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Deep End

by Ali Hazelwood

A diver haunted by one catastrophic dive makes a no-strings deal with her teammate's Olympic ex.

3.84

500k+

🏊 College Sports Romance 🖤 BDSM Relationship 💔 Teammate's Ex ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🤫 Secret Arrangement

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Deep End

A diver haunted by one catastrophic dive makes a no-strings deal with her teammate's Olympic ex.

by Ali Hazelwood 2025 464 pages

3.84

500k+ ratings

🏊 College Sports Romance 🖤 BDSM Relationship 💔 Teammate's Ex ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🤫 Secret Arrangement

My Pucking Crush

by Tori Chase • 2024

A closeted hockey captain falls for his bodyguard while a mafia enemy hunts them both.

3.66

9k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete

My Pucking Crush

A closeted hockey captain falls for his bodyguard while a mafia enemy hunts them both.

by Tori Chase 2024 362 pages

3.66

9k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete

By Sin I Rise

by Cora Reilly • 2021

A biker kidnaps a mob heiress to settle a blood debt. Revenge was the plan; wanting her wasn't.

3.64

21k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏍️ Biker Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🏚️ Rival Families

By Sin I Rise

A biker kidnaps a mob heiress to settle a blood debt. Revenge was the plan; wanting her wasn't.

by Cora Reilly 2021 274 pages

3.64

21k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏍️ Biker Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🏚️ Rival Families

Luca Vitiello

by Cora Reilly • 2019

A mafia killer marries an innocent to keep the peace. He can survive anything except her terror.

3.90

28k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🩸 Morally Grey Hero 🔫 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma And Healing

Luca Vitiello

A mafia killer marries an innocent to keep the peace. He can survive anything except her terror.

by Cora Reilly 2019 351 pages

3.90

28k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🩸 Morally Grey Hero 🔫 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma And Healing

Sweet Temptation

by Cora Reilly • 2020

A mafia widower marries a teenager for duty; her stubborn warmth begins to crack his frozen heart.

3.95

91k+

🖤 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🕊️ Age Gap Romance 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Father ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Trauma Healing

Sweet Temptation

A mafia widower marries a teenager for duty; her stubborn warmth begins to crack his frozen heart.

by Cora Reilly 2020 292 pages

3.95

91k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🕊️ Age Gap Romance 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Father ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Trauma Healing

Liminal

by Marie Mistry

A ghost librarian hasn't felt a touch in five centuries. Six heirs are cracking her apart.

4.53

3k+

🏚️ Sentient Library 👻 Ghost Romance 💔 Cursed Touch 🔗 Fated Mates 🖤 Enemies To Lovers

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Liminal

A ghost librarian hasn't felt a touch in five centuries. Six heirs are cracking her apart.

by Marie Mistry 2024 410 pages

4.53

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient Library 👻 Ghost Romance 💔 Cursed Touch 🔗 Fated Mates 🖤 Enemies To Lovers

The Plea

by Steve Cavanagh

To save his wife, a con-man lawyer must force a billionaire client to plead guilty.

4.28

31k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🎭 Con Artist Protagonist ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🎯 Frame Up 🕵️ Deep State Conspiracy

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The Plea

To save his wife, a con-man lawyer must force a billionaire client to plead guilty.

by Steve Cavanagh 2015 400 pages

4.28

31k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🎭 Con Artist Protagonist ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🎯 Frame Up 🕵️ Deep State Conspiracy

Someone Knows

by Vi Keeland

A professor opens a student manuscript and finds her own buried murder on the page.

3.87

15k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💭 Repressed Memories 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

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Someone Knows

A professor opens a student manuscript and finds her own buried murder on the page.

by Vi Keeland 2025 277 pages

3.87

15k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💭 Repressed Memories 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Assistant to the Villain

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

She works for a villain. He's kind, handsome, and someone is planting bombs in his manor.

3.93

300k+

🖤 Villain Romance 🏰 Workplace Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Found Family 🎭 Comedic Fantasy

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Assistant to the Villain

She works for a villain. He's kind, handsome, and someone is planting bombs in his manor.

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 342 pages

3.93

300k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Romance 🏰 Workplace Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Found Family 🎭 Comedic Fantasy

Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

A fireman hides a stolen book after watching a woman burn alive with her library.

3.97

2.8M+

🔥 Book Burning 📚 Literary Dystopia 🚫 Forbidden Knowledge 📖 Post-Literate Future 🚀 Midcentury Sf

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Fahrenheit 451

A fireman hides a stolen book after watching a woman burn alive with her library.

by Ray Bradbury 1953 249 pages

3.97

2.8M+ ratings

🔥 Book Burning 📚 Literary Dystopia 🚫 Forbidden Knowledge 📖 Post-Literate Future 🚀 Midcentury Sf

Book of Night

by Holly Black

A shredded shadow corpse spurs a thief to steal a dark book before her sister is murdered.

3.54

88k+

🖤 Shadow Magic 🃏 Con Artist Heroine 🗝️ Heist And Caper 🌑 Monstrous Love Interest 🕯️ Gothic Noir Energy

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Book of Night

A shredded shadow corpse spurs a thief to steal a dark book before her sister is murdered.

by Holly Black 2022 304 pages

3.54

88k+ ratings

🖤 Shadow Magic 🃏 Con Artist Heroine 🗝️ Heist And Caper 🌑 Monstrous Love Interest 🕯️ Gothic Noir Energy

More Than Enough

by Anna Quindlen

A DNA test upends her identity and sends a woman searching for what family truly means.

3.93

28k+

🧬 Family Secret 🫂 Found Family 👶 Infertility Struggle 🪴 Terminal Illness 🌈 Interracial Family

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More Than Enough

A DNA test upends her identity and sends a woman searching for what family truly means.

by Anna Quindlen 2026 256 pages

3.93

28k+ ratings

🧬 Family Secret 🫂 Found Family 👶 Infertility Struggle 🪴 Terminal Illness 🌈 Interracial Family

Go Ask Alice

by Beatrice Sparks

A lonely teen, drugged with LSD, spirals into addiction and the street; her diary alone survives.

3.73

200k+

📓 Diary Format 💉 Drug Addiction 🏃 Runaway Teen ✍️ Confessional Voice 🌀 Downward Spiral

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Go Ask Alice

A lonely teen, drugged with LSD, spirals into addiction and the street; her diary alone survives.

by Beatrice Sparks 1971 185 pages

3.73

200k+ ratings

📓 Diary Format 💉 Drug Addiction 🏃 Runaway Teen ✍️ Confessional Voice 🌀 Downward Spiral

Soul Hunter

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

A Night Lord's prophetic visions show a future the eldar will sacrifice everything to prevent: his.

4.36

5k+

🖤 Grimdark Sci-Fi 💀 Chaos Space Marines 👁️ Prophetic Visions 🩸 Terror Warfare ⚔️ Doomed Brotherhood

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Soul Hunter

A Night Lord's prophetic visions show a future the eldar will sacrifice everything to prevent: his.

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2010 416 pages

4.36

5k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Sci-Fi 💀 Chaos Space Marines 👁️ Prophetic Visions 🩸 Terror Warfare ⚔️ Doomed Brotherhood

Contention

by Sean Oswald

Earth has a month until system induction. Silas kills whoever stands between humanity and survival.

4.51

3k+

🎮 Litrpg Progression 🌍 System Apocalypse 💪 Overpowered Protagonist ⚖️ Morally Gray Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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Contention

Earth has a month until system induction. Silas kills whoever stands between humanity and survival.

by Sean Oswald 2024 716 pages

4.51

3k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg Progression 🌍 System Apocalypse 💪 Overpowered Protagonist ⚖️ Morally Gray Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Scarlet Veil

by Shelby Mahurin

A huntress is abducted by a vampire king. A killer forces her to trust her captor.

4.06

17k+

🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 👻 Ghost Speaker

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The Scarlet Veil

A huntress is abducted by a vampire king. A killer forces her to trust her captor.

by Shelby Mahurin 2023 630 pages

4.06

17k+ ratings

🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 👻 Ghost Speaker

The White Girl

by Tony Birch

To save her granddaughter from removal, an Aboriginal grandmother teaches the girl to pass as white.

4.08

7k+

🎭 Passing As White 💔 Stolen Generations 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma 🌏 1960s Australia 🏚️ Rural Australia

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The White Girl

To save her granddaughter from removal, an Aboriginal grandmother teaches the girl to pass as white.

by Tony Birch 2019 272 pages

4.08

7k+ ratings

🎭 Passing As White 💔 Stolen Generations 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma 🌏 1960s Australia 🏚️ Rural Australia

Soul Eater

by Lily Mayne

Two hundred soldiers die. One survives. The monster who killed them wants to see his face.

4.22

27k+

🖤 Monster Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⏳ Ancient Immortal Lover 🚪 Forced Proximity 💔 Hurt/Comfort

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Soul Eater

Two hundred soldiers die. One survives. The monster who killed them wants to see his face.

by Lily Mayne 2021 329 pages

4.22

27k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⏳ Ancient Immortal Lover 🚪 Forced Proximity 💔 Hurt/Comfort

The Reappearance of Rachel Price

by Holly Jackson

After sixteen years, her missing mother comes back, and nothing she says adds up.

4.08

200k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👩 Missing Mother 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Family Conspiracy 🔗 Hidden Captivity

The Reappearance of Rachel Price Summary

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The Reappearance of Rachel Price

After sixteen years, her missing mother comes back, and nothing she says adds up.

by Holly Jackson 2024 438 pages

4.08

200k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👩 Missing Mother 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Family Conspiracy 🔗 Hidden Captivity

The Man Made of Smoke

by Alex North

A father vanishes from an island cliff. A killer hunts those who looked away from a boy's abduction.

3.73

30k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 📖 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 💀 Revenge Thriller 🌑 Dark Atmosphere

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The Man Made of Smoke

A father vanishes from an island cliff. A killer hunts those who looked away from a boy's abduction.

by Alex North 2025 310 pages

3.73

30k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 📖 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 💀 Revenge Thriller 🌑 Dark Atmosphere

Of Blood & Banes

by Courtney Whims

Blood-bound to a tyrant king, a dragon rider must trust the enemy prince in chains.

4.29

4k+

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🔮 Prophecy Subversion 🗡️ Morally Grey Hero

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Of Blood & Banes

Blood-bound to a tyrant king, a dragon rider must trust the enemy prince in chains.

by Courtney Whims 2025 634 pages

4.29

4k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🔮 Prophecy Subversion 🗡️ Morally Grey Hero

Silver & Smoke

by Helen Scheuerer

To save a dying Warsword, a poisoner must pretend to love her enemy's son.

4.27

15k+

💀 Dark Romantasy ✨ Fated Mates 💍 Fake Engagement 🗡️ Morally Gray Heroine ⚔️ Battle Couple

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Silver & Smoke

To save a dying Warsword, a poisoner must pretend to love her enemy's son.

by Helen Scheuerer 2025 444 pages

4.27

15k+ ratings

💀 Dark Romantasy ✨ Fated Mates 💍 Fake Engagement 🗡️ Morally Gray Heroine ⚔️ Battle Couple

Grown Women

by Sarai Johnson

Four Black women, one unspoken wound, and the daughter who finally asks what happened.

4.29

4k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🌿 American South 👩🏿 Black Women's Fiction

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Grown Women

Four Black women, one unspoken wound, and the daughter who finally asks what happened.

by Sarai Johnson 2024 400 pages

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🌿 American South 👩🏿 Black Women's Fiction

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Demoted to a cold-case basement, a detective reopens a politician's vanishing. She is still alive.

4.01

94k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🥃 Damaged Detective 🕰️ Decades-Long Revenge ⏳ Dual Timeline

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The Keeper of Lost Causes

Demoted to a cold-case basement, a detective reopens a politician's vanishing. She is still alive.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007 400 pages

4.01

94k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🥃 Damaged Detective 🕰️ Decades-Long Revenge ⏳ Dual Timeline

Bound by Obsession

by Maddison Cole

A DNA test reveals her bully isn't her brother. His obsession was never about forbidden blood.

4.17

2k+

🖤 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Obsessive Antihero ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pal 🩹 Trauma Bonding

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Bound by Obsession

A DNA test reveals her bully isn't her brother. His obsession was never about forbidden blood.

by Maddison Cole 2024 402 pages

4.17

2k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Obsessive Antihero ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pal 🩹 Trauma Bonding

Seek Immediate Shelter

by Vincent Yu

A false missile alert gives a town eighteen minutes to confront the people they've become.

3.55

1k+

🎭 Ensemble Novel 🚨 Community In Crisis 🏥 Terminal Illness 🔐 Family Secrets 🧬 Generational Trauma

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Seek Immediate Shelter

A false missile alert gives a town eighteen minutes to confront the people they've become.

by Vincent Yu 2026 304 pages

3.55

1k+ ratings

🎭 Ensemble Novel 🚨 Community In Crisis 🏥 Terminal Illness 🔐 Family Secrets 🧬 Generational Trauma

Untouchable

by Sam Mariano

The golden quarterback corners an outcast, ruins her, then makes her his world.

3.93

26k+

🏫 Bully Romance ⚠️ Dubious Consent 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Bonded Couple 🎭 Morally Gray Hero

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Untouchable

The golden quarterback corners an outcast, ruins her, then makes her his world.

by Sam Mariano 2018 494 pages

3.93

26k+ ratings

🏫 Bully Romance ⚠️ Dubious Consent 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Bonded Couple 🎭 Morally Gray Hero

Junie

by Erin Crosby Eckstine

Her dead sister's ghost rises on an Alabama plantation, demanding justice before the full moon.

4.15

29k+

🏚️ Plantation Gothic 🌾 Antebellum South 👻 Ghostly Reckoning 💔 Forbidden Love 📖 Secret Literacy

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Junie

Her dead sister's ghost rises on an Alabama plantation, demanding justice before the full moon.

by Erin Crosby Eckstine 2025 368 pages

4.15

29k+ ratings

🏚️ Plantation Gothic 🌾 Antebellum South 👻 Ghostly Reckoning 💔 Forbidden Love 📖 Secret Literacy

The Witch Collector

by Charissa Weaks

A voiceless witch plans to kidnap her sister's captor, but invaders torch her village first.

3.73

65k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Reluctant Allies ✨ Magical Bond 💔 Grief And Healing ❄️ Winter Realm

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The Witch Collector

A voiceless witch plans to kidnap her sister's captor, but invaders torch her village first.

by Charissa Weaks 2021 343 pages

3.73

65k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Reluctant Allies ✨ Magical Bond 💔 Grief And Healing ❄️ Winter Realm

Frat Row

by Krista Turner Clark • 2025

3.74

1k+

Dark Romance

Dark

Secret Society

College

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Frat Row

by Krista Turner Clark 2025 350 pages

3.74

1k+ ratings

Dark Romance

Dark

Secret Society

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