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Anna Harding

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Anna Harding writes dark romance that cuts deep—psychological stories rooted in pain, power, and obsession. Her work explores the cost of survival, the pull of forbidden desire, and the emotional complexity of characters who live in a morally grey world. With a literary sensibility and an unflinching gaze, Anna crafts narratives that are as emotionally layered as they are addictive.

Her heroines are flawed, her anti-heroes dangerous, and her stories unapologetically intense.

Anna lives in the UK, teaches English Literature, doesn’t believe in housework, doesn’t believe in dieting and sometimes annoys the neighbours by yodelling. She likes walking her dog and also creates poetry under a different name.
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Thank you to everyone who has joined the arc list team so far. I’ve got all the email addresses safe and I’ll send out PDF copies tomorrow.

If anyone else is interested please email me at annahardingdarkromance@gmail.com and I’ll be glad to add you to the list.

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Published on April 27, 2026 09:01
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Aurelio may want a more professional polish on his senior men, but it was never going to happen. The only way to live with death was to laugh at it.”
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The writing of this is superb. Reads more like a high work of literature than a bodice ripper. I adored Domenico although he is unlikeable throughout. Some readers would be put off by his coldness to the heroine throughout the novel. It's not quite a ...more
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Please don't read this without reading book 5 first. This follows on from the murder in book 5 and deals with the reactions and the aftermath.

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The MMC is 17 at the start of the book. This was intentional for her character arc. However as this has been raised as a concern by some readers, I will add it to the Trigger Warnings on my website, (Books 2 and 3 both have older female characters). ...more
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The second half of this book is some of the darkest in the series to date and you get to know the sadistic leader of the Bratva better. Simon Nemov won't get his own book until book 13 and by then you'll be wondering how the hell I'm ever going to gi ...more
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“He wanted me, ME to marry the cherished sister of the unhinged boss of the Bratva. I didn’t want my boss knowing what I did in bed and I sure as fuck didn’t want Simon Nemov knowing what I did to his sister in bed.”
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“She wasn’t a woman—she was a Goddess. And I’d bring down Heaven and Earth to make her mine.”
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“No way would I ever marry a girl of his choice. Some naïve little Russian virgin who’d run crying to her (and worse my) father if I did anything in bed to her outside the missionary position. I couldn’t think of anything I’d enjoy less.”
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“No way would I ever marry a girl of his choice. Some naïve little Russian virgin who’d run crying to her (and worse my) father if I did anything in bed to her outside the missionary position. I couldn’t think of anything I’d enjoy less.”
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“He wanted me, ME to marry the cherished sister of the unhinged boss of the Bratva. I didn’t want my boss knowing what I did in bed and I sure as fuck didn’t want Simon Nemov knowing what I did to his sister in bed.”
Anna Harding, Dark Atonement

“Eloise I kill for a living. I kill for fun. I torture my enemies. I gut them. Then I come home to you and, fuck, I want to protect you. But the man you need protecting from most is your own husband.”
Anna Harding, Dark Atonement

“She was giving a brilliant performance of terror. The realism was far more erotic than the usual giggling in a dark room with a whore in slutty lingerie. I appreciated her attention to detail and I appreciated her acting ability. This was going to be one hell of a fuck.”
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“Maybe if I’d been older, with more experience, or a better understanding of how relationships actually worked, things might have played out differently. But I was a simple man. I knew right from wrong, and I expected my future wife to know it too.”
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