28 Books like Shallow River

Insatiable

by Leigh Rivers • 2023

Their daughter died. Two years later, a Tinder date puts her back in a hitman's car.

4.22

146k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🖤 Obsessed Hero 🔥 Possessive Hero

Insatiable 96%

Their daughter died. Two years later, a Tinder date puts her back in a hitman's car.

by Leigh Rivers 2023

4.22

146k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🖤 Obsessed Hero 🔥 Possessive Hero

Irreversible

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2025

Chained in adjacent cells, a captive model and vengeful detective fall in love through a wall.

4.07

14k+

🖤 Trauma Bond ⛓️ Captive Romance 💔 Damaged Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Love 🥀 Best Friend Betrayal

Irreversible 95%

Chained in adjacent cells, a captive model and vengeful detective fall in love through a wall.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2025

4.07

14k+ ratings

🖤 Trauma Bond ⛓️ Captive Romance 💔 Damaged Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Love 🥀 Best Friend Betrayal

Sole Survivor

by Candice Wright • 2024

No memory, a killer's lullaby, and two men pulling her between salvation and obsession.

4.21

2k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded Lovers ⚔️ Survivor To Avenger 👁️ Psychic Visions 🧠 Amnesia Thriller

Sole Survivor 95%

No memory, a killer's lullaby, and two men pulling her between salvation and obsession.

by Candice Wright 2024

4.21

2k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded Lovers ⚔️ Survivor To Avenger 👁️ Psychic Visions 🧠 Amnesia Thriller

The Lies We Steal

by Monty Jay • 2021

A scholarship thief refuses to run from the campus predator who claims her as his.

3.62

53k+

📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💀 Touch Her And Die

The Lies We Steal 94%

A scholarship thief refuses to run from the campus predator who claims her as his.

by Monty Jay 2021

3.62

53k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💀 Touch Her And Die

Toxic

by Nicole Blanchard • 2017

Her husband runs the prison. The inmate who sketches her strong needs her help to escape.

3.47

53k+

🖤 Captor Captive 💔 Trauma Bond 🩹 Abusive Marriage 🔪 Villain Love Interest 🎯 Contract Killer

Toxic 94%

Her husband runs the prison. The inmate who sketches her strong needs her help to escape.

by Nicole Blanchard 2017

3.47

53k+ ratings

🖤 Captor Captive 💔 Trauma Bond 🩹 Abusive Marriage 🔪 Villain Love Interest 🎯 Contract Killer

There Are No Saints

by Sophie Lark • 2021

To taunt his rival, a serial killer leaves a woman on his doorstep. The rival keeps her.

3.78

121k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 😈 Obsessive Antihero 💋 Enemies To Lovers 🎨 Art World Intrigue

There Are No Saints 94%

To taunt his rival, a serial killer leaves a woman on his doorstep. The rival keeps her.

by Sophie Lark 2021

3.78

121k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Romance 😈 Obsessive Antihero 💋 Enemies To Lovers 🎨 Art World Intrigue

The Risk

by S.T. Abby • 2016

She slaughters the men who attacked her. He's FBI. Their first date went perfectly.

4.25

389k+

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Revenge Quest

The Risk 94%

She slaughters the men who attacked her. He's FBI. Their first date went perfectly.

by S.T. Abby 2016

4.25

389k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔪 Revenge Quest

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 94%

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

Darkness of Mine

by Alexis Grace • 2025

She disappeared to protect four men from her killer half-brother. Now they've trapped her instead.

4.12

4k+

🌑 Trauma Recovery ❓ Why Choose Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🫂 Found Family

Darkness of Mine 94%

She disappeared to protect four men from her killer half-brother. Now they've trapped her instead.

by Alexis Grace 2025

4.12

4k+ ratings

🌑 Trauma Recovery ❓ Why Choose Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🫂 Found Family

With Ties that Bind Book Two

by Trisha Wolfe • 2016

To catch a trafficker, a suspended detective sends the woman he loves undercover as bait.

4.13

586

🖤 Crime Syndicate Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🚨 Human Trafficking 🩹 Traumatized Heroine 🎭 Villain Pov

With Ties that Bind Book Two 94%

To catch a trafficker, a suspended detective sends the woman he loves undercover as bait.

by Trisha Wolfe 2016

4.13

586 ratings

🖤 Crime Syndicate Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🚨 Human Trafficking 🩹 Traumatized Heroine 🎭 Villain Pov

Pretty Stolen Dolls

by Ker Dukey • 2016

A detective finds her captor's dolls at a murder scene. He still has her sister.

4.3

7k+

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 🔒 Captive Romance 🔍 Victim Turned Detective 💔 Trauma Bond 🌀 Twisted Obsession

Pretty Stolen Dolls 94%

A detective finds her captor's dolls at a murder scene. He still has her sister.

by Ker Dukey 2016

4.3

7k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 🔒 Captive Romance 🔍 Victim Turned Detective 💔 Trauma Bond 🌀 Twisted Obsession

Stay with Me

by Nicole Fiorina • 2019

At a reformatory, a numb girl and an intense boy collide, risking the only forbidden thing.

4.01

19k+

🩹 Trauma Healing 🖤 Damaged Hero 👥 Found Family 🏫 Institutional Setting 😶 Emotional Numbness

Stay with Me 94%

At a reformatory, a numb girl and an intense boy collide, risking the only forbidden thing.

by Nicole Fiorina 2019

4.01

19k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Healing 🖤 Damaged Hero 👥 Found Family 🏫 Institutional Setting 😶 Emotional Numbness

Born, Darkly

by Trisha Wolfe • 2017

A criminal psychologist falls into a dangerous game of seduction with her serial killer patient.

3.63

24k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 😈 Villain Love Interest ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🕷️ Dark Obsession 🔪 Morally Grey Heroine

Born, Darkly 94%

A criminal psychologist falls into a dangerous game of seduction with her serial killer patient.

by Trisha Wolfe 2017

3.63

24k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 😈 Villain Love Interest ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🕷️ Dark Obsession 🔪 Morally Grey Heroine

I Will Break You

by Gigi Styx • 2024

She jilted a mass murderer on execution day. His ghost now claims her every night.

4.03

18k+

🖤 Stalker Romance 🌀 Gaslighting 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Revenge Plot 🔗 Possessive Hero

I Will Break You 94%

She jilted a mass murderer on execution day. His ghost now claims her every night.

by Gigi Styx 2024

4.03

18k+ ratings

🖤 Stalker Romance 🌀 Gaslighting 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Revenge Plot 🔗 Possessive Hero

The Mercer Curse

by Pepper Winters

His wife's devotion holds back his darkness. A half-brother arrives, consumed by the same appetite.

4.23

905

🏰 Gothic Chateau 🩸 Cursed Bloodline ⛓️ Domestic BDSM 🖤 Willing Submission 🔪 Possessive Antihero

The Mercer Curse 94%

His wife's devotion holds back his darkness. A half-brother arrives, consumed by the same appetite.

by Pepper Winters

4.23

905 ratings

🏰 Gothic Chateau 🩸 Cursed Bloodline ⛓️ Domestic BDSM 🖤 Willing Submission 🔪 Possessive Antihero

Tough Sh*t

by Sheridan Anne • 2020

He's the cruel king of an all-boys school; she's the maid's daughter who refuses to kneel.

4.17

4k+

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Possessive Hero 🖇️ Trauma Bonding 💸 Rich Boy Poor Girl

Tough Sh*t 94%

He's the cruel king of an all-boys school; she's the maid's daughter who refuses to kneel.

by Sheridan Anne 2020

4.17

4k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Possessive Hero 🖇️ Trauma Bonding 💸 Rich Boy Poor Girl

Corpse Roads

by J. Rose • 2022

She escapes a killer's basement. Four broken men hunting him fall for his only living victim.

4.12

8k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🦋 Survivor Heroine 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller

Corpse Roads 94%

She escapes a killer's basement. Four broken men hunting him fall for his only living victim.

by J. Rose 2022

4.12

8k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🦋 Survivor Heroine 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller

Because of Her

by Jewel E. Ann • 2023

A letter drove her nephew to suicide. Revenge draws her to the dangerous stranger next door.

4.33

3k+

🗡️ Revenge Romance 🔪 Assassin Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Because of Her 94%

A letter drove her nephew to suicide. Revenge draws her to the dangerous stranger next door.

by Jewel E. Ann 2023

4.33

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Romance 🔪 Assassin Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Killing Sarai

by J.A. Redmerski • 2013

Nine years a cartel prisoner, she flees in a hitman's car, begging the killer for protection.

4.08

33k+

🎯 Hitman Hero ⛓️ Captivity Trauma 🏃 On The Run 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💀 Cartel Violence

Killing Sarai 94%

Nine years a cartel prisoner, she flees in a hitman's car, begging the killer for protection.

by J.A. Redmerski 2013

4.08

33k+ ratings

🎯 Hitman Hero ⛓️ Captivity Trauma 🏃 On The Run 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💀 Cartel Violence

Torment

by Dylan Page • 2021

Her outlaw stepbrother saved her life. Now his obsession is a cage she can never escape.

3.95

25k+

🏍️ Outlaw Biker Romance 🖤 Stepbrother Obsession 💔 Rival Club Romance 🔒 Obsessive Love ⛓️ Captive Romance

Torment 94%

Her outlaw stepbrother saved her life. Now his obsession is a cage she can never escape.

by Dylan Page 2021

3.95

25k+ ratings

🏍️ Outlaw Biker Romance 🖤 Stepbrother Obsession 💔 Rival Club Romance 🔒 Obsessive Love ⛓️ Captive Romance

Slash or Pass

by Tylor Paige • 2023

Two cult survivors reunite as lovers, but a killer stages ritual murders from their shared past.

3.68

11k+

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🖤 Trauma Bonded Lovers 🥀 Botanical Horror 🎬 Documentary Frame 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Slash or Pass 94%

Two cult survivors reunite as lovers, but a killer stages ritual murders from their shared past.

by Tylor Paige 2023

3.68

11k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🖤 Trauma Bonded Lovers 🥀 Botanical Horror 🎬 Documentary Frame 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Where's Molly

by H.D. Carlton • 2024

Feeding criminals to her pigs, she hides from her past until he returns for her.

4.15

153k+

🔪 Vigilante Justice 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 👭 Protective Older Sister 💔 Estranged Siblings 💕 Love After Trauma

Where's Molly 94%

Feeding criminals to her pigs, she hides from her past until he returns for her.

by H.D. Carlton 2024

4.15

153k+ ratings

🔪 Vigilante Justice 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 👭 Protective Older Sister 💔 Estranged Siblings 💕 Love After Trauma

Zero

by S.M. West • 2022

A woman's first date ends in murder. Her only hope? The hacker who heard her scream.

3.81

281

🌑 Dark Romantic Suspense 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🔪 Stalker To Lover 💔 Wounded Hero 💊 Addiction Recovery

Zero 94%

A woman's first date ends in murder. Her only hope? The hacker who heard her scream.

by S.M. West 2022

3.81

281 ratings

🌑 Dark Romantic Suspense 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🔪 Stalker To Lover 💔 Wounded Hero 💊 Addiction Recovery

The Love of My Next Life

by Brit Benson • 2022

Hating her best friend's brother was easy until their parents got engaged.

4.12

20k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Bad Boy 😩 High Angst

The Love of My Next Life 94%

Hating her best friend's brother was easy until their parents got engaged.

by Brit Benson 2022

4.12

20k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Bad Boy 😩 High Angst

Find Me

by Ashley N. Rostek • 2021

Four protective brothers. One scarred survivor. A killer who won't stop until she's dead.

4.30

43k+

🛡️ Witness Protection Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🌸 Scarred Heroine

Find Me 94%

Four protective brothers. One scarred survivor. A killer who won't stop until she's dead.

by Ashley N. Rostek 2021

4.30

43k+ ratings

🛡️ Witness Protection Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🏠 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🌸 Scarred Heroine

The Mindf*ck Series

by S.T. Abby • 2016

A woman avenging her family's killers falls in love with the FBI agent hunting her.

4.61

111k+

🎯 Vigilante Justice 💔 Rape Revenge 🔪 Heroine Is The Killer 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Mindf*ck Series 94%

A woman avenging her family's killers falls in love with the FBI agent hunting her.

by S.T. Abby 2016

4.61

111k+ ratings

🎯 Vigilante Justice 💔 Rape Revenge 🔪 Heroine Is The Killer 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity

I Dare You

by Shantel Tessier • 2018

When she witnesses a crime, the boy who runs the town makes her his next dare.

4.16

22k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Trauma Bonded Couple 🔪 Possessive Antihero 💀 Toxic Brotherhood 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

I Dare You 94%

When she witnesses a crime, the boy who runs the town makes her his next dare.

by Shantel Tessier 2018

4.16

22k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Trauma Bonded Couple 🔪 Possessive Antihero 💀 Toxic Brotherhood 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Nocturnes & Nightmares

by Keri Lake • 2019

An assassin rents a room from the woman a serial killer wants dead.

3.89

3k+

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 👀 Protective Stalker 👩‍👦 Single Mother Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Traumatized Hero

Nocturnes & Nightmares 94%

An assassin rents a room from the woman a serial killer wants dead.

by Keri Lake 2019

3.89

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 👀 Protective Stalker 👩‍👦 Single Mother Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Traumatized Hero

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