Books like 'Bloody Cruel Psycho'
Readers who enjoyed Bloody Cruel Psycho by Lucy Smoke also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
contemporary romance serial killer dark university reverse-harem suspense enemies-to-lovers cruel-mc angst
-
The Reign Of Kings by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRaised by a family of cops who see the world in black and white,I grew up with a defiant streak a mile long,And an immunity to gun-toting alpha males.That is until I find myself at the Carnage clubhouse,At the mercy of their Kings.Now my black and white world is a dirty shade of gray,And my immunity to alpha males has disappeared along with my underwear...Categorized as:
crime dark enemies-to-lovers kidnapping organized-crime polyamory reverse-harem steamy -
The Butcher of the Bay: Part II by J. Bree
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMonsters have stalked me my entire life.From my father’s failing drug business to the evil men he sold me to, I have seen the worst of humanity only to find safety in the arms of the greatest monster of all.I call the Butcher of the Bay mine.Betrayed by his oldest and most loyal friend, I was stolen away from him and have once again been sold at auction... -
Born, Madly by Trisha Wolfe
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDuet: a performance by two. But who is acting, and who is devolving? 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... -
The Stars Are on Our Side by Jennifer Hartmann
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"You don't have to fly alone anymore," he says. "Let me rescue you."My anxiety washes away when his thumbs lightly graze the skin below my ears, back and forth, slow and tender. His voice is my safety net, his touch my solid ground. "Let me be your wings."Tabitha Brighton's name made national headlines when she was kidnapped by the infamous serial killer known as the Matchmaker... -
-
Naked or Dead by A.E. Murphy
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSmall town, small-minded people, small expectations, and big A-holes.Lilith Deville is the new enigma at Lakeside Preparatory Academy, a prestigious high school by a river and not a lake, which makes sense, not. Already she hates it despite its beautiful landscape... -
Broken Hearts by Stella Hart
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI love him, and it’s killing me… I never thought this would happen, but here I am—a willing captive to the most sinfully-handsome serial killer the world has ever seen. I belong to him now, the man who is both my savior and my downfall. The man who will probably destroy me one day, just like he’s destroyed so many others before me. If I want to live, I have to be a good girl... -
Bleeding Hearts by Stella Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDexter crossed with 50 Shades: enter a world filled with dark secrets, twisted lies, and dirty desires... I’m coming for her… I’ve watched her, I’ve hunted her, and now I’m here to claim her. Celeste Riley, my pretty little angel. Soon to be my pretty little captive. She pretends she’ll never want a killer like me, but we both know that isn’t true... -
Make Me Burn by C.R. Jane, May Dawson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne night changes everythingOne fight gone viral can win Paxton a million dollars, endorsements, UFC recruiting.And another video gone viral could cost him it all.Because now a stalker is sending him videos from the night his mother was killed.Pax thought he’d killed her murderer. He thought he could move on...Categorized as:
crime dark enemies-to-lovers organized-crime polyamory reverse-harem university adult -
No Rest For Wicked by Persephone Steele
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPsychic.What a joke.The only thing I can be sure of these days are the three men who have somehow battered their way past my walls and forced me to, dare I say it, start feeling things.Well…them, and my trusty trash panda partners in crime. But they've always had my heart.I must have kissed their asses real good, because instead of wanting to kill me, I think they might actually kind of like me... -
Wanna Play A Game? by Alina May
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSawyerHunting people has become boring…until she comes along. She’s full of fight and fire. Pushing her to her limits is exhilarating. I love scaring her. Hurting her. Hunting her. It makes me hard. She’s our little toy, and the game has just begun. And what a fun game it is to play.MilesSawyer kidnapped a woman and brought her to our home. He wants me to play his twisted games... -
Constant Risk by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe hunters Become the hunted. Deputy Tanner Dempsey and Bree Daniels are tasked with unraveling a deadly mystery in Dallas—one that involves transmitting live feeds of victims trapped in tanks as they fill with water. Bree’s computer genius is their only hope at solving the crime... -
Unholy Bonds : A Dark Serial Killer Romantic Suspense by Maya Raine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree serial killers connected by an unholy thread, tangled in a twisted chase for revenge and blood. In this game of hunters, who will become the ultimate prey?***He is every sin she wants to commit. Yara West spends her day as a Medical Examiner. At nights, she dons the mask of a twisted killer to satiate the demons in her head... -
Stolen Crush by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFinding out you’re the daughter of a millionaire true crime novelist isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.When I was two, I was kidnapped. Kidnapped by a loving family, sure, but still kidnapped.Now, my biological mom wants me to live with her on the opposite side of the country.Her … and my new stepdad and his jerk of a son: Parrish.Wannabe tattoo artist, languorous rich boy, pouty mouth... -
Make Me Beg by C.R. Jane, May Dawson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe monsters almost made me love them.And now I’m paying the price.But so are they.Stellan, Cain, Remington, Paxton and I are locked together in a war that I refuse to lose.They’ve taken my freedom, my money, my reputation…but they can’t take my soul.They keep forgetting I was forged in fire by a demon. Monsters don’t scare me.They think I’m trapped in their mansion with them...Categorized as:
crime cruel-mc dark enemies-to-lovers kidnapping multi-pov organized-crime polyamory -
-
-
Savage Queen by Alisha Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomething I never thought was capable, happened.Now I’m trying to make all these relationships work without letting my past effect my life.So I do what I do best, shove it down deep and distract myself with sex and blood.But I don’t have to worry about finding things to keep me busy because someone has come into my city, putting teenagers at risk... -
Ominous: Book I by K.V. Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat is the true cost of obsession?The consequences of lust driven bone-deep?Eli and Eden are about to find out.After a quiet meeting in their private school’s library, it doesn’t take long for them to recognize the hidden darkness in one another. Surrounded by a strange disappearance, skeptical friendships, and conflicting dreams born out of nightmares, together,theyfall... -
Control: A Dark Mafia Captive Romance by Olivia Ryann
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis dark and twisted tale of ownership will make your blood run hot. Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. I wake up terrified, humiliated, and chained to a wall. The shackles around my wrists mean only one thing. He owns me now. With his dark glares and barked orders, he is dangerous... -
Dirty Minds: An Interracial Russian Mafia Romance by Kenya Wright
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFollow the Lion and Mouse on a high-octane romance set along the glittering lights of Paris. The Corsican has kidnapped Emily. Lethally passionate, Kazimir will stop at nothing to get his lover back. Meanwhile, the Corsican is finding it difficult to hold on to this cunning woman. Paris will never be the same again... -
Surviving Doctor Vincent: The Good Doctor Trilogy Book 2 by Renea Mason, Nancy Cassidy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sequel to Curing Doctor Vincent... -
Provoke by Olivia Ryann, Vivian Wood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA taste of this dark tale of obsession, beauty, and lust… FREE! Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. I meet her in a wedding dress, walking down the aisle towards my sworn enemy. Our eyes catch from across the room. And monster that I am, I know I have to have her... -
Remy by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter two confidential informants are murdered by a drug lord the DEA has spent months trying to bust, agent Avery Carmichael is ordered to go undercover.She’s going to need some help infiltrating the outlaw world, which is where the hottest, most infuriating man she’s ever met comes in. Remy Fulton is the president of the newest Savage Kings MC chapter in Rockland, Virginia... -
The Trials of Tamara by Ginger Talbot
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“I’m going to tear apart heaven and hell to find her.” My Tamara is gone. Taken. Kidnapped to be tortured and killed. In my search for her, I won’t leave a stone unturned. I’m going to find her. And then I’m going to f*cking destroy the man who took her away from me… family or not. It’s time to train Tamara. When I’m not around, she needs to know how to protect herself... -
The Annihilator by RuNyx
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe highly anticipated fifth book in the bestselling Dark Verse series.𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?She lives in the shadows. He rules them.She's the moon, and he the dark night encompassing her. She's surrounded by demons, and he's the biggest devil of them all. And she's his... -
-
Wrath by Coralee June
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI hated fire. I hated how the smoke wrapped around my naked body, stinging my skin with defiant embers. I hated the smell of burnt flesh, the ashes heavy on my tongue, my charred soul like splinters deep in my chest.She’s dead, Juliet.There’s nothing else you can do--Dragging my bleeding feet across the concrete, I walked toward the flames. Heat licked at my cheeks... -
Psychopath's Prey by V.F. Mason
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnce upon a time she became mine. Mine to hunt. A criminal psychologist and a serial killer. The love between them shouldn’t exist. Or so the world thinks. Her mission is to find him. His single obsession is to catch her. The hunter and the prey. Let the games begin, and may the stronger one win. Warning: Dark Romance... -
Raphael by Tillie Cole
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey are the Fallen. A brotherhood of murderers whose nature compels them to kill. But guided by their leader, Gabriel, the Fallen have learned to use their urges to rid the world of those it is better off without. For Raphael, sex and death are intertwined. Where there is one, there must be the other. He is a lust killer, luring his victims with the face of an angel and a body built for sin... -
Salvation by Cassie Hargrove, Story Brooks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt started with an Obsession… We knew from the moment we saw her that she would be ours, and we used all of our means of Seduction to prove it to her... However, with our way of life comes trouble. It didn’t matter how much Devotion we had, it wasn’t enough to keep her safe, and now we’re here. We’re fighting for our lives and everything we never knew we’d have... -
No Escape by Mary Burton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe Was Taught How To Kill Even behind bars, serial killer Harvey Day Smith exudes menace. Psychologist Jolene Granger has agreed to hear his dying confession, vowing not to let the monster inside her head... -
Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe conclusion to the Cat and Mouse Duet is here...The DiamondDeath walks alongside me,But the reaper is no match for me.I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.They won't keep me forever.I no longer recognize the person I've become,And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night... -
-
Protect: A Dark Captive Romance by Olivia Ryann, Vivian Wood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis dark tale of obsession, beauty, and lust is by Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood. She writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. I wake up in the wreckage, ready to fight for Rue. Only she is gone, stolen away by my archenemy. I start to see red. No one touches my girl and expects to live. The deck is stacked against us. Emotions are running high... -
Rogue by Sinclair Kelly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSecrets are kind of my thing.Or at least they were. Now my lies are catching up to me, and the stakes are higher than ever.The men who unexpectedly claimed me are breaking down every wall I have, exposing vulnerabilities and opening old wounds. But now is not the time for weakness. Not when someone is out to get us and enemies are around every corner... -
Devotion by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLegions worship at my feet, but I only bow to her.THE SPIDERI move through Layla’s world in silence, always watching.It’s incredible where you can hide a camera these days.She’s the daughter of my enemy, a threat to my flock, and I had a solidplan for her.The weight of her father’s sin was meant to fall on her shoulders.Only, the second my world bled into hers, that plan derailed... -
-
Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies to lovers retelling of Anastasia. They call me America’s Sweetheart. Hollywood royalty. The last of an era. Sole survivor of LA’s most infamous crime. I’m not any of those things. He forced me into the spotlight. The liar with a perfect smile and cold blue eyes. But Alexandra Romanov’s fate won’t be mine... -
Cherish by Olivia Ryann
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis dark and twisted tale of ownership will make your blood run hot. Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Bestseller Vivian Wood writes dark romance as OLIVIA RYANN. Something has shifted and changed in me. I have left Katherine behind, and stepped fully into the blossom of Fiore. But while I am undergoing that transformation, Monster too senses a sea change within... -
Loving Doctor Vincent by Renea Mason
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final installment of the Good Doctor Trilogy. After becoming entwined the Society’s web of deceit, Elaine Watkins has to decide who she can trust... -
Callum's Hell by V.F. Mason
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe knew no chaos...until I claimed her. She was a florist. He was a serial killer. She created beauty. He created chaos. She belonged to nature. He belonged to the underworld. She was an angel. He was the devil. She wanted to escape. He trapped her instead. They played a dangerous game with their lives at stake. Where the winner took it all and the loser burned in hell... -
With Visions of Red by Trisha Wolfe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a dark erotic thriller intended for adult audiences. The UNSUB has made contact. After a rapid string of grisly murders shakes the usually peaceful city of Arlington, Virginia, the sadistic killings of young women lull into a deceptive calm. Agent Sadie Bonds knows the terror isn’t over; serial killers don’t stop until caught... -
Lachlan's Protégé by V.F. Mason
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe never knew nightmares. Until she became mine. She was a ballerina. He was a serial killer. She ran away from him. He caught her. She begged for mercy. He gave her none. She was an angel. He was a monster. She wanted to escape. He wanted to destroy her. They were at war. And only one of them would win. Warning: Dark Romance... -
Corpse Roads by J. Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn therapy, they tell you to use your senses.List the things you know. Sermons recited with malice. A blood-soaked ritual. The sting of tears and gasping sobs of the dying. Rotting flesh. I grew up in a cage, tortured by the Lord Almighty's most twisted servant. Death and despair became my close companions as I watched years of slaughter at Pastor Michaels’ hand. Eighteen girls. Dead... -
Possession by L.K. Shaw
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter relocating to Washington, D.C. to avoid an overzealous secret admirer, Dr. Madeline Parrish wants to learn all that the city has to offer. When a friend invites her to explore the dark pleasures at the exclusive BDSM club, Black Light, Madeline meets two enigmatic Doms, with whom she spends one explosive night... -
His Sinner: A Masked Stalker Romance by Harmony West
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s her saint . . . now she’ll be his sinner.SaintBriar is more than my muse—she’s my soulmate.She just doesn’t know it yet.After a writing retreat in seclusion with me, she’ll never want to leave. And if she does? Perhaps I simply won’t let her.After all, what’s a saint without his sinner?BriarMy masked stalker is forcing me to stay with him in his Gothic manor... -
Santiago's Conquest by V.F. Mason
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings𝑶𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒓.Power. Money. Status.Whatever I want, I get.And if something stands in my way?I conquer and destroy it.I’m a monster with no redeeming qualities.A hunter who seeks his prey so viciously nothing can stop me.My prey hides in the shadows thinking it might save him from my wrath.It won't... -
-
Don't Be Scared by A.J. Merlin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEvery town has a history.Ours is just a little darker than most.For years I’ve celebrated Halloween and Hollow Bridge’s history with everyone else who lives here. Parades, festivals, and insane Halloween parties have always been a staple for us. Some bad behavior is expected, given what we’re celebrating.But murder has never been on the table before... -
Shattered by Cynthia Eden, Abby Craden
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden's latest novel featuring the Last Option Search Team (LOST), one agent is forced to face her past as she uncovers secrets about the man who may be the key to her future.Criminal psychologist Dr. Sarah Jacobs is all too familiar with the kind of bad boys who belong behind bars... -
Pretty Broken Dolls by Ker Dukey
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe final book in the Pretty Little Dolls Series. Betrayal and rage, a festering sting. Monster vs Master. Who will be king? Damaged and desperate, a solution they must find, To bring back the dolly who is one of a kind. Disloyalty and failure will not be forgiven. Seeking revenge, the monster is driven. Hungry for his affection, our master has waited... -
The Danger You Know by Lily White, Ada Sinclair
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYou’ll judge me.Hate me and tell me I’m wrong.Refuse to see how my darkness is what she needs.While I don’t particularly care about your feelings in the matter, and while I pursue her despite the wedding bells that rang for another, only I can see how she is drowning beneath mediocrity.How many times must I remind her?It can’t matter that I am the person who ruined her life... -
Make Me Lie by C.R. Jane, May Dawson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe world knows me as the Demon’s Daughter.He’s a famous serial killer. And I may have been his accomplice.But no one knows for sure except for me.The dangerous, cruel men of the Sphinx secret society intend to uncover my secrets…and break me.Stellan, my childhood crush who lost his sister to the Demon...Categorized as:
crime cruel-mc dark enemies-to-lovers kidnapping organized-crime polyamory reverse-harem -
Vile Wicked Eyes by Candace Wondrak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Stella. I used to be empty, broken, a shell of a person watching as days passed me by.But then I found out the truth. What I’d done. What I wanted to do again. My three killers took me and shook my world upside-down, stopping only when I faced the fact that I was just like them.A brute. A monster. A beast with an innate craving to make others bleed...
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.