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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
The Pleasures of the Damned
A hard-drinking poet buries his tenderness in the grit of L.A.'s gutters and bars.
Poetry
Classics
Literature
American
20th Century
The Pleasures of the Damned
A hard-drinking poet buries his tenderness in the grit of L.A.'s gutters and bars.
Poetry
Classics
Literature
American
20th Century
The Angel's Game
Barcelona, 1920s: a dying novelist's patron wants a book that remakes the world, payable in blood.
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Gothic
Spain
The Angel's Game
Barcelona, 1920s: a dying novelist's patron wants a book that remakes the world, payable in blood.
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Gothic
Spain
The Truth About Lies
A widower handyman falls for the woman hiding trafficked girls, but her enemies want them both dead.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Dark
Suspense
The Truth About Lies
A widower handyman falls for the woman hiding trafficked girls, but her enemies want them both dead.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Dark
Suspense
Unbroken Bonds
Reborn across lifetimes, hunted by a god: she and her protectors finally set the trap.
Reverse Harem
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Unbroken Bonds
Reborn across lifetimes, hunted by a god: she and her protectors finally set the trap.
Reverse Harem
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy
Romance
How to Murder Your Life
Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.
Memoir
Mental Health
Addiction
Fashion
Journalism
How to Murder Your Life
Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.
Memoir
Mental Health
Addiction
Fashion
Journalism
Hermosa Rendición
A traumatized student and a Barcelona playboy ignite as the ex who broke her turns killer.
Romance
Romantic Suspense
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Thriller
Hermosa Rendición
A traumatized student and a Barcelona playboy ignite as the ex who broke her turns killer.
Romance
Romantic Suspense
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Thriller
Heart of Obsidian
A feared telekinetic hunts seven years for his lost obsession, but she doesn't remember him.
Paranormal Romance
Romance
Paranormal
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Heart of Obsidian
A feared telekinetic hunts seven years for his lost obsession, but she doesn't remember him.
Paranormal Romance
Romance
Paranormal
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Precious Hazard
A mafia underboss blackmails a rival's sister into marriage, expecting obedience. He gets war.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Crime
Suspense
Precious Hazard
A mafia underboss blackmails a rival's sister into marriage, expecting obedience. He gets war.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Crime
Suspense
Lapvona
After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.
Horror
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Dark Fantasy
Gothic
Lapvona
After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.
Horror
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Dark Fantasy
Gothic
Dance with the Devil
Her psychiatrist boss sleepwalks into her bed at night. She has stopped locking the door.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Erotic Romance
Adult
Dance with the Devil
Her psychiatrist boss sleepwalks into her bed at night. She has stopped locking the door.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Erotic Romance
Adult
The Dark Mirror
Memory erased, a rebel dreamwalker must free the immortal bound to her soul before Europe falls.
Fantasy
Romance
Dystopia
Paranormal
Adult
The Dark Mirror
Memory erased, a rebel dreamwalker must free the immortal bound to her soul before Europe falls.
Fantasy
Romance
Dystopia
Paranormal
Adult
Vicious Games
She loathes her perfect stepbrother. Their escalating game of dares becomes a dangerous obsession.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
College
Vicious Games
She loathes her perfect stepbrother. Their escalating game of dares becomes a dangerous obsession.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
College
Tears of Ink
A blocked sculptor takes a crumbling manor's residency and falls for the heir who could shatter her.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Emotional
Adult
Tears of Ink
A blocked sculptor takes a crumbling manor's residency and falls for the heir who could shatter her.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Dark
Emotional
Adult
Hollow City
To save their poisoned guardian, hunted teens must cross a Britain of monsters and falling bombs.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Paranormal
Historical Fiction
Horror
Hollow City
To save their poisoned guardian, hunted teens must cross a Britain of monsters and falling bombs.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Paranormal
Historical Fiction
Horror
Mi semana con Poe
Her brother's houseguest is wounded, dangerous, and offering the chaos she's forbidden to crave.
Romance
Paranormal Romance
New Adult
Dark
Erotic Romance
Mi semana con Poe
Her brother's houseguest is wounded, dangerous, and offering the chaos she's forbidden to crave.
Romance
Paranormal Romance
New Adult
Dark
Erotic Romance
Hygiène de l'assassin
A dying author's final interviewer knows the truth: his novels conceal a childhood murder.
France
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
French
Novels
Hygiène de l'assassin
A dying author's final interviewer knows the truth: his novels conceal a childhood murder.
France
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
French
Novels
Princess of Blood
A fae princess caught between princes builds a haven for outcasts that could spark a war.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Dark Fantasy
Princess of Blood
A fae princess caught between princes builds a haven for outcasts that could spark a war.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Dark Fantasy
Bloodied Hands
He shattered her heart. Ten years later, the mafia boss has her in his sights again.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Crime
Bloodied Hands
He shattered her heart. Ten years later, the mafia boss has her in his sights again.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Crime
The Good Girl Effect
A widower's new nanny is curious, French, and too intrigued by his locked rope room.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
BDSM
Erotic Romance
Dark
The Good Girl Effect
A widower's new nanny is curious, French, and too intrigued by his locked rope room.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
BDSM
Erotic Romance
Dark
Court of Ravens and Ruin
Kidnapped by a masked fae prince, a thrall is forced into betrothal and hunted by his court.
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Dark Fantasy
Fantasy
Romance
Court of Ravens and Ruin
Kidnapped by a masked fae prince, a thrall is forced into betrothal and hunted by his court.
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Dark Fantasy
Fantasy
Romance
Lascivia. Libro 2
A lieutenant caught between her fiancé and his best friend draws a mafia boss's lethal obsession.
Romance
Dark
Erotica
Contemporary Romance
Spicy
Lascivia. Libro 2
A lieutenant caught between her fiancé and his best friend draws a mafia boss's lethal obsession.
Romance
Dark
Erotica
Contemporary Romance
Spicy
Slaying the Shadow Prince
A ranger and a warrior hunt the wraiths destroying their kingdom. His secret: he is one.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Dark
Spicy
Slaying the Shadow Prince
A ranger and a warrior hunt the wraiths destroying their kingdom. His secret: he is one.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Dark
Spicy
The Last Kingdom
King Alfred is dead; a Saxon warrior must defend the realm from Viking invaders, royal treachery.
Historical Fiction
Medieval
War
Adventure
Historical
The Last Kingdom
King Alfred is dead; a Saxon warrior must defend the realm from Viking invaders, royal treachery.
Historical Fiction
Medieval
War
Adventure
Historical
Silver Wings Golden Games
A bride-to-be who speaks to animals must survive the arena and forbidden love with her guard.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Magic
Silver Wings Golden Games
A bride-to-be who speaks to animals must survive the arena and forbidden love with her guard.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Fae
Magic
Long Shot
A basketball star meets a guarded woman before the NCAA final; her boyfriend's charm hides violence.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Sports
New Adult
Dark
Long Shot
A basketball star meets a guarded woman before the NCAA final; her boyfriend's charm hides violence.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
Sports
New Adult
Dark
The Emperor of Evening Stars
Vengeance made him king. Prophecy promised him a mortal mate. His own magic kept them apart.
Fantasy
Romance
New Adult
Fae
Fantasy Romance
The Emperor of Evening Stars
Vengeance made him king. Prophecy promised him a mortal mate. His own magic kept them apart.
Fantasy
Romance
New Adult
Fae
Fantasy Romance
Lessons in Sin
Exiled to Catholic boarding school, a defiant heiress fights the cold priest sent to break her.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
BDSM
Taboo
Lessons in Sin
Exiled to Catholic boarding school, a defiant heiress fights the cold priest sent to break her.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
BDSM
Taboo
Hollyhocks
A resurrected lab monster follows a mate-pull to a gentle mechanic she will kill to protect.
Paranormal Romance
Romance
Dark
Monsters
Paranormal
Hollyhocks
A resurrected lab monster follows a mate-pull to a gentle mechanic she will kill to protect.
Paranormal Romance
Romance
Dark
Monsters
Paranormal
