Doomed Romance

A Fate of Wrath & Flame

by K.A. Tucker

A thief wakes in a royal body, betrothed to the king whose parents she murdered.

4.07

40k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧝 Fae Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏰 Forced Proximity 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

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A Fate of Wrath & Flame

A thief wakes in a royal body, betrothed to the king whose parents she murdered.

by K.A. Tucker 2021 547 pages

4.07

40k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧝 Fae Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏰 Forced Proximity 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Between Commitment and Betrayal

by Shain Rose

Forced to marry her father's cold protégé, she gives him one year. He demands everything.

3.73

50k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing

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Between Commitment and Betrayal

Forced to marry her father's cold protégé, she gives him one year. He demands everything.

by Shain Rose 2023 384 pages

3.73

50k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

by Jennifer Hartmann

Ten years after losing him, she's his new receptionist. One rule: never mention his dead sister.

4.16

15k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔧 Workplace Romance

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak Summary

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An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

Ten years after losing him, she's his new receptionist. One rule: never mention his dead sister.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2023 294 pages

4.16

15k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔧 Workplace Romance

Blood & Betrayals

by Jeanette Rose

A fae outcast hides her past at a magic school where a killer wears the skin of her lookalikes.

3.93

9k+

🖤 Dark Fae 🏛️ Magical University 🔪 Serial Killer On Campus 💀 Touch Her And Die 🌑 Shadow Daddy

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Blood & Betrayals

A fae outcast hides her past at a magic school where a killer wears the skin of her lookalikes.

by Jeanette Rose 2025 1026 pages

3.93

9k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fae 🏛️ Magical University 🔪 Serial Killer On Campus 💀 Touch Her And Die 🌑 Shadow Daddy

Broken Fae

by Caroline Peckham

Four rival fae kings want her. One scheming Lion Shifter will force them to share.

4.26

82k+

🏫 Dark Fae Academy 🦁 Alpha Shifters 🔥 Steamy Why Choose 💫 Magical Mate Bonds ⚔️ Reluctant Allies

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Broken Fae

Four rival fae kings want her. One scheming Lion Shifter will force them to share.

by Caroline Peckham 2020 664 pages

4.26

82k+ ratings

🏫 Dark Fae Academy 🦁 Alpha Shifters 🔥 Steamy Why Choose 💫 Magical Mate Bonds ⚔️ Reluctant Allies

Bride of Brutal Hearts

by Kate Stevens

She traded herself to vampires for her sister. Now two brutal kings own her soul.

3.72

6k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🔥 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Captive Romance 🧬 Bred For Them

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Bride of Brutal Hearts

She traded herself to vampires for her sister. Now two brutal kings own her soul.

by Kate Stevens 2025 762 pages

3.72

6k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🔥 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Captive Romance 🧬 Bred For Them

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

by Zoulfa Katouh

A teen surgeon haunted by Fear falls for the boy filming Syria's dying city.

4.45

100k+

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 💔 Wartime Romance 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩺 Survivor's Guilt 🌊 Refugee Journey

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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

A teen surgeon haunted by Fear falls for the boy filming Syria's dying city.

by Zoulfa Katouh 2022 417 pages

4.45

100k+ ratings

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 💔 Wartime Romance 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩺 Survivor's Guilt 🌊 Refugee Journey

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