Dark Romance

Prefer your romance with a hard edge? Here is a collection of romance stories containing dark themes and mature content.

Updated April 17, 2024
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Afterburn and aftershock
Day, Sylvia
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Day Never mix business with pleasure. Never bring politics into the bedroom. In a way I did both when I took Jackson Rutledge as a lover. I can't say I wasn't warned. Two years later, he was back. Walking into a deal I'd worked...
Alpha
Wilder, Jasinda
Ebook
The first time it happened, it seemed like an impossible miracle. Bills were piling up, adding up to more money than I could ever make. Mom's hospital bills. My baby brother's tuition. My tuition. Rent. Electricity. All of it on my shoulders. And I had just lost my job. There was no hope, no money...
Anchor me
Kenner, Julie
Ebook
Begging for it
Pace, Lilah.
Ebook
The provocative author of Asking for It once again explores the dark side of erotic obsession, and the secrets that make it as dangerous as it is irresistible. Some secrets should only be shared in the dark. Jonah and Vivienne's erotic bond--living out...
Birthday girl
Douglas, Penelope
Ebook
Butcher & Blackbird
Weaver, Brynne
Ebook
#1 New York Times bestselling series and USA TODAY Bestseller "I want to ruin her so that she's mine, my beautiful disaster. My wild creature. My goddess of chaos." The viral TikTok friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder,...
Court of the vampire queen
Robert, Katee
Paper Book
LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION: This gorgeous, deluxe edition of Katee Robert's devilishly spicy vampire romance has been redesigned with a reversible dust jacket featuring full-colour character art, designed edges and a ribbon bookmark, as well as exclusive material inside.
Crossed
McIntire, Emily
Audiobook
Cruel seduction
Robert, Katee
Ebook
Entwined with you
Day, Sylvia.
Paper Book
The worldwide phenomenon continues as Eva and Gideon face the demons of their pasts and accept the consequences of their obsessive desires in the third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Crossfire series. From the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized...
The fearless King
Robert, Katee
Ebook
Gothikana
RuNyx
Paper Book
EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION--featuring beautiful purple sprayed edges, a foil case stamp, gorgeously detailed endpapers, an updated map and deliciously moody art throughout. Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! The eternal romance of...
Headmaster
Me, Tara Sue
Ebook
The New York Times bestselling author of the Submissive novels delivers a scintillating new erotic romance, where two instructors redefine the phrase "teacher's pet" . . . . Lennox MacLure, owner of the RACK Academy, has sworn off the Dominant/submissive lifestyle. Years...
Hunt on dark waters
Robert, Katee
Ebook
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! A stern captain meets his witchy match in this captivating first fantasy romance novel in the Crimson Sails series from Katee Robert, the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok smash-hit Neon Gods....
Hunting Adeline
Carlton, H. D.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NYT & USA TODAY BESTSELLER! The conclusion to the Cat and Mouse Duet is here... "If she were to die... the world would die with her." The worst Adeline Reilly expected for her life were a few unholy ghosts haunting the hallways...
The last king
Robert, Katee
Ebook
Misconduct
Douglas, Penelope
Ebook
A compelling standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Fall Away series--who never fails to deliver a "powerfully written contemporary love story"(Booklist). Former tennis player Easton Bradbury is trying to be the best teacher she can be,...
Neon gods
Robert, Katee
Paper Book
He was supposed to be a myth. But from the moment I crossed the River Styx and fell under his dark spell...he was, quite simply, mine. A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Hades and Persephone that's as sinful as it is sweet. Society darling Persephone...
Radiant sin
Robert, Katee
Ebook
Release me a novel
Kenner, Julie.
Audiobook
NATONAL BESTSELLER * The first book in the sexy, emotionally charged Stark trilogy--a romance between a powerful man who's never heard "no" and a fiery woman who says "yes" on her own terms Wealthy, powerful, and exceedingly dangerous, Damien Stark wants to own me. . . . Or at...
Scarred
McIntire, Emily
Audiobook
A strange hymn
Thalassa, Laura
Audiobook
Stripped
Wilder, Jasinda.
Ebook
So how did I get myself into this situation, you ask? Simple: desperation. When you're faced with being homeless and hungry or taking off your clothes for money, the choice is easier than you'd imagine. That doesn't make it easy, though. Oh no. I hate it, in fact. There's nothing I'd like more than...
Twisted
McIntire, Emily
Audiobook
Twisted Love
Huang, Ana
Audiobook
Vengeance road
Feehan, Christine
Ebook
Christine Feehan takes romance full throttle in the second gripping novel in her #1 New York Times bestselling Torpedo Ink series. Breezy Simmons was born into a ruthless motorcycle club--and now that she's out, she's never going to be that girl again. But when her past...
Wretched
McIntire, Emily
Audiobook

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