Cover of The Wren in the Holly Library

The Wren in the Holly Library

K.A. Linde

Oak & Holly Cycle #1

urban fantasy romance(38k)

A fearless thief breaks into a monster's home and ends up locked in a dangerous bargain with him instead.

Content Warnings
violence/gorecaptivity

Description

Can you love the dark when you know what it hides?Some things aren’t supposed to exist outside of our imagination.Thirteen years ago, monsters emerged from the shadows and plunged Kierse’s world into a cataclysmic war of near-total destruction. The New York City she knew so well collapsed practically overnight.In the wake of that carnage, the Monster Treaty was created. A truce...of sorts.But tonight, Kierse―a gifted and fearless thief―will break that treaty. She’ll enter the Holly Library...not knowing it’s the home of a monster.He’s charming. Quietly alluring. Terrifying. But he knows talent when he sees it; it’s just a matter of finding her price.Now she’s locked into a dangerous bargain with a creature unlike any other. She’ll sacrifice her freedom. She’ll offer her skills. Together, they’ll put their own futures at risk.But he’s been playing a game across centuries―and once she joins in, there will be no escape...

Books like this

Cover of Whispers of the Deep

Whispers of the Deep

Emma Hamm

romantasyDeep Waters #1
(27k)

A merman steals a human engineer to use her — but the bond between them may doom them both.

captor/captiveforbidden romanceforced proximity

11 tropes in common

Cover of The Wicked Sea

The Wicked Sea

Jordan Stephanie Gray

romantasyThe Wicked Sea #1
(322)

A fugitive mermaid and the cold warlock who sentenced her must strike a deadly bargain beneath the wicked sea.

captor/captiveforbidden romanceforced proximity

12 tropes in common

Cover of Her Soul to Take

Her Soul to Take

Harley Laroux

dark romanceSouls Trilogy #1
(156k)

A ghost hunter summons a demon who won't kill her — but won't let anyone else have her either.

captor/captiveforbidden romanceforced proximity

12 tropes in common

Cover of River of Shadows

River of Shadows

Karina Halle

romantasyUnderworld Gods #1
(18k)

To free her father from the dead, she must marry the God of Death himself — for eternity.

captor/captiveforbidden romanceforced proximity

11 tropes in common

Cover of Heart's Prisoner

Heart's Prisoner

Olivia Riley

sci-fi romanceDark World Mates #1
(6k)

A behaviorist assigned to study a deadly alien prisoner finds herself irresistibly drawn to her terrifying subject.

captor/captiveforbidden romanceforced proximity

12 tropes in common

Cover of Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, #1)

Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, #1)

Laura Thalassa

paranormal romanceThe Four Horsemen #1
(130k)

She shot the Horseman of Pestilence to save her town. Now she's his prisoner — and maybe his salvation.

captor/captiveforced proximitymonster romance

11 tropes in common

Cover of Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1)

Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1)

Kaylie Smith

romantasyWicked Games #1
(332k)

To save her sister, she enters a deadly haunted mansion — and strikes a bargain with its most dangerous temptation.

forbidden romanceforced proximitymonster romance

12 tropes in common

Cover of Halfling

Halfling

S.E. Wendel

romantasyMonstrous World #1
(7k)

A gentle half-orc outcast saves a captured human woman — then they run for their lives together.

captor/captiveforbidden romanceforced proximity

10 tropes in common

Cover of Her Feral Beasts

Her Feral Beasts

E.P. Bali

romantasyHer Vicious Beasts #1
(14k)

Hunted by five feral mates and locked in an academy prison — she must hide who she is or be bred for life.

captor/captiveforbidden romanceforced proximity

9 tropes in common

Cover of Once Burned (Night Prince, #1)

Once Burned (Night Prince, #1)

Jeaniene Frost

paranormal romanceNight Prince #1
(71k)

A woman who learns dark secrets with a touch gets kidnapped — and calls Dracula himself for rescue.

captor/captiveforbidden romanceforced proximity

10 tropes in common

Cover of JoAquin

JoAquin

Charmaine Ross

sci-fi romanceHexonian #1
(508)

Stranded on an alien planet, a human woman may be the key to defeating an evil empire — if she can resist her alien prot

captor/captiveforbidden romanceforced proximity

11 tropes in common

Cover of Mermen (The Mermen Trilogy, #1)

Mermen (The Mermen Trilogy, #1)

Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

paranormal romanceThe Mermen Trilogy #1
(3k)

A ruthless billionaire and a shipwreck survivor are trapped on a secret island ruled by savage mermen who claim her as t

captor/captiveforced proximitymonster romance

10 tropes in common

Cover of Fortuna Sworn

Fortuna Sworn

K.J. Sutton

urban fantasy romanceFortuna Sworn #1
(19k)

The last of her kind bargains herself to a powerful faerie to find her missing brother — and may lose more than she plan

captor/captiveforbidden romanceforced proximity

11 tropes in common

Cover of Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1)

Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, #1)

Ilona Andrews

urban fantasy romanceHidden Legacy #1
(75k)

A detective kidnapped by a dangerous billionaire mage must trust him to survive — and resist wanting more.

captor/captiveforced proximitystrangers to lovers

10 tropes in common

Cover of The Book of Azrael (Gods & Monsters, #1)

The Book of Azrael (Gods & Monsters, #1)

Amber V. Nicole

romantasyGods and Monsters #1
(203k)

A vampire servant and an immortal World Ender must become unlikely allies — or something more dangerous.

forbidden romanceforced proximitymonster romance

10 tropes in common

Cover of Defender Cave Bear

Defender Cave Bear

Zoe Chant

paranormal romanceProtection, Inc: Defenders #1
(2k)

A wheelchair-using hacker and a Marine-turned-cave-bear shifter take on secret assassins — and each other.

forced proximitymonster romancestrangers to lovers

8 tropes in common

Cover of Land of the Beautiful Dead

Land of the Beautiful Dead

R. Lee Smith

dark romanceLords of Arcadia series
(8k)

She marched into Death's court to save humanity — and ended up in the conqueror's bed.

captor/captiveforbidden romancemonster romance

10 tropes in common

Cover of In the Veins of the Drowning

In the Veins of the Drowning

Kalie Cassidy

romantasyThe Siren Mage #1
(33k)

A siren in hiding and a king who knows her secret must bond in blood to survive a monster-haunted sea.

forbidden romanceforced proximitymonster romance

10 tropes in common

Cover of Court of Winter

Court of Winter

Krista Street

romantasyFae of Snow & Ice #1
(35k)

A wingless, magicless fae girl is abducted by the brutal Winter Prince — and must choose between hatred and survival.

captor/captiveforbidden romanceforced proximity

11 tropes in common

Cover of Eyes of Devious Burgundy

Eyes of Devious Burgundy

Lacey Lehotzky

romantasyDeathcaller Duet #1
(7k)

A burgundy-eyed farmgirl disguises herself as her dead husband to survive a war — and catches the eye of the demon gener

forbidden romanceforced proximitymonster romance

10 tropes in common