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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air Book 1)
Holly Black • 2018
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.
The Predator
RuNyx • 2020
Nido de víboras
K.A. KNIGHT
Hooked ( Nunca jamás 1) : El retelling oscuro de Peater Pan que te cautivara
Emily Mclntire
Haunting Adeline: Nunca te dejaré ( Dueto del gato y el ratón 1 )
H. D Carlton
The Fae King's Assassin: Realm of Dragons and Fae
Alisha Klapheke · 2023
The Fabric of our Souls
K. M. Moronova · 2023
I'm twenty-six years old and I want to die.<br/><br/>Waking up—alive—in the hospital with my brother weeping over me is the moment that everything changes. He has me committed to Harlow Sanctum, an unusual rehabilitation center with unorthodox methods and a storied past. There, I meet my roommate, a man with cruel eyes and a sense of humor even more morbid than my own. We're strangely drawn to each other.<br/>I crave death—he craves life.<br/>Can two people like us cure each other?<br/><br/>Please check the CW before reading.
The Isle Of Sin And Shadows
Keri Lake · 2021
In the Louisiana swamplands, ghost stories are as much a part of childhood as chasing fireflies and crawfishing. They never much scared me, though, nor the possibility of evil out to do me harm. Until the night I watched shadows come to life and butcher everything I loved. With a stranger's help, I managed to escape to an isolated place miles north, and, in time, became my own ghost story. A cautionary tale for the locals. Nearly a decade passed, before I returned to my birthplace, in hopes of unearthing long-awaited answers. Instead, I found something I wasn't looking for. Someone. A remedy for my loneliness. Or so I thought. Turns out, Thierry Bergeron is no elixir. He's a deadly poison, cursed by the demons of his past, and feared by those who call him the elusive Rougarou of the bayou. A devious rogue, whose seductive whispers and rough hands haunt my dreams. The big bad wolf that defiles me without apology, or remorse. I should resist him, but I can't. And when the shadows return to stake their claim on me, his darkness is the only safe place to hide. The Isle of Sin and Shadows is a modern southern gothic contemporary standalone romance, set on a darkly enchanting fictional island.
Master of Salt & Bones
Keri Lake · 2020
Meet the Devil of Blackthorne Manor ...When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mother. He'd ride up on his white steed and break the curse I've been fated to carry since the day I was born.Funny how things changed over time. How the fairy tale twisted into something far more crooked, darker than I ever imagined.In reality, my knight is scarred and broken, living alone in a castle of bones that overlooks the sea. He isn’t searching for me. He never was.Lucian Blackthorne is as cursed as I am, and equally shunned by the locals, the fishers of men, who believe him to be the devil in the flesh.Perhaps he is, with the way his amber eyes draw me in, ignite me like an infernal blaze. And the sins he whispers in my ear are as wickedly intoxicating as the man himself.Yet, his touch is heaven and his will is my weakness.He calls us forbidden, an unsalvageable tragedy, with no happy end. Maybe we are. But in this story, he’s the one who needs saving.Master of Salt & Bones is a dark modern gothic contemporary standalone romance.
Immortal Dark
Tigest Girma · 2025
<b>An Instant #1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller!<br> <br> An Instant Indie Bestseller!<br> <br> A USA Today Bestseller!</b><br> <br> <br> <br> "<b>Entirely irresistible</b>. <i>Immortal Dark </i>takes <b>the best parts of vampire lore</b> and brings the undying, violent enmity to full throttle. Tigest Girma pushes morally gray fantasy exactly where it needs to go, and <b>you won't be able to look away</b>." ―<b>Chloe Gong, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>These Violent Delights</i></b><br> <br> <br> <br> <b><i>The Cruel Prince</i> meets <i>Ninth House</i> in this dangerously romantic dark academia fantasy, where a lost heiress must infiltrate an arcane society and live with the handsome vampire she suspects killed her family and kidnapped her sister.</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <i>It began long before my time, but something has always hunted our family.</i><br> <br> <br> <br> Orphaned heiress Kidan Adane grew up far from the arcane society she was born into, where human bloodlines gain power through vampire companionship. When her sister, June, disappears, Kidan is convinced a vampire stole her--the very vampire bound to their family, the cruel yet captivating Susenyos Sagad.<br> <br> <br> <br> To find June, Kidan must infiltrate the elite Uxlay University--where students study to ensure peaceful coexistence between humans and vampires and inherit their family legacies. Kidan must survive living with Susenyos--even as he does everything he can to drive her away. It doesn't matter that Susenyos's wickedness speaks to Kidan's own violent nature and tempts her to surrender to a life of darkness. She must find her sister and kill Susenyos at all costs.<br> <br> <br> <br> When a murder mirroring June's disappearance shakes Uxlay, Kidan sinks further into the ruthless underworld of vampires, risking her very soul. There she discovers a centuries-old threat--and June could be at the center of it. To save her sister, Kidan must bring Uxlay to its knees and either break free from the horrors of her own actions or embrace the dark entanglements of love--and the blood it requires.<br> <br> <br> <br> Perfect for fans of: <ul> <li>Enemies to Lovers</li> <li>Romantasy</li> <li>Vampires</li> <li>Sentient Houses</li> <li>Morally Gray Characters</li> <li>Villainous Romantic Leads</li> <li>Dark Academia</li> </ul>
Deadly Temptation (Deadliest Love)
Holly Bloom · 2023
Belladonna
Adalyn Grace · 2022
The New York Times bestselling author of All the Stars and Teeth brings to life a highly romantic, Gothic-infused world of wealth, desire, and betrayal. Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been raised by a string of guardians, each one more interested in her wealth than her well-being—and each has met an untimely end. Her remaining relatives are the elusive Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at Thorn Grove, an estate both glittering and gloomy. Its patriarch mourns his late wife through wild parties, while his son grapples for control of the family’s waning reputation, and his daughter suffers from a mysterious illness. But when their mother’s restless spirit appears claiming she was poisoned, Signa realizes that the family she depends on could be in grave danger and enlists the help of a surly stable boy to hunt down the killer. However, Signa’s best chance of uncovering the murderer is an alliance with Death himself, a fascinating, dangerous shadow who has never been far from her side. Though he’s made her life a living hell, Death shows Signa that their growing connection may be more powerful—and more irresistible—than she ever dared imagine.
Leather & Lark: The Ruinous Love Trilogy (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, 2)
Brynne Weaver · 2024
“I don’t just want to hear her laugh, I need to earn it. Every time I gain a little ground, I want more. I want to break out of the shade and back into her light. Without even realizing it, I’ve become addicted to it. To her.”<br/><br/>From the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the genre-breaking international TikTok sensation Butcher & Blackbird comes the second book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy―a hate-to-love dark romantic comedy packed with danger, chaos, and heat.<br/><br/>Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, Lachlan knows he’ll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she’ll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first.<br/><br/>And they can’t stand each other.<br/><br/>Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friend’s soulmate, Lachlan thinks she’s just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friend’s happiness on the line, she’s willing to make a vow to the man she’s determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be.<br/><br/>As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomes impossible to discern their fake marriage from a real one. But it’s not just familiar dangers that haunt them.<br/><br/>There’s another phantom lurking on their doorstep.<br/><br/>And this one has come for blood.<br/><br/>Tropes:<br/>Hate-to-love<br/>Marriage of convenience<br/>Grumpy / sunshine<br/>He falls first<br/>Groveling, but make it psycho<br/>Touch her/him and die
Black Sheep
Brynne Weaver, Alexa Harlowe · 2022
Butcher & Blackbird
Brynne Weaver · 2023
The Oath we Give (The Hollow Boys)
Monty Jay · 2023
“On this day, I vow to make your rage my own, to weather the storm of your revenge, and keep you forever safe.”<br/>Two years.<br/>That’s all the peace we had before our past awoke from the dead.<br/>Rose from the grave with malicious hands, famished, and ready to bury us six feet below. The tombstones of our enemies have been overturned, and we are reminded that we can never escape the chains of the corrupt.<br/>Seeking retribution for my lost love consumed my past, but that violence and desire for punishment now jeopardized the future of those closest to me.<br/>We are given one choice, a singular option.<br/>Return to Ponderosa Springs. Or reap the consequences.<br/>But it’s more than the infamous Hollow Boys in danger this time.<br/>It’s her.<br/>The cursed one.<br/>A mirage of a woman too stubborn for her own good.<br/>Coraline Whittaker and I share a common enemy. Her fear of him and his possession over her is the only reason she agrees to work with me.<br/>We promise to protect one another. Share the weight of his return and the misery his presences brings; Till death do us part or the man plaguing her dreams is finally sent to the grave.<br/>What she doesn’t know is there is more than a villain weaving us together.<br/>It’s not just the revenge I want. It’s not the satisfaction of ruining the town that tainted us.<br/>I want her.<br/>Once again, I’ve taken a vow to protect someone, took her vengeance and made it my own.<br/>Still waters have always run deep.<br/>Ponderosa Springs isn’t the only one with secrets. I’ll let the world know mine before they take her away from me. That rotting town knows what I do to people who take things that belong to me.<br/>A mistake repeated?<br/>Not even God himself will deliver them from my evil.
The Blood we Crave: Part Two (The Hollow Boys)
Monty Jay · 2023
Will obsession be enough?<br/>I'd always believed my love was enough to save him. To protect him.<br/>I was wrong.<br/>The Copycat killer gets closer every day, and I can’t help but feel his every move is in my direction.<br/>With dead ends around every curve and bodies piling up, it seems our time is running out.<br/>They took him from me. Stole the last bit of light and left him empty.<br/>Now, it’s not only the Hollow Boys who are seeking revenge.<br/>I'm out for blood. A war path for vengeance.<br/>They wanted a villain?<br/>I’ll give them one.
The Blood we Crave (The Hollow Boys)
Monty Jay · 2022
My secrets are infested with infatuation.<br/>His cravings are dripping in blood.<br/>Is it love?<br/>Or is it something much darker…<br/>An obsession.<br/><br/>Death found me as a young girl. Latching onto the core of my soul.<br/>No one knows what that horrid night did to me. What kind of monster it flourished inside me. I’d become a ghost, hiding from the world so that people would never find out about the morbid desire I harbor.<br/><br/>Until he noticed me.<br/><br/>𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧: Cunning. Sharp. Beautiful.<br/><br/>A man bred from the seed of a serial killer. Stitched together with old money and Dolce & Gabbana clothing.<br/>He is my strongest fixation. My sweetest, darkest addiction.<br/>And I’m his phantom.<br/>I have haunted him my entire life and now?<br/>He sees me for exactly what I am.<br/>A killer.<br/>I sicken him. But he has always mesmerized me.<br/>When a copycat murderer prowls among the trees of Ponderosa Springs, our loyalty is tested.<br/>It had been foolish of us to believe our revenge would go unpunished. That the town wouldn’t retaliate after what we did.<br/>With our lives hanging in the balance, Thatcher and I have no choice but to coexist.<br/>In the twilight of musty cabins and haunted library towers, my somber secrets are exposed, and his cravings are revealed.<br/><br/>𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬...𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧?
Rule of the Aurora King (Artefacts of Ouranos)
Nisha J. Tuli · 2023
Trial of the Sun Queen (Artefacts of Ouranos)
Nisha J Tuli · 2022
Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy)
Harley Laroux · 2021
Leon I earned my reputation among magicians for a reason: one wrong move and you're dead. Killer, they called me, and killing is what I'm best at. Except her. The one I was supposed to take, the one I should have killed - I didn't. The cult that once controlled me wants her, and I'm not about to lose my new toy to them.<br/>Rae I've always believed in the supernatural. Hunting for ghosts is my passion, but summoning a demon was never part of the plan. Monsters are roaming the woods, and something ancient - something evil - is waking up and calling my name. I don't know who I can trust, or how deep this darkness goes. All I know is my one shot at survival is the demon stalking me, and he doesn't just want my body - he wants my soul.<br/><br/>Her Soul to Take is book 1 in the Souls Trilogy. Each book within the Souls Trilogy is interconnected, following a different couple through a similar timeline in the fictional world of Abelaum.<br/><br/>Content Note<br/>This book contains sexual scenes, kink/fetish content, horror elements, drug use, and depictions of hard kink/edgeplay. Please see the book preview for complete CW.
Sinners Consumed: An Enemies to Lovers Mafia Romance (Sinners Anonymous)
Somme Sketcher · 2022
My world is on fire, and I’m obsessed with the girl who lit the match.<br/>Bloodied knuckles and a lifeless body at my feet confirm it: Penny is my demise.<br/>My gentlemanly facade is nothing but a memory.<br/>My sins are seeping through my shirt like ink.<br/>I tried to leave her. Couldn’t do it.<br/>I tried to snuff the life out of her. Couldn’t do that, either.<br/>So we’ll slow dance in the flames until I’m nothing but ash and embers.<br/>I’ll only rise like a phoenix when she’s gone.<br/>The problem is, I’d never let her go.<br/>No, she’d have to run far, far, away to escape me.<br/>And maybe she will if I just told her the truth:<br/>I own the Sinners Anonymous Hotline.<br/>And I’ve listened to every call she’s ever made.<br/>DARK MAFIA ROMANCE - ENEMIES TO LOVERS - AGE GAP - SLOW BURN<br/>***<br/>SOMME’S NOTES:<br/>Sinners Consumed is part two of a duet. Rafe & Penny’s story starts in Sinners Condemned, which will be out September 7.<br/>For a better reading experience, please read Sinners Anonymous before reading Sinners Condemned & Sinners Consumed.<br/>You should know that I write dark romance, and my stories–including this one–aren’t for the faint of heart. They contain several triggers, so aren’t suitable for everyone.
Sinners Condemned: An Enemies to Lovers Mafia Romance (Sinners Anonymous)
Somme Sketcher · 2022
No good ever comes from a red-head in a stolen dress with her worldly possessions at her feet.<br/>I should have known she was trouble when smoke and sin followed her into my bar and she challenged me to a game.<br/>She may have won my watch, but she started a war.<br/>As she slipped my Breitling off my wrist and onto her own, she gleefully announced she was the luckiest girl in the world.<br/>Yeah, lucky to everyone but me.<br/>Because the moment her muddy boots stomped down the stairs and up my spine, my empire started to crumble.<br/>My cashmere charm is wrinkling.<br/>My gentlemanly facade is cracking.<br/>My enemies are closing in.<br/>Maybe the fortune teller was right:<br/>The Queen of Hearts will drag me down to hell.<br/>At least it’s wonderfully warm among the flames.<br/>DARK MAFIA ROMANCE - ENEMIES TO LOVERS - AGE GAP - SLOW BURN<br/>***<br/><br/>SOMME’S NOTES:<br/>Sinners Condemned is part one of a duet, and because of this, it ends on a cliffhanger. Rafe & Penny’s story continues in Sinners Consumed.<br/>For a better reading experience, please read Sinners Anonymous before reading Sinners Condemned.<br/>You should know that I write dark romance, and my stories–including this one–aren’t for the faint of heart. They contain several triggers, so aren’t suitable for everyone.
Una corona de sombras
Tricia Levenseller · 2022
El cruce perfecto entre Una corte de rosas y espinas y La selección<br/>El plan de Alessandra es sencillo<br/>1. Enamorar a Kallias, el Rey de las Sombras.<br/>2. Casarse con él.<br/>3. Asesinarle y hacerse con el reino.<br/>Pero Kallias, el Rey de las Sombras, posee un poder oscuro y alberga un alma aún más oscura. Además de un irresistible atractivo... Nada que pueda parar los planes de la seductora Alessandra: simplemente va a coger lo que ella merece.<br/>Sin embargo, todo da un giro inesperado cuando Kallias le hace una propuesta muy poco usual: juntos, desarrollarán un plan para despistar a la corte. Sin sentimentalismos, sin emociones. No es lo que ella tenía en mente, pero compartir tiempo con él puede ser bueno para sus propósitos. Siempre y cuando no se interpongan los sentimientos… ¿Quién de los dos será el más fuerte al final?
El jardín de las mariposas
Dot Hutchison · 2020
Cerca de una aislada mansión existe un jardín donde se cultivan delicadas flores y en él, abrigada por frondosos árboles, habita una exquisita y peculiar colección de mariposas que es resguardada por el Jardinero, un hombre que desconoce los límites de su obsesión por preservar la belleza.<br/>Maya es una sobreviviente del jardín y ahora tendrá que narrar a los agentes del FBI los horrores que vivió mientras permanecía en cautiverio junto con otras chicas que ni siquiera habían alcanzado la mayoría de edad. En su memoria viven las peores pesadillas. En su espalda, como en las de todas las jóvenes mariposas, un tatuaje le recordará por siempre un crimen imperdonable.
El libro de Azrael / The Book of Azrael (DIOSES Y MONSTRUOS) (Spanish Edition)
Amber V. Nicole · 2024
¿Listo para enamorarte de la villana? El fenómeno romantasy de TikTok que arrasa.<br/><br/>«Ya eres peligrosa, Dianna. Ahora, vamos a hacerte letal».<br/><br/>Hace mil años, Dianna sacrificó su vida mortal en los desiertos de Eoria para salvar a su hermana. Rezó a cualquiera que la escuchase, sin saber que quien respondería a sus plegarias sería un monstruo peor que cualquier pesadilla. Convertida ahora en villana, Dianna tiene que robar una reliquia de las criaturas que la han estado acechando.<br/><br/>Han cambiado muchas cosas desde que Liam se llamaba Samkiel, allá en el viejo mundo, pero algo sigue igual: es el Destructor de Mundos, un mito para sus enemigos, un rey y héroe para quienes le son leales. Tras la Guerra de los Dioses, Liam abandonó su corona y sus responsabilidades, dejando a su suerte a quienes más lo necesitaban. Pero cuando atacan a sus seres queridos, vuelve al reino al que nunca quiso regresar y a las zarpas del enemigo al que apresó hace milenios.<br/><br/>Aunque son enemigos ancestrales, Dianna y Liam se verán obligados a olvidar sus diferencias y a colaborar si quieren salvar no solo su mundo… sino todo el universo.<br/><br/>ENGLISH DESCRIPTION<br/><br/>World Ender meets Ender of Worlds...<br/><br/>A thousand years ago, Dianna gave up her life in the deserts of Eoria to save her dying sister. She called upon anyone who would listen, not expecting a monster far worse than any nightmare to answer. Now she does what Kaden asks, even if that means securing an ancient relic from the very creatures that hunt her.<br/><br/>A King thought long dead and long forgotten.<br/><br/>In the old world his name was Samkiel. In the new world it is Liam, but one title remains true throughout time. He is the World Ender, a myth to his enemies, a savior and King to those loyal to him. After the Gods War, he locked himself away, hiding from the world. He denied his crown and responsibilities, leaving the very ones who needed him most to deal with the fallout of the death of their homeworld. Now an attack on those he holds dear sends him back to the one realm he never wished to visit again and into the sights of an enemy he thought imprisoned eons ago. Now enemies older than time must put aside their differences and work together in hopes of saving both their world and every realm in between.
Nocticadia: A Dark Academia Gothic Romance
Keri Lake · 2023
A dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.<br/><br/>Mortui vivos docent.<br/>The dead teach the living.<br/><br/>After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me.<br/><br/>Four years later, I receive an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest, most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before. Those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores.<br/><br/>And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.<br/><br/>Devryck Bramwell, known on campus as Doctor Death, is a brilliant pathologist in charge of the midnight lab. He's also my devastatingly handsome professor, who seems to loathe tenacious first-years, like me. Except, his dark and enigmatic gaze tells me all the ways he'd devour me if given the chance, and his stolen kisses burn my lips with forbidden jealousy.<br/><br/>I crave his authority.<br/>He aches for redemption.<br/>Together, we're toxic. Delicious fodder for the prying eyes hellbent on exhuming the rotted skeletons of our pasts.<br/><br/>For the dead have much to teach, and it's only a matter of time before Dracadia's most depraved secret is resurrected.
Gothikana
RuNyx · 2025
The eternal romance of Beauty & the Beast meets the gothic suspense of Dracula in this erotic dark academia story by RuNyx―the New York Times bestselling sensation, now in trade paperback with purple sprayed edges!<br/><br/>“RuNyx immerses her readers in the dark worlds she builds and then injects life into them in the most hauntingly beautiful way. Her work is unique and addictive―she really is one of a kind.”―Hannah Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Icebreaker<br/><br/>“Original, innovative, and unlike anything I’ve read before.”―L. J. Shen, USA Today bestselling author<br/><br/>An unusual girl. An enigmatic man. An ancient castle. What could go wrong?<br/><br/>An outcast her entire life, Corvina Clemm is left adrift after losing her mother. When she receives the admission letter from the mysterious University of Verenmore, she accepts it as a sign from the universe. The last thing she expects though is an old, secluded castle on top of a mountain riddled with secrets, deceit, and death.<br/><br/>An enigma his entire life, Vad Deverell likes being a closed book but knowing exactly everything that happens in the university. A part-time professor working on his thesis, Vad has been around long enough to know the dangers the castle possesses. And he knows the moment his path crosses with Corvina, she's dangerous to everything that he is.<br/><br/>They shouldn't have caught each other's eye. They cannot be. But a chill-inducing century-old mystery forces them to collide. People have disappeared every five years over the past century, Corvina is getting clues to unraveling it all, and Vad needs to keep an eye on her.<br/><br/>And so begins a tale of the mysterious, the morbid, the macabre, and a deep love that blossoms in the unlikeliest of places.
Born, Madly (Darkly, Madly Duet)
Trisha Wolfe · 2018
<b>From <i>USA Today</i> best-selling author Trisha Wolfe comes her most dark and dangerous romance psych thriller that readers say is: "deliciously twisted"</b> <p>Duet: a performance by two. <p>But who is acting, and who is devolving? <p>A buried past is unearthed, and Grayson Sullivan--AKA The Angel of Maine--retaliates against the system who made him, deploying psychological warfare on the woman who initially set him free. Dr. London Noble probes deep into the mind of the killer she's fallen for, searching for answers, as a copycat killer threatens their unity. Are they partners, lovers, or enemies? One final trap will reveal all. <p>*A full list of content information can be found on the author's website
Born, Darkly (Darkly, Madly Duet)
Trisha Wolfe · 2017
From USA Today best-selling author Trisha Wolfe comes her most dark and dangerous psychological thriller that readers say is: "deliciously twisted"<br/><br/>He challenged her sanity.<br/><br/>She shattered his reality.<br/><br/>They dared each other...to the brink of madness.<br/><br/>A dark and twisted maze awaits criminal psychologist London Noble when she falls for her patient, convicted serial killer, Grayson Pierce Sullivan. As she unravels the traps, her sanity tested with each game, she's forced to acknowledge the true evil in the world around her.<br/><br/>*Confined spaces. Serial killers. Find a complete content list on the author's website.
Marrow
Trisha Wolfe, Brynne Weaver · 2023
Two rival serial killers. One common enemy.<br/>Forensic anthropologist Dr. Jack Sorensen is the perfect serial killer. In the bright lights of his public persona he’s a respected scientist, a leader in the field of human decomposition. But in his shadowed secret life he’s a ruthless and elusive killer, unseen by the authorities who have failed to follow his faint trail of destruction. Beautifully cold, brilliant and cruel, Jack wants nothing more than to keep his life captured in his vise-like grip of control. And Jack Sorensen never makes mistakes…<br/>…until he underestimates Dr. Kyrie Roth.<br/>Wildlife biologist Kyrie is the enemy Jack never noticed, another murderer in his midst. A killer with equal cunning and stealth as the great Jack Sorensen, she knows all his darkest secrets, even the pieces of a past he might have forgotten. Kyrie has created the perfect habitat for her favorite research subject, but she’s finally had enough of being bitten by the beast that lives at Jack’s core. Pushed past her breaking point, Kyrie has decided to do whatever it takes to make Jack suffer. But when Kyrie’s traumatic past descends on her broken oasis, the only person who can help Kyrie banish her painful shadows might just be her greatest enemy.<br/>History can’t always be left to decay in a cold grave. Time has a way of thawing secrets, leaving them to shine as bright as bleached bones in the sun. Can Jack and Kyrie set aside their battle and survive a world built to hunt them?<br/>Or will they kill each other first?
Lovely Violent Things: Hollow's Row 2
Trisha Wolfe · 2023
He’s the devil. And she’s his wicked game.<br/>Book two in the Hollow's Row series.<br/><br/>Halen:<br/>The night I gave in to Kallum Locke, I sold my soul to the devil. Now that devil has returned for me, a daemon siphoning off what soul I have left.<br/><br/>The Harbinger killer has descended on Hollow’s Row amid an active case, where I’ve been hired as a consultant to profile two killers. One offering gruesome sacrifices to obtain an ancient philosophy, and the other a bad omen from my past.<br/><br/>A dark truth hovers at the edge of my memories—but is it real, or a trick by the chaos magician himself, meant to trap me in his web of lies and corruption.<br/><br/>Kallum is too consuming, his clashing green-and-blue eyes staring into my depths, demanding I feel the frenzy he teased from my soul.<br/><br/>I have to escape him.<br/><br/>Kallum:<br/>I’ve tasted Halen St. James, my muse of heartbreak. I’ve sank my teeth into her tender flesh, lapped at her tears, marked her as mine…<br/><br/>So I’ll be damned if I let her go now. Not this time—not when I’m so close to revealing our truth. It’s easy to be tricked when you believe your own lies. And, oh, how my little Halen loves her pretty lies.<br/><br/>She’s obsessed with naming me the killer. She’s afraid of me, but I’m not the danger she should fear.<br/><br/>The moth is attracted to sweetness—and my little Halen is the sweetest damn thing.<br/><br/>Halen needs her big bad villain to protect her.<br/><br/>**Full CW list on author website.
Lovely Wicked Things (Hollow's Row)
Trisha Wolfe · 2024
The third and final installment of the Hollow's Row series.<br/><br/>Halen:<br/><br/>I’ve created a monster.<br/><br/>When past and present collide, the fallout feels like the death of my morality. Every time I look into Kallum’s clashing, feverish eyes, I see a dark omen—the threat of what we’ll do to each other if our desires run wild.<br/><br/>While the Hollow’s Row case comes to a head, a new heinous player enters the scene. As the Alchemist threatens the town, I’m torn between a promise to help my friend, and my loyalty to Kallum—the man who has sacrificed everything for me.<br/><br/>I’ve created a monster—but he’s my monster. And if I can’t control Kallum’s chaotic nature, I’ll lose him…just as I’ve lost everyone I’ve loved.<br/><br/>There could be a future for us, but only if we don’t damn ourselves first.<br/><br/>Kallum:<br/><br/>The moment Halen St. James crashed my world, I made a vow to harbor her darkness, the lovely spark who ignited my black soul. But now, it’s time for Halen to finally step out of her shadows.<br/><br/>I would do—and have done—anything to keep her mine. I’ve become a villain to protect her. Even from herself.<br/><br/>When she looks into my eyes with recognition, I’m a man reborn, redeemed by her cleansing fire. Only there’s a vital piece of our story missing, and without it, I’ll always fear losing her—a primal fear that provokes the demon within.<br/><br/>The truth lies somewhere in the murky marsh waters, where killers and philosophers intwine, obscuring ancient wisdoms and feasting on the sweetest nectar.<br/><br/>I was created for her, to devour her heartbreak, and she was designed for me, the muse to the devil himself.<br/><br/>CW: Full list can be found on author's website.
Lovely Bad Things: (Hollow's Row Book 1)
Trisha Wolfe · 2022
He’s the devil. And she’s his wicked game.<br/><br/>An enemies-to-lovers dark academia romance with a thrilling twist from the disturbed mind that brought you the Darkly, Madly Duet.<br/><br/>Halen:<br/>They say eyes are the windows to the soul—but when he looks at me through hues of slate-green and flaring blue embers, I’m terrified of what’s watching me from behind his clashing gaze, something primal and feverish that threatens to melt me like fire in ice.<br/><br/>I fear falling into Kallum Locke’s pitch-black soul.<br/><br/>But after I’m called to a crime scene to investigate the most gruesome act of violence to descend on the legendary town of Hollow’s Row, I have no choice but to turn to Kallum, to the man I had locked away in an asylum for the criminally insane.<br/><br/>He’s the leading expert on all things Nietzsche and occult. And now, to get answers, I’m forced to make a deal with the devil himself.<br/><br/>Kallum:<br/>Really, eyes are the windows to the soul? Then I wonder what little Halen St. James thinks of all the cryptic eyes watching her in the killing fields… I wonder if the hairs on her delicate nape lifted away, if a thrilling shiver raced over her soft skin. She’s desperate for the answer, and she’ll do anything to uncover it—even make a deal with me, dangling freedom like bait on a hook.<br/><br/>But she’s far more tempting to sink my teeth into than any lure.<br/><br/>And the pain will taste twice as sweet.<br/><br/>CW: Full list on author's website. Slow burn. Serial killers. Crime scenes. Dark themes. Violence. Murder. Blood and sharp object play. Occult references. Loss of loved ones. As this is dark romance, there are likely other dark themes and situations, so please read responsibly.
Mafia
Broken Whispers
Painted Scars
Neva Altaj
Nina<br/>Charming, captivating, and seductive,<br/>And a cold-blooded killer.<br/>But I married the Pakhan of the Russian Bratva anyway.<br/>I had to. It was part of the deal.<br/>Now, I'm faking marital bliss,<br/>As I tremble with fear,<br/>And I cannot wait to be out of the clutches of this ruthless man.<br/>Roman<br/>I get anything I desire.<br/>And I want this perfectly imperfect little manipulator.<br/>The way she can deceive anyone into believing she's crazy in love with me,<br/>Just makes me want her even more.<br/>She doesn't know it yet,<br/>But I am not letting her go.<br/>The deal - is off.<br/>*Painted Scars is a full-length novel with several open-door steamy scenes, no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.<br/>This is the first book in Perfectly Imperfect mafia series, and compared to the other books in the series, it's not overly dark. Painted Scars is primarily a love story which focuses on the relationship between Nina and Roman, and while there are a few scenes depicting violence, it's considerably lighter than the sequels.
Sueños Quemados: Mafia Romance (Perfectly Imperfect Mafia - En Español) (Spanish Edition)
Neva Altaj • 2024
<b>Alessandro</b> <p>He esperado ocho largos años, <br>planeando pacientemente mi venganza.<br>Ahora, lo he encontrado, <br>y lo haré pagar. <p>Me contrató para cuidar a su esposa, <br>garantizar su seguridad.<br>Y planeo matar a la misma mujer que juré proteger. <p>Sufrirá como yo lo hice, <br>y cuando termine con él, suplicará piedad, <br><i>piedad</i>, que no le daré. <p><b>Ravenna</b> <p>Me observa con odio en su oscura mirada, <br>sus ojos tan negros como un abismo, <br>siguiendo cada uno de mis movimientos. <p>Esos ojos lo ven todo;<br>No puedo escapar de esa mirada silenciosa, <br>o esconder los moretones que cubren mi cuerpo, <br>cada marca es una señal de mis sueños quemados. <p>Tampoco puedo negar el ansia que tengo por un hombre, <br>que nunca será mío. <p><br>*<i>Sueños Quemados es una novela completa de romance de mafia con un final feliz garantizado.</i> <p><i>Este es el séptimo libro de la serie de mafia <b>Perfecta Imperfección</b>. Cada libro de esta serie está protagonizado por una pareja diferente y puede leerse de forma independiente, sin embargo, para disfrutar al máximo, te recomiendo seguir el orden de lectura.</i>
caricias robadas: mafia romance: 5
Neva Altaj • 2024
Milene<br/><br/>Reglas,<br/>las conozco,<br/>pero no las seguí.<br/><br/>Me mudé a su ciudad, a su territorio, sin su aprobación.<br/>Y ahora, es tiempo de que pague el precio.<br/>Casarme con el frío y calculador Don de la Cosa Nostra,<br/>con el hombre al que casi nadie ha visto o podrían reconocer,<br/>y estar atada a la mafia para siempre.<br/><br/>Pero cuando viene a buscarme,<br/>me doy cuenta de que esta no es la primera vez que nos hemos visto.<br/><br/>Salvatore<br/><br/>Ya nada me sorprende.<br/>He visto y hecho demasiado.<br/>Hasta ella.<br/><br/>Ella es una anomalía,<br/>viviendo en la pobreza,<br/>en mi ciudad,<br/>sin mi aprobación.<br/><br/>Me siento atraído por ella en formas que nunca imaginé.<br/>Ella me enciende y me intriga.<br/>Quiero más que caricias robadas.<br/>Lo quiero todo.<br/>Y lo que Salvatore Ajello quiere, lo toma.<br/><br/>*Caricias Robadas es una novela completa con varias escenas ardientes, sin infidelidades y con un final feliz garantizado.<br/><br/>Este es el quinto libro de la serie de mafia Perfecta Imperfección. Cada libro de esta serie está protagonizado por una pareja diferente y puede leerse de forma independiente, no obstante, para disfrutar al máximo, te recomiendo seguir el orden de lectura.
Pecados Oscuros: Mafia Romance (Perfectly Imperfect Mafia - En Español) (Spanish Edition)
Neva Altaj • 2024
NERA. En una noche de sangre y muerte, el destino nos unió. Creí que estaba salvando la vida de un hombre inocente, un hombre que nunca volvería a ver. Estaba equivocada. Un ligero cambio en el aire. Un destello de ojos color plata en la oscuridad. Puede que no lo vea, sin embargo, sé que está ahí. Mi ángel de la muerte, acechando entre las sombras. Vigilándome. Protegiéndome. Antes de desaparecer por completo, hasta que nos encontremos de nuevo. Un hombre que recibió una bala por mí. Pero no me tocará, ni me amará. Ni siquiera me dirá su nombre. KAI. Oscuridad. Dolor. Sangre. Es todo lo que conozco. Soy una carcasa vacía de un ser humano. Sin corazón. Sin alma. Sin sueños. Rodeado de muerte, era un muerto en vida. Fue entonces cuando su luz brilló a través de mi oscuridad, dándole vida a mi alma muerta. Mi pequeña tigresa, mi única razón para seguir viviendo. Cada vez que tengo que dejarla en la luz, mi corazón negro se rompe y sangra, mientras me refugio en las sombras, donde pertenezco. No puedo cambiar el pasado. No puedo deshacer lo que hice. Mi pecado más oscuro. *Pecados Oscuros es una historia completa con varias escenas candentes y llenas de erotismo, sin infidelidades entre los personajes y con un final feliz para siempre garantizado en todo momento. Este es el libro número 9 de la serie de mafia Perfecta Imperfección. Cada libro de esta serie está protagonizado por una pareja distinta y puede leerse de forma independiente, pero para disfrutar al máximo, se recomienda leerlo en el orden indicado.
Almas Destrozadas: Mafia Romance (Perfectly Imperfect Mafia - En Español) (Spanish Edition)
Neva Altaj • 2024
Asya<br/><br/>No puedo volver con mi familia.<br/>No soy digna de ellos,<br/>nunca podría volver a ser uno de ellos.<br/>La hermana que conocen, aman y recuerdan,<br/>no existe.<br/>Ya nunca más.<br/><br/>Hasta él....<br/>El que me acogió,<br/>me rescató de mis demonios,<br/>mis miedos, sanando mis cicatrices.<br/>Reconstruyéndome,<br/>poco a poco.<br/><br/>Pavel<br/><br/>No me acerco a la gente,<br/>y ciertamente no necesito a nadie.<br/><br/>Hasta ella...<br/><br/>Ahora, es todo lo que quiero,<br/>todo lo que necesito.<br/>El imbécil egoísta en mí,<br/>quiere robarla,<br/>tenerla solo para mí.<br/><br/>Sin embargo, ella ya no me necesita.<br/>Tengo que dejarla ir,<br/>dejarla elevarse,<br/>no romper las alas que la ayudan a volar.<br/>Ella no es mía para conservarla.<br/>Para amarla, para tenerla.<br/><br/>¿Puedo enseñar a mi alma destrozada a sobrevivir sin ella?<br/><br/>*Almas Destrozadas es una novela completa con varias escenas ardientes, sin infidelidades y con un final feliz garantizado.
Painted Scars (Perfectly Imperfect Series)
Neva Altaj • 2022
The first book in a new mafia romance series.<br/><br/>Nina<br/><br/>Charming, captivating, and seductive,<br/>And a cold-blooded killer.<br/>But I married the Pakhan of the Russian Bratva anyway.<br/>I had to. It was part of the deal.<br/><br/>Now, I’m faking marital bliss,<br/>As I tremble with fear,<br/>And I cannot wait to be out of the clutches of this ruthless man.<br/><br/>Roman<br/><br/>I get anything I desire.<br/>And I want this perfectly imperfect little manipulator.<br/><br/>The way she can deceive anyone into believing she’s crazy in love with me,<br/>Just makes me want her even more.<br/><br/>She doesn't know it yet,<br/>But I am not letting her go.<br/>The deal - is off.<br/><br/>*Painted Scars is a full-length mafia romance novel with no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.<br/><br/>This is the first book in Perfectly Imperfect mafia series, and compared to the other books in the series, it's not overly dark. Painted Scars is primarily a love story which focuses on the relationship between Nina and Roman, and while there are a few scenes depicting violence, it's considerably lighter than the sequels.<br/><br/>Perfectly Imperfect Reading Order & Tropes 1. Painted Scars (Nina & Roman)<br/>Tropes: disabled hero, fake marriage, age gap, opposites attract, possessive/jealous hero<br/><br/>2. Broken Whispers (Bianca & Mikhail)<br/>Tropes: scarred/disabled hero, mute heroine, arranged marriage, age gap, beauty and the beast, OTT possessive/jealous hero<br/><br/>3. Hidden Truths (Angelina & Sergei)<br/>Tropes: age gap, broken hero, only she can calm him down, who did this to you<br/><br/>4. Ruined Secrets (Isabella & Luca)<br/>Tropes: arranged marriage, age gap, OTT possessive/jealous hero, amnesia<br/><br/>5. Stolen Touches (Milene & Salvatore)<br/>Tropes: arranged marriage, disabled hero, age gap, emotionless hero, OTT possessive/jealous hero<br/><br/>6. Fractured Souls (Asya & Pavel)<br/>Tropes: he helps her heal, age gap, who did this to you, possessive/jealous hero, he thinks he’s not good enough for her<br/><br/>7. Burned Dreams (Ravenna & Alessandro)<br/>Tropes: bodyguard, forbidden love, revenge, enemies to lovers, age gap, who did this to you, possessive/jealous hero<br/><br/>8. Silent Lies (Sienna & Drago)<br/>Tropes: deaf hero, arranged marriage, age gap, grumpy-sunshine, opposites attract, super OTT possessive/jealous hero<br/><br/>9. Darkest Sins (Nera & Kai)<br/>Tropes: grumpy-sunshine, opposites attract, age-gap, stalker hero, only she can calm him down
