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  • Killing Stalking 5 by Koogi

    Killing Stalking 5 by Koogi

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    CAUGHT BETWEEN PLEASURE AND PANICAfter their trip to the police station and an intimate night together, Sangwoo decides he wants to know more about Bum. Their ensuing conversation leads to a trip to the amusement park and a night of drinking and sex. This new phase of their warped relationship teeters between thrilling and unnerving, leaving Bum overjoyed one moment and panicked the next...
    Categorized as:
    horror  suspense  dark  queer  abuse  length-medium
  • Vicious Hate by Thandiwe Mpofu

    Vicious Hate by Thandiwe Mpofu

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Devastation tastes a lot like ash in your mouth. It feels like looming death hanging over your bones. It sounds like the violent shattering of your soul. It has an acrid smell much like that of rotting hearts. . . But most of all, devastation looks a lot like the beautiful, fiery girl with her fake sincerity and lies...
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  • Obsession by T.K. Leigh

    Obsession by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One week. No names. No expectations.That was our agreement. We were supposed to walk away after our time in Hawaii was over. No matter what.That was before…Before I learned who she is.Before I realized how interconnected our lives are.Before I fell in love.But our love isn’t the stuff fairy tales are made of.Demons lurk around every corner.Good doesn’t necessarily prevail over evil...
  • No Promises, No Lies  by A.J. Wilding

    No Promises, No Lies by A.J. Wilding

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    I took her to get revenge, but now I want so much more. Rory Kostalova was never part of the plan. Kidnapping the Russian mafia princess was a move for control, a way to gain the upper hand in a brutal war. She was meant to break, to bend to my will like everyone else.But Rory is different—strong, fiery, untouchable...
  • Reckless Fate by Kate Crew

    Reckless Fate by Kate Crew

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Daisy WellsI never planned to kiss Kye that night, but with him being the only one not scared of my ex, it became my only chance to get back at him. But now, I’m pretending to be the girlfriend of the town troublemaker while trying to not let that be known to my father...
  • A Dark Mind by T.R. Ragan

    A Dark Mind by T.R. Ragan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A serial killer is terrorizing Sacramento, preying on happily married couples and unleashing unspeakable cruelties upon his victims. The ordeal rekindles disturbing memories for private investigator Lizzy Gardner, who barely escaped a serial killer clutches only years ago...
  • One Fear by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    One Fear by Belle Brooks, Karen Harper

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “My one fear is now my reality.” He didn’t offer his name when he fulfilled his need to include me as a player in his game. I’m number thirteen. Just a number given to the bitches who wronged him. I was blindsided. Stolen from my life. In his devilled eyes, I have a debt to pay…he wants my final breath to see us even...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  horror  dark  length-novella
  • Play With Me by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Play With Me by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Plenty of people make jokes about what they would do if a serial killer made them their target, but how many of them would beg for their lives if faced with the inevitability of death? How many would be triggered into a trauma response out of basic instinct? None of them understand true pain until all their tears have dried up and the numbness takes over...
  • The Last Party by A.R. Torre

    The Last Party by A.R. Torre

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    A loving mother. A notorious murderer. They both have reasons to hide their secrets in a novel of escalating shock and suspense by New York Times bestselling author A. R. Torre.Perla Wultz lives with her husband, Grant, and their precious daughter, Sophie, in a gated Pasadena community. Affluent, sociable, and accomplished, Perla plays the part of loving wife and mother to perfection...
  • Master of Games by Sienna Snow

    Master of Games by Sienna Snow

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He was my obsession. Haunting my dreams, reminding me of my past. He was the one whose heart I destroyed. Pierce Lykaios was everything I could want: captivating, cunning, and controlled. He understood my darkest desires and took pleasure in feeding my every craving. And when I walked back into his world, it was my fault for letting the first touch lead to a second. And a third...
  • Beautiful Prey by Lora Darc

    Beautiful Prey by Lora Darc

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Emery Blakmor is a monster.One night. One savage act. And he ripped my life away.Years later, I’m still running from him in my nightmares.Except, Emery’s not lurking in the shadows anymore. He’s locked away, staring at the same four walls. Silent. Lethal. Unpredictable.And the only person he wants to talk to... is me.I swore I’d never forget what he did. I vowed to make him pay...
  • No Way Back by Santana Knox

    No Way Back by Santana Knox

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    THERE’S NO WAY BACK FROM WHAT WE’VE BECOME. There is no way back. There is no way. No way back. Not from what we’ve become; Bloodthirsty, vengeful, vile. Some women strive to make their men better, I VOW TO MAKE HIM WORSE. With each life we take, we fall deeper into our own sinister desires. We were never looking for a way out, but in this prison? There is no way back from what we’ve become...
  • Pucking Possessive: A Dark-ish College Romance by London Snow

    Pucking Possessive: A Dark-ish College Romance by London Snow

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Callum Grey has been obsessed with Lilac Fairbanks for as long as he can remember. She’s the one girl he can’t have because she's his best friend’s little sister, but he’ll do anything to keep her safe. His bad-boy reputation is meant to deceive everyone, because he’s been protecting her in secret all along...
  • MasterMind by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini

    MasterMind by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    MasterMind is a STANDALONE, but it's suggested that you read Mad Girl (The Chronicles of Anna Monroe) and Never Far if you wish to connect more with the characters. Being a victim was something Anna Monroe knew all too well. When three girls go missing, she’s pulled back into the haunting memories of her past. Not just as a captive to a serial killer…but as a killer, herself...
    Categorized as:
    horror  suspense  dark  abuse  rape  length-medium
  • Scorched by Yolanda Olson, Jennifer Bene

    Scorched by Yolanda Olson, Jennifer Bene

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    One father. Two brothers.But there can only be one perfect son.Luke. Pater. Dad. The man left behind more than just a legacy when he died, and ten years is a long time to be without a guiding hand. I’ve done my best, tried to follow the rules my father bestowed on me when I was young, and now I have to fulfill a promise.I have to bring Cleo home...
  • Vicious Prince by Sienna Snow

    Vicious Prince by Sienna Snow

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I'm not a good man.I'm the darkness, the danger, the enforcer behind the empire.No one sees me unless I want them to.Then one day, she found me, showing me a life beyond the shadows of the streets. Until one wrong turn and our fairytale shattered, leaving me back in darkness. In a place I can only reach her by destroying her world.So, I wait.But waiting isn't something she is willing to do...
  • Pleasure & Prey: vol. 1 by A.J. Merlin

    Pleasure & Prey: vol. 1 by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    DepravedThere’s nothing out there.That’s what I keep telling myself while I walk back from a campfire to my isolated cabin.BrutalNothing bad happens at summer camp.That’s what my fellow camp counselors have convinced me of when the nights around the lake get a little eerie.ViciousOne, two, he’s coming for you...
  • Wicked Little Words by Stevie J. Cole

    Wicked Little Words by Stevie J. Cole

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Edwin Allen Mercer I want them all to read my words. And they do. Every last blood-stained sentence, they've read and praised me for. They love the gore and violence, the realness. And I get a sense of power with it all because I know a secret: the victims in my books—they’re real and have all died on my table. And maybe that’s why the last book had such awful reviews...
  • Pocketful of Sand by M. Leighton

    Pocketful of Sand by M. Leighton

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    “She’s beauty for my ashes. And I’m hope for her heartache.”—Cole Danzer. I don’t know what makes a great love story...
  • Dead Lift by Kris Butler

    Dead Lift by Kris Butler

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    I’d worked hard to escape the penalty box life had placed me in.I started somewhere new, giving Reese and myself a clean slate. I found a job I loved and met three guys who made me feel alive.I should’ve been prepared for life to smack me upside the head again, but in my defense, I’d been a little distracted by my hot roommates and trying to win games...
  • Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters

    Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the nightmarish confines of the Puppet Master's Playhouse, a place of unrelenting horror, I am a prisoner, haunted by unspeakable childhood torments. This house, under the control of the Puppet Master, a sadistic architect of suffering, subjects me to a relentless barrage of psychological and physical trials, echoing the darkness of my past...
    Categorized as:
    horror  suspense  dark  captive  insta-love  length-medium
  • Puck Prince by Mariah Wolfe

    Puck Prince by Mariah Wolfe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Do you think I can't hear you?" he drawls.Oh, God. I just got caught mid-O......by the hot neighbor next door.This wasn't exactly how I planned to make new friends in Houston.Getting locked out on the balcony sans pants right afterward?Even worse.But I was stuck and had no one else to ask.And my hot neighbor was more than willing to assist."If you need a helping hand, princess..
  • Puck Princess by Mariah Wolfe

    Puck Princess by Mariah Wolfe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Owen would destroy anyone who hurt me.Which is why I can't tell him the team's new rookie did exactly that.Life should be perfect.I'm engaged to Owen Sharpe.We're having a baby.And my career is finally back on track.But there's one The rookie player everyone's calling the future of the Houston Scythes?He's the man who destroyed my life once before.And now, his father is buying the team...
  • throw up your fists, throw out your wits by Youcouldmakealife, Imogenedisease

    throw up your fists, throw out your wits by Youcouldmakealife, Imogenedisease

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Luke doesn’t think he’s ever looked better than he does, right then, bleeding from wounds Luke gave him...
  • The Good Green Earth by V.L. Locey

    The Good Green Earth by V.L. Locey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After the Syracuse Stallions clinch the championship, Nathan Zinkan, the renowned wild man of the AHL is arrested for a DUI. Again. When a no-nonsense judge adds a heavy dose of community service to an already stiff sentence, Nathan has to forget a summer of partying and slide on a pair of gardening gloves...
  • You Should've Kept Driving by M.A. Savino, Frina Art

    You Should've Kept Driving by M.A. Savino, Frina Art

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When brothers Griffin and Benny spot a beautiful woman stranded on the roadside, they can't believe their luck.Finding victims for their lucrative human trafficking business isn't usually this easy.But she's no ordinary woman and attempting to break her will cost them more than they could have ever imagined.Benny wants to get rid of her.Griffin wants to keep her.She has plans for them both...
    Categorized as:
    horror  suspense  dark  abuse  death
  • The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden

    The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 98 ratings
    She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She’s seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect...
  • Filthy Puck by L. Ann, Claire Marta

    Filthy Puck by L. Ann, Claire Marta

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    LIFE WAS GOOD UNTIL SHE SHOWED UP AND TOOK WHAT WAS MINEBailey Linnett Thief, Liar, StunningShe thought this was a gameTaking things that didn't belong to herMaking me feel things I shouldn't—not for someone like her.Rush CarterConfused, Angry, LostI never meant to hurt himI only wanted to ease his painHe sees my presence as a betrayal—an act of war...
  • Salvation and Secrets by L.A. Cotton

    Salvation and Secrets by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This is an alternate title/cover edition for B00VATFM3A Chastity Falls was supposed to be Ana Parry’s fresh start. But what started as her salvation soon became her undoing.Four months after losing the very thing that gave her reason again, Ana is back at Chastity Falls...
    Categorized as:
    sports  suspense  new adult  dark  abuse  mafia  length-medium
  • Drowning: An Angsty Standalone by Marni Mann, Gia Riley

    Drowning: An Angsty Standalone by Marni Mann, Gia Riley

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Clay ran from his family, his career. From every dream he ever had. He ran until he crashed. Andi escaped the screams, the fists. The pain that knocked her down. She ran until she was thrown. Brought together by a world of darkness and deceit, all they have is each other. Freedom is what they want. Though it comes with a price. Because the second they stop running, they'll drown...
  • Melodic Madness by Natalie Bennett

    Melodic Madness by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    There’s a method in his madness. Alaric is as brilliant as he is beautiful, and twice as deadly. He’s been watching me. Studying me. He’d planned to keep me long before I arrived on his doorstep. His chaotic world is now the prison I’m forced to call home. A place where nightmares and reality are indistinguishable...
  • Breaking The Ice by Esme Taylor

    Breaking The Ice by Esme Taylor

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hettie⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I love a happy ever after, but I know I will not get one.Romance is for other people and I’m just a supporting extra.I made a pact with myself to avoid the opposite sex at all costs. I won’t let my heart be broken again.It was working fine until I met him.The Viking...
  • Lincoln Hospital by Cassia Brightmore, Eric Battershell

    Lincoln Hospital by Cassia Brightmore, Eric Battershell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On the twenty-third day—he hunts, bringing the scum of the earth to justice; his justice. Ending up as a patient on Dr. O’Reilly’s table could either save your life or end it in the most horrific way. New York City. The infamous city that never sleeps; the place where dreams either shine brightly or shatter into razor sharp pieces of metal. For Dr...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  horror  dark  length-novella
  • Come Morning Light by Charlotte Dae

    Come Morning Light by Charlotte Dae

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's only one night.A night in which I am to surrender my inhibitions and compete in a grand tournament with the rest of the wedding party.Described by the bride and groom as a series of games that will award one winning pair the "ultimate prize," the event is mysterious, to say the least. And I'm tied up in knots about it...
  • Opaque Melodies by Natalie Bennett

    Opaque Melodies by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Alaric Schuyler.Enigmatic, cocky, and my new brother-in-law.He had cerulean blue eyes and a smile so beautifully devious it could entice the devil to do his bidding.We were never supposed to happen.One night changed everything, tying him and me together in a sordid twist of fate, trapping me in his dark, chaotic world.The lucid dreams and sick fantasies followed...
  • Because of Him by Terri E. Laine

    Because of Him by Terri E. Laine

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Terri E. Laine, comes a new standalone contemporary romance novel A love story born out of chaos. Where light and dark both meet. Every story demands to be told. This is mine. I crave normal with a fierce passion that makes absolutely no sense. The sheltered life I've lived doesn't even begin to cover it. Fear was taught. Fear was learned...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  sports  new adult  dark  abuse  college  contemporary  angst
  • In a Dark Wood by Josh Lanyon

    In a Dark Wood by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In a dark, dark wood there was a dark, dark house...Camping in the Jersey Pine Barrens may literally turn out to be a first date from hell for travel writer Tim and the cute cop who persuades him to revisit a past that Tim has done his best to forget...
  • The Hitman's Possession by Tia Lewis, Ivy Dark

    The Hitman's Possession by Tia Lewis, Ivy Dark

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm a hard, ruthless, and brutal killer… but I'm not letting her go. I'm the most feared man in South Boston. I've earned that title and the nickname "The Animal." Women may think it’s because I'm wild in bed , and one night with me and they’d f*cking know it. But there’s a darker reason for my reputation... I think nothing about ending a life. Feelings are a luxury I can’t afford...
  • Obedience by Liza Snow

    Obedience by Liza Snow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    CassandraGrowing up, I was mesmerized by a man soaring the skies.The greatest silk aerialist in the world, Chandler Moreau.The day before my parents died, they took me to see his circus, and it was then I knew my fate was sealed.I would do everything in my power to perform with them one day.To perform with him.Little did I realize, he would be far more than I’d ever imagined him being...
  • Redeeming the Villain by Pru Schuyler

    Redeeming the Villain by Pru Schuyler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alora Briarwood is impeccably good at faking a smile. She’s been doing it her entire life as a politician’s daughter. But after taking a year off after high school and gaining the confidence to make her own decisions, she’s finally ready to focus on her music at Happily Ever After University with her service dog, Sunny, at her side...
  • Whispers in the Dark  (Dark Romance) by LeTeisha Newton, Laura Hidalgo

    Whispers in the Dark (Dark Romance) by LeTeisha Newton, Laura Hidalgo

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    We were bred in darkness. How else would we come to love? I was captured ... That's just the beginning of my tale. I've survived Purgatory, abuse, and near death. In that abandoned farmhouse I nearly lost everything, but Jacob saved me. We were trapped in this hell together, giving each other the strength to hold on. I fell into darkness with my captor's son. Until I left him behind...
  • Incendiary by Yolanda Olson

    Incendiary by Yolanda Olson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    We both know that I’ve done my best to be a good father to these children.Sometimes, I felt like I had done right by them, but all I’ve ever had are disappointments.I’m going to give myself one more chance to get this right now that Darby is out of the way.Maybe they’ll listen, but I doubt it. It still doesn't change how I feel a family should be run...
  • Heaven by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews

    Heaven by V.C. Andrews, The Real Virginia Andrews

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Of all the folks in the mountain shacks, the Casteels were the lowest -- the scum of the hills. Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes and dirty face...despite a father meaner than ten vipers...despite her weary stepmother, who worked her like a mule. For her brother Tom and the little ones, Heaven clung to her pride and her hopes...
  • Embers by Yolanda Olson

    Embers by Yolanda Olson

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Embers is not a standalone.It is highly advised to read Inferno, Cinere, and Sparks first.I swore to myself that I would never love you.I promised my children that they wouldn’t suffer for my sins.But it’s so hard, Daddy.It’s hard to not love the man that gave me life. It’s hard to not love the man that’s taken care of me the only way he knows how...
    Categorized as:
    horror  suspense  dark  abuse  rape  age difference  incest  breeding
  • Fighting for Us by Taylor McNiff

    Fighting for Us by Taylor McNiff

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "She's my breath of fresh air. I won't stop fighting for her. Fighting for us. I can't." - Caden LarsonAt the end of Fighting For Air, the fragile life Aubrey Pierce was starting to build fell apart. Unsure of what's true and what's a well spun lie, Aubrey beings shutting down and pushing everyone away...
  • The Good Husband by Lucian Bane

    The Good Husband by Lucian Bane

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ben was a loving husband until his life and death operation brought sadistic psychological scars. Ben is facing two tragedies. First, he's going to die soon. Next, he's just learned his wife has been lonely in their marriage he thought was perfect.Ben is told about a dangerous surgery that could save his life but it would mean getting an entire head transplant...
  • Beautiful Obsession by A.K. Koonce, Jade Hernandez

    Beautiful Obsession by A.K. Koonce, Jade Hernandez

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Rowan Stone is a total puck-up. A hockey reject is what they call him. He’s a man so violent he was thrown off the team during the first minutes of the first game.Because of me. At least that’s what everyone at Greystone University is saying anyway.But I refuse to believe that. No one ever notices the curvy girl. The quiet girl...
  • Slasherazzi by Daniel A. Kaine

    Slasherazzi by Daniel A. Kaine

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Recently promoted to Detective, Alex is out to prove himself and the Slasherazzi case is the perfect opportunity. Mutilated corpses are showing up across Tampa, and when the team discovers the newest victim was tortured alive, Alex becomes more determined than ever to stop the crazed serial killer before the horrific stabbings escalate further...
  • Dear Captor by Liz Lovelock

    Dear Captor by Liz Lovelock

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Never did I imagine I'd be the victim of a serial killer.Waking up in a blood stained cell wasn't how my first date with the sexy Detective Roman Blackwood was meant to turn out.My captor lives to inflict pain. He tells me the girls who came before me are no more, then makes me a promise. I'm next...
  • Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger prequel) by V.C. Andrews, Andrew Neiderman

    Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger prequel) by V.C. Andrews, Andrew Neiderman

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Before terror flowered in the attic there was a young girl. An innocent, hopeful girl... When young Olivia arrives at Foxworth Hall, she thinks her marriage to handsome Malcolm will bring the joy she has longed for...
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