Books like 'My Human Wife'

Readers who enjoyed My Human Wife by Olympia Black also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

dark romance  fantasy  abduction  military  aliens  dystopian

  • Into the Light by Aleatha Romig

    Into the Light by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Sara Adams awakes blind, unable to remember the most basic details of her life, but her darkness seems a blessing when she discovers the terrors of The Light. Stella Montgomery investigates the news on the mean streets of Detroit, where she’s noticed a disturbing trend: young women are vanishing...
    Categorized as:
    abduction  suspense  mystery  dark  angst  fantasy  abuse  contemporary
  • The Order : Labyrinth of Twisted Games by Katerina St. Clair

    The Order : Labyrinth of Twisted Games by Katerina St. Clair

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    *Newly revised published version coming December 31st, 2024**This title is currently being re-edited and re-revised*In the dystopian world of "The Order" lies, betrayal, and secrets become the twisted threads weaving the tapestry of Forest Blackburn's tumultuous existence...
  • Sponsored links
  • The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow by K.L. DeVore

    The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow by K.L. DeVore

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Note: To avoid massive spoilers, it is highly encouraged to read A Touch of Gold and Madness prior to reading the first installment in the prequel trilogy.Before there was Griffin Silas, there was Chrome Freyr…Two elite teen Kinetic Warriors must protect the princess at all costs, but they never anticipated that they would both fall in the process...
  • Monster Girl Mountain by Edward Lang

    Monster Girl Mountain by Edward Lang

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He had to die to meet the (monster) girl of his dreams.Jack is a survival expert who wakes up after an avalanche on a snow-covered mountain, and has to fight for survival every inch of the way.Then he meets Lelia, a beautiful monster girl from a tribe of women who need Jack’s help.They need protection…They need a warrior…And more than anything, they need a man...
    Categorized as:
    military  fantasy  harems  dark  poly  length-medium
  • The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow

    The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Alix E. Harrow weaves a dystopian fairy tale that follows the town storyteller as she struggles to protect a local demon from the knight hired to kill it.In this gritty, haunting tale about doing whatever it takes for love, a small-town storyteller resolves to keep the local monster—and her own secrets—safe from a legendary knight...
    Categorized as:
    dystopian  horror  fantasy  dark  queer
  • The Gallows Black by Sam Sykes

    The Gallows Black by Sam Sykes

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A standalone epic fantasy novella starring Sal the Cacophony, who Pierce Brown called a "protagonist for the ages," from Sam Sykes' widely acclaimed Seven Blades in Black. To the city of Last Word, one of the last freeholds in a land rent asunder by magic, Sal the Cacophony comes with gun, a blade, and a burning need for revenge...
    Categorized as:
    dystopian  fantasy  steampunk  dark  humor  length-novella
  • Lying with Scorpions by Aleksandr Voinov

    Lying with Scorpions by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    If you lie with scorpions, you’d better have a taste for poison.Now that Kendras’s lover Adrastes has claimed the throne of Dalman, Kendras is tangled deeper than ever in politics and intrigue. As the new leader of the Scorpions and Adrastes’s one true friend, he and his men stand between Adrastes and those who wish him dead.And many do...
    Categorized as:
    military  m-m  fantasy  historical  queer  dark  suspense  war
  • Farfall by J.C. Owens

    Farfall by J.C. Owens

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Secrets. Rebellion. Two men drawn together by a bond that may change the land forever... Captain Andon Grazon, the poor son of a prostitute, shares a rare bond with Ceris, the only wild-born griffon in the land to bond with a human. He and Ceris are part of the flight corp at Farfall, where he is treated like an outsider and abused by the noble-born riders at the base...
    Categorized as:
    military  m-m  fantasy  abuse  dark  dub-con  queer  length-medium
  • The Order: Kingdom of Fallen Ash by Katerina St. Clair

    The Order: Kingdom of Fallen Ash by Katerina St. Clair

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In the dystopian realm of "The Order" society is eternally divided between the privileged Untouchables and the struggling Unfortunates. The Untouchables, draped in opulence and power, govern the city with an iron fist, casting long shadows over the impoverished Unfortunates who toil beneath in the murky depths of the working class...
  • Mistress B-0003: Garden of the Gods by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini

    Mistress B-0003: Garden of the Gods by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    With the death of Whitlock, a new home for horror is born… Garden of the Gods GOTG Registry Name: Charlotte Wyce Mistress #: 0003 Occupation: Actress Slave preference: blank slate male and w Recruiter #: 21890478 Experience:Beginner ⌧ Intermediate Experienced Main Master Notes: Beauty. Drive. Desperation. Charlotte Wyce spent years captivating the world on the big screen...
    Categorized as:
    abduction  dark  horror  death  abuse  slavery  mafia  fantasy
  • Taming Grizz by Nikki Wild

    Taming Grizz by Nikki Wild

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    GRIZZ My life belongs to the club, but before the chains and guns, there was HER... The love of my goddamn life. The girl who broke my heart... I thought I could forget about her, but I was wrong. I've grown older. I'm the right-hand man of the Devil's Dragons club president. But none of that mattered when I found her. She's grown too... More beautiful and clever than I remembered...
  • The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

    The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A breathtaking geopolitical fantasy as fraught as Game of Thrones, The Monster Baru Cormorant is the long-anticipated sequel to Seth Dickinson gut-wrenching debut, The Traitor Baru Cormorant.Baru Cormormant's world was shattered by the Empire of Masks...
  • Wretched by Yolanda Olson, Emery LeeAnn

    Wretched by Yolanda Olson, Emery LeeAnn

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One day, we awoke to find that the world had stopped turning and the sky had turned to ash.The streets are quiet, and even the birds have stopped singing.It can’t be just us because we’ve lived through so many more horrors than anything that could possibly be outside of these walls.Being alone would be even crueler than still being with her.We know that there have to be more survivors...
    Categorized as:
    dystopian  dark  fantasy  contemporary  suspense
  • A Heroine of the World by Tanith Lee

    A Heroine of the World by Tanith Lee

    Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Aradia is only thirteen when the war begins. The brutal Saz-Kronians have invaded from the North, laying siege to her homeland, and as the war grows ever closer, Aradia’s father and mother are called to Fort Hightower to help defend the City. To keep Aradia safe, they send her to live with her Aunt Elaieva, a cold and distant woman, until the danger has passed. But Hightower falls...
  • Afterimage by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Afterimage by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    In the Company of Shadows is a series about two people who are thrown together as partners in a secret agency; their mission is to disband rebels who have propagated in a post-war future, but they have to deal with everything that comes with an unlikely partnership as well...
  • Art of the Hunt by Lindsay Buroker

    Art of the Hunt by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Our heroes have escaped with the ancient dragon gate, but powerful enemies are right behind them.If they can’t figure out the magic of the mysterious artifact, and find great allies and resources in another world, their hopes of overthrowing their tyrannical wizard rulers will end as surely as their lives...
  • The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

    The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 43 ratings
    A Holmes and Watson-style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson BennettIn Daretana’s greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body...
  • Mason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Mason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Falling for each other was never part of the plan…Doctor Sage Porter has moved to Marble Falls to be the private physician for a group of men unlike any the world has ever known. But she has a second, secret reason for moving to the small town. A reason she can’t share with another living soul…Especially not the men under her care.Mason Ross is a born guardian...
  • Shatter Me Series 6-Book Box Set: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Shatter Me Series 6-Book Box Set: Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Juliette can kill with a touch—will she wield her power for good, or will it turn her into the monster she’s always feared she truly is? Find out in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me series—all six novels are now available in this paperback box set! One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can bring a grown man to his knees, begging for mercy...
  • The Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost / Everwild / Everfound by Neal Shusterman

    The Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost / Everwild / Everfound by Neal Shusterman

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Not every child who dies goes on to the afterlife. Some are caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. It's a magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost kids run wild and anyone who stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth...
  • Fatal Mistake by Michael Anderle

    Fatal Mistake by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The government is trying to take down the Council... But they get their asses handed to them.One of the senators wanted to play hardball from the beginning but got outvoted.Now, the head of the task force is killed.Will they wise up and swallow their pride to get the best? Lt...
  • 1/27: An ICoS Anthology (In the Company of Shadows extras) by Santino Hassell, Ais

    1/27: An ICoS Anthology (In the Company of Shadows extras) by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    January 27, 2027 - One day around the world. Weeks after the last page of the In the Company of Shadows series, seven stories show glimpses of the lives of fifteen characters, scattered across the globe. In Ireland, an unexpected reunion takes a terrible turn. In Australia, the tides are changing while those involved never stop watching...
  • Bodie by Nyssa Kathryn

    Bodie by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    An enemy so fierce, disappearing is her only choice.Maya Harper shouldn’t be alive. All of her co-workers are dead, yet somehow, she survived. But now she knows something. Something important. Something that someone will kill to keep secret.Running is her only choice. Her only protection. But no one can run forever, especially when the enemy’s reach is long...
  • Vax Humana by Michael Anderle

    Vax Humana by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    James was raised by some good men. What would have happened if twisted cultists like the Brotherhood had found him instead of Fathers McCartney and Thomas? It's time to find out more about the Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone.James isn't from Earth or Oriceran. Where he is from has been a question for years...
  • Juniper Unraveling by Keri Lake

    Juniper Unraveling by Keri Lake

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 43 ratings
    Papa says everyone has a story that deserves to be told. Most begin years ago, after the second bomb hit, unearthing a deadly contagion that divided the population into the pure, the infected, and the Ragers. Many recount the moment we rose up from the ashes and started anew.Others tell of the day we built a wall to keep them out...
  • Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin

    Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    There would be blood. Blood for blood. Blood to pay. An entire world of it.For the resistance in the Third Reich, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun. Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to skinshift, is on the run: the world has just seen her shoot and kill Hitler. But the truth of what happened is far more complicated, and its consequences are deadly...
  • Kingdoms at War by Lindsay Buroker, Vivienne Leheny

    Kingdoms at War by Lindsay Buroker, Vivienne Leheny

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For centuries, wizard kings have ruled the world from their elite sky cities, battling each other to add to their wealth and power, while using normal human beings as pawns. Those without magic struggle to feed their families and live in constant fear of bringing down the wrath of their tyrannical masters.Something must change...
  • Reign of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Reign of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    The realm’s darkest secret is out. The cruelty of the capital and the power-hungry King Arden have scattered Bleak and her companions across the continents. On the run in a foreign land, Bleak finds herself tied to some unexpected strangers...
  • Light by Michael Grant

    Light by Michael Grant

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    It's been over a year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.In the time since every person over the age of fourteen disappeared from the town of Perdido Beach, California, countless battles have been fought: battles against hunger and lies and plague, and epic battles of good against evil...
  • Bonesmith by Nicki Pau Preto

    Bonesmith by Nicki Pau Preto

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 32 ratings
    Gideon the Ninth meets the Game of Thrones White Walkers in this dark young adult fantasy about a disgraced ghost-fighting warrior who must journey into a haunted wasteland to rescue a kidnapped prince.Ready your blade. Defeat the undead.In the Dominions, the dead linger, violent and unpredictable, unless a bonesmith severs the ghost from its earthly remains...
Fantastic book recommendations by romance book lovers for romance book lovers.
Find out more about romance.io.


Get recommendations by genres & tropes

Use the romance book finder to mix and match over 100 content keywords to find the books that match your preferences

romance book finder

Looking for more inspiration? Enter another book title to get more suggestions on what to read next.


Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.