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
Bound by Hatred
A mafia bride flees her forced marriage to Europe, but her husband's dark obsession pursues her.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Romantic Suspense
New Adult
Bound by Hatred
A mafia bride flees her forced marriage to Europe, but her husband's dark obsession pursues her.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Romantic Suspense
New Adult
The House of the Scorpion
A clone raised in a drug empire must escape before the patriarch harvests his heart.
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Teen
Adventure
The House of the Scorpion
A clone raised in a drug empire must escape before the patriarch harvests his heart.
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Teen
Adventure
Cruel Paradise
A contract with her mafia boss: his money, her body, no strings. One pregnancy changes everything.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Mafia
Adult
Cruel Paradise
A contract with her mafia boss: his money, her body, no strings. One pregnancy changes everything.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Mafia
Adult
Skeleton Crew
A father and son trapped in a mist-shrouded supermarket face monsters outside and a fanatic within.
Horror
Short Stories
Anthologies
Supernatural
Dark
Skeleton Crew
A father and son trapped in a mist-shrouded supermarket face monsters outside and a fanatic within.
Horror
Short Stories
Anthologies
Supernatural
Dark
Delightful Sins
Two brothers catch a runaway and demand her body as payment for protection from their gang.
Romance
Dark
Erotic Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Delightful Sins
Two brothers catch a runaway and demand her body as payment for protection from their gang.
Romance
Dark
Erotic Romance
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
There Is No Devil
In love with a killer, she becomes bait to trap the rival predator hunting them both.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Thriller
There Is No Devil
In love with a killer, she becomes bait to trap the rival predator hunting them both.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Thriller
The Bone Season
A clairvoyant fugitive is shipped to a secret prison where immortal beings feed on her kind.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dystopian
Paranormal
Science Fiction
The Bone Season
A clairvoyant fugitive is shipped to a secret prison where immortal beings feed on her kind.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dystopian
Paranormal
Science Fiction
Too Loud a Solitude
He rescues books from the press that pays him, until the new machine threatens his calling.
Classics
Literature
Literary Fiction
Books About Books
Philosophy
Too Loud a Solitude
He rescues books from the press that pays him, until the new machine threatens his calling.
Classics
Literature
Literary Fiction
Books About Books
Philosophy
Bartleby the Scrivener
A Wall Street lawyer hires a quiet scrivener who stops working and will not say why.
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
American
19th Century
Bartleby the Scrivener
A Wall Street lawyer hires a quiet scrivener who stops working and will not say why.
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
American
19th Century
King of Battle and Blood
To save her kingdom, a princess marries the vampire king. Her wedding gift is a blade.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Vampires
Paranormal Romance
King of Battle and Blood
To save her kingdom, a princess marries the vampire king. Her wedding gift is a blade.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Vampires
Paranormal Romance
Big Swiss
A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.
Queer
Lgbt
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Lesbian
Big Swiss
A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.
Queer
Lgbt
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Lesbian
Torment
At a school for Nephilim, Luce chases forbidden shadows into the lifetimes her angel love has ended.
Young Adult
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Angels
Torment
At a school for Nephilim, Luce chases forbidden shadows into the lifetimes her angel love has ended.
Young Adult
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Angels
A Language of Dragons
In 1920s London, a linguist frees a dragon to save her family, igniting a civil war.
Fantasy
Dragons
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Romance
A Language of Dragons
In 1920s London, a linguist frees a dragon to save her family, igniting a civil war.
Fantasy
Dragons
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Romance
The School for Good Mothers
Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Literary Fiction
Adult
Speculative Fiction
The School for Good Mothers
Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Literary Fiction
Adult
Speculative Fiction
Between Never and Forever
A pop star's PR romance derails when her secret ex forces a fake engagement.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Dark
Romantic Suspense
Between Never and Forever
A pop star's PR romance derails when her secret ex forces a fake engagement.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Dark
Romantic Suspense
The Underneath
A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Animals
Magical Realism
Fairy Tales
The Underneath
A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Animals
Magical Realism
Fairy Tales
Day of the Oprichnik
A Tsar's enforcer in a walled Russia: one day of fire, prayer, and sanctioned killing.
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Science Fiction
Russia
Satire
Day of the Oprichnik
A Tsar's enforcer in a walled Russia: one day of fire, prayer, and sanctioned killing.
Dystopia
Literary Fiction
Science Fiction
Russia
Satire
The Blinding Knife
An illegitimate son trains for war while his father, the Prism, hides a world-breaking secret.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
Adult
The Blinding Knife
An illegitimate son trains for war while his father, the Prism, hides a world-breaking secret.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
Adult
The President
A colonel's murder in the cathedral porch becomes the spark for a dictator's nightmare of terror.
Classics
Literature
Latin America
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The President
A colonel's murder in the cathedral porch becomes the spark for a dictator's nightmare of terror.
Classics
Literature
Latin America
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The Mind Parasites
An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.
Horror
Science Fiction
Philosophy
Thriller
Paranormal
The Mind Parasites
An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.
Horror
Science Fiction
Philosophy
Thriller
Paranormal
Die Physiker
Feigning madness, three physicists hide a world-ending discovery from spies who share their asylum.
Plays
Classics
Drama
20th Century
Literature
Die Physiker
Feigning madness, three physicists hide a world-ending discovery from spies who share their asylum.
Plays
Classics
Drama
20th Century
Literature
Boys Who Hunt
When a thief steals from three masked predators, their hunt turns into shared, dark obsession.
Romance
Dark
Erotic Romance
Reverse Harem
Contemporary
Boys Who Hunt
When a thief steals from three masked predators, their hunt turns into shared, dark obsession.
Romance
Dark
Erotic Romance
Reverse Harem
Contemporary
The Wrong Play
Her abuser called it care. Now a star wide receiver's obsession makes her question the difference.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Sports
College
The Wrong Play
Her abuser called it care. Now a star wide receiver's obsession makes her question the difference.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Sports
College
Brutal Savage
A teacher running from killers accepts an Irish mob boss's protection. The price is marriage.
Romance
Dark
Mafia
Contemporary Romance
Suspense
Brutal Savage
A teacher running from killers accepts an Irish mob boss's protection. The price is marriage.
Romance
Dark
Mafia
Contemporary Romance
Suspense
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
A psychiatric clinic secretary secretly collects patient dreams for a private archive of fear.
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
Literary Fiction
Essays
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
A psychiatric clinic secretary secretly collects patient dreams for a private archive of fear.
Short Stories
Classics
Literature
Literary Fiction
Essays
Reflected in You
Gideon Cross gives Eva everything except his secrets, and her past is closing in.
Romance
Erotica
Contemporary Romance
Adult
Erotic Romance
Reflected in You
Gideon Cross gives Eva everything except his secrets, and her past is closing in.
Romance
Erotica
Contemporary Romance
Adult
Erotic Romance
