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Fear Me

by B.B. Reid

Her tormentor returns from juvie with an ultimatum: her body for her family's safety.

3.85

28k+

🖤 Bully Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Blackmail 💔 Trauma Bonding 🌸 Virgin Heroine

Fear Me

Her tormentor returns from juvie with an ultimatum: her body for her family's safety.

by B.B. Reid 2015

3.85

28k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Blackmail 💔 Trauma Bonding 🌸 Virgin Heroine

Mafia and Maid

by Isa Oliver • 2024

A mother fleeing abuse becomes maid to a Chicago mafia enforcer who plans to keep her.

3.85

11k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💼 Boss And Employee 👩‍👦 Single Mother 💔 Abuse Recovery 💪 Plus Size Heroine

Mafia and Maid

A mother fleeing abuse becomes maid to a Chicago mafia enforcer who plans to keep her.

by Isa Oliver 2024

3.85

11k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💼 Boss And Employee 👩‍👦 Single Mother 💔 Abuse Recovery 💪 Plus Size Heroine

Code of Silence

by Shantel Tessier • 2020

A mafia prince forced to marry the woman he left behind discovers their reunion could destroy him.

3.87

34k+

🕶️ Mafia Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🌅 Second Chance 🎭 Hidden Identity

Code of Silence

A mafia prince forced to marry the woman he left behind discovers their reunion could destroy him.

by Shantel Tessier 2020

3.87

34k+ ratings

🕶️ Mafia Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🌅 Second Chance 🎭 Hidden Identity

Fire Night

by Penelope Douglas • 2020

On a winter night, old enemies steal two children and a family hunts through a snowstorm.

4.02

75k+

🫂 Found Family 🎄 Holiday Suspense 🌱 Next Generation 💔 Generational Wounds ❄️ Winter Setting

Fire Night

On a winter night, old enemies steal two children and a family hunts through a snowstorm.

by Penelope Douglas 2020

4.02

75k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🎄 Holiday Suspense 🌱 Next Generation 💔 Generational Wounds ❄️ Winter Setting

Entwined with You

by Sylvia Day • 2013

Gideon Cross killed her abuser. Now the murder case and tangled lies threaten their future.

4.18

222k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🕵️‍♀️ Murder Investigation 💒 Secret Wedding 💔 Angsty Romance

Entwined with You

Gideon Cross killed her abuser. Now the murder case and tangled lies threaten their future.

by Sylvia Day 2013

4.18

222k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🕵️‍♀️ Murder Investigation 💒 Secret Wedding 💔 Angsty Romance

Sicko

by Amo Jones • 2020

Foster siblings. Forbidden nights. Four years later, he's back as the MC's savage vice president.

3.97

34k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club 🖤 Taboo Romance 💔 Shared Trauma ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🏠 Found Family

Sicko

Foster siblings. Forbidden nights. Four years later, he's back as the MC's savage vice president.

by Amo Jones 2020

3.97

34k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club 🖤 Taboo Romance 💔 Shared Trauma ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🏠 Found Family

Walking Disaster

by Jamie McGuire • 2013

A notorious fighter meets the one girl immune to his charm, and his walls start crumbling.

4.14

206k+

🖤 Bad Boy Redemption 💕 Good Girl Bad Boy 👊 Underground Fighting 💔 Angsty Romance 💍 Impulsive Marriage

Walking Disaster

A notorious fighter meets the one girl immune to his charm, and his walls start crumbling.

by Jamie McGuire 2013

4.14

206k+ ratings

🖤 Bad Boy Redemption 💕 Good Girl Bad Boy 👊 Underground Fighting 💔 Angsty Romance 💍 Impulsive Marriage

Empire of Desire

by Rina Kent • 2021

Marrying her father's best friend saves her legacy but reignites the desire she's buried for years.

3.70

44k+

🚫 Father's Best Friend 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 😩 Angsty Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

Empire of Desire

Marrying her father's best friend saves her legacy but reignites the desire she's buried for years.

by Rina Kent 2021

3.70

44k+ ratings

🚫 Father's Best Friend 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 😩 Angsty Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

Bones

by Shantel Tessier • 2022

A mafia enforcer saves his best friend's sister from auction, then becomes her captor instead.

4.44

21k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🥀 Dark Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💍 Fake Relationship 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Bones

A mafia enforcer saves his best friend's sister from auction, then becomes her captor instead.

by Shantel Tessier 2022

4.44

21k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🥀 Dark Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💍 Fake Relationship 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Bridesmaid by Chance

by Meghan Quinn • 2025

To save her family home, an assistant proposes a secret marriage to her billionaire boss.

4.14

43k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💼 Workplace Romance 💰 Billionaire Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity

Bridesmaid by Chance

To save her family home, an assistant proposes a secret marriage to her billionaire boss.

by Meghan Quinn 2025

4.14

43k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💼 Workplace Romance 💰 Billionaire Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity

King

by S.J. Tilly • 2023

A mafia boss forces the artist who witnessed his crime to become his wife.

4.12

62k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🥀 Dark Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captor Captive 🌑 Morally Grey

King

A mafia boss forces the artist who witnessed his crime to become his wife.

by S.J. Tilly 2023

4.12

62k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🥀 Dark Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captor Captive 🌑 Morally Grey

All Your Bloody Lies

by M.L. Burns • 2024

A half-succubus's revenge spree draws a vampire enforcer who intends to claim her, not cage her.

4.00

6k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🥀 Dark Eroticism

All Your Bloody Lies

A half-succubus's revenge spree draws a vampire enforcer who intends to claim her, not cage her.

by M.L. Burns 2024

4.00

6k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🥀 Dark Eroticism

What Did You Do?

by Jeneane O'Riley • 2024

An assassin and the Unseelie prince share a bond that turns hate into a fatal obsession.

3.70

39k+

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 🗡️ Deadly Heroine ⚔️❤️ Enemies To Lovers 📐 Love Triangle 🔗 Magical Bond

What Did You Do?

An assassin and the Unseelie prince share a bond that turns hate into a fatal obsession.

by Jeneane O'Riley 2024

3.70

39k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 🗡️ Deadly Heroine ⚔️❤️ Enemies To Lovers 📐 Love Triangle 🔗 Magical Bond

Watch Your Back

by Tate James • 2025

A college student's blackouts hide a secret society's mind control. The men she loves are weapons.

4.34

29k+

👥 Why Choose 🔥 Stepbrother Romance 🔑 Secret Society 🌀 Gaslighting 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Watch Your Back

A college student's blackouts hide a secret society's mind control. The men she loves are weapons.

by Tate James 2025

4.34

29k+ ratings

👥 Why Choose 🔥 Stepbrother Romance 🔑 Secret Society 🌀 Gaslighting 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

A Game of Gods

by Scarlett St. Clair • 2023

One monster's death could end the gods. Hades hunts it as enemies circle Persephone.

4.01

34k+

📜 Mythological Retelling 🖤 Dark Romantasy 💔 Trauma And Healing ⚡ Gods And Mortals 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

A Game of Gods

One monster's death could end the gods. Hades hunts it as enemies circle Persephone.

by Scarlett St. Clair 2023

4.01

34k+ ratings

📜 Mythological Retelling 🖤 Dark Romantasy 💔 Trauma And Healing ⚡ Gods And Mortals 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Ignite

by Luna Mason • 2025

A grieving nurse falls for a reckless underground fighter. Then his family's violent game hunts her.

4.19

10k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🎯 Hunter Prey Dynamic 💔 Healing From Grief 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 😈 Morally Gray Hero

Ignite

A grieving nurse falls for a reckless underground fighter. Then his family's violent game hunts her.

by Luna Mason 2025

4.19

10k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🎯 Hunter Prey Dynamic 💔 Healing From Grief 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 😈 Morally Gray Hero

Destroy Me

by Michelle Heard • 2023

A mafia princess trapped in rubble kisses the enemy she was raised to hate.

3.82

18k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 💔 Forbidden Love 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Destroy Me

A mafia princess trapped in rubble kisses the enemy she was raised to hate.

by Michelle Heard 2023

3.82

18k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 💔 Forbidden Love 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Teacher's Pet

by Katerina St. Clair

A forbidden student-teacher affair turns lethal when his cartel brother decides she must die.

3.90

1k+

🎓 Forbidden Professor 🖤 Scarred Hero 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔫 Criminal Underworld

Teacher's Pet

A forbidden student-teacher affair turns lethal when his cartel brother decides she must die.

by Katerina St. Clair 2025

3.90

1k+ ratings

🎓 Forbidden Professor 🖤 Scarred Hero 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔫 Criminal Underworld

Dark Notes

by Pam Godwin • 2016

A poor scholarship pianist falls into her teacher's dark world of control and passion.

3.92

42k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance ⛓️ Kink Awakening 💔 Trauma Healing 😢 Angsty Romance 🏚️ Gritty Romance

Dark Notes

A poor scholarship pianist falls into her teacher's dark world of control and passion.

by Pam Godwin 2016

3.92

42k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance ⛓️ Kink Awakening 💔 Trauma Healing 😢 Angsty Romance 🏚️ Gritty Romance

Titan

by Shantel Tessier • 2020

To save her dying mother, she enters a Vegas kingpin's dark empire and becomes his obsession.

4.25

26k+

🖤 Mafia Antihero 🔥 Two Men One Woman 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🦋 Sexual Awakening 🎰 Las Vegas Underworld

Titan

To save her dying mother, she enters a Vegas kingpin's dark empire and becomes his obsession.

by Shantel Tessier 2020

4.25

26k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Antihero 🔥 Two Men One Woman 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🦋 Sexual Awakening 🎰 Las Vegas Underworld

Between Never and Forever

by Shain Rose • 2024

A pop star's PR romance derails when her secret ex forces a fake engagement.

3.85

19k+

🎤 Pop Star Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 📖 Second Chance Romance ⛓️ Trauma Bonding 😭 Angsty Contemporary

Between Never and Forever

A pop star's PR romance derails when her secret ex forces a fake engagement.

by Shain Rose 2024

3.85

19k+ ratings

🎤 Pop Star Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 📖 Second Chance Romance ⛓️ Trauma Bonding 😭 Angsty Contemporary

Reflected in You

by Sylvia Day • 2012

Gideon Cross gives Eva everything except his secrets, and her past is closing in.

4.29

366k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 😢 High Angst 💔 Damaged Hero 🔥 Obsessive Love 🌶️ Spicy Open Door

Reflected in You

Gideon Cross gives Eva everything except his secrets, and her past is closing in.

by Sylvia Day 2012

4.29

366k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 😢 High Angst 💔 Damaged Hero 🔥 Obsessive Love 🌶️ Spicy Open Door

Until You

by Penelope Douglas • 2013

Her childhood best friend became her cruelest bully. Now she's back, stronger and done running.

4.14

68k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Bully Romance 🌳 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing 😢 Angsty Romance

Until You

Her childhood best friend became her cruelest bully. Now she's back, stronger and done running.

by Penelope Douglas 2013

4.14

68k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Bully Romance 🌳 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing 😢 Angsty Romance

A Touch of Ruin

by Scarlett St. Clair • 2020

Persephone has Hades' heart, but jealousy and a secret bargain with Apollo could destroy them both.

3.79

199k+

🏛️ Modern Myth Retelling 🖤 Underworld Romance 💫 Destined Lovers ⚡ Divine Politics 🤝 Bargains With Gods

A Touch of Ruin

Persephone has Hades' heart, but jealousy and a secret bargain with Apollo could destroy them both.

by Scarlett St. Clair 2020

3.79

199k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Myth Retelling 🖤 Underworld Romance 💫 Destined Lovers ⚡ Divine Politics 🤝 Bargains With Gods

A Touch of Malice

by Scarlett St. Clair • 2021

To end her mother's deadly winter, a traumatized goddess must unleash the monster inside her.

3.93

136k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 🌑 Dark Romantasy ⚡ Divine Politics 🔥 Morally Grey Heroine 🏙️ Modern Mythology

A Touch of Malice

To end her mother's deadly winter, a traumatized goddess must unleash the monster inside her.

by Scarlett St. Clair 2021

3.93

136k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 🌑 Dark Romantasy ⚡ Divine Politics 🔥 Morally Grey Heroine 🏙️ Modern Mythology

Pretty Boy

by Brianna Flores • 2024

Heartbroken, a college student falls for his gruff personal trainer, who refuses to date clients.

4.00

9k+

😤 Grumpy And Soft 🌈 Sexual Awakening 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Body Image 🚪 Coming Out

Pretty Boy

Heartbroken, a college student falls for his gruff personal trainer, who refuses to date clients.

by Brianna Flores 2024

4.00

9k+ ratings

😤 Grumpy And Soft 🌈 Sexual Awakening 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Body Image 🚪 Coming Out

Paved in Blood

by Sonja Grey • 2023

A Bratva boss crashes a gala to hunt traffickers and collides with the mayor's sheltered daughter.

3.95

7k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Healing 🌃 Criminal Underworld

Paved in Blood

A Bratva boss crashes a gala to hunt traffickers and collides with the mayor's sheltered daughter.

by Sonja Grey 2023

3.95

7k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Healing 🌃 Criminal Underworld

Burning Ivy

by Brandy Hynes • 2024

To claim her inheritance, an artist must marry a dangerous stranger who makes people disappear.

4.06

4k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 😈 Morally Gray Hero 🕵️ Secret Society

Burning Ivy

To claim her inheritance, an artist must marry a dangerous stranger who makes people disappear.

by Brandy Hynes 2024

4.06

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 😈 Morally Gray Hero 🕵️ Secret Society

Broken Knight

by L.J. Shen • 2019

A mute girl, her fierce protector, and a childhood promise neither knows how to keep.

4.17

66k+

🫂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤫 Mute Heroine 💊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Grief And Healing 🏠 Found Family

Broken Knight

A mute girl, her fierce protector, and a childhood promise neither knows how to keep.

by L.J. Shen 2019

4.17

66k+ ratings

🫂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤫 Mute Heroine 💊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Grief And Healing 🏠 Found Family

Cruel Promise

by Nicole Fox • 2023

A pregnant woman flees a Bratva boss. He will stop at nothing to bring her back.

4.27

24k+

🖤 Bratva Romance 🌑 Dark Romance 🤰 Pregnancy Romance 💪 Relentless Hero 🛡️ Guardian Heroine

Cruel Promise

A pregnant woman flees a Bratva boss. He will stop at nothing to bring her back.

by Nicole Fox 2023

4.27

24k+ ratings

🖤 Bratva Romance 🌑 Dark Romance 🤰 Pregnancy Romance 💪 Relentless Hero 🛡️ Guardian Heroine

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