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Love stories that venture into morally transgressive territory — obsession, power imbalances, and dangerous desire that defies conventional boundaries. Readers seek the thrill of passion untempered by propriety.

The Maddest Obsession

by Danielle Lori

A mafia wife meets the federal agent who kills for her and calls it obsession.

4.24

242k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👀 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🕯️ Slow Burn

The Maddest Obsession

A mafia wife meets the federal agent who kills for her and calls it obsession.

by Danielle Lori 2019

4.24

242k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👀 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🕯️ Slow Burn

Blood of My Monster

by Rina Kent • 2023

Her captain knows she's a woman, and he'll keep her secret... for a price.

4.16

85k+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 🎖️ Military Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Blood of My Monster

Her captain knows she's a woman, and he'll keep her secret... for a price.

by Rina Kent 2023

4.16

85k+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 🎖️ Military Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Hateful Games

by Simran . • 2024

Forced to marry her mafia rival, a defiant girl's rebellion fuels his dangerous obsession.

3.86

11k+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Rival Mafia Families 💎 Billionaire Hero 🔥 Possessive Hero

Hateful Games

Forced to marry her mafia rival, a defiant girl's rebellion fuels his dangerous obsession.

by Simran . 2024

3.86

11k+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Rival Mafia Families 💎 Billionaire Hero 🔥 Possessive Hero

Eyes on Me

by Sara Cate • 2022

A voyeur finds his stepsister's cam channel, and a week alone tests every forbidden boundary.

4.04

150k+

🚫 Stepsibling Taboo 📹 Camgirl Heroine 👀 Voyeur Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity

Eyes on Me

A voyeur finds his stepsister's cam channel, and a week alone tests every forbidden boundary.

by Sara Cate 2022

4.04

150k+ ratings

🚫 Stepsibling Taboo 📹 Camgirl Heroine 👀 Voyeur Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Night Ends with Fire

by K.X. Song • 2024

To flee an arranged marriage, she becomes a soldier. A dragon waits in her blood.

3.77

19k+

🗡️ Mulan Retelling 🎭 Disguised As A Boy 💔 Enemies To Lovers ✨ Hidden Powers 🐉 Chinese Mythology

The Night Ends with Fire

To flee an arranged marriage, she becomes a soldier. A dragon waits in her blood.

by K.X. Song 2024

3.77

19k+ ratings

🗡️ Mulan Retelling 🎭 Disguised As A Boy 💔 Enemies To Lovers ✨ Hidden Powers 🐉 Chinese Mythology

Steel Princess

by Rina Kent • 2019

He planned to destroy the broken girl, but his obsession became her most dangerous weapon.

3.96

113k+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Obsessive Hero ⚔️ Feuding Families 🎓 Prep School 💭 Repressed Memories

Steel Princess

He planned to destroy the broken girl, but his obsession became her most dangerous weapon.

by Rina Kent 2019

3.96

113k+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Obsessive Hero ⚔️ Feuding Families 🎓 Prep School 💭 Repressed Memories

Stolen Touches

by Neva Altaj • 2022

A mafia Don forces a defiant nurse into marriage, and her resistance only deepens his obsession.

4.03

67k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 👁️ Obsessed Hero 💍 Forced Marriage ☠️ Touch Her And Die 🔥 Slow Burn

Stolen Touches

A mafia Don forces a defiant nurse into marriage, and her resistance only deepens his obsession.

by Neva Altaj 2022

4.03

67k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 👁️ Obsessed Hero 💍 Forced Marriage ☠️ Touch Her And Die 🔥 Slow Burn

My Fault

by Mercedes Ron

Her stepbrother pushes her away with one hand and pulls her closer with the other.

3.73

138k+

🔥 Stepbrother Romance 💘 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Trauma Bonding 🚫 Forbidden Love 😈 Bad Boy Hero

My Fault

Her stepbrother pushes her away with one hand and pulls her closer with the other.

by Mercedes Ron 2017

3.73

138k+ ratings

🔥 Stepbrother Romance 💘 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Trauma Bonding 🚫 Forbidden Love 😈 Bad Boy Hero

Leave Me Behind

by K.M. Moronova

A one-night stand turns fatal: he's the masked assassin she must serve, and he wants her destroyed.

3.85

101k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🎭 Masked Hero 🪖 Military Romance 🔪 Knife Play

Leave Me Behind

A one-night stand turns fatal: he's the masked assassin she must serve, and he wants her destroyed.

by K.M. Moronova 2024

3.85

101k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🎭 Masked Hero 🪖 Military Romance 🔪 Knife Play

Twisted

by Emily McIntire • 2023

He needs her father's empire. A fake engagement gets him close. A magic lamp gets him closer.

3.85

120k+

🧞 Fairy Tale Retelling 💍 Fake Engagement ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Spicy Romance 🦹 Villain Love Interest

Twisted

He needs her father's empire. A fake engagement gets him close. A magic lamp gets him closer.

by Emily McIntire 2023

3.85

120k+ ratings

🧞 Fairy Tale Retelling 💍 Fake Engagement ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Spicy Romance 🦹 Villain Love Interest

Hidden Bodies

by Caroline Kepnes • 2016

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

3.75

94k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Murder Couple 🎬 Hollywood Satire

Hidden Bodies

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

by Caroline Kepnes 2016

3.75

94k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Murder Couple 🎬 Hollywood Satire

Empire of Lust

by Rina Kent • 2022

One masked night. A secret daughter. Now her rival is the father she can't escape.

4.14

30k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 🔒 Possessive Hero 💔 Second Chance

Empire of Lust

One masked night. A secret daughter. Now her rival is the father she can't escape.

by Rina Kent 2022

4.14

30k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 🔒 Possessive Hero 💔 Second Chance

Wrath of an Exile

by Monty Jay

An arsonist and the exile she once hunted are drawn together in a deadly town rivalry.

4.21

13k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏡 Small Town

Wrath of an Exile

An arsonist and the exile she once hunted are drawn together in a deadly town rivalry.

by Monty Jay

4.21

13k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏡 Small Town

Does It Hurt?

by H.D. Carlton

She steals his identity. He takes her to sea where the sharks circle underneath.

3.89

272k+

😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏝️ Forced Proximity 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🗼 Isolated Lighthouse 💔 Trauma Bonding

Does It Hurt?

She steals his identity. He takes her to sea where the sharks circle underneath.

by H.D. Carlton 2022

3.89

272k+ ratings

😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏝️ Forced Proximity 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🗼 Isolated Lighthouse 💔 Trauma Bonding

I Will Mend You

by Gigi Styx

She set her lover on fire. Her twin dragged her to a snuff-film asylum.

4.33

13k+

👯 Evil Twin 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔪 Vengeful Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 🕶️ Criminal Underworld

I Will Mend You

She set her lover on fire. Her twin dragged her to a snuff-film asylum.

by Gigi Styx 2024

4.33

13k+ ratings

👯 Evil Twin 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔪 Vengeful Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 🕶️ Criminal Underworld

Tempted by the Devil

by Michelle Heard • 2023

Her stepbrother sells her to a mafia boss, who decides to make her his wife.

3.83

43k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Forced Marriage 🕊️ Virgin Heroine 🔒 Possessive Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

Tempted by the Devil

Her stepbrother sells her to a mafia boss, who decides to make her his wife.

by Michelle Heard 2023

3.83

43k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Forced Marriage 🕊️ Virgin Heroine 🔒 Possessive Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

Burned Dreams

by Neva Altaj • 2023

Revenge put him inside the mafia. The boss's battered wife was never part of the plan.

3.86

42k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Forced Marriage 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💪 Survivor Heroine

Burned Dreams

Revenge put him inside the mafia. The boss's battered wife was never part of the plan.

by Neva Altaj 2023

3.86

42k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Forced Marriage 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💪 Survivor Heroine

Hlomu the Wife

by Dudu Busani-Dube

She married a taxi driver with seven identical brothers. Their family business was violence.

4.42

3k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 💪 Possessive Hero 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets 💍 Marriage Under Pressure

Hlomu the Wife

She married a taxi driver with seven identical brothers. Their family business was violence.

by Dudu Busani-Dube 2020

4.42

3k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 💪 Possessive Hero 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🤫 Family Secrets 💍 Marriage Under Pressure

Wretched

by Emily McIntire

A DEA agent's anonymous hookup is the drug lord he's sworn to destroy.

3.83

152k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔫 Criminal Underworld 🕵 Undercover Agent 👿 Morally Gray Heroine 🔪 Poetic And Violent

Wretched

A DEA agent's anonymous hookup is the drug lord he's sworn to destroy.

by Emily McIntire 2022

3.83

152k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔫 Criminal Underworld 🕵 Undercover Agent 👿 Morally Gray Heroine 🔪 Poetic And Violent

Nero

by S.J. Tilly

A mafia boss invades her apartment during a storm. He decides to keep her.

3.81

94k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 👁️ Stalker Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🌸 Virgin Heroine 😤 Jealous Hero

Nero

A mafia boss invades her apartment during a storm. He decides to keep her.

by S.J. Tilly 2023

3.81

94k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 👁️ Stalker Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🌸 Virgin Heroine 😤 Jealous Hero

Unhinged

by Steph Macca

She's a convicted killer. They're the patients who run the asylum. And they've decided she's theirs.

3.95

52k+

🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Recovery 🕯️ Secret Society 🔒 Forced Proximity

Unhinged

She's a convicted killer. They're the patients who run the asylum. And they've decided she's theirs.

by Steph Macca 2024

3.95

52k+ ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Recovery 🕯️ Secret Society 🔒 Forced Proximity

Destroy Me

by Tahereh Mafi

Shot by the girl he craves, Warner pores over her journal as his father hunts her down.

3.94

364k+

🦹 Villain Point Of View 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🪖 Military Dystopia 🔥 Obsessive Devotion 🌅 Villain Redemption

Destroy Me

Shot by the girl he craves, Warner pores over her journal as his father hunts her down.

by Tahereh Mafi 2012

3.94

364k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Point Of View 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🪖 Military Dystopia 🔥 Obsessive Devotion 🌅 Villain Redemption

Bully

by Penelope Douglas

Her best friend became her bully. After a year in France, she's back, fearless and done running.

3.83

236k+

😈 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Bad Boy Hero 🏫 High School Setting 🌱 Trauma Healing

Bully

Her best friend became her bully. After a year in France, she's back, fearless and done running.

by Penelope Douglas 2013

3.83

236k+ ratings

😈 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Bad Boy Hero 🏫 High School Setting 🌱 Trauma Healing

Green Light

by Jescie Hall

The man she once scammed is now her stepbrother, and he has their sex tape.

3.93

15k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity 🚫 Stepbrother Romance 🔪 Revenge Quest

Green Light

The man she once scammed is now her stepbrother, and he has their sex tape.

by Jescie Hall 2024

3.93

15k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity 🚫 Stepbrother Romance 🔪 Revenge Quest

End It All

by Brea Alepoú

His mafia father's yakuza enforcer should be his prison. Instead, he becomes his only home.

4.09

8k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

End It All

His mafia father's yakuza enforcer should be his prison. Instead, he becomes his only home.

by Brea Alepoú 2025

4.09

8k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

Throne of Ice and Blood

by Marion Blackwood

A fae captive spies on her dragon-shifter captor, but his secret war is the real danger.

4.22

57k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Rebellion 🎭 Dual Identity ⛓️ Magic Suppression

Throne of Ice and Blood

A fae captive spies on her dragon-shifter captor, but his secret war is the real danger.

by Marion Blackwood 2025

4.22

57k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Rebellion 🎭 Dual Identity ⛓️ Magic Suppression

There Are No Saints

by Sophie Lark

A serial killer sculptor becomes dangerously obsessed with the woman his rival left for dead.

3.78

121k+

🔪 Serial Killer Hero 🎨 Art World 👁️ Stalker Romance 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Trauma Bonding

There Are No Saints

A serial killer sculptor becomes dangerously obsessed with the woman his rival left for dead.

by Sophie Lark 2021

3.78

121k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Hero 🎨 Art World 👁️ Stalker Romance 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Trauma Bonding

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

51k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing 🏡 Forced Proximity

Between Commitment and Betrayal

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

by Shain Rose 2023

3.73

51k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing 🏡 Forced Proximity

Scandalous

by L.J. Shen

Blackmailed to spy on her father's partner, a teenage thief discovers the real crime: loving him.

4.09

68k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Father 💀 Blackmail 😢 Angsty

Scandalous

Blackmailed to spy on her father's partner, a teenage thief discovers the real crime: loving him.

by L.J. Shen 2017

4.09

68k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Father 💀 Blackmail 😢 Angsty

Devil Mine

by Khai Hara • 2024

To escape her father's debts, an heiress marries a cartel prince, igniting his darkest obsession.

3.93

6k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Possessive Hero 👑 Defiant Heroine

Devil Mine

To escape her father's debts, an heiress marries a cartel prince, igniting his darkest obsession.

by Khai Hara 2024

3.93

6k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Possessive Hero 👑 Defiant Heroine

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