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Halloween Harvesters #2 Get a copy 🖉 Rating:  3/5 🖉 Spice: 2/5 🖉 Plot:  3/5 🖉 Primary Genre:  (very) Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:   Can't Stop is a MIDNIGHT horror hitchhiker traumance novellaWe're back for more! This time, don't let us pick you up. If you do, expect the unexpected. We can't stop now. -Dalton and Rayna The Halloween Harvesters *NOTE* This is a similar theme to the Ride or Die hitchhiker standalones but due to the horror nature of this story, it's not linked to that series. Check them out if you want to read more hitchhiker stories! This dark horror hitchhiker traumance has EXTREME content, Full list of content warnings on my website. Please read responsibly! 🖉 My Thoughts: Can part 2 be more unhinged than book 1? Idk I feel like there’s something wrong with me to be saying this but this book is like 90% less demented and I didn’t love that about it. I expected this book to somehow outdo book 1 in the series? I didn’t realize that about myself u...

 Vicious Lost Boys #1 Purchase a copy on Amazon 🖉 Rating: 3.5/5 🖉 Spice:  4/5 🖉 Plot: 3/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:   The first book in the bestselling BookTok viral Vicious Lost Boys series, a Peter Pan-inspired enemies-to-lovers spicy romantasy where the villain gets the girl. The stories were all wrong—Hook was never the villain. For two centuries, all of the Darling women have disappeared on their eighteenth birthday. Sometimes they’re gone for only a day, some for as long as a week or a month. But they always return broken. Now, on the afternoon of my eighteenth birthday, my mother runs around the house, making sure all the windows are barred and the doors locked. But it’s pointless. Because when night falls, he comes for me. And this time, the Never King and the Lost Boys aren’t willing to let me go. NOTE: The Never King is a reimagining of Peter Pan and Wendy. Characters have been aged-up for this darker, grittier version. If you like your enem...

Buy a copy on Amazon 🖉 Rating: 3/5 🖉 Spice: 5/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:   A USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon Charts bestselling novel. The first letter arrived the day my husband was buried. It was postmarked from the state penitentiary, and contained a single sentence: I’ll wait forever if I have to. It was signed by Dante, a man I didn’t know. Out of simple curiosity, I wrote back to ask him what exactly he was waiting for. His reply? You. I told the mystery man he had the wrong girl. He said he didn’t. I said we’d never met, but he said I was wrong. We went back and forth, exchanging letters every week that grew increasingly more intimate. Then one day, the letters stopped. When I found out why, it was already too late. Dante was at my doorstep. And nothing on earth could have prepared me for what happened next. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WARNING: This novel contains content intended for a mature audience only. Due to explicit languag...

 Pucking Wrong #1 Get a copy on Amazon 🖉 Rating:  3.5/5 🖉 Spice:  4/5 🖉 Plot:  3/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:   A star athlete crosses the line from passion into obsession in this darkly addictive hockey-romance novel from USA Today–bestselling author C.R. Jane. “Give me a second chance, babe . . . and I’ll blow your mind.” Monroe doesn’t know why she answers the text that’s obviously meant for someone else. Or why she keeps answering. Maybe it’s because she’s all alone in a big city and in desperate need of a lifeline. Or maybe it’s because each exchange leaves her intrigued and more than a little turned on. Still, Monroe never would’ve snarked back if she’d known she was talking to the “Golden Boy” of the Dallas Knights. She couldn’t care less about Lincoln Daniels’ hockey-god status, and this only seems to attract him more. He’s used to scoring on and off the ice, and now he’s obsessed with his next goal: making Monroe his―no matter what it ...

  Purchase from Amazon 🖉 Rating:  4/5 🖉 Spice:  2/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:   Shallow Hill is where souls suffer slow and miserable deaths. When River McAllister escaped from Shallow Hill, she left her innocence behind--and some of her sanity, too. Now she's rebuilding her life with her dream man and life couldn't be better. Ryan Fitzgerald is everything you'd want in a man. Attractive, rich, an aspiring lawyer, and would do anything to keep River. But that's not the only thing that attracts her. It's his attentiveness, his possessiveness... maybe not so much his temper. When her relationship takes a dark turn, Ryan's estranged brother, Mako, is the only one who sees it. He knows exactly what Ryan is capable of, and it's not the first time he had to be a knight in shining armor. River came from Shallow Hill, though. She's never needed saving before. What Mako doesn't see, is that River is perfectly capable of taking ...

  Purchase On Amazon Hollow Graves Duet #1 🖉 Rating:  5/5 🖉 Spice:  4/5 🖉 Plot:  5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:  “My darling, it is you who is dreadful.” Reverie Adams has only one goal in life: to keep her head above water with her father’s sinister legacy weighing on her shoulders. But she’s no stranger to drowning—it’s her very first memory, after all, and if her demons have it their way, it will also be her last. Even with the blood of a serial killer running through her veins, Reverie attempts a normal life at Hollow Canyon University. But there’s a ghost from her past who refuses to set her free, haunting her every waking hour, and he will not rest until he has made her suffer. Dreadful Sharpe has only one goal in life, but it’s not winning gold medals as an Olympic swimmer. The only thing Dread strives for is vengeance against the family who murdered his mother. Determined to make Reverie pay, Dread does everything in his power to ensure...

Read Here 🖉 Rating:  4/5 🖉 Spice:  4/5 🖉 Plot: 4/5 🖉 Primary Genre:  Dark Horror Romance 🖉 Blurb:  Some people find love in candlelit dinners and gentle touches. Isabella Rossi finds it in the taste of revenge and the watchful eyes of her history professor. When a traumatic night at a college party shatters her fragile world, Harrison Irving is there—her stoic, tailored-suit saviour. He offers comfort, obsession, and a possessive love that feels like a sanctuary from her abusive past. Isabella is drawn into his orbit, a willing captive to his dark intensity. But Harrison has a secret hunger. His devotion isn't just protective; it's consumptive. He eliminates anyone who threatens or touches what he claims as his own, filling his freezer with the consequences. As their twisted bond deepens, Isabella discovers her own capacity for darkness. Shared trauma becomes a perverse language, and the line between victim and accomplice blurs. When outside threats and the ghos...

Read Here L.O.R.D.S. #5 🖉 Rating: 4/5 🖉 Spice: 5/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Secret Society Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:  A PUPPET The men in the secret society known as the Lords think they rule the world. And in a way, they do. Each has sold their soul to the devil at a young age in exchange for power and wealth. Like anything else, they have different levels of success. The more they’re willing to serve, the more power they have. Among them are the Spade brothers, who run Carnage. It’s where the Lords who have not held up their oath go to live out the rest of their lives in shackles. Tucked away from the world as if they never existed. I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW. I once belonged to a Lord—Saint Beckham Carter. Although nothing was holy about him, I still kneeled as if he could grant me eternity in a world where only evil existed. At the time, I willingly vowed to be his and allowed him to share me with his “brothers.” But things changed. And what I thought couldn’t get any be...

L.O.R.D.S. #4 🖉 Rating: 4/5 🖉 Spice: 5/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:  COLTON Raylee Lexington Adams is my stepsister and the one woman in the world who can make my blood boil. She’s vindictive, a lot of crazy, and absolutely stunning. I hate everything about her except for when she’s on her knees begging me to use her as my own personal toy. We’ve been playing a game of cat and mouse for far too long. We have used each other for our own sick pleasure. I’ve ruined every relationship my little princess has ever had. A sure way that she’ll come crawling back to me, begging me for what only I can give her when another man fails her.  But I’m tired of watching others get a piece of what is mine. So, I did what any rational man would do—I staked my claim, showed the world that she belonged to me, and I’m going to do whatever it takes to make her believe it too. RAYLEE Colton Remington Knox is a man I despise but can’t say no to. He’s what any girl woul...

🖉 R ating: 4/5 🖉 Spice: 4/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:  Control, pain, and sorrow are all I’ve ever known. When something inside me snaps one night after too many cracks in my soul, I take matters into my own hands. Freedom was supposed to taste sweet, not leave a sour pit in my stomach. When a nightmare from my past resurfaces. My deceased boyfriend’s father helps remove the root of all my problems. Let the scars serve as a testament—my vengeance will be absolute, and my abusers will pay. 🖉 My Thoughts: Marla York never fails to be a hit with me. This book gave Lauren Biel vibes but not quite so crazy or intense. If you’re a fan of Lauren Biel, you’ll probably enjoy this book. If you’re not a fan of Lauren Biel, this is still an entirely different style from hers and it’s great. This is the ultimate revenge from an abuser book. It’s got a great twisted storyline. It’s short and anything but sweet, dark and messy taboo romance. I loved the unexpecte...

Shadows #3 🖉 Rating: 4/5 🖉 Spice: 4/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:  Some of us were born into darkness. Others were shackled. They drugged me. Chained me. Tore apart my mind until the pieces didn’t fit anymore. Then they gave me a name. Cleaner. K!ller. Son. Monster. Told me the blood on my hands was hers. Then they smiled and made me k!ll again. And they told me she never existed. But I’ve seen her. In dreams. In flashes of red hair and blood. And now she’s real—flesh and bone and terrified eyes. But they made one mistake. They didn’t bury her deep enough. Now she’s back. And even if she doesn’t remember me—My obsession remembers everything. She runs. I follow. She screams. I savor it. She looks at me like a stranger. And I try not to laugh. Because I know her body better than she does. I’ve watched her sleep. Touched her skin. Marked her without mercy. And now that I’ve found her again…There’s no version of this where I let her go. You don’t have to...

  Buy on Amazon 🖉 Rating: 4/5 🖉 Spice: 5/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉Blurb: It’s too deranged to be a dream But to one, it is beautiful. Creating fear and possessing souls. None of this is a figment of imagination. Everyone involved is very awake, even if they wish they weren’t. With beating hearts and trembling lips, tranquility no longer exists. Because tonight, nightmares become real. Welcome to Agatha Manor, in Hollows Grove. This is a paranormal thriller which ends in a HEA. 🖉 My Thoughts: This book is just in time for Halloween because it’s creepy and scary AF. The romance element is dark, tortuous and twisted. Check the trigger warnings before picking this one up because as usual, Kinsley is not for the faint of heart. There’s a VAMPIRE love interest in this book so if that’s your thing, be prepared to be very excited and happy. I honestly am not quite sure what Prince is. A demon? Either way he’s a twisted a**hole that you’ll love to read. Our FMC Roy...

Purchase L.O.R.D.S. #3 🖉 Rating: 3/5 🖉 Spice: 5/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:  HIS LADY. A Lord is to marry after he graduates from Barrington University, an elite college for the rich. A Lady’s job is to help him fit into a world unaware of his secret society. The Lord does not get to choose who he spends the rest of his life with. But there is always an exception to the rule. And I just so happen to be his. I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW. I was to wed a Lord of my parents’ choosing. Wealth can’t buy you everything, or I would have had freedom years ago. Instead, my strict parents made sure I lived a dull life in a mansion resembling a prison. But on my wedding day, I was handed over to another man—an even more ruthless Lord that my family hated. Tyson Riley Crawford only wanted me for his revenge. I’m nothing more than a debt to be paid. I didn’t have a say in the matter. So when I said my vows before the congregation, I knew I’d break them. Consequences be...

Purchase 🖉 Rating: 4/5  🖉 Spice: 4/5 🖉 Plot: 4/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Horror Romance 🖉 Trigger Warnings: See author website here 🖉 Blurb: Trauma doesn’t go away just because you found love; it sticks in your blood like a parasite you’ll always have to live with. I have desired her for years, always protecting her from afar, and stealing the voices of those who harmed us—silencing their cruel words forever. Driven by jealousy, I tear down walls until I find her, our love a haunting fixation that consumes my thoughts. When her façade cracks, I find my soul connected to someone just as unhinged as I. Will we see past our deep-seated insecurities, or will we burn the world to the ground first with our obsessions? 🖉 My Thoughts:  First things first, I can hardly contain my excitement that Billy from Savage Keepsakes (<——link to review) is a pretty big character in this storyline. If you haven’t read it yet, why not? It’s a hot mess express horror erotica and perfect for ...

Purchase L.O.R.D.S. #2 🖉 Rating: 4/5 🖉 S pice: 5/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb:   LITTLE DEMON. I was raised in a world where money and power are at your fingertips. My father is a LORD, a very respected member of a secret society that knows no bounds. When tragedy struck my family, we discovered we weren’t untouchable. Just when I thought life couldn’t get any worse, I was shown what hell is really like. Then he came and saved me. The devil disguised as my personal hero. But of course, nothing is for free. Not when a soul is up for grabs. I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW. Easton Bradley Sinnett—Sin—uses his power for his own sick pleasure. Like a typical Lord, he never thought about the consequences of his actions. I grew up with him, obsessed over him, craved him. He was who I pictured when I imagined doing things my body shouldn’t want. One day, I realized he was not who I thought he was. It didn’t change anything, though, because I was already too far gone. ...

Purchase L.O.R.D.S. #1 🖉 Rating: 4/5 🖉 Spice: 5/5 🖉 Plot: 4/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb: THE CHOSEN ONE. I vow. You vow. We vow. Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one. People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, it’s not. My entire life has been planned out for me. I never got the chance to do what I wanted until Ryat Alexander Archer came along and gave me an option for a better life. He offered me what no one else ever had—freedom. I chose to be his. He made me believe that anyway, but it was just another lie. A way that the Lords manipulate you into doing what they want. After being sucked into the dark, twisted world of the Lords, I embraced my new role and allowed Ryat to parade me around like the trophy I ...

Purchase The Ruinous Love Trilogy #1 🖉 Rating: 5/5 🖉 Spice: 2.5/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb: The viral TikTok friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and spice—unlike anything you’ve read before—now available in all bookstores. When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of like-minded, pitch-black souls. From small town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country. But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love. Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Or have they finally met their match? 🖉 My Thoughts: This book was the funniest dark...

Purchase Into Darkness #1 🖉 Rating: 4/5 🖉 Spice: 3/5 🖉 Plot: 4/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Romance 🖉 Blurb: MEET BOOKTOK'S LATEST OBSESSION . . . DARK, FUNNY AND SUPER SPICY, CAN YOU HANDLE THE RIDE? I want someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it. Trauma nurse Aly escapes her hard-working days by thirsting after masked men online. To her, nothing could top the fantasy of her favorite tattooed and masked man hunting her down. But she never could have guessed that one drunken text would turn those dreams into reality . . . I want things most people don't, craving darkness and depravity instead of light and love. Josh has spent his life avoiding the limelight, but his online persona is another story. At night, he posts masked thirst traps for his millions of fans, until one follower catches his Aly. Together, Aly and Josh live out their darkest fantasies, unaware that Aly has captured th...

The Devil’s Society #4 🖉 Rating: 4/5 🖉 S pice: 3/5 🖉 Plot: 4/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Sapphic Erotic Horror 🖉 Blurb:   If you’re expecting a romance or one of those chick flick love stories, you’ve come to the wrong place. At my slaughterhouse, we play, you die, and we never love. Who has the fucking time for that shit anyways? I am a Sinclair. My bloodline is infamous. There is no denying it. I am my father’s daughter, baby Sin. The Devil’s Society is my favorite playground, and this summer…I’m taking over. This is a sapphic, but don't expect romance. You can expect it to be dark, gothic, with a serving of erotic horror. 🖉 Tropes: 💋Sapphic  🔪Kill Tunnel ⛓️Female Secret Society Leader 🖤Next Gen 💀Elijah POV 🫀Cheating  💋Family Turmoil  🔪Novella ⛓️Elijah’s Daughter  🖤Betrayal  💀Gothic Vibes  🫀Threatening “gifts”  💋Barbie doll head gumball machine  🔪Initiation  ⛓️Jaw dropping ending 🖉 My Thoughts: This book was a short but wild...

Purchase Souls Trilogy #3 🖉 Rating: 4/5  🖉 Spice: 4/5 🖉 Plot: 4/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Dark Paranormal Romance 🖉 Trigger Warnings: Check Goodreads for a general CW, full TW list in book preview. 🖉 Blurb:  Everly. I am the servant of a merciless God. I am the daughter of Its preacher. All my life, my power has been controlled by others. They raised me to be meek and stifled my magic. But no more. A brutal murder led me to discover a mysterious house full of magic - and the ancient, powerful demon within. He says my power can change the world, that I can kill the evil creature I once worshipped. But at what cost?  Callum.  For two thousand years, I've been alone. Slaughtering fallen Gods as I searched for the witch that haunted my dreams, begging for my help. Now that I've found her, I will protect her with my life. But when the fate of Earth, Heaven, and Hell hangs in the balance, not even her soul is safe from destruction. If a choice must be made, I'll let the...