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
Things We Lost in the Fire
Argentine gothic tales: women set themselves ablaze, children vanish, and the dead surface.
Horror
Short Stories
Gothic
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Things We Lost in the Fire
Argentine gothic tales: women set themselves ablaze, children vanish, and the dead surface.
Horror
Short Stories
Gothic
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Painted Bird
Sent to the countryside to escape the Nazis, a dark-haired boy finds the peasants are deadlier.
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
Holocaust
Literary Fiction
The Painted Bird
Sent to the countryside to escape the Nazis, a dark-haired boy finds the peasants are deadlier.
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
Holocaust
Literary Fiction
Call Me Daddy
An abandoned eighteen-year-old finds refuge with a widower whose rules awaken forbidden desires.
Romance
Erotica
BDSM
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Call Me Daddy
An abandoned eighteen-year-old finds refuge with a widower whose rules awaken forbidden desires.
Romance
Erotica
BDSM
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Dark Places
Broke, a massacre survivor takes cash from crime buffs to prove her imprisoned brother is innocent.
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Suspense
Literary Fiction
Dark Places
Broke, a massacre survivor takes cash from crime buffs to prove her imprisoned brother is innocent.
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Suspense
Literary Fiction
A Touch of Jen
A couple's obsession with a former coworker's perfect life curdles into supernatural reckoning.
Horror
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Paranormal
Supernatural
A Touch of Jen
A couple's obsession with a former coworker's perfect life curdles into supernatural reckoning.
Horror
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Paranormal
Supernatural
Burned
A fallen immortal shatters her soul. Her Warrior braves the Otherworld to bring her back.
Young Adult
Vampires
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy
Paranormal
Burned
A fallen immortal shatters her soul. Her Warrior braves the Otherworld to bring her back.
Young Adult
Vampires
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy
Paranormal
The Austere Academy
Three orphans at a grim school find their nemesis disguised as a coach, running them ragged.
Children
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Mystery
Adventure
The Austere Academy
Three orphans at a grim school find their nemesis disguised as a coach, running them ragged.
Children
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Mystery
Adventure
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Two con artists, poisoned and trapped, must become pirates to survive the archon's deadly scheme.
Fantasy
Adventure
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adult
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Two con artists, poisoned and trapped, must become pirates to survive the archon's deadly scheme.
Fantasy
Adventure
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Adult
Scream For Us
Three masked men rescue her at Halloween party, offering night of dark passion and savage revenge.
Romance
Dark
Erotic Romance
Reverse Harem
Contemporary Romance
Scream For Us
Three masked men rescue her at Halloween party, offering night of dark passion and savage revenge.
Romance
Dark
Erotic Romance
Reverse Harem
Contemporary Romance
Watch Your Back
A college student's blackouts hide a secret society's mind control. The men she loves are weapons.
Romance
Dark
Thriller
Reverse Harem
Contemporary Romance
Watch Your Back
A college student's blackouts hide a secret society's mind control. The men she loves are weapons.
Romance
Dark
Thriller
Reverse Harem
Contemporary Romance
Until You
Her childhood best friend became her cruelest bully. Now she's back, stronger and done running.
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Dark
Until You
Her childhood best friend became her cruelest bully. Now she's back, stronger and done running.
Romance
New Adult
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Dark
The Eyes of Darkness
Messages from her dead son insist he's alive, and a grieving mother begins to believe them.
Horror
Thriller
Suspense
Paranormal
Mystery
The Eyes of Darkness
Messages from her dead son insist he's alive, and a grieving mother begins to believe them.
Horror
Thriller
Suspense
Paranormal
Mystery
Lover Awakened
A vampire warrior scarred by slavery rescues a captive whose gentle touch threatens to shatter him.
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Vampires
Paranormal
Adult
Lover Awakened
A vampire warrior scarred by slavery rescues a captive whose gentle touch threatens to shatter him.
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Vampires
Paranormal
Adult
Tarkin
Tarkin and Vader hunt a stolen warship while a rebel's vendetta and a traitor's scheme collide.
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Fantasy
Adventure
Action
Tarkin
Tarkin and Vader hunt a stolen warship while a rebel's vendetta and a traitor's scheme collide.
Science Fiction
Space Opera
Fantasy
Adventure
Action
Proven Guilty
Fear-eating monsters attack a horror convention, and a wizard must trace them into the Winter Court.
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
Paranormal
Magic
Proven Guilty
Fear-eating monsters attack a horror convention, and a wizard must trace them into the Winter Court.
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
Paranormal
Magic
Sword Catcher
Magically remade into a prince's double, an orphan learns the underworld already knows his secret.
Fantasy
Fantasy Romance
Romance
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Sword Catcher
Magically remade into a prince's double, an orphan learns the underworld already knows his secret.
Fantasy
Fantasy Romance
Romance
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
The Torn Skirt
A quiet teen chases a runaway into a city's underworld, where one night lands her in handcuffs.
Young Adult
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Women
Mental Health
The Torn Skirt
A quiet teen chases a runaway into a city's underworld, where one night lands her in handcuffs.
Young Adult
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Women
Mental Health
The Black Phone
Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.
Horror
Short Stories
Paranormal
Ghosts
Supernatural
The Black Phone
Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.
Horror
Short Stories
Paranormal
Ghosts
Supernatural
Brutal Vows
Taking her niece's place, a scarred mafia woman marries the Irish mobster and finds her match.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Crime
Brutal Vows
Taking her niece's place, a scarred mafia woman marries the Irish mobster and finds her match.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Crime
Connor's Claim
A gang enforcer sedates his former stepsister to protect her, blurring rescue with obsession.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Crime
Suspense
Connor's Claim
A gang enforcer sedates his former stepsister to protect her, blurring rescue with obsession.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Crime
Suspense
The Cursed
A witch resurrected by the devil wakes as his prisoner, his obsession, and his fatal weakness.
Fantasy
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
Witches
The Cursed
A witch resurrected by the devil wakes as his prisoner, his obsession, and his fatal weakness.
Fantasy
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
Witches
Red City
Rival alchemy syndicates. Two outsiders. Secret letters. A love their masters will weaponize.
Fantasy
Romance
Adult
Urban Fantasy
Fantasy Romance
Red City
Rival alchemy syndicates. Two outsiders. Secret letters. A love their masters will weaponize.
Fantasy
Romance
Adult
Urban Fantasy
Fantasy Romance
Una marea oscura y letal
Two rival scholars hunt the source of magic, trapped together on an expedition with a murderer.
Fantasy
Romance
Lesbian
Queer
Gothic
Una marea oscura y letal
Two rival scholars hunt the source of magic, trapped together on an expedition with a murderer.
Fantasy
Romance
Lesbian
Queer
Gothic
You Like It Darker
In small towns and on dark roads, secrets fester, fate whispers, and the past is never really dead.
Horror
Short Stories
Supernatural
Thriller
Mystery
You Like It Darker
In small towns and on dark roads, secrets fester, fate whispers, and the past is never really dead.
Horror
Short Stories
Supernatural
Thriller
Mystery
Court of Blood and Bindings
A half-fae outcast fakes devotion to a silent assassin inside a court of human bones.
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Magic
Fantasy Romance
Court of Blood and Bindings
A half-fae outcast fakes devotion to a silent assassin inside a court of human bones.
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Magic
Fantasy Romance
An Echo of Things to Come
The Boundary is failing. Its immortal creator was once the world's greatest villain.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
Adult
An Echo of Things to Come
The Boundary is failing. Its immortal creator was once the world's greatest villain.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Magic
Adult
The Pucking Wrong Guy
A hockey star wrecks a model's engagement, obsessed with her since their group home childhood.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Hockey
Sports
The Pucking Wrong Guy
A hockey star wrecks a model's engagement, obsessed with her since their group home childhood.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Hockey
Sports
The Ersatz Elevator
Their new penthouse runs on trends; their nemesis runs an auction to sell their kidnapped friends.
Children's
Middle Grade
Fantasy
Mystery
Gothic
The Ersatz Elevator
Their new penthouse runs on trends; their nemesis runs an auction to sell their kidnapped friends.
Children's
Middle Grade
Fantasy
Mystery
Gothic
Savage Bonds
Bound to five possessive supernaturals, her ability to destroy souls terrifies even her protectors.
Romance
Fantasy
Paranormal
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
Savage Bonds
Bound to five possessive supernaturals, her ability to destroy souls terrifies even her protectors.
Romance
Fantasy
Paranormal
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
The Desert Spear
Two Deliverers, one prophecy. A desert warlord and a warded exile. The demons feast while they feud.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Demons
Magic
The Desert Spear
Two Deliverers, one prophecy. A desert warlord and a warded exile. The demons feast while they feud.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Demons
Magic
Dynasty of Evil
A dying Dark Lord seeks eternal life, but his apprentice and a captive princess seek him.
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
Adventure
Magic
Dynasty of Evil
A dying Dark Lord seeks eternal life, but his apprentice and a captive princess seek him.
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
Adventure
Magic
