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In a plague-ravaged world where dreams are dangerous, Willa is pulled into a dark realm ruled by the Carrion King.
Carrion
Horror · Romantasy · Dark Romance
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In a plague-ravaged world where dreams are dangerous, Willa is pulled into a dark realm ruled by the Carrion King. To protect her secrets, she strikes a bargain that blurs the line between enemy and desire. A lush, unsettling fantasy romance inspired by Neverland lore, where nightmares feel more real than dreams.
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In a world devastated by plague, Willa has spent her life on the run: both from the mysterious illness that destroys the ability to dream and a secret that would get her imprisoned forever.
But when an unknown power calls her to the top of a high rise one night, there is no outrunning it. Willa falls headfirst into a world shaped by dark dreams and wild magic, a once vibrant kingdom now held in the malevolent thrall of a man carved straight from nightmares—the Carrion King.
To keep her secrets safe from the cruel and cunning king, Willa makes a dangerous bargain that will determine the fate of both their worlds. But as Willa is drawn deeper into the Carrion King’s seductive realm, she discovers far more than she expected beneath his lethal exterior. The line begins to blur between hate and love, the true and the imagined, and she soon realizes victory may cost not only her freedom, but her heart.
In a fairytale land of dreams, where the fantastical is more tangible than reality, Willa must decide whether to sacrifice everything as a hero or become a villain to save herself.
Author’s note: In the Darkly Dreaming universe, there are infinite worlds and realms. Somewhere, the stories of Peter Pan we were told as children are playing out alongside this one, a far darker tale. So, while Carrion is based in Neverland lore, the events and characters are different from those you’ve heard before. We’ve done exactly what Pan always feared we would—we grew up. And perhaps, our stories grow with us. Now we’re old enough to realize there was no hero in Neverland, and often times, nightmares are far more corporeal than the sweetness of dreams.
Carrion is an adult fantasy romance, intended for mature audiences. Readers are encouraged to check content warnings, available on the author’s website.
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Ella runs from an arranged marriage straight into something far more dangerous.
Sinderella
Erotica · Romantasy · Dark Romance
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Ella runs from an arranged marriage straight into something far more dangerous. One stolen night with a prince leaves her heartbroken, hunted, and alone in a neighboring kingdom ruled by a monstrous king who wants to claim her. Dark, provocative, and unapologetic, this Cinderella retelling twists desire, power, and survival into a brutal fairy tale where innocence offers no protection.
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A girl with nowhere to run.
A loving prince unable to marry her.
A monstrous king set on claiming her body.
Desperate to avoid the marriage her wicked stepmother has arranged for her, Ella flees to the neighboring kingdom.
She makes a single stop along the way, sneaking into the ball and meeting the prince.
After a night she will not forget anytime soon, she makes her way to the other kingdom.
Heartbroken.
Adrift.
Alone, apart from her pet mouse Gus.
Ella is plagued by memories of the one night she had with her prince.
But soon after arriving, Ella discovers a monstrous king rules the neighboring kingdom.
A man set on claiming Ella for his own.
His ability to set her body aflame shames her, but she dares not defy her new master.
A man.
A king.
A monster.
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Rapunzel was safe in her tower until the wrong man set her free.
Twisted
Dark Romance · Romantasy
Our take
Rapunzel was safe in her tower until the wrong man set her free. Now hunted by a ruthless king and claimed by savage renegades, she’s caught in a dangerous game where freedom is never clean and love is anything but gentle. Dark, seductive, and morally gray, this Rapunzel reimagining turns fairy-tale romance into obsession, power, and revenge.
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“Tempt the devil and get burned by the fires of hell.”
Journey to Rygard to experience an enchanting friends-to-enemies Why Choose Rapunzel reimagining. Lose yourself in a captivating Romantasy where a hidden woman is forced to leave her secret tower and become a pawn in a twisted game of revenge...where freedom comes at any cost.
Forget what you’ve read. There is no Prince Charming in this fairy tale.
Rapunzel spent her life as a willing prisoner locked inside a tower. Protected by magic and guarded by a witch, she believed Happily Ever Afters are the stuff of fables.
Until Wren Kincaid found her and opened her eyes to a world of possibilities.
But he’s no Prince Charming.
And she's no ordinary girl.
The king is tearing apart Rygard to find her. But he’s too late. Wren already claimed her. Hidden away in a decaying castle, Rapunzel is in no rush to escape him and the savage renegades holding her captive.
*TWISTED is a reimagining of RAPUNZEL. Characters are appropriately aged up for this dark fantasy romance. This is a scorching Why Choose, friends-to-enemies/enemies-to-lovers with morally gray antiheroes. This book ends on an information cliffhanger.
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Good for readers who like dark rom-coms with forbidden tension, anonymous texting, hackers, and dangerously sweet obsession.
Sweetly Unhinged
Romance · Dark Romance · Romantic Suspense · RomCom
Our take
A #1 Best Seller in Humorous Dark Comedy, a hacker fulfills his brother's ex-girlfriend's darkest fantasies through anonymous texts, leading to an obsessive romance with spicy mature themes. First book in "Devoted in the Darkness" duet, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 4,400 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like dark rom-coms with forbidden tension, anonymous texting, hackers, and dangerously sweet obsession.
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Best for readers who like enemies-to-lovers romance, dangerous attraction, assassin heroes, unraveling secrets, and cliffhanger endings.
Crossfire
Romance · Dark Romance
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A woman falls for Grayson before learning he is an assassin sent to kill her. Now his prisoner, she must uncover who convinced him she is a threat and why he was ordered to silence her, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 1,000 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like enemies-to-lovers romance, dangerous attraction, assassin heroes, unraveling secrets, and cliffhanger endings.
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In my defense, I didn't know he was sent to kill me when I fell in love with him.
Grayson. Dark. Dangerous. Irresistible.
One moment, he's making me feel alive for the first time since Dad died. The next? He's got a cold steel blade to my throat. Turns out, Mr. Tall, Dark, and Homicidal is actually an assassin ordered to kill me.
Now I'm his prisoner. I hate that his touch still ignites my soul, each one a cruel reminder that the next could be my last. I want to believe he would never actually hurt me, but Grayson’s code is absolute: eliminate any threat to innocents. And someone's working overtime to convince him I’m guilty… Who? And why?
As secrets unravel, I'm forced to confront the shocking truth about why Grayson was sent to silence me forever… Leaving me with one haunting question:
Will the man who gave me a reason to live become the one who takes my life?
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Dove Carroway leads a double life as a bubbly journalist and a vigilante serial killer targeting predators.
Dolls & Daggers
Romance · College Romance · Dark Romance · Erotica
Our take
Dove Carroway leads a double life as a bubbly journalist and a vigilante serial killer targeting predators. When her rivalry with the enigmatic Wrenley Campbell turns personal, secrets collide with desire. Dolls & Daggers blends dark romance, twisted humor, and morally gray obsession into a story where love may be the most dangerous secret of all. Rated 4.3 stars on Amazon with over 1,900 Goodreads ratings.
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“Sometimes monsters are just broken people, hiding their scars from a world that has hurt them.”
Dove Carroway has two lives…
By day, she’s the bubbly, pink-clad media journalist who writes sensational stories about a vigilante serial killer. By night, she becomes the Baby Doll Killer, an avenger with a flair for punishing the worst of humanity—men who prey on children. But her most formidable challenge isn’t a criminal; it’s her insufferably charming work rival.
Wrenley Campbell is the perfect gentleman to everyone but Dove, the one person who grates on his nerves with her sunshine act. But Wrenley’s secrets are darker than the articles they write, and when Dove unburies the truths he’s hiding, she finds herself drawn to him in ways she never expected.
When their battle of wits escalates into something that hits too close to home, Dove steps into his world as her deadly alter ego, intending to terrify him into backing off. As Wrenley pieces together who she really is, their rivalry turns into a fiery connection that neither can deny.
Secrets this dark have a way of coming to light, and soon, they will have to decide whether their love is strong enough to survive the shadows or shatter under the weight of their haunted pasts.
Perfect for fans of dark humor, sizzling tension, and morally gray characters, Dolls & Daggers is a wickedly dark romantic comedy that’ll have you laughing, gasping, and swooning in equal measure.
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Rest In Pieces follows Amity, a former athlete turned stunt performer who avoids emotional risk at all costs.
Rest In Pieces
Romance · Dark Romance · Romantic Suspense
Our take
Rest In Pieces follows Amity, a former athlete turned stunt performer who avoids emotional risk at all costs. When a Raven Souls biker pulls her into his dangerous world, desire becomes a threat she never expected. As old enemies resurface, she must decide if love is worth the fallout. Rated 4.6 stars on Amazon and 4.5 on Goodreads.
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If you’d told me years ago that I’d become a stunt woman after a car accident turned my Olympic dreams of gold to rust,
I’d have called you crazy.
Yet here I am, throwing myself off a perfectly good building.
I guess I’ve always been a little fearless, except when it comes to matters of the heart.
I keep my relationships light and meaningless, which is why my exes tend to have big...egos and the emotional depth of a puddle.
I’ll admit, I have the bar set so low it’s practically a tripping hazard.
Maybe that’s why when a tattooed biker started a drunken conversation with my boobs, I found him more intriguing than offensive.
I thought he would be like the rest, just someone to pass the time with.
But after years of keeping my relationships shallow, dating a biker is the equivalent of being thrown in at the deep end.
And as enemies, old and new, start closing in, it takes almost losing him for me to let down my walls.
Even if loving him might just kill me.
Content warning: Bikers are gonna be bikers. If you are looking for a PG read, this book is not for you. Please expect a whole lot of cuss words, foul language, and dirty talk. There is also enough sexcapades and violence to make you question your morals.
Author note: Rest In Pieces is G (Genesis) and Amity's story. Each book in this series will follow a new couple. Raven Souls MC is set in the same world as my Underestimated Series, though you don't need to read that series to enjoy this one. However, a few of the characters from Raven Souls MC are first introduced in The Crown of Fools (Underestimated series book five.)
This book is M/F.
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Wil Greene is desperate to uncover what happened to her missing mother, even if it means confronting the powerful family she once blamed.
Together We Rot
Horror · Romance · Teen + Young Adult · Body Horror · Dark Romance
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Wil Greene is desperate to uncover what happened to her missing mother, even if it means confronting the powerful family she once blamed. When Elwood Clarke flees his cult-leading father and seeks her help, they form a fragile alliance to expose the Garden of Adam. But Elwood carries a growing darkness that could shatter them both in this haunting YA horrormance.
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A teen girl looking for the truth about her missing mother forms a reluctant alliance with her former best friend...in exchange for hiding him from his cult-leading family.
“All hail the new queen of YA horrormance! Arndt’s unputdownable debut crackles with wit and seethes with terrors just beneath the surface. Equal parts tender and grisly, Together We Rot will sink its roots into you.”—Allison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic
Wil Greene and Elwood Clarke used to be inseparable. That was before she accused his family of killing her mother.
These days, Wil obsessively gathers not-so-legal evidence on her mom’s disappearance while she and her checked-out dad try to make ends meet at their failing motel. They’re a hair’s breadth away from foreclosure, and the powerful Clarkes have their eye on the property.
Elwood has been counting down the days until winter break. He hasn’t told anyone he won’t be coming back to school to finish out senior year—his pastor father is training him to lead their congregation, the Garden of Adam. But after one last night out with his friends, he comes face-to-face with a more chilling fate. He’s not his father’s successor . . . but his sacrifice.
Now on the run, Elwood knows Wil is his only hope. Together, they must dig up the truth about her mom and the Garden of Adam. But what they don’t know is that Elwood harbors another monstrous secret, growing deep inside him. Can Wil save the boy she can’t help but fall for?
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Some men survive by disappearing, but staying dead stops being an option when revenge and desire point to the same woman.
Claim
Dark Romance · Romance · Thriller · Action Thriller · Romantic Suspense
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Some men survive by disappearing, but staying dead stops being an option when revenge and desire point to the same woman. In Claim, a scarred enforcer steps out from behind the mask to protect the woman tied to his past and confront the father who nearly destroyed them both. This dark mafia romance leans hard into obsession, vengeance, and a love fierce enough to survive brutality.
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Claim is a dark mafia romance, the explosive final part to the Beneath The Secrets Series. Each book can be read as a standalone in this interconnected series.
You can’t kill a dead man twice.
I’ve hidden behind a mask for long enough. Six years to be exact.
My scars are the agonizing reminder of the failures of my past. They represent the evil that lies beneath them.
I’ve always been the one in charge, but now I’m a ghost.
And there are benefits to that… I can take what I want, or who I want.
Starting with her.
The woman whose past crosses with my own.
I’ve been her secret protector, now I must save her from the man who almost destroyed me.
My father.
But the woman I’m rescuing is no damsel in distress. She was made to raise hell and take no prisoners.
The moment she falls from that window in her bid for escape, I know she is going to be the death of me.
And what a beautiful way to go…
It was written in the stars long before we met that she will become my wife.
She is mine to claim, to love, and to protect against the cruel world that we live in.
Even when she sees my demons, she wants to dance in the rain with them.
She dives into the depths of my soul and captures my heart and in return, she gives me a future, something I never thought possible.
She is my iskorka, my spark, the one that I need to burn the world down to get my revenge.
They can all try their hardest to tear us apart, but her love for me is just as ferocious as mine for her.
I’m prepared to risk it all, down to my last breath.
I just hope this time, I come out alive to prove to her I am a monster worthy of her love.
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After witnessing a murder, a young woman becomes the target of Jude Callahan, a superstar hockey player with a lethal reputation and a need for revenge.
Sweet Venom
Romance · College Romance · Dark Romance
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After witnessing a murder, a young woman becomes the target of Jude Callahan, a superstar hockey player with a lethal reputation and a need for revenge. No matter how far she runs, he tracks her, drawing her into a terrifying world of obsession and control. Sweet Venom is a dark, intense stalker romance where survival and desire collide.
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From the New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a dangerously dark stalker hockey romance.
Can I outrun his merciless obsession?
I accidentally witnessed a brutal murder.
I froze, pretended I saw nothing, hoping I could leave it behind.
But my plan backfired, and my life spiraled downward.
Now, I’m the target of cold-blooded revenge.
Jude Callahan isn’t just a hockey god—he’s a devil no one dares to cross.
My existence disrupts his stardom, prestige, and possible serial killer career choice.
And he’s set out to make me pay for that moment of silence.
No matter how much I run or hide, he finds me, watching from the shadows.
Like a predator.
I thought he’d stop at the stalking.
Or even better, he’d kill me and finally end my misery.
But Jude has other plans.
He says I can’t die. I have to pay for my sins.
And just like that, he drags me into his depraved world, kicking and screaming.
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Raven Carver enters Brayshaw High with nothing to lose and everything stacked against her.
Boys of Brayshaw High
Romance · Teen + Young Adult · Dark Romance
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Raven Carver enters Brayshaw High with nothing to lose and everything stacked against her. Defiance puts her in the sights of the school’s ruling boys, turning hostility into a charged and dangerous pull. Boys of Brayshaw High by Meagan Brandy is a gritty New Adult romance about power, desire, and refusing to back down.
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Strength is currency at Brayshaw High, and Raven Carver arrives with none to spare.
Dropped into a school for troubled teens, Raven is warned to stay quiet and stay out of the way. But she refuses to bow to anyone, least of all the three boys who rule the halls with effortless power. Their leader watches her with sharp hostility, convinced she is a threat to their order. Every glance, every challenge, tightens the tension between them.
When Raven’s refusal to submit puts her directly in their path, she discovers that Brayshaw is more dangerous than she imagined. Power, loyalty, and desire collide, and every move carries a cost she may not be ready to pay.
Boys of Brayshaw High is a fierce, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance set in a world where weakness is unforgiven.
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A carnival thief falls into Oz and lands in the Scarecrow King’s court.
The Last Witch of Oz
Dark Romance · Romantasy
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A carnival thief falls into Oz and lands in the Scarecrow King’s court. To survive, she must fake an engagement with her greatest enemy—and resist the pull of something real. The Last Witch of Oz by Mae Holloway is a spellbinding romantasy filled with royal intrigue, slow-burn tension, and the magic of second chances.
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Four years after Dorothy, the Scarecrow is king—and a new witch has fallen into Oz.
Tippetarius, a carnival thief from Kentucky, never meant to leave home or discover magic in her blood. But when a golden key transports her to the Emerald City, her newfound powers make her a target. Arrested as a witch and drawn into the Scarecrow King’s dangerous court, Tip is forced to strike a bargain: a fake royal engagement that hides a growing, forbidden attraction.
As secrets unravel and rebellion brews, Tip must decide whether to flee Oz or fight for it—and for the man she swore to despise.
The Last Witch of Oz by Mae Holloway is a lush romantasy of magic, deception, and slow-burning love.
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