Jaime Rasplicka

Jaime Rasplicka is the co-founder of Apropos Books, where she helps readers find book recommendations, genre guides, and Kindle deals worth adding to an already-questionable TBR pile. While she loves a good fantasy book, she’s especially drawn to dark romance and psychological thrillers. When Jaime finds a really good book, she’ll sneak in a few minutes during the day, or 30, but who’s counting? She highly recommends replacing unproductive social media scrolling with a good book instead.
Jaime Rasplicka

Jaime's Book Recommendations

For the romance lovers, twist chasers, and readers who appreciate a little magic with their mayhem. These are the books Jaime’s personally picked for your ever-growing TBR.

73 books in Jaime’s Picks

His Obsession

His Obsession

Natasha L. Black

Romance · Alpha Male Romance

This age-gap mafia romance fits readers who want possessive heat, high-stakes danger, and a heroine caught between fear and trust.

Starve

Starve

AJ Merlin

Horror · Occult Horror

Ideal for readers looking for folklore-esque monster romance with dark atmosphere, locked-door fear, and dangerous obsession.

Pen Pal

Pen Pal

J.T. Geissinger

Romance · Gothic Romance

Ideal for readers looking for dark gothic romance with obsession, mystery, emotional intensity, and a major twist.

Born, Madly

Born, Madly

Trisha Wolfe

Mystery · Romance

A sharp fit for readers drawn to dark romance with serial killers, obsession, mind games, and lovers-or-enemies tension.

In You

In You

S.K. Presley

Mystery · Romance

Best for readers who want pitch black psychological thrillers with dark romance, trauma, vigilante violence, and heavy emotional themes.

The Last Good Man

The Last Good Man

Shayne Ford

Romance · Contemporary Romance

The Last Good Man turns a carefully managed life into a dangerous emotional collision between control and obsession.

Legend

Legend

Karina Halle

Fairy Tale · Romantasy

Desire turns dangerous when three tangled hearts chase answers through the shadows of Sleepy Hollow.

Shattered Minds

Shattered Minds

Amanda Kade

Mystery · Romance

It fits readers who want psychological thrillers laced with obsession, unstable desire, and a romance shadowed by violence.

Grimstone

Grimstone

Sophie Lark

Romance · Thriller

It fits readers who want romantic suspense with gothic atmosphere, damaged characters, and desire threaded through menace.

All Grown Up

All Grown Up

Vi Keeland

Romance · Contemporary Romance

It fits readers who want contemporary romance with sharp chemistry, emotional vulnerability, and the tension of a connection that should be simple but isn’t.

Hollow

Hollow

Karina Halle

Romantasy · Fairy Tale

It fits readers who want gothic romantasy steeped in witchcraft, forbidden attraction, and a sinister, haunted atmosphere.

Hemlock

Hemlock

Kiersten Modglin

Thriller · Romantic Suspense

A woman returns to the town she swore she’d never see again and finds herself trapped between old secrets and a house that feels alive with menace.

Tourist Season

Tourist Season

Brynne Weaver

Romance · Romantic Suspense

A seaside town with too many bodies and two killers with very different agendas make for a romance that was never going to be normal.

Hades' Daughter

Hades’ Daughter

Sara Douglass

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy

When gods treat mortals as pieces on a board, vengeance can echo across centuries.

I Will Mend You

I Will Mend You

Gigi Styx

Romance · Gothic Romance

I Will Mend You traps its story inside fractured memory, where rescue and ruin feel indistinguishable.

Imagine Me

Imagine Me

Tahereh Mafi

Dystopian · Romantasy

Imagine Me follows Juliette as the truth of Ella Sommers shatters everything she thought she knew.

Jaime's Recent Blogs

Fresh reading lists, overlooked titles, and genre guides for readers who are always looking for what to read next.

It’s where she talks about hidden gems, reading moods, and the kinds of books that deserve more attention than they usually get.