Books like 'Blue Persuasion'

Readers who enjoyed Blue Persuasion by Blakely Bennett also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

contemporary  dark romance  bdsm  friends-benefits  love triangle  other-man-woman

  • Skirt by K.L. Savage

    Skirt by K.L. Savage

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    There are few things people know about me.I'm Scottish.I really hate pants.And Poodle is me best friend.But.There are always buts.There is one thing people don't know.Me love for fightin'.I come from a long line of fighters.I live it.I breathe it.Flesh.BloodAnd brass knuckles.It's me way of life.So I fight, legally. No one knows.I wanted to keep it a secret, but MC life exposes everyone's secrets...
  • Deceiving Lies by Molly McAdams

    Deceiving Lies by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The irresistible, blazing-hot sequel to New York Times bestselling author Molly McAdams's Forgiving Lies Rachel is supposed to be planning her wedding to Kash, the love of her life. After the crazy year they've had, she's ready to settle down and live a completely normal life. Well, as normal as it can be. But there's something else waiting—something threatening to tear them apart...
  • Sponsored links
  • But I Need You by W. Winters

    But I Need You by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Some love stories are a slow burn. Others are quick to ignite, scorching and branding your very soul before you’ve taken that first breath. You’re never given a chance to run from it. That’s how I’d describe what happened to us.Everything around me blurred and all that existed were his lips, his touch… The chase and the heat between us became addictive...
  • Kade's Turn by Tiffany Snow

    Kade's Turn by Tiffany Snow

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    It only takes a second, a fraction of a second, to forever change your life. That moment happened to me years ago. I did something you can’t take back, and I’d do it again. It’s a secret I’ll take to my grave—which is probably sooner rather than later—and that’s okay. I live with my choices...
  • 17 Black and 29 Red by Richard Rider

    17 Black and 29 Red by Richard Rider

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Second part in the Stockholm Syndrome trilogy:Some mistakes are too enormous and some people are too stubborn for anything to work except running away, but the world is never as big as you need it to be and eventually you can't help circling back to where you started...
  • Rock's Redemption by Chiah Wilder

    Rock's Redemption by Chiah Wilder

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Rock is the ripped, handsome Sergeant-At-Arms for the Insurgents MC. Being one of the club’s officers, women clamor to share his bed. The biker’s more than willing to oblige as long as it’s a short-time hookup; long-term relationship is not part of his vocabulary. He’s only been in love once—a long time ago—and the end result was shattering. He learned his lesson: keep his heart encased in steel...
  • Don't Be Afraid by C.A. Harms

    Don't Be Afraid by C.A. Harms

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Beautiful, Breathtaking An Epic Love Story! Have you ever looked at someone and just knew, knew that they were put in your life for a reason? The one person that would be not only your best friend, but would be your absolute everything? That’s how I felt the first time I saw him. That one day when a few little words changed our entire lives forever… Don’t be Afraid, he said...
  • He Saw Me First: First Series by Melody Anne

    He Saw Me First: First Series by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    During the week, I’m a respectable bookstore owner in a small town with a secret no one could ever guess. On the weekends I do what needs to be done to survive. My secret has been kept for ten years . . . my time is up.Cassandra Montana — once known as Tina Moore — had been the girl no one ever worried about...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  contemporary  dark  abuse  length-long  m-f
  • 30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    30 Days of Shame by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The monster draws pleasure from my pain. Now, it's time to fight back.SERGEI30 days of pain have pushed Willow to her limits.My pretty prisoner is no longer meek. She's trying to resist.But my precious prize doesn't know what I know.Nobody has ever won a war against me.Nobody has ever bested me.And she's not going to be the first.Good luck, little Willow..
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  dark  mafia  captive  contemporary  suspense
  • Poinsettia by Tiffany Reisz

    Poinsettia by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Christmas is not always the most wonderful time of the year for the many gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people who are estranged from their families. This year's Christmas story concerns two such people--Søren and Magdalena. Søren speaks of Magdalena, his mentor in sadism, in THE MISTRESS and THE KING...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  contemporary  m-f  dark  length-novella
  • Stronghold: Closing Time: Stronghold Doms Boxset #3 by Golden Angel

    Stronghold: Closing Time: Stronghold Doms Boxset #3 by Golden Angel

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A steamy hot boxset of friends to lovers romance, work romance, and frenemies to lovers.6. Stripping the Sub7. Tempting the Domme8. Hardcore VanillaStripping the SubEllie's been keeping secrets, but Master Michael is determined to strip back her walls and claim her as his own...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  contemporary  dark  length-epic
  • Destructive by Jay McLean

    Destructive by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Some villains are made.  Some villains are born.  And some villains aren’t villains at all.  
 Nate DeLuca was born into a life he didn’t want. Forced to walk a path that was already chosen for him.  Grandson to a mob boss, he’s forever torn between his duty, his honor, his legacy, and the truth.  But the truth is never simple, and it’s not at all what it seems...
  • Thirty Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    Thirty Days of Hate by Ginger Talbot

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Secrets and lies tore us apart. Can love keep us together? SERGEI Willow thought she got away from me, but she was wrong from the beginning, wrong about everything. I find her trying to take down a human trafficking ring, unsure whether I'm there to help her, or drag her down. But from now on, Willow doesn't have a choice. She will be my wife. She will submit. She will play her role...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  new adult  contemporary  dark  length-short
  • A Tragic Wreck by T.K. Leigh

    A Tragic Wreck by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    How can you continue living when you’re living a lie? How can you convince your body to stop feeling, your soul to stop caring, and your heart to stop beating? Haunted by her past, Olivia Adler flees Boston for a beach in Florida, leaving everyone behind, trying to shut the world out...
  • The Way Home by A.C. Bextor

    The Way Home by A.C. Bextor

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Where do you begin to piece back the fragments of a shattered heart? “I’m letting you go today, it’s time.” Finally, Sadey is ready to say goodbye to the only man she’s ever loved. With the help of Shame and Mace she’s learning to breathe on her own again; one day at a time. Her hopes are high and her world is finally coming into focus...
  • Worthy of Redemption by L.D. Davis

    Worthy of Redemption by L.D. Davis

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    After his devastating actions in Accidentally On Purpose, Kyle Sterling is trying to move on. He has lost the love of his life and he does not believe he is worthy of ever being loved again. Lily Whitman has been devastated by the ultimate betrayal and later tragedy hits her heart full force. She doubts she will ever be able to give her heart to anyone again...
  • Wishing Well by Lily White

    Wishing Well by Lily White

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The perfect timing of a fairy tale is tied to its tragedy… Journalist, Meadow Graham, is invited to interview death row inmate, Vincent Mercier. Given three days to hear his sordid confession, Meadow seeks to learn why a wealthy hotel owner killed four people, including her twin sister...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  suspense  dark  mystery  contemporary  length-medium
  • A Lesson in Beginning by Elle Sparrow

    A Lesson in Beginning by Elle Sparrow

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Journey From Darkness to DesireThey took everything.My husband. My dreams. My innocence.After escaping a sinister cult's grip, I faced a stark new reality.I was left with only one thing.My treasure. My son.Desperate, I sought refuge with my estranged family.It was a struggle, but I was beginning to find my footing in this strange, modern world.Enter Joel Whitlock...
  • Grace by Dee Palmer

    Grace by Dee Palmer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Surprise is the understatement of the year and it hits Sam and Jason like a freight train.Rocked and shocked, Sam needs to determine if this is a really good surprise, because as much as she loves Jason, any future they may have together could be doomed if he’s not 100 percent all-in. She can’t afford to settle for anything less since there’s so much at stake now...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  dark  contemporary  dual-pov  length-medium
  • Surviving the Merge by C.P. Harris

    Surviving the Merge by C.P. Harris

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    My name is Justin, and when I was seventeen, I fell in love with a boy named Damon.Damon was sick, only I didn’t know it at the time. And like any disease left untreated, it festered and burrowed into the unaffected areas of us, until we were both so far from healthy, we were killing one another. Then a tragedy sparked our implosion...
  • The Blood of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood

    The Blood of Black Oak by Monique Edenwood

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I watch the blood as it seeps from him, pooling like crimson flame around his neck, trickling in rivulets of liquid fire onto the dense body below.The body I've touched. I've held. I've kissed. I've felt wrapped around me for so long, holding me possessively, protecting me from those who wanted me lost...
  • Dirt by Cassia Leo

    Dirt by Cassia Leo

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ***99¢ RELEASE WEEK SPECIAL!*** When tragedy strikes, Laurel finds her life at a crossroads. Does she try to piece together the remnants of her once-perfect marriage to Jack? Or does she take a chance on creating something new and beautiful with ex-soldier Isaac? A hard-hitting, emotional new series from USA Today bestselling author Cassia Leo. Jack and I had everything...
  • Control by Lasairiona Lewis

    Control by Lasairiona Lewis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Thor:Protocol. Routine. Control.Not anymore.My life turned on a dime in the blink of an eye. From making pancakes for the curvy redhead I met at the club, to being the single dad of an autistic, eleven-year-old boy.I need help.She needs a job.I’m usually a one-and-done kind of guy, but she draws me in, holding me hostage with her green eyes and sass.I’m playing with fire...
  • Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Griffin in Wonderland by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hard partying trust fun baby Griffin Fiske wakes up after a hard night with a King's boots on his chest and gets an invitation he can't refuse...This Original Sinners short story takes place approximately six years before The Siren...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  contemporary  m-m  dark  queer
  • Provoke by Angel Devlin, Tracy Lorraine

    Provoke by Angel Devlin, Tracy Lorraine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mine to push, mine to tease, mine to provoke.I live for domination. In the boardroom and the bedroom. But while I thrive in business, my personal life is in disarray. It’s always been Jackie and Oliver. It’s all the others have ever known. The two of us, seemingly perfect...
  • Hawke by Anise Storm

    Hawke by Anise Storm

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Previously published in 2019, "Hawke" has been updated with a new POV and some expanded scenes. Arrogant. Sexy. Reminiscent. I felt all three about my newest client. The moment I met the sexy club owner in need of a party planner, I soon realized why. He was the one responsible for the most mortifying night of my life just one year earlier...
  • A Deviant Queen by Charli Owen

    A Deviant Queen by Charli Owen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MaliaThe title of a mafia princess has been my burden. The advantage has been me being tucked away as Daddy's little secret.His secret weapon.I've been trained to kill and to lead. I enforce and uphold the expectations of The Olin Empire. A job that gave me the taste of what leading this empire would be like. The job was denied to me simply because I am a woman and passed to my younger brother...
  • Combative Trilogy by Jay McLean

    Combative Trilogy by Jay McLean

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    In a world full of secrets, heartache, and betrayals, they only have one thing on their mind: redemption.But with redemption comes destruction.And that destruction might cost them their hearts.*Kyler Parker is not one of the lucky ones.Abused and neglected until he was sixteen, Kyler needed an out. A way to escape...
  • The Wilde One by Claire Contreras

    The Wilde One by Claire Contreras

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    I'm a loyal guy.  Loyal to my family, my craft, my friends. And then Brooklyn happens. I try to blame the sparks between us on jet lag, lack of caffeine, anything I can cling onto and use as an excuse. Falling for her would be wrong.  She's my best friend's ex. Whatever this is between us can't happen.  I know this.  She knows this. And then we kiss . .
  • Life of the Party by Christine Anderson

    Life of the Party by Christine Anderson

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This novel contains mature themes and graphic content. Seventeen-year-old Mackenzie Taylor can't wait to be free; free from high school, the shadow of her perfect older sister, and her disapproving parents. The rebellious party girl has a perfect accomplice in best friend Riley, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks who scores them drugs, booze and under-age entry into the only club in town...
  • Slave to the Rhythm by Jane Harvey-Berrick

    Slave to the Rhythm by Jane Harvey-Berrick

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    DANCE. Guns. MUSIC. Bullets. RHYTHM. Pain. Music in my head, dance in my body, the rhythm of my heart. How far can you fall in just one month? How quickly can the human spirit be broken? Where does evil hide in plain sight? Ash wants to dance. Needs it. To leave behind a life of expectation and duty, to set his soul free. But life is never that simple...
  • Lies Beneath the Surface by Silla Webb

    Lies Beneath the Surface by Silla Webb

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author Silla Webb comes a gripping, angsty Small Town Romantic Suspense. We all have something to hide.It’s the secrets that lie beneath the surface that could destroy us all.This second edition release celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the Buried Secrets series, previously released in 2014...
  • Rose of Thorne by Mia Michelle

    Rose of Thorne by Mia Michelle

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When a drunk driver tragically orphans Skylar Rose at the age of sixteen, she leaves her dreams behind and takes on the daunting task of helping her elderly grandmother raise her young sister. While other girls her age were living a typical carefree life, she was picking up double shifts at a local café and struggling to pay the bills...
  • Junction X by Erastes

    Junction X by Erastes

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Set in the very English suburbia of 1962 where everyone has tidy front gardens and lace curtains, Junction X is the story of Edward Johnson, who ostensibly has the perfect life: A beautiful house, a great job, an attractive wife and two well-mannered children. The trouble is he's been lying to himself all of his life. And first love, when it does come, hits him and hits him hard...
  • Explicit Memory by Scarlett Finn

    Explicit Memory by Scarlett Finn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ‘There’s no place for that here.’ The past that they’d hoped to outrun has chased them down, and now it wants payback. To appease their debtors, they must delve into Rushe’s own history. As they come face to face with the situation that brought them together in the first place, Flick learns more about the man who she’s pledged her heart, and her body, to...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  suspense  contemporary  dark  length-medium
  • Lost in the Affair by E.K. Blair

    Lost in the Affair by E.K. Blair

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    *An intoxicatingly risque stand-alone book. She's an author. She's a mother. She's a wife. She's a liar, a woman marked and bound by her own deceit. This is the astounding tale of how one woman battled through a year of scandals and betrayals, how her world fell from its axis with a single choice, and how she lost herself between reality and fantasy...
  • Birdy by Dee Garcia

    Birdy by Dee Garcia

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Come to the United States, they said.Freedom and endless opportunities for all, they said.So we did—made the ninety-mile trek overseas from Havana to Key West.What they didn’t tell us was how hard these supposed opportunities would be to obtain when you’re an illegal alien. A fact that forced both my brother and I onto a dark path in an effort to help our family...
  • First Do No Harm by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    First Do No Harm by Kichiku Neko, Guilt Pleasure

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  m-m  contemporary  dark  queer  length-novella
  • Call Sign: Thunder by Livia Grant

    Call Sign: Thunder by Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He’d already killed to keep her safe, but what does he do when he’s the one hurting her?Zach Flying choppers was what Zachary ‘Thunder’ Garrett lived for, but when he’s shot down over cartel country, he’ll have to decide between completing his mission and trying to save an innocent American woman...
  • Those Boys Are Trouble by Willow Winters

    Those Boys Are Trouble by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Five steamy, contemporary romances. One collection. AMAZON TOP 100 best selling series available in one collection for a LIMITED time! Those Boys Are Trouble includes all five of the full-length, stand-alone romances from the Valetti mafia series featuring filthy-mouthed, possessive bad boys, HEAs and no cliffhangers...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  contemporary  dark  mafia  alpha male  length-epic
  • Enter The Black Oak by Monique Edenwood

    Enter The Black Oak by Monique Edenwood

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Falling for a man like Jackson Wilder was not something I had planned.He was wild, experienced and savagely beautiful. He was also damaged and dangerous. Our love was a cosmic collision of lust and obsession that left me scorched by exquisite flames of desire and domination.Jack possessed me. He educated me. Loving him was the greatest pleasure I'd ever known..
  • Broken by Lies by Rebecca Shea

    Broken by Lies by Rebecca Shea

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I had no idea how much I would love Alex the day he walked into my life. He changed everything. The way I breathed. The way I thought. The way I loved. He brought me back to life. He gave me strength and a safe place to land. And then he broke me. Finding Emilia was a chance to do something good for once in my life. I wanted to change. She believed I was her savior...
  • Jahleel by S. Ann Cole

    Jahleel by S. Ann Cole

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here and here ******This book is about OBSESSION. The heroine is a tad loco. PLEASE read the sample before purchasing to determine if this book is for you.*********** A TRUE-ly fabricated story about Love & Obsession... I’m an idiot. I’m too stupid to be human. Too stupid to live. I lack common sense...
  • Hound by Measha Stone

    Hound by Measha Stone

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When he sees something he wants, Jackson Titon has always been like a hound on the hunt, and when he caught her scent he knew she had to be his.This little fox doesn't know what's coming for her, but he's going to get to her first.To keep her. To train her. To own her...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  dark  contemporary  suspense  length-medium  m-f
  • The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    The Ingénue by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Siren prequelEvents take place approximately six months before The Siren – stars Sheridan &...
  • Shhh... by M. Robinson

    Shhh... by M. Robinson

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Have you ever lied? Held secrets? Betrayed someone? I have. McKenzie and I were best friends, soul sisters. We shared everything…or so she thought. To everyone I was perfect and happy. No one knew the real me. That was until I saw him. Everything changed the second we laid eyes on each other. The world stopped moving and only we existed in it...
  • Dear Emily by Trudy Stiles

    Dear Emily by Trudy Stiles

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Adoption. Is it a choice you could make? For yourself? For your unborn child? Live this heart wrenching story with both Carly and Tabitha. Carly and her husband desperately want a child of their own, but are unable to make that dream their reality. Tabitha has been through unspeakable things and must make one of the most difficult decisions a scared and pregnant girl can make...
  • What I Would Do for You by W. Winters

    What I Would Do for You by W. Winters

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    USA Today best-selling author, Willow Winters, brings you an all-consuming, sizzling romance featuring an epic, anti-hero you won't soon forget.He enters the car accompanied by a chill from the evening wind and the car rocks gently, until he’s seated behind me and the door is shut...
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.