Dark Romance

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution.

enemies to lovers · slow burn · forbidden romance · dark romance · fae · magic academy

Haunting Adeline

H. D. Carlton · Romance

**The Manipulator** I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.

dark romance · obsessive love · possessive romance · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · cat and mouse

Daggermouth

H. M. Wolfe · Fantasy

He Is Her Ruin. She Is His Rebellion. The first thing you’ll learn in New Found Haven is mercy no longer exists. Showing mercy is a weakness, and…

dark romance · enemies to lovers · grimdark · dystopian society · trauma recovery · forced proximity

My Husband's Wife

Alice Feeney · Mystery & Thriller

Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition.

psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator · dark romance

Fury Bound

Sable Sorensen · Fantasy

Revenge demands sacrifice. Don't miss this action-packed, jaw-dropping, dark and romantic sequel to Dire Bound. Death is in the air, and Meryn Cooper…

dark romance · revenge plot · slow burn · fated mates · possessive romance

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

Shailee Thompson · Horror

**A humorous, swoony, and downright terrifying slasher rom-com in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating…

romantic comedy · dark romance · survival

Broken Dove

Dani Francis · Romance

In the heart-pounding sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling dystopian romance Silver Elite, lines will be crossed, loyalties will be tested, and the…

dark romance · dystopian society · forbidden romance · high stakes survival · love triangle

Alchemised

SenLinYu · Fantasy

« In English: What is it you think you're protecting in that brain of yours?

dark romance · grimdark · amnesia · possessive romance · trauma recovery

The Divorce

Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

A brand-new, gripping thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid!

psychological thriller · dark romance · revenge plot · twist ending

Red City

Marie Lu · Fantasy

The Godfather meets The Magicians in the sweeping adult debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu.

dark romance · urban fantasy · enemies to lovers · political intrigue · morally grey character

One Dark Window

Rachel Gillig · Fantasy

An ancient, mercurial spirit is trapped inside Elspeth Spindle's head - she calls him the Nightmare.

dark romance · gothic atmosphere · chosen one · demons · trauma recovery

Twisted Lies

Ana Huang · Romance

He'll do anything to have her...including lie.

dark romance · obsessive love · possessive romance · forced proximity · enemies to lovers · morally grey character · psychological thriller

Divine Rivals

Rebecca Ross · Fantasy

Eighteen-year-old Iris dreams that one day her writing will make a difference.

enemies to lovers · dark romance · forbidden romance · slow burn · high stakes survival

Weavingshaw

Heba Al-Wasity · Fantasy

In this debut gothic fantasy, a young woman who can see the dead strikes a deal with the magnetic and dangerous Saint of Silence, a purveyor of dark…

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · forbidden romance · dark romance · morally grey character

Twisted Love

Ana Huang · Romance

He has a heart of ice … but for her, he'd burn the world.

dark romance · possessive romance · obsessive love · forbidden romance · workplace romance

Binding 13

Chloe Walsh · Romance

He wants to save her. She wants to hide. She's damaged. He's determined. Fate brought them together. Love binds them. Johnny Kavanagh is the…

dark romance · forced proximity · trauma recovery · redemption arc · he falls first

Bloom

Delilah S. Dawson · Romance

A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella with the slow build menace of Angela Carter's The Bloody…

dark romance · paranormal romance · slow burn · forbidden romance · witches

Insatiable

Leigh Rivers · Romance

IF HE CAN'T HAVE HER, NO ONE ELSE CAN Kade Mitchell is obsessed with someone he despises.

dark romance · possessive romance · obsessive love · slow burn

Brimstone

Callie Hart · Romance

**Duty. Blood. Honour. Power.** Saeris Fane doesn't want power. The very last thing she needs is her name whispered on an entire court's lips, but…

dark romance · possessive romance · paranormal romance · chosen one · political intrigue · high stakes survival

Love

Toni Morrison · Literary Fiction

The epitome of a group of women's ideals about love, fatherhood, and friendship, wealthy hotel owner Bill Cosey finds his life compromised by his…

forbidden romance · dark romance · trauma recovery · obsessive love · morally grey character

The Red Winter

Cameron Sullivan · Fantasy

A bewitching historical fantasy from a debut author.

dark romance · historical fiction · forbidden romance · revenge plot · dark academia

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V. E. Schwab · Fantasy

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.

slow burn · forbidden romance · second chance romance · magical realism · time travel · dark romance

On Wings of Blood

Briar Boleyn · Fantasy

Welcome to Bloodwing Academy. Expect magic. Expect competition. Expect blood. I didn't sign up for this. A half-fae in a school of highblood…

dark romance · paranormal romance · vampires · magic academy · slow burn · love triangle

The Gravewood

Kelly Andrew · Fantasy

From New York Times bestselling author Kelly Andrew comes the first in a darkly romantic duology that explores disability, obsession, and the twisted…

dark romance · paranormal romance · obsessive love · possessive romance · gothic atmosphere · found family

Tortured Souls

Melissa Roehrich · Fantasy

Fate bends to no one except the cursed.

dark romance · chosen one · redemption arc · fated mates

We Who Will Die

Stacia Stark · Fantasy

Filled with breathtaking combat, vengeful gods, and magical creatures, We Who Will Die is the epic first installment in an enthralling new series…

slow burn · dark romance · forbidden romance · vampires · survival

Bloodsinger

Juliette Cross · Fantasy

Juliette Cross returns with a new scorching dark romantasy in her The Fire That Binds trilogy.

dark romance · witches · dragons · fated mates · obsessive love