Dark
The shadowy realm of psychological manipulation and covert influence beckons those seeking to understand humanity's hidden depths. Here you'll find revealing guides to dark persuasion techniques alongside gripping tales of power, control, and psychological warfare.
Dark Book Summaries
Forced Bonds
Footage shows her friend a murderer with lifeless eyes, but Oli's bond insists it's mind control.
Romance
Fantasy
Paranormal Romance
Reverse Harem
New Adult
Forced Bonds
Footage shows her friend a murderer with lifeless eyes, but Oli's bond insists it's mind control.
Romance
Fantasy
Paranormal Romance
Reverse Harem
New Adult
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Horror
Suspense
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Horror
Suspense
Bully
Her best friend became her bully. After a year in France, she's back, fearless and done running.
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Young Adult
Bully
Her best friend became her bully. After a year in France, she's back, fearless and done running.
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Young Adult
Perfume
A scentless man with a perfect nose will kill to distill beauty itself into a bottle.
Classics
Historical Fiction
Horror
Literary Fiction
Thriller
Perfume
A scentless man with a perfect nose will kill to distill beauty itself into a bottle.
Classics
Historical Fiction
Horror
Literary Fiction
Thriller
Skin of a Sinner
Her foster family is slaughtered, and the boy who once protected her is the one holding the knife.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Erotic Romance
Suspense
Skin of a Sinner
Her foster family is slaughtered, and the boy who once protected her is the one holding the knife.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Erotic Romance
Suspense
The Scorch Trials
After the Maze, Thomas must cross a desert in two weeks before the Flare kills him.
Young Adult
Dystopian
Science Fiction
Post Apocalyptic
Thriller
The Scorch Trials
After the Maze, Thomas must cross a desert in two weeks before the Flare kills him.
Young Adult
Dystopian
Science Fiction
Post Apocalyptic
Thriller
Hidden Bodies
Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.
Thriller
Crime
Suspense
Dark
Contemporary
Hidden Bodies
Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.
Thriller
Crime
Suspense
Dark
Contemporary
Notes from Underground
A retired clerk in St. Petersburg pens a furious confession: his mind has made action impossible.
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Literary Fiction
Russia
Notes from Underground
A retired clerk in St. Petersburg pens a furious confession: his mind has made action impossible.
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Literary Fiction
Russia
Light Bringer
Defeated and hunted, Darrow must unite bitter rivals to stop a warlord burning the outer worlds.
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Dystopia
War
Epic
Light Bringer
Defeated and hunted, Darrow must unite bitter rivals to stop a warlord burning the outer worlds.
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Dystopia
War
Epic
The Oath We Give
A paper marriage protects her from her past, until her escaped stalker proves paper burns.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
The Oath We Give
A paper marriage protects her from her past, until her escaped stalker proves paper burns.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
Her Soul to Take
A ghost hunter accidentally summons a demon, making herself the final sacrifice for a cult.
Romance
Fantasy
Paranormal Romance
Dark
Erotic Romance
Her Soul to Take
A ghost hunter accidentally summons a demon, making herself the final sacrifice for a cult.
Romance
Fantasy
Paranormal Romance
Dark
Erotic Romance
American Psycho
A Wall Street banker's flawless exterior conceals a violent double life everyone refuses to see.
Horror
Thriller
Crime
Classics
Literary Fiction
American Psycho
A Wall Street banker's flawless exterior conceals a violent double life everyone refuses to see.
Horror
Thriller
Crime
Classics
Literary Fiction
Empire of Hate
Her boss is the boy she tormented. He hired her for revenge. Hatred feels like hunger.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Adult
Empire of Hate
Her boss is the boy she tormented. He hired her for revenge. Hatred feels like hunger.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Adult
Gifted & Talented
Three estranged prodigies inherit their father's empire and a biblical apocalypse.
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Urban Fantasy
Gifted & Talented
Three estranged prodigies inherit their father's empire and a biblical apocalypse.
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Urban Fantasy
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
A priest's obsession. A bellringer's devotion. A dancer's life. All hang in Notre-Dame's shadow.
Classics
Historical Fiction
Gothic
Literature
France
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
A priest's obsession. A bellringer's devotion. A dancer's life. All hang in Notre-Dame's shadow.
Classics
Historical Fiction
Gothic
Literature
France
The Call of Cthulhu
A scholar inherits a manuscript, an idol, and the truth: a sleeping god rules our nightmares.
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
Paranormal
Supernatural
The Call of Cthulhu
A scholar inherits a manuscript, an idol, and the truth: a sleeping god rules our nightmares.
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
Paranormal
Supernatural
Highest Bidder
At a sex club auction, a billionaire buys a date with his former lover's daughter.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
BDSM
Erotic Romance
Contemporary
Highest Bidder
At a sex club auction, a billionaire buys a date with his former lover's daughter.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
BDSM
Erotic Romance
Contemporary
Forbidden
Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Forbidden
Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Bared to You
A survivor starting fresh in Manhattan collides with a billionaire whose darkness mirrors her own.
Romance
Erotica
Contemporary Romance
Erotic Romance
Adult
Bared to You
A survivor starting fresh in Manhattan collides with a billionaire whose darkness mirrors her own.
Romance
Erotica
Contemporary Romance
Erotic Romance
Adult
Empire of Lust
One masked night. A secret daughter. Now her rival is the father she can't escape.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Contemporary
Empire of Lust
One masked night. A secret daughter. Now her rival is the father she can't escape.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Contemporary
All This Twisted Glory
A lost queen of the Jinn rises, and two princes will risk their kingdoms to claim her hand.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Epic Fantasy
All This Twisted Glory
A lost queen of the Jinn rises, and two princes will risk their kingdoms to claim her hand.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Epic Fantasy
Wrath of an Exile
An arsonist and the exile she once hunted are drawn together in a deadly town rivalry.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
Wrath of an Exile
An arsonist and the exile she once hunted are drawn together in a deadly town rivalry.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
The Pillars of the Earth
A cathedral rises stone by stone while kings and bishops tear England apart around it.
Historical Fiction
Historical
Medieval
Classics
Literary Fiction
The Pillars of the Earth
A cathedral rises stone by stone while kings and bishops tear England apart around it.
Historical Fiction
Historical
Medieval
Classics
Literary Fiction
A Study in Drowning
At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Gothic
Romance
Mystery
A Study in Drowning
At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Gothic
Romance
Mystery
Interview with the Vampire
A vampire recounts his life: from 1791 Louisiana to Parisian vampire theater, an eternity of sorrow.
Horror
Vampires
Gothic
Paranormal
Classics
Interview with the Vampire
A vampire recounts his life: from 1791 Louisiana to Parisian vampire theater, an eternity of sorrow.
Horror
Vampires
Gothic
Paranormal
Classics
All He'll Ever Be
She is his prisoner, his enemy's daughter, and the one thing he can't bear to lose.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Erotic Romance
Romantic Suspense
All He'll Ever Be
She is his prisoner, his enemy's daughter, and the one thing he can't bear to lose.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Erotic Romance
Romantic Suspense
Lakestone - Tome 1
To survive, Iris waitresses at a violent nightclub. To keep her, its owner will destroy everything.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Adult
Suspense
Lakestone - Tome 1
To survive, Iris waitresses at a violent nightclub. To keep her, its owner will destroy everything.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Adult
Suspense
Chaos
One night with a runaway bride leaves a boxer with a secret daughter and a brother's brutal war.
Romance
Dark
Mafia
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Chaos
One night with a runaway bride leaves a boxer with a secret daughter and a brother's brutal war.
Romance
Dark
Mafia
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
An Ember in the Ashes
A scholar slave and an elite soldier forge a forbidden alliance to survive a murderous academy.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Dystopia
Magic
An Ember in the Ashes
A scholar slave and an elite soldier forge a forbidden alliance to survive a murderous academy.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Dystopia
Magic
Psycho Devils
Magically bound to three devil kings, a fae endures their cruelty and brutal trials to survive.
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Paranormal Romance
New Adult
Psycho Devils
Magically bound to three devil kings, a fae endures their cruelty and brutal trials to survive.
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Paranormal Romance
New Adult
Alchemy of Secrets
Urban legends predict her death at Halloween midnight. A hidden relic in Los Angeles might save her.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Adult
Mystery
Alchemy of Secrets
Urban legends predict her death at Halloween midnight. A hidden relic in Los Angeles might save her.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Adult
Mystery
Green Light
Her new stepbrother was her porn partner, and he owns the tape that can destroy her.
Romance
Dark
Erotic Romance
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Green Light
Her new stepbrother was her porn partner, and he owns the tape that can destroy her.
Romance
Dark
Erotic Romance
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Gideon the Ninth
A rebel swordswoman and her necromancer nemesis face a murderous trial in a haunted space palace.
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Horror
Queer
Gothic
Gideon the Ninth
A rebel swordswoman and her necromancer nemesis face a murderous trial in a haunted space palace.
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Horror
Queer
Gothic
Slaughterhouse-Five
Billy Pilgrim drifts through time: the Dresden firebombing, an alien zoo, and his own murder.
Classics
Science Fiction
War
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Slaughterhouse-Five
Billy Pilgrim drifts through time: the Dresden firebombing, an alien zoo, and his own murder.
Classics
Science Fiction
War
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Home Is Where the Bodies Are
Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Adult
Crime
Home Is Where the Bodies Are
Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Adult
Crime
The Finish Line
A vigilante leader's one weakness returns: the enemy's daughter he swore he'd never love again.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Suspense
Crime
The Finish Line
A vigilante leader's one weakness returns: the enemy's daughter he swore he'd never love again.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Suspense
Crime
