Books like 'Innocence'
Readers who enjoyed Innocence by T.L. Hodel also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Start a War by Elle Thorpe
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“Do you want some Goldfish crackers, Bliss?”Those were the last words my brother said to me before he was shot execution style. A childhood code only he and I knew, and one that had a single, clear meaning behind it.Run. I’m not going anywhere. Not when his murderer is still out there... -
Payback Princess by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFinding out you’re the daughter of a famous serial killer isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.My father—the Seattle Slayer—is charismatic, intelligent, and charming.He’s also trying to teach me to kill people, so … his good qualities don’t seem to matter much.He’s kidnapped my boyfriend, a guy that I used to hate but grew to love.Parrish, I’m coming for you. I’ll do anything—anything—to keep you safe... -
Symphony by Bea Paige
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Symphony is made up of four parts… That’s us. Ivan the pained ex-ballet dancer. Anton the unpredictable artist. Erik the damaged violinist. And me, Rose, their Muse. The one. Together they cracked open my heart, they made me feel. Our love story isn’t made up of fairy tales. It’s dark, twisted, but oh so beautiful... -
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Fierce Dancer by Heather Long
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe dancer.The victim.The sister.I’ve worn a lot of labels over the years. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to escape. I hid in my dance. I ran away from my life as much as I could. I fought to be somewhere else, even if I couldn’t be someone else. One night, after my partner lashed out at me and I’d been hurt, the Vandals took me and never looked back... -
Stolen by her Daddies by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe shame of their youngest brother's actions hit Ryiad, Derik, Jonan, and Trin hard. Determined to track Jeric down and bring him to justice, the last thing they expect to find is her.Alina.Sweet. Strong. Sassy.She's their opposite in so many ways. Yet, she needs them as much as they need her. And what she needs most of all?Their protection.Because trouble seems to follow her around... -
Saving Graves by Drew Sera
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNeglected. Tortured. Abused. Unloved. I was left for dead at seventeen and learned to protect myself the only way I knew how…by not letting anyone get close to me — not anyone. Discovering Club Irons has been like finding home for the first time in my life. It’s been a beacon of light in my dark life, and it’s where I finally belong . I’m the most sought after Dom at Club Irons... -
Virtual Reality by Auryn Hadley, Kitty Cox
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnline, you can be anyone you want. If only real life was that simple. Kate's determined to learn how to be an independent woman. For too long, she's let herself be pushed around - sometimes literally - by men. For the first time in her life, she finally has control of her own decisions. Too bad it's never that easy. Her goals are simple: get a job and build a life she can be proud of... -
Here Loves a Sociopath: A Dark Bully Academy Romance by C.L. Matthews
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere Lives a Corpse is book one of a five-book series. You do have to read all to understand. Each one ends on a cliffhanger.We all have demons, some of us know how to befriend them rather than defy them.They always speak of me… whispers of a devil with a charming smile.But they don’t know me, what truly lies beneath... -
Canvas by N.M. Catalano
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings4 inked men. 1 is very, very bad. He made me an offer. One I accepted. His friends made me another. One I shouldn’t. I really, really shouldn’t. But I’m not that girl anymore. The one I left behind, the one who does what’s expected, the one who has no choice. The one with secrets. I ran away from that life, and hope it never finds me... -
Thirty Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dark romance with trigger warnings! Book 2 of a 3 part serial. My captor's rules have changed ...I’m still Sergei's prisoner. Freedom seems further away than ever. I swore I’d endure everything, and make him care for me. I accepted every cruel word, every punishing blow, until one day he looked at me with stark, naked hunger instead of hatred... -
Build It Up: The Donovans, Book 5 by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWes Donovan and his best friend Max aren’t like most guys. Having been friends since they were very young, they’ve shared almost everything. As single men, they’ve had their share of adventures together without any complaints from the woman lucky enough to be their focus, even if it was only for a short time... -
Pay the Price by Sadie Hunt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI thought they were my enemies.I was right.I invited the infamous Blackwell Beasts to live with me for one reason: find out if they killed my brother five years go.They did the time, but did they really do the crime?I thought I was prepared for anything, but deep down, I didn’t want to believe they did it... -
Bloody Cruel Psycho by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA life for a life … will kill the both of us in the end.Clover I know nothing of the Sickness at Eastpoint University. I know only the backroads that slip past the southern beaches and the gators that make their way onto the swamps shores. Until him. Until the killer known as Braxton Smalls finds his way into my stilted trailer on the coast of Port Charlotte... -
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Sinner by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDeath surrounds me.Every step I take, there’s someone waiting for me in the shadows.There’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and now, I’m out here on my own, my hands stained with the blood of those I’ve killed to survive.Zade DeVil was my executioner, my most feared enemy, but he was also my protector. I wasn’t willing to cross that line with him, despite how much I may have wanted to... -
Fighter by S. Massery
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey branded me as a thief – but with everything at stake, they’ll soon find out I’m a fighter.Sterling Falls is a dark, gothic reverse harem romance series with enemies to lovers, romantic suspense, and new adult themes. Fighter is book 2 in the Sterling Falls Series and a continuation of Thief - it is not a standalone... -
Protecting Charity: A Dark Mafia Romance by Ann-Marie Davis
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTensions are rising for the Moreno Family’s most ruthless enforcer… I’m so close to finding my brother, I can feel it. But now there’s a new problem thrown into the mix. A young girl has been sold to the cartel, and I can’t stand by and watch that happen.With a new enemy on my tail, I’m not sure who I can trust… or how to navigate the increasingly steamy encounters with these men... -
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The Heart of Psychos: Part One by Ames Mills
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI spent one amazing night with the twins, Alexey and Dmitri Orlov, heirs to the Russian Mafia throne. We made a deal. One night with no strings attached. Now they’re convinced I’m theirs.The only thing is, I don’t want to be attached. I wanted to experience what they were offering. Now I’m finding myself entangled in their lives. But they don’t come alone...Categorized as:
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Salvaged by Love by Jennifer Bene
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove conquers all, or so they say, but is love enough to overcome James and Thalia’s history together? Is it enough to carry them through the heavy decision about whether they should stay with each other? And is it enough to take on the ‘normal’ relationship steps of meeting friends and family in James’ privileged world? As Thalia and James work to build a life together, a real life, there are... -
The Wicked Sting: Codename: Scorpius by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI used to be that girl.Before loving you.The daydreamer who believed in fairytalesAnd I knew I was right to have faith when a moment of serendipity led me to both of you.The three of us were blissfully happyUntil your lies were exposed and the dream fadedNow I know that falling in love was just the point of impact,A single moment when life veered dangerously off course.Now I’m that girl... -
A Ryan New Year: A New York Ruthless Novella by Sadie Kincaid
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Tiny Dancer by Heather Rainier
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe day former exotic dancer Camilla O’Neal began working at The Dancing Pony, she told co-owner Ben Lawrence and head bartender Quinten Parks that “work is work and pleasure is pleasure” and she kept the two very separate. Working with their tiny dancer brings Ben and Quinten as much pain as pleasure. After two years of secretly lusting over and loving this blonde temptress, they have a plan... -
The Wild Interview by K.A. Knight, Erin O'Kane
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI have been working hard my whole life for people to take me seriously. After all, women ‘don’t belong’ in the music industry. However, when an interview goes wrong, I am offered a once in a lifetime opportunity, to manage The Wild Boys, an all-male strip show featuring bad boys with an even worse reputation. It’s now my job to fix it, if I can keep my hands to myself... -
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A Ryan Rewind by Sadie Kincaid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings...Categorized as:
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A Ryan Halloween: A New York Ruthless Novella by Sadie Kincaid
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Taken by the Bikers by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA good girl does her duty. A bad girl does the sexy bikers who kidnap her.To my ambitious politician father, I'm a disappointment. I'm not pretty enough, not thin enough, not radiant enough--not perfect enough to bolster his ambitions.The Screaming Eagles MC is the largest motorcycle club in the city, and as the mayor, my father has declared war... -
The Stardust Series Box Set by Autumn Reed, Julia Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHaley’s life may be at risk, but the bigger threat is to her heart. After a lifetime spent in hiding, all Haley Jones wants for her eighteenth birthday is answers. But she gets more than she bargained for when Knox, Ethan, Chase, Theo, Jackson, and Liam show up instead, turning her world upside down...Categorized as:
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Little Bird Lost by Jessie Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm the one they've been waiting for...Tick, tick, tick…He calls himself the Fowler, and this is his Aviary—a lavish mansion buried deep within an endless wintry forest,where the wicked elite gather to play their depraved games.He calls us his Flock—Me and his three sons, Corvin, Ezio, and Aquillus. My jailers.My tormentors.My salvation.They hold the keys to my cage.They keep me sane... -
Snowed In: Volume One by Kali Noir, Victoria Sue
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSnowed in: Why choose holiday anthology is a collection of original, brand-new short stories for this holiday season...Categorized as:
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Deadliest Throne by Alisha Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI got too comfortable with my life.Distracted by becoming a mom and taking care of the little one growing within me.We were happy, enjoying the little things in life.But when you're in a world like ours, lowering your guard isn't an option.In a blink of an eye, everything changed.He wants me and my baby.Now I'm fighting for our survival...Categorized as:
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Echoes by Steph Macca
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to the Lilydale Foundation Center… home of deadly secrets.After being framed for murder, I never thought I’d be back inside these walls again. And if I thought I’d be able to make a quiet return, I was dead wrong. My secrets have been spilled but little did I know it would be the catalyst. Monsters are creeping out of the darkness, eager for blood... -
Lucy's Revenge by Heather Rainier
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings[Erotic Cowboy Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, voyeurism, public exhibition, HEA] Lucy Carter is striving to succeed as a self-employed licensed massage therapist and to bolster her flagging self-confidence. The ménage of her fantasies, featuring her best friends, seems to be on the back burner. Single dad Patrick Owen has been refined in the fires of betrayal... -
Maizy The Bear Charmer by Heather Rainier
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsErotic Cowboy Ménage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, light foot fetish, spanking, sex toys, HEA] Maizy Owen is living her dream, working as a kindergarten teacher. Her profession gives her purpose, but her personal life is another story. Recently rejected by her fiancé, Maizy struggles to hide a part of her nature that she longs to freely express... -
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Severed: A Dark Romance by Dani René
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the international bestselling author, Dani René, comes a dark romance that will leave you guessing until the very end! *This is NOT a standalone. You need to read Stolen - The Prequel to fully understand this storyline. My world was hell on earth, son of a man who was evil incarnate. Hate was all I knew. When she was stolen, I swore I’d find her... -
Vaughn by Alyssa Clark
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt seems that at the start of all of this, Gavin knew exactly what he was doing. He was putting me into a position where I would be falling for all three of them, and now I’m glad that I let Austin in when I had the chance.But Vaughn… He started out as the thorn in my side before becoming a piece of the growing puzzle that I didn’t think fit... -
Judgment Day by Delaney Foster
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCOMING JANUARY 20, 2023! They built an empire on lies and deceit. I was here to burn it down. They called it Judgment Day—as though they were gods among men. It was their reason for taking her. It was their motive for punishing me.After spending five years in prison for a crime I didn't commit, I walked out a monster disguised as a gentleman.It's time to take back what's mine, including her... -
Angelview Academy: The Complete Trilogy by E.M. Snow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA complete dark bully romance trilogy! Contains exclusive bonus content! At Angelview Academy, Saint Angelle is considered God.But don't be fooled by his ridiculous name or that pretty face because Saint? He’s as wicked as they come.I should know.I'm the new girl who pissed him off.The nobody who called out his crew of vicious tyrants.The mortal who wouldn't bow then and sure as hell won’t now...Categorized as:
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Evading Darkness by K.M. Baker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen they say the past always finds a way to catch up to you, they aren't lying.I spent years on the run, trying to hide from my father and our society. I was careful and never stayed in the same place for very long, but when I landed in Braxton Falls, I couldn't leave.I fell in love, made my first real friend in years, and let my guard down... -
Unwrapping Deviance by Airicka Phoenix
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's not what you think.I didn't set out to fall obsessively in love with my fake stepdad ... or his twin brother. I wasn't looking to love anyone.Daniel and Christian know I'm cursed. They know people I love die violently and still they won't let me go. They consume and devour my every breathing moment... -
Striking a Balance by Jennifer Bene
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThalia and James have just met under the most insane of circumstances. He purchased her at an underground auction from a man who kidnapped her, tormented her, and sold her to the highest bidder... -
Sparrowood Academy: Book 3 by Angel Lawson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat doesn't kill you will make you stronger. Or so the saying goes. That was before Trip Cohen entered my life and dragged me to the depths of hell. I don't need anyone to save me but the K-Boys have other plans. The final book in the dark, gritty, reverse harem, Sparrowood Academy Series... -
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Why Don't You Make Me? by Rae Knight
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree years. That’s how long I thought I’d escaped the Iron Triad’s grip.Since high school, I’ve rebuilt myself, free from the torment of my three ex-bullies. But when Thorne, cold and unapologetic, lands in my checkout line, I know my past isn’t done with me yet...Categorized as:
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All Sinner No Saint by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsALL SINNERI’m aptly named. I’m Lucifer in the flesh: Lucie to those who love me, B*tch to those who loathe me. I have plenty of enemies, most of them in the clubhouse where I was raised. But I’m tired of being an outsider, tired of being on the outside looking in. I want to go home. And home?Isn’t a place.It’s with four men. Four bikers who own my heart and soul, and have done since I was a kid... -
Strokes by Bea Paige
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe told me I was his muse. He lied. Anton Sachov, the artist, the man who only sees in monochrome. He wants something from me. Something precious; the meadow green of my eyes, the rich mahogany of my hair, the creamy white of my skin, the stark red of my blood, even the darkness of my soul. And he will do anything to get them. Including the unthinkable, locking me away... -
King's Hostage by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings: a dark mafia romance (merciless... -
Secret Baby for the Bikers by Stephanie Brother
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA wild night with four tattooed bikers is the worst time for my birth control to fail.Pampered and protected from the moment I was born, I walked through the gates of the Screaming Eagles MC on a dare and wobbled out the next morning after four sexy men blew my innocent mind. It should’ve ended there.I didn’t count on the baby.Everyone knows bikers and Mafia don't get along... -
Regressive by Angel Lawson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDarkness lurks behind the lush utopia of Serendee. Imogene had no idea what to expect when she was Ordered into an arranged marriage with Rex, son of the leader of Serendee.She certainly didn't know her bethrothed hated his father and everything about their community, including her... -
Never Again by L.E. Bross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe were supposed to be living our Happily Ever After. It’s been three months since we graduated. X started college, Riot's got his Motocross sponsorship, and Baz is working 20 hour days to try to clean up Peter's mess. Me? I don’t have a clue what I want to do with my life yet. But that might not matter. Peter isn't accepting defeat, even from a prison cell, and revenge is the name of the game...
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