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Between Life and Death

by Jaclyn Kot

A raven steals a soul from the pyre. She sees it. The cloaked stranger sees her.

3.85

10k+

🥀 Dark Romantasy 🖤 Ancient Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🌑 Morally Grey Hero 🌿 Binding Bargain

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Between Life and Death

A raven steals a soul from the pyre. She sees it. The cloaked stranger sees her.

by Jaclyn Kot 2023 425 pages

3.85

10k+ ratings

🥀 Dark Romantasy 🖤 Ancient Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🌑 Morally Grey Hero 🌿 Binding Bargain

Bratva Bride

by T.J. Maguire

A mafia alliance demands a wedding. The Bratva sends its sharpest blade: their only daughter.

3.71

33k+

💍 Arranged Mafia Marriage 🔪 Deadly Heroine ⚔️ Rival Crime Families 🖤 Touch Her And Die 🐻 Russian Mafia

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Bratva Bride

A mafia alliance demands a wedding. The Bratva sends its sharpest blade: their only daughter.

by T.J. Maguire 2023 425 pages

3.71

33k+ ratings

💍 Arranged Mafia Marriage 🔪 Deadly Heroine ⚔️ Rival Crime Families 🖤 Touch Her And Die 🐻 Russian Mafia

Beautiful Fiend

by Lola King

A gang leader blackmails his rival's best fighter with old footage. Her body takes his side.

3.78

29k+

🖤 Morally Black Hero ⚠️ Dubious Consent Romance 💔 Trauma Bond Romance ⛓️ Blackmail Romance ⚔️ Rival Gang Romance

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Beautiful Fiend

A gang leader blackmails his rival's best fighter with old footage. Her body takes his side.

by Lola King 2023 492 pages

3.78

29k+ ratings

🖤 Morally Black Hero ⚠️ Dubious Consent Romance 💔 Trauma Bond Romance ⛓️ Blackmail Romance ⚔️ Rival Gang Romance

Beautiful Beast

by Neva Altaj

A scarred mafia don kidnaps a hacker who must outsmart the beast before losing her heart.

4.27

33k+

🌹 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🖤 Mafia Romance 🔒 Captive Romance 😣 Scarred Hero 💻 Hacker Heroine

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Beautiful Beast

A scarred mafia don kidnaps a hacker who must outsmart the beast before losing her heart.

by Neva Altaj 2024 334 pages

4.27

33k+ ratings

🌹 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🖤 Mafia Romance 🔒 Captive Romance 😣 Scarred Hero 💻 Hacker Heroine

Between Two Fires

by Christopher Buehlman

A knight, a girl, and a priest cross plague-ravaged France toward Avignon, where a devil rules.

4.21

65k+

🏰 Medieval Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 👨‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚔️ Disgraced Knight 🦴 Body Horror

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Between Two Fires

A knight, a girl, and a priest cross plague-ravaged France toward Avignon, where a devil rules.

by Christopher Buehlman 2012 432 pages

4.21

65k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 👨‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚔️ Disgraced Knight 🦴 Body Horror

Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey

by Ingersoll Lockwood

A dog's wanderlust drives a young baron through Russia's north and into the hollow earth below.

3.44

442

🌍 Hollow Earth 🐕 Boy And His Dog 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🎭 Philosophical Satire 🦸 Animal Hero

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Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey

A dog's wanderlust drives a young baron through Russia's north and into the hollow earth below.

by Ingersoll Lockwood 1893 268 pages

3.44

442 ratings

🌍 Hollow Earth 🐕 Boy And His Dog 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🎭 Philosophical Satire 🦸 Animal Hero

Blood Bound

by Ellis Hunter

Bound by blood to kill the prince's sister, a powerless witch falls into the prince's arms instead.

4.09

11k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🐉 Dragon Bonding 💫 Soul Bond 👑 Lost Heir ⛓️ Forced Proximity

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Blood Bound

Bound by blood to kill the prince's sister, a powerless witch falls into the prince's arms instead.

by Ellis Hunter 2026 485 pages

4.09

11k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🐉 Dragon Bonding 💫 Soul Bond 👑 Lost Heir ⛓️ Forced Proximity

Between Tides & Thunder

by Leena Kazak

A healer princess is bartered for peace, but the feared brother claims her as proxy groom.

4.20

27k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🌊 Hidden Magic 💚 Healer Heroine

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Between Tides & Thunder

A healer princess is bartered for peace, but the feared brother claims her as proxy groom.

by Leena Kazak 2026 496 pages

4.20

27k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🌊 Hidden Magic 💚 Healer Heroine

Black Swan Affair

by K.L. Kreig

She marries her best friend for revenge, then must learn to love the man she wed.

4.02

15k+

🔺 Love Triangle 👫 Best Friend To Lover 💔 Pining Hero 🏘️ Small Town 🤫 Family Secrets

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Black Swan Affair

She marries her best friend for revenge, then must learn to love the man she wed.

by K.L. Kreig 2016 370 pages

4.02

15k+ ratings

🔺 Love Triangle 👫 Best Friend To Lover 💔 Pining Hero 🏘️ Small Town 🤫 Family Secrets

Bad Blood

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The serial killers who hold her mother captive have a new target: everyone Cassie loves.

4.37

100k+

🔍 Teen Criminal Profilers 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Cult Investigation 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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Bad Blood

The serial killers who hold her mother captive have a new target: everyone Cassie loves.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016 384 pages

4.37

100k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Criminal Profilers 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Cult Investigation 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Blindsighted

by Karin Slaughter

A small-town coroner finds a blind woman murdered, and the killer means each body for her.

4.10

100k+

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🌾 Rural Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt ✝️ Ritualistic Murder 💔 Trauma And Survival

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Blindsighted

A small-town coroner finds a blind woman murdered, and the killer means each body for her.

by Karin Slaughter 2001 418 pages

4.10

100k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Thriller 🌾 Rural Noir 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt ✝️ Ritualistic Murder 💔 Trauma And Survival

All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker

A one-eyed boy saves a girl and vanishes. A beekeeper's daughter makes finding him her life.

4.23

500k+

🏚️ Small Town Noir 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⛓️ Kidnapped Protagonist 🎨 Art And Obsession ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

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All the Colors of the Dark

A one-eyed boy saves a girl and vanishes. A beekeeper's daughter makes finding him her life.

by Chris Whitaker 2024 595 pages

4.23

500k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Noir 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⛓️ Kidnapped Protagonist 🎨 Art And Obsession ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

A Theatre for Dreamers

by Polly Samson

A motherless girl joins a Greek island's artists and learns who pays for their golden summer.

3.40

6k+

🎨 Real Artists Fictionalized 🍷 Bohemian Expats 🌿 Women Behind Genius 🌞 Summer Coming Of Age 🤝 Found Family

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A Theatre for Dreamers

A motherless girl joins a Greek island's artists and learns who pays for their golden summer.

by Polly Samson 2021 354 pages

3.40

6k+ ratings

🎨 Real Artists Fictionalized 🍷 Bohemian Expats 🌿 Women Behind Genius 🌞 Summer Coming Of Age 🤝 Found Family

A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara

Four friends, thirty years, and a secret past that no amount of devotion can undo.

4.27

900k+

🫂 Found Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Self-Harm 🤕 Chronic Pain 💕 Friends To Lovers

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A Little Life

Four friends, thirty years, and a secret past that no amount of devotion can undo.

by Hanya Yanagihara 2015 720 pages

4.27

900k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Self-Harm 🤕 Chronic Pain 💕 Friends To Lovers

Bad Bishop

by L.J. Shen

Deaf, pregnant, sold to the one-eyed Irish mobster who once made her hold his severed eye.

4.22

87k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🥀 Dark Mafia 🍀 Irish Mafia 🩹 Assault Survivor

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Bad Bishop

Deaf, pregnant, sold to the one-eyed Irish mobster who once made her hold his severed eye.

by L.J. Shen 2025 448 pages

4.22

87k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🥀 Dark Mafia 🍀 Irish Mafia 🩹 Assault Survivor

Atmosphere

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Two women astronauts hide a love that could ground them forever in the 1980s space program.

4.32

900k+

💕 Sapphic Romance 🚪 Closeted Love 🔬 Women In Stem 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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Atmosphere

Two women astronauts hide a love that could ground them forever in the 1980s space program.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2025 337 pages

4.32

900k+ ratings

💕 Sapphic Romance 🚪 Closeted Love 🔬 Women In Stem 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Avalon Tower

by C.N. Crawford

At a spy academy, a bookseller must partner with the demi-Fey who once broke her heart.

3.93

45k+

🏰 Arthurian Fantasy 🕵️ Spy Academy 💔 Second Chance Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love ✨ Hidden Powers

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Avalon Tower

At a spy academy, a bookseller must partner with the demi-Fey who once broke her heart.

by C.N. Crawford 2024 522 pages

3.93

45k+ ratings

🏰 Arthurian Fantasy 🕵️ Spy Academy 💔 Second Chance Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love ✨ Hidden Powers

A Guardian and a Thief

by Megha Majumdar

Stolen passports trap a mother in a climate-ravaged Kolkata with a thief who knows her secret.

3.75

36k+

🔥 Climate Dystopia 🛂 Climate Refugees 💔 Desperate Mother 👧 Child In Peril 🍚 Food Scarcity

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A Guardian and a Thief

Stolen passports trap a mother in a climate-ravaged Kolkata with a thief who knows her secret.

by Megha Majumdar 2025 224 pages

3.75

36k+ ratings

🔥 Climate Dystopia 🛂 Climate Refugees 💔 Desperate Mother 👧 Child In Peril 🍚 Food Scarcity

Alchemised

by SenLinYu

She erased her lover from memory. His captive now, she must bear the enemy a child.

4.31

300k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🧠 Memory Manipulation 📜 Forgotten Heroine

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Alchemised

She erased her lover from memory. His captive now, she must bear the enemy a child.

by SenLinYu 2025 1030 pages

4.31

300k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🧠 Memory Manipulation 📜 Forgotten Heroine

A Forbidden Alchemy

by Stacey McEwan

An earth wielder sent to bury a rebel town falls for its magnetic leader.

4.24

34k+

🕵️ Spy Falling For Target 💎 Class Divide Romance 🌍 Earth Magic 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Rebel Leader Romance

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A Forbidden Alchemy

An earth wielder sent to bury a rebel town falls for its magnetic leader.

by Stacey McEwan 2025 480 pages

4.24

34k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Falling For Target 💎 Class Divide Romance 🌍 Earth Magic 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Rebel Leader Romance

Arcana Academy

by Elise Kova

A jailed tarot forger becomes the fake bride of her captor prince. The ruse turns real.

3.96

38k+

🃏 Tarot Magic System 🏫 Dark Fantasy Academy 💍 Fake Engagement ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

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Arcana Academy

A jailed tarot forger becomes the fake bride of her captor prince. The ruse turns real.

by Elise Kova 2025 553 pages

3.96

38k+ ratings

🃏 Tarot Magic System 🏫 Dark Fantasy Academy 💍 Fake Engagement ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

All the Young Dudes

by MsKingBean89

A werewolf orphan hides at Hogwarts until a reckless pureblood heir makes hiding impossible.

4.76

40k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 💕 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Relationship 🐺 Werewolf Transformation

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All the Young Dudes

A werewolf orphan hides at Hogwarts until a reckless pureblood heir makes hiding impossible.

by MsKingBean89 2018 1799 pages

4.76

40k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 💕 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Relationship 🐺 Werewolf Transformation

All In

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Teen FBI profilers track a killer whose Fibonacci-pattern murders spiral toward the Vegas Strip.

4.34

100k+

🕵️ Teen Investigators 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery 💛 Found Family 👥 Secret Sibling 🧩 Team Of Specialists

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All In

Teen FBI profilers track a killer whose Fibonacci-pattern murders spiral toward the Vegas Strip.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2015 378 pages

4.34

100k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Investigators 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery 💛 Found Family 👥 Secret Sibling 🧩 Team Of Specialists

A Far-Flung Life

by M.L. Stedman

A shattered man raises his sister's child on an outback sheep station, hiding one ruinous secret.

4.13

21k+

🐑 Outback Family Saga 🗝️ Buried Secrets 💔 Taboo Love 🔗 Generational Trauma 🌅 Slow Redemption

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A Far-Flung Life

A shattered man raises his sister's child on an outback sheep station, hiding one ruinous secret.

by M.L. Stedman 2026 431 pages

4.13

21k+ ratings

🐑 Outback Family Saga 🗝️ Buried Secrets 💔 Taboo Love 🔗 Generational Trauma 🌅 Slow Redemption

A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly

by Sophia St. Germain

A half-Fae spy, oath-bound to destroy the regent, enters a deadly election and falls for him.

3.98

52k+

❤️ Romantasy 👑 Political Fantasy 🕵️ Reluctant Spy 🩸 Blood Oaths 🏠 Forced Proximity

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A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly

A half-Fae spy, oath-bound to destroy the regent, enters a deadly election and falls for him.

by Sophia St. Germain 2024 476 pages

3.98

52k+ ratings

❤️ Romantasy 👑 Political Fantasy 🕵️ Reluctant Spy 🩸 Blood Oaths 🏠 Forced Proximity

Anathema

by Keri Lake

Sent to kill her, a cursed assassin watches his black flame choose her instead.

4.18

100k+

🖤 Gothic Romantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🕷️ Body Horror 🦂 Monster Love Interest 🏰 Gothic Castle

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Anathema

Sent to kill her, a cursed assassin watches his black flame choose her instead.

by Keri Lake 2024 690 pages

4.18

100k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🕷️ Body Horror 🦂 Monster Love Interest 🏰 Gothic Castle

Angel Down

by Daniel Kraus

A WWI gravedigger finds an angel in No Man's Land; her gifts destroy whoever asks.

4.06

15k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🪖 World War I 😇 Wish Gone Wrong 🤝 Deadly Bargain ⛪ Religious Horror

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Angel Down

A WWI gravedigger finds an angel in No Man's Land; her gifts destroy whoever asks.

by Daniel Kraus 2025 285 pages

4.06

15k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🪖 World War I 😇 Wish Gone Wrong 🤝 Deadly Bargain ⛪ Religious Horror

A Reign of Rose

by Kate Golden

A mortal king finds the healer he buried alive at a masquerade, promised to his enemy.

3.91

28k+

🔥 Fae Romantasy 🖤 Fated Mates 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🏠 Found Family 🐉 Dragon Shifter

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A Reign of Rose

A mortal king finds the healer he buried alive at a masquerade, promised to his enemy.

by Kate Golden 2024 496 pages

3.91

28k+ ratings

🔥 Fae Romantasy 🖤 Fated Mates 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🏠 Found Family 🐉 Dragon Shifter

All Your Perfects

by Colleen Hoover

When their partners cheated, Quinn and Graham found love. Now infertility is breaking them apart.

3.99

700k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🩺 Infertility Struggle ⏳ Dual Timeline 💍 Second Chance Marriage 😢 Tearjerker Romance

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All Your Perfects

When their partners cheated, Quinn and Graham found love. Now infertility is breaking them apart.

by Colleen Hoover 2018 305 pages

3.99

700k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🩺 Infertility Struggle ⏳ Dual Timeline 💍 Second Chance Marriage 😢 Tearjerker Romance

Anatomy of an Alibi

by Ashley Elston

Her husband's secret wasn't a mistress. It was a decade-old murder her family covered up.

3.79

100k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction ⏳ Dual Timeline

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Anatomy of an Alibi

Her husband's secret wasn't a mistress. It was a decade-old murder her family covered up.

by Ashley Elston 2026 340 pages

3.79

100k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction ⏳ Dual Timeline

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