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Pleasure of a Dark Prince (Immortals After Dark, #8)
Kresley Cole
paranormal romanceImmortals After Dark #8
(47k)
A vampire prince will endure any trial to claim the sheltered ward of the Lore's most dangerous villains.
tournament/trial/competitionarranged marriagevampire romance
Under Your Scars
Ariel N. Anderson
dark romanceUnder Your Scars #1
(87k)
A serial killer with 52 bodies stops for one woman — and starts killing for her instead.
stalker romancecaptor/captivestrangers to lovers
Dark Desires After Dusk (Immortals After Dark, #5)
Kresley Cole
paranormal romanceImmortals After Dark #5
(51k)
A ruthless demon mercenary must protect — then betray — the half-human woman who's claimed his black heart.
forbidden romance
Mortal Skin
Lily Mayne
romantasyFolk #1
(10k)
A half-mortal man is taken to the Unseelie Court and can't resist the cold, deadly assassin prince who watches him.
forbidden romance
The Darkest Whisper (Lords of the Underworld, #4)
Gena Showalter
paranormal romanceLords of the Underworld #4
(45k)
A demon lord possessed by Jealousy must help the woman he once destroyed rediscover herself — and her desire for him.
forbidden romance
The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
Paullina Simons
historical romanceThe Bronze Horseman #1
(97k)
In besieged Leningrad, a Soviet soldier and a young woman fall into an impossible, devastating love.
forbidden romance
The Darkest Secret (Lords of the Underworld, #7)
Gena Showalter
paranormal romanceLords of the Underworld #7
(31k)
A demon-possessed villain must heal the broken woman he desires — the one who once tried to kill him.
forbidden romance
Shadow's Claim (Immortals After Dark, #12; The Dacians, #1)
Kresley Cole
paranormal romanceImmortals After Dark #12
(30k)
A vampire assassin prince enters a deadly tournament to claim the sheltered sorceress the Lore has fated as his bride.
forbidden romance
Bad Bishop
L.J. Shen
dark romanceSociety of Villains #1
(55k)
Sold by her father to an Irish mafia prince, a broken girl becomes the one pawn he can't sacrifice.
arranged marriageage gapmafia/organised crime
Veil of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #5)
Lara Adrian
paranormal romanceMidnight Breed #5
(32k)
Three vampire warriors. Three women they can't resist. One deadly enemy hunting them all.
vampire romanceforced proximityarranged marriage
Crush
Tracy Wolff
young adult romanceCrave #2
(153k)
Back at a vampire academy, Grace must choose between two brothers while a new evil threatens everyone she loves.
vampire romanceacademy/school settinglove triangle
Midnight Awakening (Midnight Breed, #3)
Lara Adrian
paranormal romanceMidnight Breed #3
(43k)
Three vampire warriors. Three women they can't resist. One deadly enemy threatens them all.
vampire romanceforced proximityarranged marriage
Untamed (MacKinnon's Rangers, #2)
Pamela Clare
historical romanceMacKinnon’s Rangers #2
(4k)
A captured Highland ranger and a convent-bred French girl find love across enemy lines in colonial war.
forbidden romance
Royal Bodyguard
Aimée Lou
contemporary romance
(2k)
A royal bodyguard knows every secret about the prince — except that the prince has forgotten all of them.
bodyguard romanceroyal romanceamnesia
Crown of Light and Shadows
G.K. DeRosa
romantasyCourts of Aetheria #1
(6k)
A powerless outcast falls for her ruthless fae instructor — a love prophesied to destroy the kingdom.
enemies to loversfae romanceacademy/school setting
Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1)
J. R. Ward
paranormal romanceBlack Dagger Brotherhood #1
(356k)
The last purebred vampire on Earth must protect — and claim — the half-breed daughter of his fallen warrior.
strangers to loversvampire romanceforced proximity
Ella and the Emperor
Honey Phillips
sci-fi romanceAlien Abduction (Phillips) #5
(2k)
A mute human slave falls for the alien emperor who rescues her — but his court may destroy them both.
alien romanceroyal romancecaptor/captive
Kiss of Crimson (Midnight Breed, #2)
Lara Adrian
paranormal romanceMidnight Breed #2
(43k)
Three vampire warriors. Three reluctant desires. One world where love is the deadliest weapon of all.
vampire romanceforced proximityarranged marriage
Dangerous Games (Tempting SEALs, #2)
Lora Leigh
romantic suspenseTempting SEALs #2
(9k)
A deadly Navy SEAL must protect his best friend's secret DEA sister — and resist the explosive chemistry between them.
forbidden romance
Corrupted Union
Jill Ramsower
dark romanceThe Byrne Brothers #2
(20k)
An Irish gangster marries the governor's daughter without her consent — tattooed ring and all.
arranged marriagemarriage of convenienceforced proximity
Nanny for the Doctor: A Brother's Best Friend Romance
Emma Blake
contemporary romance
(1k)
His best friend's little sister becomes his son's nanny — and then the mother of his child.
brother's best friendnanny romancesecret relationship
Illicit Temptation: An Irish Mafia Bodyguard Romance
Deborah Garland
dark romanceAstoria Royals Standalones #3
(2k)
A curvy prosecutor sleeps with a mob lawyer once — then he becomes her obsessed, masked stalker.
mafia/organised crimebodyguard romanceenemies to lovers
Hidden Truths
Neva Altaj
dark romancePerfectly Imperfect #3
(70k)
A Bratva killer keeps a wounded woman prisoner — she's the only thing standing between him and his darkness.
captor/captiveforced proximitymafia/organised crime
The Ever King
L.J. Andrews
romantasyThe Ever Seas #1
(103k)
A scarred fae king kidnaps his enemy's innocent daughter as a pawn — and loses his heart to her instead.
forbidden romance