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
Catch the Sun
Her brother the murderer. Her town the jury. And the boy next door, her only shelter.
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Dark
Catch the Sun
Her brother the murderer. Her town the jury. And the boy next door, her only shelter.
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Dark
Fractured Souls
A trafficking survivor finds refuge with a Bratva manager, and her healing cracks wounds he buried.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Crime
Adult
Fractured Souls
A trafficking survivor finds refuge with a Bratva manager, and her healing cracks wounds he buried.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Crime
Adult
A Torch Against the Night
His mother's poison. Her brother in chains. A soldier's desperate bargain with death for love.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Dystopia
High Fantasy
A Torch Against the Night
His mother's poison. Her brother in chains. A soldier's desperate bargain with death for love.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Dystopia
High Fantasy
Obsession
Banished to Ravenscroft, a shifter who cannot shift is caught between four men and the apocalypse.
Paranormal Romance
Reverse Harem
Romance
Fantasy
Vampires
Obsession
Banished to Ravenscroft, a shifter who cannot shift is caught between four men and the apocalypse.
Paranormal Romance
Reverse Harem
Romance
Fantasy
Vampires
Neverwhere
A Londoner's kindness erases his life, stranding him in a magical, deadly city beneath the streets.
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Adult
Horror
Neverwhere
A Londoner's kindness erases his life, stranding him in a magical, deadly city beneath the streets.
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Adult
Horror
Gray After Dark
An Olympic hopeful is abducted from a remote resort by survivalists who keep their captives forever.
Thriller
Suspense
Survival
Dark
Crime
Gray After Dark
An Olympic hopeful is abducted from a remote resort by survivalists who keep their captives forever.
Thriller
Suspense
Survival
Dark
Crime
Black & Blue
A street-race hookup entangles her between a broken charmer and his stoic best friend.
Romance
Contemporary
New Adult
Contemporary Romance
Drama
Black & Blue
A street-race hookup entangles her between a broken charmer and his stoic best friend.
Romance
Contemporary
New Adult
Contemporary Romance
Drama
Cut and Thirst
Three elderly friends plot literary revenge but find time and aging have their own plans.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Humor
Novella
Short Stories
Cut and Thirst
Three elderly friends plot literary revenge but find time and aging have their own plans.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Humor
Novella
Short Stories
Night of Masks and Knives
A memory thief enters a deadly masquerade, and the masked crime lord is the love she lost.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Magic
Night of Masks and Knives
A memory thief enters a deadly masquerade, and the masked crime lord is the love she lost.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Magic
Lover Unbound
A surgeon kidnapped into a vampire war falls for the scarred warrior forbidden to love her.
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Vampires
Paranormal
Fantasy
Lover Unbound
A surgeon kidnapped into a vampire war falls for the scarred warrior forbidden to love her.
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Vampires
Paranormal
Fantasy
Blackmailing Belle
She weds a cursed shifter to free her father. His pack needs what she cannot fake.
Fantasy
Romance
Retellings
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
Blackmailing Belle
She weds a cursed shifter to free her father. His pack needs what she cannot fake.
Fantasy
Romance
Retellings
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
We Are All the Same in the Dark
A trucker finds a mute, one-eyed girl, reigniting a Texas town's hunt for his vanished sister.
Mystery
Thriller
Suspense
Literary Fiction
Crime
We Are All the Same in the Dark
A trucker finds a mute, one-eyed girl, reigniting a Texas town's hunt for his vanished sister.
Mystery
Thriller
Suspense
Literary Fiction
Crime
The Complete Stories and Poems
Every tale and poem: madness, murder, mourning, and the birth of modern detective fiction.
Classics
Horror
Poetry
Short Stories
Gothic
The Complete Stories and Poems
Every tale and poem: madness, murder, mourning, and the birth of modern detective fiction.
Classics
Horror
Poetry
Short Stories
Gothic
Between Soul and Vessel
A god of death will tear creation apart to reclaim his mate's stolen soul.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Dark
Between Soul and Vessel
A god of death will tear creation apart to reclaim his mate's stolen soul.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Dark
The Pucking Coach's Daughter
A coach's daughter steals a rival playbook and becomes the obsession of three hockey stars.
Romance
Dark
Sports
Hockey
Contemporary
The Pucking Coach's Daughter
A coach's daughter steals a rival playbook and becomes the obsession of three hockey stars.
Romance
Dark
Sports
Hockey
Contemporary
Lotus
Twenty-two years captive, he returns to his best friend. His memories could destroy them both.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Romantic Suspense
Lotus
Twenty-two years captive, he returns to his best friend. His memories could destroy them both.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Contemporary
Romantic Suspense
Electric Idol
Sent to kill Psyche, Eros marries her instead. Now his mother wants them both dead.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Mythology
Fantasy
Retellings
Electric Idol
Sent to kill Psyche, Eros marries her instead. Now his mother wants them both dead.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Mythology
Fantasy
Retellings
My Dark Fairy Tale
A sheltered American in Florence falls for a mafia capo who will kill anyone who touches her.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Crime
Suspense
My Dark Fairy Tale
A sheltered American in Florence falls for a mafia capo who will kill anyone who touches her.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Crime
Suspense
The Awakening as Told by the Boys
Four Fae heirs wage a cruel campaign against the Vega twins. For once, the bullies tell the story.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Paranormal Romance
The Awakening as Told by the Boys
Four Fae heirs wage a cruel campaign against the Vega twins. For once, the bullies tell the story.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Paranormal Romance
My Dark Desire
A fencer steals from a billionaire. He makes her his housekeeper. The real game is surrender.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Adult Fiction
Steamy
My Dark Desire
A fencer steals from a billionaire. He makes her his housekeeper. The real game is surrender.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Adult Fiction
Steamy
The Kept Woman
A murdered ex-cop, a vanished woman, and the bloody trail points to the detective's estranged wife.
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Suspense
Detective
The Kept Woman
A murdered ex-cop, a vanished woman, and the bloody trail points to the detective's estranged wife.
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Suspense
Detective
The Examiner
Six art students enter a prestigious MA. One death. The examiner begins reading their group chat.
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Contemporary
Suspense
The Examiner
Six art students enter a prestigious MA. One death. The examiner begins reading their group chat.
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Contemporary
Suspense
Frankenstien (4)
A scientist creates life and recoils. His creature, abandoned and enraged, demands a reckoning.
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Science Fiction
Literature
Frankenstien (4)
A scientist creates life and recoils. His creature, abandoned and enraged, demands a reckoning.
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Science Fiction
Literature
Your Knife, My Heart
She's a mafia killer. He destroys every partner. One cell, no escape, and a fatal attraction.
Romance
Dark
Adult
Contemporary Romance
Suspense
Your Knife, My Heart
She's a mafia killer. He destroys every partner. One cell, no escape, and a fatal attraction.
Romance
Dark
Adult
Contemporary Romance
Suspense
The Guest
A grifter drifts through a wealthy beach town, trading charm for safety as the past stalks her.
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Thriller
Suspense
Adult
The Guest
A grifter drifts through a wealthy beach town, trading charm for safety as the past stalks her.
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Thriller
Suspense
Adult
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
A Southern book club knows their new neighbor is a vampire. Their husbands know they're hysterical.
Horror
Vampires
Paranormal
Thriller
Fantasy
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
A Southern book club knows their new neighbor is a vampire. Their husbands know they're hysterical.
Horror
Vampires
Paranormal
Thriller
Fantasy
One Last Rainy Day
He swore an oath to destroy her father. She became the one thing he couldn't sacrifice.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
One Last Rainy Day
He swore an oath to destroy her father. She became the one thing he couldn't sacrifice.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
Never Whistle at Night
Whistling after dark calls spirits with long memory: Indigenous horror rooted in colonial trauma.
Horror
Short Stories
Anthologies
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Never Whistle at Night
Whistling after dark calls spirits with long memory: Indigenous horror rooted in colonial trauma.
Horror
Short Stories
Anthologies
Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
The Dream Thieves
Ronan steals from his dreams. His nightmares escape, and a rival dreamer hungers for destruction.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal
Magic
The Dream Thieves
Ronan steals from his dreams. His nightmares escape, and a rival dreamer hungers for destruction.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal
Magic
Irreversible
Chained in adjacent cells, a captive model and vengeful detective fall in love through a wall.
Romance
Dark
Romantic Suspense
Thriller
Suspense
Irreversible
Chained in adjacent cells, a captive model and vengeful detective fall in love through a wall.
Romance
Dark
Romantic Suspense
Thriller
Suspense
Death's Obsession
Death should have taken her in the crash. Instead he fell in love with her.
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
Dark Fantasy
Dark
Death's Obsession
Death should have taken her in the crash. Instead he fell in love with her.
Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy Romance
Dark Fantasy
Dark
Pretend
Reeling from betrayal, an intelligence officer falls for her SEAL protector as a stalker closes in.
Romance
Dark
Romantic Suspense
Military
Suspense
Pretend
Reeling from betrayal, an intelligence officer falls for her SEAL protector as a stalker closes in.
Romance
Dark
Romantic Suspense
Military
Suspense
