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Always Us

by Jenni Chris

**This is book two of a duology and the books must be read in order. I have book one available to read on here as well** She escaped him once. She won't get a second chance. Faith Lewis thought she'd buried her past and built something real—a new name, a new life, a man who saw her clearly and loved what he found. But Richard Lewis doesn't let go of what he considers his, and when he comes to collect, everything she's fought for is stripped away. Seven James has spent months clawing his way back from the wreckage of what he did—and what it cost. Getting Faith out is the only thing that matters now. But the plan is dangerous, the window is narrow, and the woman he's trying to save may not survive the rescue. This is a dark romance, trauma romance that is about two messy, complicated characters who are willing to risk everything for eachother. Always Us is book two of the Almost Us duology and should be read after Almost Us. This is a dark read. Please check the content warnings if you have any doubts. [Read More]

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Almost Us

by Jenni Chris

Seven There's no forgiving the things I've done. Or failed to do. But there was a time I was a good man. I had a family. A life that was more than breaking bones and following orders. It was my own fault I lost it all. The night I met her I was done. Done with the emptiness. Done with the guilt. Done with everything. But then she was there and I had a choice to make. Step in or walk away. I couldn't walk away. Molly I've been running for a long time. From myself. From my past. From the truth. My life has never been what it looks like from the outside. I've always been what I needed to be, done what I needed to do. Even now, my life isn't really mine. All I'd wanted was a few hours of normal. Instead I ended up somewhere I never should've been. He could've walked away. Instead, he risked his life to save mine. Seven and Molly are two people with nothing left to lose and secrets that can destroy them. One chance meeting, one choice changes everything. Almost Us is book one of a high stakes, slower burn, dark romance duology featuring deeply human and flawed characters trying to find their way back to themselves and each other. [Read More]

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Flesh and Blood

by Marion Thomas

A Dark Historical Fiction Romance Set against the tumultuous backdrop of America’s Civil War, Flesh and Blood paints a stark portrait of a southern family torn apart as Jack and his sister Abigail navigate their secrets and treacherous circumstances in a salacious tale of forbidden love, loyalty and survival they struggle to save their farm and keep a buried treasure out of the hands of the crumbling Confederacy. Flesh and Blood offers a raw and unflinching look at the human heart in crisis. Brace yourself for a passionate tale that pushes boundaries and challenges societal norms. (contains explicit graphic language and mature themes) [Read More]

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Under Contract

by Lee Hawke

Trigger Warning: This book contains extensive BDSM themes as well as depictions of implied non‑consent, sexualized violence, and abusive power dynamics within the world‑building. While written as dark romance erotica, many readers have found the content intense, extreme, and disturbing. This story is set within an elite society that uses people for entertainment without regard for their autonomy or well‑being. Please proceed with caution & within your comfort level. Premise: Alice is a normal, boring young woman who leads a normal, boring life - that is, until a handsome stranger approaches her and Alice is convinced to do things she could never have imagined. The intrigue and mystery unfold as she learns more about the stranger and the world in which he lives, but being with this man is more dangerous than she thought possible, and soon she begins to wonder if her series of bold moves will be her undoing as she gets swept deeper into his world. [Read More]

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The Divine Feminine Scent

by E.C. Beaumont

She seduces powerful men to harvest their energy. Selene is a high-stakes investor building life-saving infrastructure, powered by a secret. It starts as a gift. It becomes her Protocol, refined through psychology, ritual, technology, and obsession. Then Ethan signs the Protocol. Ethan is a Silicon Valley millionaire with everything to lose. He becomes her most powerful subject yet. Their connection is intoxicating, obsessive, and irreversible. But Selene's power comes with a brutal cost. As the line between harvest and love blurs, the stakes become more dangerous for both of them. This is not a conventional love story. This book does not end the way you want it to. That's the point. A story of dark feminine power, psychological intensity, and the cost of loving your prey. What would you do to the man you love if it saved thousands? Inside this high-heat, dark literary fiction: - A powerful, morally complex woman who may be saving the world or destroying what she loves - Psychological conditioning, power exchange, and sensory domination including foot worship - Supernatural elements woven into a grounded, literary narrative - Explicit, high-intensity scenes (no fade-to-black) - No redemption arc. No conventional ending. For readers of Neon Gods (Katee Robert), Priest (Sierra Simone), and Circe (Madeline Miller). Content note: This novel contains explicit sexual content, power exchange dynamics, psychological manipulation, and morally dark themes. Intended for adult readers (18+). [Read More]

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Power of Shadow

by Violet Hale

Power. Control. Blood. Obsession. Ryker is the heir to the Pact — a ruthless mafia organization built on power, loyalty, and violence. A man raised to rule, trained to destroy, and sworn to a code that demands sacrifice above all else. Ashley was never meant to cross his path. She is Shadow — a legendary assassin feared in the criminal underworld. Silent. Deadly. Untraceable. She doesn’t miss. She doesn’t hesitate. And she never lets emotions interfere with the job. Until him. Their meeting was supposed to end in blood. Instead, it ignites a dangerous obsession and dark desires neither of them can escape. He should kill her. She should betray him. And yet every choice they make pulls them deeper into a world of lies, power struggles, and forbidden desire. As secrets unravel and loyalties are tested, one truth becomes clear: love is the most dangerous weakness of all. Because in the world of the Pact, it's not the one who loves the most who wins — it's the one who pulls the trigger first. Power of Shadow is a dark mafia romance featuring morally gray characters, enemies-to-lovers tension, obsession, violence, and a ruthless antihero. This book is the first in a series and ends on emotional resolution, while the danger is far from over. [Read More]

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by Catarina T. Vex

Nell Sayer authenticates old paintings. She can tell a real Caravaggio from a forgery by the pressure of a brushstroke. Seeing what is hidden beneath the surface is what she does for a living. A contract brings her to a Boston estate. Seventy-two hours on site. Standard job. The door locks from the outside. He is calm. Polite. He does not threaten her. He asks her questions about Caravaggio and pours her water and watches her the way she watches canvases , slowly, systematically, looking for the thing underneath. Nell knows she is being studied. She does not know what he is building with what he finds. Seventy-two hours. A locked room. A man who never raises his voice. And the growing suspicion that the most dangerous thing in this room is not him. It is how fast she is getting used to him. The price of losing is higher than she thinks. [Read More]

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What He'd Burn

by Ella Mitchelltree

"He'd burn the world down for you" is the most romantic line in fantasy. Until someone actually does it. Anna Iverson has spent her life proving she doesn't need anyone — a useful skill when your mother abandoned you to chase a mythical fated mate bond that never materialized. Now twenty-four and clawing her way toward pediatric cancer research on no sleep and no money, Anna's careful independence shatters the moment she shakes Jacob Tatum's hand. The bond snaps into place. Permanent. Intoxicating. Undeniable. Jacob is brilliant, protective, and utterly devoted. He's also a billionaire assassin who kills people for a living. At first, Anna rationalizes. He only eliminates people causing active harm — traffickers, murderers, monsters the legal system won't touch. The bond pulls her closer. His money solves problems she's been drowning under for years. She tells herself she can separate the man she loves from what he does. But Jacob's devotion doesn't have a ceiling. His protection doesn't have a line. And the fated mate bond that promised her a fairy tale? It doesn't come with an exit. What happens when "he'd do anything for you" stops being romantic — and you're the one who has to survive it? WHAT HE'D BURN is a dark fantasy romance and the first in a duology. For readers who love Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Ross but want their morally grey characters examined rather than excused. Content warnings: violence, reproductive coercion, captivity, morally complex themes. This book goes there. [Read More]

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A Field Beyond Notions

by Atria J. Merian

Alchemist scorned. Grim Executioner. The scythe meets its match in a spicy tale of mutual obsession. Rosario My alchemy degree is as useless as the men I’ve been dating. Dreams are for teenagers. But I had goals. They were ruined by an alchemy mogul with sticky fingers and enough power to blacklist me from the industry. That’s how I ended up working for the divine Executioner—an immortal being descended from the God who abandoned Earth millennia ago. My new boss is notorious for tallying corpses and lovers in equal measure, and I have a bad feeling he wants me next.  But this isn’t the time to lose focus on what’s truly important. My future. My independence. And I won't let anyone take that away from me ever again. The Executioner Humans think I’m a psychopath. I don’t think about them at all. My routines keep me in check. Seven days for a prisoner. Feed off their fear. Dispose. Paperwork. Repeat. But ever since Rosario had stepped into my office for an interview, I’ve been lovestruck. For the first time in centuries. I watch her sleep. I plan our life together. I hear the bells toll. She may be trying to outrun her past, but she will never outrun her future. Till death do us part is a wonderful notion. Especially since I have no intention of ever dying. [Read More]

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Hellebore Fields: A Dark Academia Hockey Romance

by Rivkah Plume

He says I'm his light. But loving him feels like drowning in shadows. At UC Wisteria, I'm supposed to be chasing my future: books, scholarship, and a life I've fought tooth and nail to earn. But instead, I'm being chased by Branwen Atthill, the campus hockey star with sharp edges, hidden scars, and ice-blue eyes that track my every move like I belong to him. When his obsession transforms into something that looks like love, I fall headfirst into the dark fairytale I always craved—until I start losing myself in its twisted pages. Branwen is dangerous. Possessive. Beautiful in ways that make me forget to breathe. When the violence starts, I convince myself I can fix him. That if I love him hard enough, my light will chase away his darkness. But as secrets unravel and the campus grows more dangerous, I'm forced to confront the question I've been too terrified to ask: if I survive loving him, will I still recognize the girl I was before he consumed me? He's everything I was warned about, and the only boy I've ever wanted to burn for. Trigger Warning & Tropes: Contemporary, Dark Romance, Erotic Thriller, Dark Academia, Hockey Romance, Stalker, Grumpy/Sunshine, Dubious Consent, Possessive, Tortured Past, Rags-to-Riches, Murder [Read More]

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Shattered Edges

by Marion Thomas

A contemporary dark romance about forbidden love and ambition in elite competitive figure skating and what happens when survival leaves no safe choices. (warning: contains graphic, explicit language and mature themes) Richard Hale has spent his life on the ice, chasing precision, relevance, and a career that refuses to wait for anyone. When his skating partner walks away he’s left staring down the quiet, humiliating end of everything he’s built. His younger sister Holly faces the same erasure when her partner’s injury ends her season overnight, leaving her suddenly expendable. The solution is obvious, dangerous and unthinkable. Forced to skate together by circumstance and desperation, Richard and Holly form a partnership that some think shouldn’t exist. On the ice, their connection is undeniable. Off it, the pressure fractures restraint, blurring lines they were never meant to cross and leaving them scrutinized by a world eager to judge what it doesn’t understand. As Nationals loom, obsession threatens to eclipse reason, and desire threatens to destroy the very thing they’re fighting to save. [Read More]

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