Villain Romance
Romance with morally complex characters who embrace their dark side — expect antiheroes, actual villains, or those who blur the lines between good and evil as love interests.
Discover 44 romance books featuring villain romance.
24 of 44 books
Summoned to the Wilds
A.K. Caggiano
Kidnapped by a brooding blood mage bent on destroying the realm — but he's rather cute, so there's that.
The Kingpin of Camelot
Cassandra Gannon
A cursed crime lord buys a queen's hand in a marriage of convenience — but she was never for sale.
Harrow Faire Series
Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Trapped inside a sinister circus, a bank teller becomes the prize in a deadly war between two dark men.
A Curse for True Love
Stephanie Garber
She has the perfect fairytale life — but her prince erased her memories to keep her from the truth.
Just a Bit Ruthless
Alessandra Hazard
A hopeless romantic falls for the ruthless billionaire villain who's using him as a pawn — Stockholm syndrome or love?
Souls In Ruin
Jacqueline White
A princess forced to wed a cold foreign king discovers gods want her obedience — or her soul.
Rejected
Jaymin Eve
Rejected by her fated mate, a wolf shifter accidentally summons a shadow god — and he's not letting her go.
King
S.J. Tilly
She witnessed a murder, got kidnapped, and now she's being forced to marry her captor — a crime lord named King.
Apprentice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
The villain's sunshine assistant steps up to protect his lair, his kingdom — and maybe his heart.
The Ever King
L.J. Andrews
A scarred fae king kidnaps his enemy's innocent daughter as a pawn — and loses his heart to her instead.
These Old Shades (Alastair-Audley, #1)
Georgette Heyer
The devil Duke of Avon buys a ragged street urchin — and uncovers a secret that changes everything.
Accomplice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Evie didn't plan to become a villain's right hand — or to fall for her brooding, morally questionable boss.
The Scarlet Veil
Shelby Mahurin
A good girl huntswoman tracks a killer — and catches the eye of the ancient vampire king behind it.
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber
A girl bargains three kisses with the wicked Prince of Hearts to save her true love — and loses far more than she planne
Adversary to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Working for the villain was complicated enough — now they're adversaries.
Throne in the Dark
A.K. Caggiano
A destined dark lord gets magically chained to an annoyingly cheerful thief — and starts catching feelings.
The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes)
Tiffany Hunt
A Dark Lord kidnaps a bride who gives him a knife to the throat — and terms he can't refuse.
Desire
Julie Mannino
A repressed pastor fights his forbidden desires when a sinfully tempting stranger — possibly a demon — walks into his ch
Feathers So Vicious
Liv Zander
Two morally grey raven shifters kidnap an innocent girl — one wants to break her, one wants to save her.
Vices and Vows
Candice M. Wright
A mafia villain gives her a choice: marry a man who despises women, or surrender to a monster who's obsessed with her.
Dark Secrets: A Twisted Dark MM Romance of Love, Control, and Deadly Secrets
Jerry DuPoint
A controlling VP collects secrets and destroys enemies — until his newest employee becomes the one man he can't break.
Of Visions & Secrets
Kathryn Ann Kingsley
To find her missing brother, Emma must trust a secretive professor hiding in the dark — and the darkness wants her too.
Of Blades and Wings
Eliza Raine
Taken by mistake to a Valkyrie war college, a powerless fae girl can't resist the disgraced fire trainer who burns for r
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
A disfigured genius haunts the Paris Opera House, obsessed with the singer he loves and will never have.