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
The Poisoner
A Victorian poisoner returns home to find a vampire leaving bodies carved in her image.
Fantasy
Romance
Vampires
Gothic
Paranormal Romance
Immersive
The Poisoner
A Victorian poisoner returns home to find a vampire leaving bodies carved in her image.
Fantasy
Romance
Vampires
Gothic
Paranormal Romance
Taken by Touch and Torment
Collared as a pet in a vampire zealot's court, a succubus hides the one power he overlooked.
Paranormal Romance
Vampires
Dark
Spicy
BDSM
Immersive
Taken by Touch and Torment
Collared as a pet in a vampire zealot's court, a succubus hides the one power he overlooked.
Paranormal Romance
Vampires
Dark
Spicy
BDSM
We Who Will Die
A vampire binds a bodyguard to kill the emperor inside his arena, or her brothers die.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Vampires
Adult
Immersive
We Who Will Die
A vampire binds a bodyguard to kill the emperor inside his arena, or her brothers die.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Vampires
Adult
To Snap a Silver Stem
Sold for a fleet, a bride hides lethal magic from her promised, unaware her shadow guardian stalks.
Fantasy
Fantasy Romance
Romance
Fae
Dark
Immersive
To Snap a Silver Stem
Sold for a fleet, a bride hides lethal magic from her promised, unaware her shadow guardian stalks.
Fantasy
Fantasy Romance
Romance
Fae
Dark
The Starving Saints
A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.
Horror
Fantasy
Dark
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Immersive
The Starving Saints
A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.
Horror
Fantasy
Dark
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Nobody Knows You're Here
A drugged coffee lands her captive in the woods, caring for kidnapped children whose captors kill.
Thriller
Suspense
Crime
Horror
Survival
Immersive
Nobody Knows You're Here
A drugged coffee lands her captive in the woods, caring for kidnapped children whose captors kill.
Thriller
Suspense
Crime
Horror
Survival
Wild Wolf
Mate stolen, turned vampire. A she-wolf and her pack burn the black market to reclaim him.
Reverse Harem
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Immersive
Wild Wolf
Mate stolen, turned vampire. A she-wolf and her pack burn the black market to reclaim him.
Reverse Harem
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Severed Heart
His best friend's French aunt taught him war. He enlisted the morning after their forbidden night.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Military
Adult
Immersive
Severed Heart
His best friend's French aunt taught him war. He enlisted the morning after their forbidden night.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Military
Adult
Earthlings
Her body is public property. Natsuki has been hiding inside it since she was eleven.
Horror
Japan
Contemporary
Magical Realism
Literary Fiction
Immersive
Earthlings
Her body is public property. Natsuki has been hiding inside it since she was eleven.
Horror
Japan
Contemporary
Magical Realism
Literary Fiction
Prince's Gambit
A slave's secret: he killed his prince's brother. War pushes them together, hatred becomes desire.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Gay Romance
Queer
Immersive
Prince's Gambit
A slave's secret: he killed his prince's brother. War pushes them together, hatred becomes desire.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Gay Romance
Queer
The Secret World of Maggie Grey
One family secret opens a door to a hidden magical university ruled by her vampire grandfather.
Fantasy
Paranormal
Vampires
Magic
Urban Fantasy
Immersive
The Secret World of Maggie Grey
One family secret opens a door to a hidden magical university ruled by her vampire grandfather.
Fantasy
Paranormal
Vampires
Magic
Urban Fantasy
How to Kill Men and Get Away With It
She projects happiness on Instagram. At night she hunts predators. Someone is watching both lives.
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Contemporary
Dark
Immersive
How to Kill Men and Get Away With It
She projects happiness on Instagram. At night she hunts predators. Someone is watching both lives.
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Contemporary
Dark
The Female
Three demons buy a human woman as a placeholder. She refuses to stay temporary.
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Reverse Harem
Dark
Demons
Immersive
The Female
Three demons buy a human woman as a placeholder. She refuses to stay temporary.
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Reverse Harem
Dark
Demons
The Obscene Bird of Night
Entering an aristocrat's world to steal a face, a poor teacher's son dissolves into silence and ash.
Horror
Magical Realism
Literary Fiction
Classics
Gothic
Immersive
The Obscene Bird of Night
Entering an aristocrat's world to steal a face, a poor teacher's son dissolves into silence and ash.
Horror
Magical Realism
Literary Fiction
Classics
Gothic
There Is No Antimemetics Division
Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
Speculative Fiction
Dark
Immersive
There Is No Antimemetics Division
Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
Speculative Fiction
Dark
Master of Salt & Bones
She takes a job at a cursed seaside castle and collides with its scarred, magnetic master.
Romance
Dark
Gothic
Contemporary
Romantic Suspense
Immersive
Master of Salt & Bones
She takes a job at a cursed seaside castle and collides with its scarred, magnetic master.
Romance
Dark
Gothic
Contemporary
Romantic Suspense
Malorie
Twelve years blindfolded. Her children alive. Then a list says her parents survived the creatures.
Horror
Thriller
Post Apocalyptic
Dystopia
Adult
Immersive
Malorie
Twelve years blindfolded. Her children alive. Then a list says her parents survived the creatures.
Horror
Thriller
Post Apocalyptic
Dystopia
Adult
The Third Parent
When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.
Horror
Thriller
Adult
Paranormal
Dark
Immersive
The Third Parent
When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.
Horror
Thriller
Adult
Paranormal
Dark
Girl in a Rabbit Hole
A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.
Thriller
Horror
Science Fiction
Suspense
Dark
Immersive
Girl in a Rabbit Hole
A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.
Thriller
Horror
Science Fiction
Suspense
Dark
Between Two Kings
Blood-bound to a serpent king, secretly wed to a human one. Loving both will kill her.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Dark Fantasy
Dark
Immersive
Between Two Kings
Blood-bound to a serpent king, secretly wed to a human one. Loving both will kill her.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Dark Fantasy
Dark
Good Girl
Four men buy a weekend of submission from an orphaned freshman, then offer her a contract to stay.
Romance
Erotica
BDSM
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Immersive
Good Girl
Four men buy a weekend of submission from an orphaned freshman, then offer her a contract to stay.
Romance
Erotica
BDSM
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Hench
After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.
Superheroes
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Urban Fantasy
Adult
Immersive
Hench
After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.
Superheroes
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Urban Fantasy
Adult
The Hunger of the Gods
A mother hunts her stolen son across a frozen world as a dragon-god gathers her army.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dragons
Norse
Immersive
The Hunger of the Gods
A mother hunts her stolen son across a frozen world as a dragon-god gathers her army.
Fantasy
Epic Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dragons
Norse
Half His Age
A teenager shops to remake herself, then finds a more consuming addiction: her married teacher.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Romance
Adult
Coming Of Age
Immersive
Half His Age
A teenager shops to remake herself, then finds a more consuming addiction: her married teacher.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Romance
Adult
Coming Of Age
The Scammer
At an HBCU, four freshmen's sisterhood becomes a cult under a roommate's charming brother.
Young Adult
Thriller
Mystery
Contemporary
Suspense
Immersive
The Scammer
At an HBCU, four freshmen's sisterhood becomes a cult under a roommate's charming brother.
Young Adult
Thriller
Mystery
Contemporary
Suspense
Unwanted
A wilderness guide confronts a feral murder suspect and finds her dead mother's locket on his chest.
Romance
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
Mystery
Thriller
Immersive
Unwanted
A wilderness guide confronts a feral murder suspect and finds her dead mother's locket on his chest.
Romance
Romantic Suspense
Suspense
Mystery
Thriller
Wrath
The stranger he saved from the lake becomes his stepbrother, his rival, and his deepest secret.
Romance
Gay Romance
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Dark
Immersive
Wrath
The stranger he saved from the lake becomes his stepbrother, his rival, and his deepest secret.
Romance
Gay Romance
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Dark
Mariposa
She's Special Forces' only female recruit. He's her scarred instructor. And her ex's father.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
War
Immersive
Mariposa
She's Special Forces' only female recruit. He's her scarred instructor. And her ex's father.
Romance
Dark
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
War
King of Flesh and Bone
A death god commands a widow's flesh in his bone kingdom, but her hatred stays free.
Fantasy
Romance
Dark
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Immersive
King of Flesh and Bone
A death god commands a widow's flesh in his bone kingdom, but her hatred stays free.
Fantasy
Romance
Dark
Fantasy Romance
Paranormal Romance
Among Friends
His oldest friend assaulted his daughter. Everyone he loves is choosing comfort over her.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Adult
Dark
Family
Immersive
Among Friends
His oldest friend assaulted his daughter. Everyone he loves is choosing comfort over her.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Adult
Dark
Family
Boys Who Taint
A masked stalker wants her body. Three broken boys want her soul. She just wants revenge.
Romance
Dark
Erotica
Erotic Romance
Reverse Harem
Immersive
Boys Who Taint
A masked stalker wants her body. Three broken boys want her soul. She just wants revenge.
Romance
Dark
Erotica
Erotic Romance
Reverse Harem
Only With You
A fire forces a college senior to room with the British basketball star she's hated for years.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Sports
College
Immersive
Only With You
A fire forces a college senior to room with the British basketball star she's hated for years.
Romance
Contemporary Romance
New Adult
Sports
College
The Death-Made Prince
A condemned witch bargains with a necromancer prince: free his sister, and he resurrects her lover.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Witches
Magic
Immersive
The Death-Made Prince
A condemned witch bargains with a necromancer prince: free his sister, and he resurrects her lover.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Witches
Magic
Once Upon a Demon's Heart
After twenty deaths at his hands, a demigod knight is forced to marry her demon killer.
Fantasy Romance
Romance
Fantasy
Adult
Paranormal Romance
Immersive
Once Upon a Demon's Heart
After twenty deaths at his hands, a demigod knight is forced to marry her demon killer.
Fantasy Romance
Romance
Fantasy
Adult
Paranormal Romance
