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  • Product Of The Street: Union City 3 by E. Bowser

    Product Of The Street: Union City 3 by E. Bowser

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fransisco ‘Faxx’ Wellington saw Crescent at Myth and knew she would become his obsession.Their connection created a soul tie he wasn’t prepared for. But secrets and hidden agendas reveal themselves, leaving Faxx teetering on the edge of darkness that only Cresent can pull him from.Crescent ‘Cent’ Johnson is questioning the authenticity of her connection with Fransisco...
  • Bloody Quarter by Brooklyn Cross

    Bloody Quarter by Brooklyn Cross

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MF/Serial Killer/Captive/Don’t worry, Doll. You’ll taste heaven before you walk with the dead.Was I dead? I had wanted to die. I remembered deciding that I was done with this life and done with the memories and ghosts that haunted me. I’d looked at the darkness below and prayed for it to swallow me whole. Spreading my arms wide, I stepped off the ledge and woke up in hell...
  • Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

    Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and spice, unlike anything you’ve read before.Every serial killer needs a friend.Every game must have a winner.When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul...
  • Broken Hearts by Stella Hart

    Broken Hearts by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I 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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  stalking  steamy  suspense  adult  book  captivity
  • Bleeding Hearts by Stella Hart

    Bleeding Hearts by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dexter 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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  stalking  steamy  suspense  adult  billionaire  book
  • Brainwashed by Nyla K.

    Brainwashed by Nyla K.

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brainwashed Official cover & blurb reveal: June 7th, 2022 Monster. That's what they call me. Lock your doors, hold your loved ones tight. The Carver is on the loose. Except I'm not. I was caught. The days of allowing my inner depravity to run wild are over. I've been sent to prison for good, something of a celebrity in this dark, dank hell-hole they call Alabaster Penitentiary...
  • Wanna Play A Game? by Alina May

    Wanna Play A Game? by Alina May

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    SawyerHunting 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...
  • Obsession by Harleigh Beck

    Obsession by Harleigh Beck

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SavannahImagine my surprise when the chance to interview the country’s most notorious man on death row lands on my table. His final confession. It’s too good of an opportunity to turn down.Robbie Hammond is old enough to be my father, a man condemned for the murder of at least fourteen women. He is dangerous, deadly. Intense in ways I can’t explain...
  • Cold Fury by Toni Anderson

    Cold Fury by Toni Anderson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seven years ago, Hope Harper was a star defense attorney with a great life and a beautiful family—until she got the wrong defendant released, and he turned around and viciously slaughtered her husband and child. Since then, the only thing Hope cares about is locking bad guys behind bars where they can’t hurt anyone else...
  • Unholy Bonds : A Dark Serial Killer Romantic Suspense by Maya Raine

    Unholy Bonds : A Dark Serial Killer Romantic Suspense by Maya Raine

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three 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...
  • Pretty New Doll by Ker Dukey

    Pretty New Doll by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Benny, broken, hurting, and aloneLost his dolly, his love, his home.Injured and searching, reborn anew,He finds himself befriended by one who’s true.Learning about the world, urges, and lust.Finding a new future, a new dolly, is a must.Then out of old pain, fresh prospects come to life,Benny’s sick mind summons him, so his hand takes the knife...
  • Black Hearts: A Dark Captive Romance by Stella Hart

    Black Hearts: A Dark Captive Romance by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It takes a monster to destroy a monster. My enemies have taken Celeste. Kidnapped her to torture and kill her. I won’t stop looking for her. Won’t give up on her. I’ll destroy anyone and anything that gets in my way, and the punishment for those who have taken her will be brutal and unmerciful. She belongs with me. She belongs to me. I’m never letting go. Ever...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  stalking  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary
  • Maniac by Onley James

    Maniac by Onley James

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Thomas Mulvaney was just a child when an error in judgment cost him everything. He vowed then that he would do anything to atone for his mistake. And he did. He never strayed from the right path. Until Aiden.Aiden Mulvaney doesn’t exist. He’s a lie created by the father who disowned him and by Thomas Mulvaney, the only man Aiden had ever begged to love him...
  • Ominous: Book I by K.V. Rose

    Ominous: Book I by K.V. Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What 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...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  suspense  university  abuse  adult  angst  book
  • Dead of Summer by A.J. Merlin

    Dead of Summer by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Camp Friends Are Forever FriendsOr so the motto of Camp Crestview says.Having been a camp counselor for the last three summers, I can handle most situations that come my way courtesy of rowdy children. This year shouldn’t be any different, even with a new counselor who’s everyone’s type and too good to be true. But even so, Kayde Lane is nothing I can’t deal with...
  • Salvation by Cassie Hargrove, Story Brooks

    Salvation by Cassie Hargrove, Story Brooks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It 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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  mlm  steamy  suspense  university  abuse  adult
  • Marrow by Trisha Wolfe, Brynne Weaver

    Marrow by Trisha Wolfe, Brynne Weaver

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Two rival serial killers. One common enemy. 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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  stalking  steamy  suspense  adult  book  dark-academia
  • Fractal Recursion by Cole McCade

    Fractal Recursion by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's first blood drawn as the white rabbit dangles the lives of innocents in the balance, forcing Malcolm to choose between his parents and a missing FBI agent. Yet Malcolm's attempts to stall for time and find a better solution open a doorway into the Golden Ratio Killer's thoughts, his secrets...and the truth of the past that made him who he is today...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  dark  suspense  age-gap  lgbtq  crime  contemporary  mystery
  • Play With Me: A Splatterpunk Dark Romance by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Play With Me: A Splatterpunk Dark Romance by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Plenty of people make jokes about what they would do if a serial killer made them their target, but how many of them would beg for their lives if faced with the inevitability of death? How many would be triggered into a trauma response out of basic instinct? None of them understand true pain until all their tears have dried up and the numbness takes over...
  • Devotion by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne

    Devotion by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Legions 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...
  • Awakening the Beast by Jodie King

    Awakening the Beast by Jodie King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wren - The night I lost him, everything I cherished turned into ashes along with that fire, swallowed by the inferno that scarred my heart and mind. I became who they call ‘The Queen of Darkness’, mimicking the love of my life, Arlo Hayes, lost in the abyss of trauma and hatred. Now, as he stands before me, the happiness I should feel wars with the despair that has settled deep within me...
  • Loving Doctor Vincent by Renea Mason

    Loving Doctor Vincent by Renea Mason

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The 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...
    Categorized as:
    dark  mlm  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  billionaire
  • In the Shadows by J.A. Owenby

    In the Shadows by J.A. Owenby

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When you finally meet the monster hiding under your bed.One, two, I’m coming for you.She’s my obsession.Three, four, kneel on the floor.I want to possess her in every way.Five, six, I’m up to my old tricks.She knows me as The Portland Serial K!ll3r.Seven, eight, lay in wait.Little does she know I’m watching her.Nine, ten, never to be seen again.Welcome to your worst nightmare, Little Lamb...
  • Killing Emma by Annie Wild

    Killing Emma by Annie Wild

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I abided by one rule, and one rule only... Show no mercy. Not to anyone. Not even my closest friends. So, when I was tasked with hunting Emma down and taking her life, it was just another day on the job. However, I couldn’t have been more wrong. She’s not like the others. She tangles with me without fear of the devil she might discover...
  • Reaper and Ruin by Elle Thorpe

    Reaper and Ruin by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An explosion shatters the night. The three men I love are thrown from the bluff into the raging sea below.And one of them can’t swim.But the fall isn’t the only thing trying to kill us.Every step we take, danger stalks closer.Every breath we steal, the killer waits in the shadows.When he rips someone I love away from me, the fragile family I’ve fought to build begins to unravel...
  • In Sequence by Cole McCade

    In Sequence by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Golden Ratio killer resurfaces in California to target a former victim, and this time the case takes Malcolm and Seong-Jae hunting deep into his past, searching for connections between victim and killer that may reveal his identity...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  dark  suspense  age-gap  contemporary  mystery  lgbtq  crime
  • His Sinner: A Masked Stalker Romance by Harmony West

    His Sinner: A Masked Stalker Romance by Harmony West

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’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...
  • Savage Wounds by Lilian Harris

    Savage Wounds by Lilian Harris

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m a hunter,destroying the evil that roams these streets.That’s always been my focus.Then I saw her.My newest obsession.My deadliest sin.One look into her eyes, and I knew we were the same.Hungry for blood.For revenge.Hiding behind our secrets.She has her demons and I have mine. Our scars run so deep, no one knows how much we bleed except the two of us...
  • The Survivor by Jessica Gadziala

    The Survivor by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    - Mari -True crime girlies weren’t supposed to become victims.Mari hoped that by consuming anything and everything murder and mystery, she would never find herself the star of some true crime podcast one day...
  • Til Def by Jodie King

    Til Def by Jodie King

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is a dark romance/horror erotica. Please check the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book before you start by following the link to my website. This story is dark, with horror and gore, extremely explicit content, and unsettling situations/flashbacks. Readers are warned to read at their own risk...
  • The Endless Road to Sunshine by Nicky James

    The Endless Road to Sunshine by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Jason Atkinson, and I married a serial killer. My world shattered on a cold April morning when they took my husband away in cuffs.The life I knew, the man I loved, and the world I believed in was nothing but a lie. He stole my trust, my happiness, and my faith in humanity, and I’m not sure how to move on...
  • Vacant: by Ker Dukey

    Vacant: by Ker Dukey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is a novella. To enjoy and understand this title you will have read Empathy and Desolate. This title comes with a warning please read and heed it. 18 only. Ryan When two dark souls connect the draw is too dominant to ignore and the obsession of owning the only color to brighten my dark world too unrelenting to not obey...
  • Don't Be Scared by A.J. Merlin

    Don't Be Scared by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every 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...
    Categorized as:
    dark  suspense  mlm  stalking  steamy  age-gap  romance  horror
  • Sick Bargain by Nordika Night

    Sick Bargain by Nordika Night

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Am I running from death… or racing towards it?Remiel Sauder has reached his breaking point. With no other choice, he leads his lifelong tormentor to Vile House, hoping to scare him off and increase his chances of survival. Vile House is well known, but he’s about to learn how deep their secrets and mysteries are rooted in the town’s history...
  • Damaged: The Dillon Sisters by Layla Frost

    Damaged: The Dillon Sisters by Layla Frost

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’m effed up. A hot mess. Haunted.Damaged.But he doesn’t think so.He thinks my imperfectness is what makes me perfect. He loves my flaws. My quirks.My scars.He wants to protect me. See me happy. Make me alive. He wants to give me everything I need, no matter how twisted and wrong and depraved.He needs me to need him.Which makes me wonder…Is he damaged, too?Warning: Recommended for readers 18+...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  insta-love  stalking  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult
  • Whips and Chains by Elle Thorpe

    Whips and Chains by Elle Thorpe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Three…Two…One… The game has just begun.Shadows crawl across the walls of an abandoned warehouse.A knife waits on the table. A clock bleeds away the seconds.Someone isn’t leaving alive.My only chance of survival lies with the three men searching for me in the dark...
  • A Promise of Torment by Mallory Fox

    A Promise of Torment by Mallory Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Blood hides carnal desires. Power is overrated.Killing for family, tainted with nothing but love...My emotions are supposed to be dead.I was never meant to feel this. Pain. Anger. Rage. Feelings erode me from the inside.They make me weak. They make him more powerful.But I can't lose.Dante is my sweetness in hell. My father has me where he wants me. And my boys...well they think I'm all but lost...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  dark  gothic  steamy  suspense  abuse  adult  book
  • Taste of Fear by Davidson King

    Taste of Fear by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ciro Navarro has never had it easy, but he learned to survive. Nightmares of a past he cannot erase plague him but thankfully, much of his horrible life is in the rearview mirror. He lives in the present, focusing on his found family, lifelong friends, and the job that fulfills him. Ciro’s circle is small but tight; if you’re in it, you are his world...
  • Cold Hearts: A Dark Captive Romance  (Heartbreaker Prequel) by Stella Hart

    Cold Hearts: A Dark Captive Romance (Heartbreaker Prequel) by Stella Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A FREE peek into the lives of the Heartbreaker and his future captive! Dexter crossed with 50 Shades: enter a world filled with dark secrets, twisted lies, and dirty desires.... I’ll kill to have her. The world is a dark place filled with even darker monsters. Most of them hide in plain sight, walking around right under your nose. I’m one of them. By day I’m calm, friendly, approachable...
    Categorized as:
    dark  stalking  steamy  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • Occam's Razor by Cole McCade

    Occam's Razor by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's said the simplest solution is usually the right one — but there's nothing simple about the complications that arise when their primary suspect for the white rabbit killer shows up on Malcolm and Seong-Jae's doorstep, dead and mutilated beyond recognition. All it takes is one body to make their entire case timeline fall apart.Unless it's not the body of their suspect at all...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  suspense  dark  age-gap  mystery  lgbtq  contemporary  crime
  • Reconcile by Leah Steele

    Reconcile by Leah Steele

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I always thought it was best to keep my darkness hidden, outta sight, outta mind. But my stalker has been showing me the errors of my ways. He’s been guiding me into nurturing that side of myself, and now that it’s been set free, there’s no going back. I’ve killed three people, and with each new kill, I learn more about myself. But I crave more than the bloodshed...
  • BONES by Yolanda Olson

    BONES by Yolanda Olson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Content advisory: The following book contains vivid depictions of gore, graphic sexual violence, endless mind games, will induce strangely beautiful feelings of paranoia, and lots of bad things. Really bad things. It's not recommended eating before, during, or after reading this story. Prepare for a one way trip to Hell. I'm haunted. Not by ghosts, but by a face I can't quite remember...
  • Raven by Leah Steele

    Raven by Leah Steele

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Secrets are revealed, and I’ve never felt so betrayed. We had a plan, a good fucking plan, and with one explosion it all went to shit. Only, it wasn’t the bomb I set off that left destruction in its wake, it was the truth about my men. They've been hiding details about my life, and until they decide to share every last truth, they're choosing to live life on the edge of my blade...
  • The Phantom's Vice by Mindy Paige

    The Phantom's Vice by Mindy Paige

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the FBI’s most wanted criminal leaves his DNA at a crime scene, Brett Evangeline is sure she’s finally going to bring the masked assassin to justice. The brand-new FBI agent can’t believe her luck—both in getting assigned to this case and her findings—but what she doesn’t realize is that, in the criminal underworld of Moriton, luck does not fortune the kind or the good...
  • Zero by Mandy Muse

    Zero by Mandy Muse

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Nightmare before Christmas retelling...
  • His Reluctant Savior by Courtney W. Dixon

    His Reluctant Savior by Courtney W. Dixon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    PLEASE READ THE BLURB AND WARNINGS IF YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO TRIGGERS!I have a second chance to right wrongs, even if it means I’ll lose my family and life.Sid VirgilFBI analyst Dalton Reed’s name is on my hit list, but I know I won’t do it. Though I haven’t seen Dalton in twenty-seven years, we have a history together. He saved my life many years ago, and he doesn’t even realize it...
  • Deadly Match by K.A. Knight, Ivy Fox

    Deadly Match by K.A. Knight, Ivy Fox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was my demon when I was a child.A hellish force protecting me from the evil that hid in the dark and preyed on the weak.But I’m not that innocent girl anymore.And he’s no longer my savior.Filled with such cruelty, such madness, my survival instincts tell me I should run the other way...
  • Vicious by A.J. Merlin

    Vicious by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One, two, he’s coming for youThree, four, better run some moreI never would have accepted his help if I’d known what he’d do.When the stranger who got me out of a mess in Springwood turns the town into a slaughterhouse in my name, I do the only thing I can do.I run.Not far enough, though, because I can feel him in Akron, looking for me. But he wants to take me home, and I can’t go back...
  • Under Your Scars: A Dark Romance Novel by Ariel N. Anderson

    Under Your Scars: A Dark Romance Novel by Ariel N. Anderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "If you're so concerned about my humanity, Elena, then reach into my soul and find it, because I'm not sure I have any left." According to the FBI, I was considered a serial murderer after three kills. What do they call me after fifty-two? They call me the Silencer...
  • Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are by Harleigh Beck

    Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are by Harleigh Beck

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One year ago, on a rainy night, I made a horrible mistake.A mistake that would haunt my every waking moment.I accidentally killed Nate, the star quarterback.Or so I thought.Now he’s back from the dead.Nothing will quench his thirst for revenge.Not until my broken pieces lie scattered by his feet and he’s inhaled my last breath.The only way out is in a body bag...
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