Dark Romance

Dark romance is a subgenre of romance fiction that explores complex, taboo, and often disturbing themes like obsession, danger, captivity, and power imbalances. It focuses on intense, often toxic relationships featuring "dark" anti-heroes, maintaining a romantic focus with a, usually, positive or happily-ever-after ending despite challenging content. ...more

Harvest Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy, #2)
Tempting Venom (Vipers, #3)
Shattered Gods (Dark Olympus, #10)
Loving the Wicked (The Wicked Trilogy, 2)
Depraved Desires (Villains & Vices, #2)
The Wildborn (Starborn, #1)
REQUIEM (Falling Star Trilogy #3)
Hold Me Close (Dangerous Obsession, #3)
Frozen Heart (Perfectly Imperfect, #12)
High Water (The Quiet Horsemen #4)
Tyler's Rule (Skeleton Crew, #3)
Love You To Pieces
Keep Me Safe (Dangerous Obsession Book, #2)
Tainted Embrace
Offside (Villalargos University #2)
Saving 6 (Boys of Tommen, #3)
Alchemised
Vows of Blood and Deception (The Hirathean Path, #2)
Woman Down
Daggermouth (The Heart, #1)
Releasing 10 (Boys of Tommen, #6)
Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #1)
Bonds of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #2)
A Requiem for Fallen Stars (Cadence of the Fallen, #1)
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
Nightshade (Sorrowsong University, #1)
Rose in Chains (The Evermore Trilogy, #1)
The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
The Wings That Bind (Bloodwing Academy, #3)
Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1)
The Unwanted Wife by Natasha AndersKiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsThe Wrong Bride by Catharina MauraThe Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate by Cate C. WellsThe Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley
Angst and Grovel Galore
333 books — 54 voters

Captive in the Dark by C.J. RobertsTwist Me by Anna ZairesSeduced in the Dark by C.J. RobertsBlyssful Lies by J.C. CliffTears of Tess by Pepper Winters
Romance or Erotica with Kidnapping
570 books — 919 voters
Stolen by A.R. KeoghInto the Drowning Deep by Mira GrantThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuWilder Girls by Rory Power
LGBTQIA Horror and Dark Fiction
324 books — 255 voters

Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
Lights Out (Into Darkness, #1)
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
Corrupt (Devil's Night, #1)
God of Malice (Legacy of Gods, #1)
The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)
Hooked (Never After, #1)
The Sweetest Oblivion (Made, #1)
Does It Hurt?
The Predator (Dark Verse, #1)
Little Stranger (The Web of Silence Duet, #1)
God of Wrath (Legacy of Gods, #3)
Kill Switch (Devil's Night, #3)
Insatiable (The Edge of Darkness, #1)
Sophie  Grace
I want to kiss you one last time without hatred polluting your lungs... because as soon as I tell you my secrets, you'll never want me to kiss you again. ...more
Sophie Grace, Secrets

Rina Kent
I might be broken, but I’ll pull myself together. I might have fallen, but I’ll get up. There’ll be a day where I look behind and say I survived.
Rina Kent, Black Knight

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