36 Books like Grave Matter

Hunting Pretty

by Sienna Blake • 2025

She wants the masked intruder in her room. He's been waiting for her to fight back.

3.95

3k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 🧠 Repressed Memories

Hunting Pretty 94%

She wants the masked intruder in her room. He's been waiting for her to fight back.

by Sienna Blake 2025

3.95

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 🧠 Repressed Memories

Lovely Bad Things

by Trisha Wolfe • 2022

A criminologist frees the madman she imprisoned to profile a ritual killer. His price: her.

3.65

26k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🏚️ New England Gothic 📖 Philosophical Horror

Lovely Bad Things 94%

A criminologist frees the madman she imprisoned to profile a ritual killer. His price: her.

by Trisha Wolfe 2022

3.65

26k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🏚️ New England Gothic 📖 Philosophical Horror

The Keyhole

by Gigi Styx • 2026

On a remote island, a fugitive nanny discovers the manor hides bodies and the master watches.

3.74

3k+

🏚️ Gothic Retelling 🖤 Dark Romance 🩸 Erotic Horror 👁️ Voyeurism 🎭 Masked Stalker

The Keyhole 94%

On a remote island, a fugitive nanny discovers the manor hides bodies and the master watches.

by Gigi Styx 2026

3.74

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Retelling 🖤 Dark Romance 🩸 Erotic Horror 👁️ Voyeurism 🎭 Masked Stalker

Nocticadia

by Keri Lake • 2023

A scholarship to a gothic island academy puts Lilia near a pathologist who can only feel her.

4.19

174k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 👻 Gothic Horror 🎓 Student Professor 🤚 Touch Starved 💔 Forbidden Romance

Nocticadia 94%

A scholarship to a gothic island academy puts Lilia near a pathologist who can only feel her.

by Keri Lake 2023

4.19

174k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 👻 Gothic Horror 🎓 Student Professor 🤚 Touch Starved 💔 Forbidden Romance

Enigma

by RuNyx • 2025

She hunts a killer. He paints death. At an elite university, their obsession is the real danger.

3.78

30k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🦅 Secret Society ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔍 Murder Investigation

Enigma 94%

She hunts a killer. He paints death. At an elite university, their obsession is the real danger.

by RuNyx 2025

3.78

30k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🦅 Secret Society ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔍 Murder Investigation

Grimstone

by Sophie Lark • 2023

Her inheritance: a rotting mansion and a neighbor who demands a dangerous price for the road home.

3.63

25k+

🖤 Dark Gothic Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 👻 Haunted Mansion 🏘️ Insular Small Town

Grimstone 94%

Her inheritance: a rotting mansion and a neighbor who demands a dangerous price for the road home.

by Sophie Lark 2023

3.63

25k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Gothic Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 👻 Haunted Mansion 🏘️ Insular Small Town

El color rojo

by M. Moon • 2025

Red apples appear in her apartment. Her stalker craves her terror and her surrender.

3.61

674

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker To Lover ⛓️ Power Exchange 💔 Shared Trauma Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

El color rojo 94%

Red apples appear in her apartment. Her stalker craves her terror and her surrender.

by M. Moon 2025

3.61

674 ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker To Lover ⛓️ Power Exchange 💔 Shared Trauma Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Her Saint

by Harmony West • 2024

Her favorite author worships her from the back row of her class. Then he kills for her.

3.98

13k+

🖤 Dark Academia 👁️ Stalker Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Secret Identity 📚 Professor Student

Her Saint 94%

Her favorite author worships her from the back row of her class. Then he kills for her.

by Harmony West 2024

3.98

13k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 👁️ Stalker Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Secret Identity 📚 Professor Student

Gothikana

by RuNyx • 2021

At a castle of vanishings, an outcast meets the teacher hunting for her since childhood.

3.74

123k+

🖤 Gothic Romance 📚 Dark Academia 💫 Fated Mates 🎓 Teacher Student 🔥 Obsessive Love

Gothikana 93%

At a castle of vanishings, an outcast meets the teacher hunting for her since childhood.

by RuNyx 2021

3.74

123k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 📚 Dark Academia 💫 Fated Mates 🎓 Teacher Student 🔥 Obsessive Love

An Academy for Liars

by Alexis Henderson • 2024

A broken woman follows a mysterious call into a hidden college where altering reality costs blood.

3.43

28k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Occult College ⚠️ Dangerous Mentor 💔 Rivals To Lovers 🧠 Psychic Manipulation

An Academy for Liars 93%

A broken woman follows a mysterious call into a hidden college where altering reality costs blood.

by Alexis Henderson 2024

3.43

28k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Occult College ⚠️ Dangerous Mentor 💔 Rivals To Lovers 🧠 Psychic Manipulation

Riot House

by Callie Hart • 2020

Sent to a gothic boarding school, a wounded girl becomes the obsession of its most dangerous boy.

3.84

28k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Riot House 93%

Sent to a gothic boarding school, a wounded girl becomes the obsession of its most dangerous boy.

by Callie Hart 2020

3.84

28k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Creeping Beautiful

by J.A. Huss • 2020

Three men trained her, loved her, and broke her mind. Now she's back to learn why.

4.10

2k+

🧩 Psychological Suspense 💕 Why Choose 🧠 Mind Control 💭 Memory Loss 💔 Auctioned Heroine

Creeping Beautiful 93%

Three men trained her, loved her, and broke her mind. Now she's back to learn why.

by J.A. Huss 2020

4.10

2k+ ratings

🧩 Psychological Suspense 💕 Why Choose 🧠 Mind Control 💭 Memory Loss 💔 Auctioned Heroine

The Silver Swan

by Amo Jones • 2017

Her new prep school is a hunting ground, and a secret society has marked her.

3.82

27k+

🕯️ Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👤 Stepbrother Romance 🖤 Possessive Antihero 🏫 Dark Boarding School

The Silver Swan 93%

Her new prep school is a hunting ground, and a secret society has marked her.

by Amo Jones 2017

3.82

27k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👤 Stepbrother Romance 🖤 Possessive Antihero 🏫 Dark Boarding School

Prey Drive

by Jen Stevens • 2023

Her secluded cottage came with a secret: the owner is a killer who watches her sleep.

3.79

4k+

👁️ Stalker Romance 🐺 Predator Prey Dynamic 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚔️ Vigilante Justice 🌌 Alternate Realities

Prey Drive 93%

Her secluded cottage came with a secret: the owner is a killer who watches her sleep.

by Jen Stevens 2023

3.79

4k+ ratings

👁️ Stalker Romance 🐺 Predator Prey Dynamic 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚔️ Vigilante Justice 🌌 Alternate Realities

Nightshade

by Autumn Woods • 2025

At a gothic university, she hunts her parents' killer and falls for his son.

4.08

69k+

🏛️ Dark Academia ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Gothic University 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Tortured Hero

Nightshade 93%

At a gothic university, she hunts her parents' killer and falls for his son.

by Autumn Woods 2025

4.08

69k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Gothic University 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Tortured Hero

Phantom

by H.D. Carlton • 2025

A scarred mafia killer watches a housewife through her window. She leaves the door unlocked.

3.91

63k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🎭 Phantom Retelling 🏚️ Gothic Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Phantom 93%

A scarred mafia killer watches a housewife through her window. She leaves the door unlocked.

by H.D. Carlton 2025

3.91

63k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🎭 Phantom Retelling 🏚️ Gothic Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Phobia

by Keri Lake

Stolen by a secret society, a water-phobic girl is saved by the blade-wielding teacher she craves.

3.17

6k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🎓 Student-Teacher Romance 🖤 Tortured Hero 🏫 Boarding School

Phobia 93%

Stolen by a secret society, a water-phobic girl is saved by the blade-wielding teacher she craves.

by Keri Lake

3.17

6k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 🎓 Student-Teacher Romance 🖤 Tortured Hero 🏫 Boarding School

The Isle of Sin and Shadows

by Keri Lake • 2021

On a haunted bayou island, a damaged woman becomes the target of a deadly cartel enforcer.

4.07

10k+

🥀 Southern Gothic 🏚️ Gothic Romance 🕯️ Cult Horror ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Trauma Bonding

The Isle of Sin and Shadows 93%

On a haunted bayou island, a damaged woman becomes the target of a deadly cartel enforcer.

by Keri Lake 2021

4.07

10k+ ratings

🥀 Southern Gothic 🏚️ Gothic Romance 🕯️ Cult Horror ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Trauma Bonding

Depravity

by Ellie Sanders • 2025

In a secret society where women are property, one lord's obsession will destroy everything she is.

3.35

1k+

🕯️ Secret Society 💍 Forced Marriage 🔗 Captive Romance 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 🩸 Erotic Horror

Depravity 93%

In a secret society where women are property, one lord's obsession will destroy everything she is.

by Ellie Sanders 2025

3.35

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Society 💍 Forced Marriage 🔗 Captive Romance 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 🩸 Erotic Horror

Lords of Pain

by Angel Lawson • 2021

To escape a stalker, she becomes the property of three ruthless fraternity lords for a year.

4.00

49k+

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 😈 Bully Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 👥 Why Choose 🏛️ Secret Society

Lords of Pain 93%

To escape a stalker, she becomes the property of three ruthless fraternity lords for a year.

by Angel Lawson 2021

4.00

49k+ ratings

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 😈 Bully Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 👥 Why Choose 🏛️ Secret Society

God of Malice

by Rina Kent • 2022

A psychopath saves a grieving artist from a cliff and demands her complete submission as payment.

3.91

281k+

🖤 Dark College Romance 🔪 Psychopath Hero 🃏 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎀 Virgin Heroine

God of Malice 93%

A psychopath saves a grieving artist from a cliff and demands her complete submission as payment.

by Rina Kent 2022

3.91

281k+ ratings

🖤 Dark College Romance 🔪 Psychopath Hero 🃏 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎀 Virgin Heroine

Promises and Pomegranates

by Sav R. Miller • 2021

The family doctor butchers her groom and forces the mafia princess to marry him instead.

3.50

76k+

🔪 Mafia Romance 🍂 Persephone Retelling 🔒 Captive Romance 💒 Forced Marriage 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Promises and Pomegranates 93%

The family doctor butchers her groom and forces the mafia princess to marry him instead.

by Sav R. Miller 2021

3.50

76k+ ratings

🔪 Mafia Romance 🍂 Persephone Retelling 🔒 Captive Romance 💒 Forced Marriage 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Vicious Secret

by Morgan Bridges • 2024

She was his obsession long before the secret order demanded he hunt her.

4.05

11k+

🖤 Dark College Romance 🕯️ Secret Society 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🏃‍♀️ Hunted Bride 🔗 Forced Proximity

Vicious Secret 93%

She was his obsession long before the secret order demanded he hunt her.

by Morgan Bridges 2024

4.05

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark College Romance 🕯️ Secret Society 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🏃‍♀️ Hunted Bride 🔗 Forced Proximity

Slay Less

by Tylor Paige • 2024

At a snowbound writer's retreat, the masked killer in the halls shares a bed with her.

3.88

2k+

🏨 Haunted Hotel 💔 Stepbrother Romance 🖤 Erotic Horror ❄️ Snowbound Isolation 🎭 Self Aware Horror

Slay Less 93%

At a snowbound writer's retreat, the masked killer in the halls shares a bed with her.

by Tylor Paige 2024

3.88

2k+ ratings

🏨 Haunted Hotel 💔 Stepbrother Romance 🖤 Erotic Horror ❄️ Snowbound Isolation 🎭 Self Aware Horror

Commit

by Candice Wright • 2024

A homeless girl takes refuge with her stepmother's ex, a hitman whose protection is possession.

4.15

717

🖤 Dark Romance 🏚️ Modern Gothic ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Possessive Hero

Commit 93%

A homeless girl takes refuge with her stepmother's ex, a hitman whose protection is possession.

by Candice Wright 2024

4.15

717 ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🏚️ Modern Gothic ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🗡️ Possessive Hero

Catching Pretty

by Sienna Blake • 2025

Held captive in a crumbling mansion, she belongs to a man who calls her suffering salvation.

4.18

2k+

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌧️ Damaged Heroine 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

Catching Pretty 93%

Held captive in a crumbling mansion, she belongs to a man who calls her suffering salvation.

by Sienna Blake 2025

4.18

2k+ ratings

🖤 Captor Captive Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌧️ Damaged Heroine 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

Til Def

by Jodie King

Inside a crumbling asylum, a grieving therapist and a killer patient give in to mutual obsession.

3.99

3k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Bonded 🏚️ Gothic Asylum 🔪 Erotic Horror

Til Def 93%

Inside a crumbling asylum, a grieving therapist and a killer patient give in to mutual obsession.

by Jodie King

3.99

3k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Bonded 🏚️ Gothic Asylum 🔪 Erotic Horror

Master of Salt & Bones

by Keri Lake • 2020

She takes a job at a cursed seaside castle and collides with its scarred, magnetic master.

3.90

40k+

🖤 Gothic Seaside ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 💫 Age Gap

Master of Salt & Bones 92%

She takes a job at a cursed seaside castle and collides with its scarred, magnetic master.

by Keri Lake 2020

3.90

40k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Seaside ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 💫 Age Gap

Church

by K.G. Reuss • 2022

At a gothic asylum, four dangerous boys compete for the mute new girl's scream.

4.31

12k+

🖤 Dark Reverse Harem 🏚️ Gothic Asylum 🤫 Mute Heroine 💔 Trauma Bonding 😈 Obsessive Antiheroes

Church 92%

At a gothic asylum, four dangerous boys compete for the mute new girl's scream.

by K.G. Reuss 2022

4.31

12k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Reverse Harem 🏚️ Gothic Asylum 🤫 Mute Heroine 💔 Trauma Bonding 😈 Obsessive Antiheroes

Back In the Shadows

by J.A. Owenby • 2025

Her husband has a killer alter. A madman cages her, forcing both halves to hunt.

4.11

3k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Dissociative Identity 🗡️ Possessive Antihero ⛓️ Captivity Romance

Back In the Shadows 92%

Her husband has a killer alter. A madman cages her, forcing both halves to hunt.

by J.A. Owenby 2025

4.11

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Dissociative Identity 🗡️ Possessive Antihero ⛓️ Captivity Romance

Sutton Asylum

by Kinsley Kincaid • 2023

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

3.21

2k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond 💘 Obsessive Love 👥 Twisted Family

Sutton Asylum 92%

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

by Kinsley Kincaid 2023

3.21

2k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond 💘 Obsessive Love 👥 Twisted Family

The Danger in the Damage

by J.A. Huss • 2025

Her handler orders her to seduce a soldier, then watches as the performance turns dangerously real.

4.34

156

🎭 Handler Asset Dynamic 🧠 Mind Control Thriller 💔 Trauma Bonding 🖤 Dark Erotic Suspense ⚔️ Weaponized Childhood

The Danger in the Damage 92%

Her handler orders her to seduce a soldier, then watches as the performance turns dangerously real.

by J.A. Huss 2025

4.34

156 ratings

🎭 Handler Asset Dynamic 🧠 Mind Control Thriller 💔 Trauma Bonding 🖤 Dark Erotic Suspense ⚔️ Weaponized Childhood

Made in Malice

by Albany Walker • 2023

A guarded outsider inherits a gothic island legacy and the dangerous obsession of the enemy heir.

4.15

4k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🌫️ Modern Gothic 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

Made in Malice 92%

A guarded outsider inherits a gothic island legacy and the dangerous obsession of the enemy heir.

by Albany Walker 2023

4.15

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🌫️ Modern Gothic 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

My Dreadful Darling

by H.D. Carlton • 2026

He promised to destroy the serial killer's daughter. But some obsessions cut both ways.

4.39

16k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Serial Killer's Daughter 🖤 Revenge To Love 🌑 Gothic Romance

My Dreadful Darling 92%

He promised to destroy the serial killer's daughter. But some obsessions cut both ways.

by H.D. Carlton 2026

4.39

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Serial Killer's Daughter 🖤 Revenge To Love 🌑 Gothic Romance

Dear Reader

by Tate James • 2025

Her stepbrother abducts her into a secret society where survival means trusting three dangerous men.

4.27

38k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Stepbrother Romance 👥 Why Choose

Dear Reader 92%

Her stepbrother abducts her into a secret society where survival means trusting three dangerous men.

by Tate James 2025

4.27

38k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Stepbrother Romance 👥 Why Choose

Loving the Reaper

by Lola King • 2025

A woman and her possessive best friend are bound to a secret society that demands blood.

4.07

8k+

🕯️ Secret Society 💛 Friends To Lovers 🔒 Possessive Hero 💀 Touch Her And Die 🖤 Broken Hero

Loving the Reaper 92%

A woman and her possessive best friend are bound to a secret society that demands blood.

by Lola King 2025

4.07

8k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Society 💛 Friends To Lovers 🔒 Possessive Hero 💀 Touch Her And Die 🖤 Broken Hero

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