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Ravage

by Steph Macca

In a corrupt asylum, Avery wakes in a hidden lab; three dark protectors hunt her.

4.27

34k+

💘 Why Choose 🥀 Enemies To Lovers 🏥 Psychiatric Institution 🎭 Secret Society ⛓️ Captive Romance

Ravage

In a corrupt asylum, Avery wakes in a hidden lab; three dark protectors hunt her.

by Steph Macca 2025

4.27

34k+ ratings

💘 Why Choose 🥀 Enemies To Lovers 🏥 Psychiatric Institution 🎭 Secret Society ⛓️ Captive Romance

Born into Madness

by Sonja Grey • 2025

A Bratva killer in a skull mask rescues her from assault, then claims her for himself.

4.48

3k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 👀 Stalker Hero ☠️ Touch Her And Die 🐺 Feral Love 🇷🇺 Russian Bratva

Born into Madness

A Bratva killer in a skull mask rescues her from assault, then claims her for himself.

by Sonja Grey 2025

4.48

3k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 👀 Stalker Hero ☠️ Touch Her And Die 🐺 Feral Love 🇷🇺 Russian Bratva

Commit

by Candice Wright • 2024

A homeless girl takes refuge with her stepmother's ex, a hitman whose protection is possession.

4.15

717

🖤 Dark Romance 🏚️ Modern Gothic ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Possessive Hero

Commit

A homeless girl takes refuge with her stepmother's ex, a hitman whose protection is possession.

by Candice Wright 2024

4.15

717 ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🏚️ Modern Gothic ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Possessive Hero

Wings of a Butterfly

by Ayden Perry • 2022

Taken from a festival, she wakes in a scarred man's basement where pain blurs into obsession.

3.39

419

🦋 Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Psychosexual Horror 💀 Toxic Obsession 🔒 Abduction Captivity 👁️ Killer Pov

Wings of a Butterfly

Taken from a festival, she wakes in a scarred man's basement where pain blurs into obsession.

by Ayden Perry 2022

3.39

419 ratings

🦋 Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Psychosexual Horror 💀 Toxic Obsession 🔒 Abduction Captivity 👁️ Killer Pov

Truth or Kill

by A.C. Kramer • 2022

An outsider joins an elite retreat where the game turns deadly and her protector is its creator.

4.23

2k+

🖤 Dark Revenge Romance 👀 Outsider Among Elites 🎭 Hidden Identity Lover 🏚️ Secluded Lodge 🎲 Deadly Game

Truth or Kill

An outsider joins an elite retreat where the game turns deadly and her protector is its creator.

by A.C. Kramer 2022

4.23

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Revenge Romance 👀 Outsider Among Elites 🎭 Hidden Identity Lover 🏚️ Secluded Lodge 🎲 Deadly Game

Servitude to Serpents

by Callie Moss • 2024

Abducted and sold as property, a scarred pianist finds twisted refuge in her captor's devotion.

4.02

1k+

⛓️ Captive Romance 🖤 BDSM Training 🐍 Possessive Hero 🥀 Broken Heroine ⚠️ Dubious Consent

Servitude to Serpents

Abducted and sold as property, a scarred pianist finds twisted refuge in her captor's devotion.

by Callie Moss 2024

4.02

1k+ ratings

⛓️ Captive Romance 🖤 BDSM Training 🐍 Possessive Hero 🥀 Broken Heroine ⚠️ Dubious Consent

The Broken Puppet

by Amo Jones • 2017

A secret society marked her. Its heir reclaimed her, binding them in dark secrets and desire.

4.05

19k+

🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕵️ Secret Society ☣️ Toxic Relationship 🎲 Mind Games

The Broken Puppet

A secret society marked her. Its heir reclaimed her, binding them in dark secrets and desire.

by Amo Jones 2017

4.05

19k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕵️ Secret Society ☣️ Toxic Relationship 🎲 Mind Games

Killer

by Blake Blessing • 2023

A cartel king kidnaps her. To save four brothers, she must become the monster she fears.

4.21

2k+

🥀 Reverse Harem Dynamic 🔫 Cartel Underworld 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity 🏠 Found Family

Killer

A cartel king kidnaps her. To save four brothers, she must become the monster she fears.

by Blake Blessing 2023

4.21

2k+ ratings

🥀 Reverse Harem Dynamic 🔫 Cartel Underworld 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity 🏠 Found Family

Malum

by Amo Jones • 2019

Caged by the king she loves, a dead friend returns, a sister thirsts for blood.

4.39

9k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏛️ Secret Society ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 😢 Grieving Hero

Malum

Caged by the king she loves, a dead friend returns, a sister thirsts for blood.

by Amo Jones 2019

4.39

9k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏛️ Secret Society ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 😢 Grieving Hero

After We Were Stolen

by Brooke Beyfuss • 2022

Her doomsday cult in ashes, a young woman faces the world she was raised to fear.

3.92

9k+

🏚️ Doomsday Compound 🏃 Cult Escape 👥 Found Family 🌀 Unreliable Memory 🔒 Claustrophobic

After We Were Stolen

Her doomsday cult in ashes, a young woman faces the world she was raised to fear.

by Brooke Beyfuss 2022

3.92

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Doomsday Compound 🏃 Cult Escape 👥 Found Family 🌀 Unreliable Memory 🔒 Claustrophobic

Evading Darkness

by K.M. Baker • 2024

Running from her father, she's found by three criminal brothers who decide to keep her.

4.06

2k+

🔗 Captor Captive Romance ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Morally Grey Heroes 🔫 Criminal Underworld ⏳ Cliffhanger Ending

Evading Darkness

Running from her father, she's found by three criminal brothers who decide to keep her.

by K.M. Baker 2024

4.06

2k+ ratings

🔗 Captor Captive Romance ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Morally Grey Heroes 🔫 Criminal Underworld ⏳ Cliffhanger Ending

The Mercy of Demons

by Candice M. Wright • 2021

A bullet stole her memory. Three outlaw bikers claim the rest of her.

4.49

2k+

🖤 Dark MC Romance 🔥 Why Choose 🏠 Found Family ⛓️ Captor To Lover 🔪 Female Assassin

The Mercy of Demons

A bullet stole her memory. Three outlaw bikers claim the rest of her.

by Candice M. Wright 2021

4.49

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark MC Romance 🔥 Why Choose 🏠 Found Family ⛓️ Captor To Lover 🔪 Female Assassin

Taming the Beasts

by Ivy Smoak • 2025

Five werecats, one woman, and a stolen cure that promises salvation but delivers a curse.

4.37

450

👥 Reverse Harem 🐆 Werecats 💔 Cursed Lovers 🔒 Possessive Lovers 🌃 Small Town Supernatural

Taming the Beasts

Five werecats, one woman, and a stolen cure that promises salvation but delivers a curse.

by Ivy Smoak 2025

4.37

450 ratings

👥 Reverse Harem 🐆 Werecats 💔 Cursed Lovers 🔒 Possessive Lovers 🌃 Small Town Supernatural

One Little Nightmare

by Dawn Darling • 2023

Two broken souls in an asylum share nightmares, unaware one of them is a god.

3.62

1k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 🏚️ Sinister Asylum 🌑 Forgotten God 🌌 Otherworldly Lovers 🔥 Sacrificial Redemption

One Little Nightmare

Two broken souls in an asylum share nightmares, unaware one of them is a god.

by Dawn Darling 2023

3.62

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 🏚️ Sinister Asylum 🌑 Forgotten God 🌌 Otherworldly Lovers 🔥 Sacrificial Redemption

Brutal Heir

by Eden O'Neill • 2020

A frat death stains a scholarship student. The campus heir hides the blood and claims her.

3.51

10k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔑 Secret Society 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🏛️ Elite University 😈 Bully Romance

Brutal Heir

A frat death stains a scholarship student. The campus heir hides the blood and claims her.

by Eden O'Neill 2020

3.51

10k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔑 Secret Society 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🏛️ Elite University 😈 Bully Romance

Perfect

by Ariana Rivers • 2025

Fleeing abuse, she falls for a man whose devotion is indistinguishable from control.

4.10

883

🕵️ Stalker Romance 🏃 Fleeing Abuse 🖤 Obsessive Love 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Perfect

Fleeing abuse, she falls for a man whose devotion is indistinguishable from control.

by Ariana Rivers 2025

4.10

883 ratings

🕵️ Stalker Romance 🏃 Fleeing Abuse 🖤 Obsessive Love 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🌊 Coastal Small Town

FXKIN ENTITY - Part I

by Jodie King • 2026

Escaping one monster, she's sold to a cursed island where an entity feeds on her fear.

3.89

2k+

⛓️ Dark Captivity Romance 🌶️ Spicy Horror 👹 Entity As Lover 🌀 Mind Games 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

FXKIN ENTITY - Part I

Escaping one monster, she's sold to a cursed island where an entity feeds on her fear.

by Jodie King 2026

3.89

2k+ ratings

⛓️ Dark Captivity Romance 🌶️ Spicy Horror 👹 Entity As Lover 🌀 Mind Games 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Cute Psycho

by Veronica Lancet • 2025

A Bratva berserker haunted by his twin meets a survivor whose demons answer his own.

3.92

1k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 🔥 Obsessive Love 🏠 Found Family 💀 Visceral Horror

The Cute Psycho

A Bratva berserker haunted by his twin meets a survivor whose demons answer his own.

by Veronica Lancet 2025

3.92

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 🔥 Obsessive Love 🏠 Found Family 💀 Visceral Horror

Pretty Poisoned

by Elle Mitchell • 2024

An outcast infiltrates a rock band to expose murder, entering a cult where love demands blood.

4.16

3k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💕 Why Choose 🔪 Cult Dynamics 🩸 Blood Play 🖤 Erotic Horror

Pretty Poisoned

An outcast infiltrates a rock band to expose murder, entering a cult where love demands blood.

by Elle Mitchell 2024

4.16

3k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💕 Why Choose 🔪 Cult Dynamics 🩸 Blood Play 🖤 Erotic Horror

The Brit

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2021

A mafia boss takes a rival's mistress hostage, unaware she's a spy sent by his worst enemy.

4.10

18k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captive To Lovers ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Wounded Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Brit

A mafia boss takes a rival's mistress hostage, unaware she's a spy sent by his worst enemy.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2021

4.10

18k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captive To Lovers ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Wounded Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Road to Ruined

by Elle Mitchell • 2024

After the cult and the ward, she craves blood, violence, and the brothers who ruined her.

4.24

2k+

🩸 Cult Horror 🖤 Toxic Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Secret Society 👥 Reverse Harem

The Road to Ruined

After the cult and the ward, she craves blood, violence, and the brothers who ruined her.

by Elle Mitchell 2024

4.24

2k+ ratings

🩸 Cult Horror 🖤 Toxic Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Secret Society 👥 Reverse Harem

High Note

by Heather Long • 2022

When vigilante Vienna Drew vanishes, her lovers free the FBI agent she caged to find her.

4.38

992

🖤 Dark Romance 🔥 Why Choose ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Morally Grey Heroine 💘 Enemies To Lovers

High Note

When vigilante Vienna Drew vanishes, her lovers free the FBI agent she caged to find her.

by Heather Long 2022

4.38

992 ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🔥 Why Choose ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Morally Grey Heroine 💘 Enemies To Lovers

Vanquish

by Pam Godwin • 2014

An agoraphobic shut-in lets a dangerous stranger into her home. His cure is pain.

4.10

6k+

🏠 Agoraphobia 🔢 Ocd Representation 🚪 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Power Exchange 🖤 Possessive Hero

Vanquish

An agoraphobic shut-in lets a dangerous stranger into her home. His cure is pain.

by Pam Godwin 2014

4.10

6k+ ratings

🏠 Agoraphobia 🔢 Ocd Representation 🚪 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Power Exchange 🖤 Possessive Hero

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

3.64

21k+ ratings

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

Breath Mints / Battle Scars

by Onyx and Elm • 2020

Post-war, Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy are both falling apart. Only each other can tell.

4.24

22k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Forced Proximity 🤫 Secret Relationship 🕊️ Post-War Recovery 🪄 Magical Boarding School

Breath Mints / Battle Scars

Post-war, Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy are both falling apart. Only each other can tell.

by Onyx and Elm 2020

4.24

22k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Forced Proximity 🤫 Secret Relationship 🕊️ Post-War Recovery 🪄 Magical Boarding School

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