If you’ve ever wanted to be chased, teased, and seduced by your best friend’s brother in a haunted mansion while wearing a maid costume—Lee Jacquot’s Hollows Grove is your spicy Halloween fantasy come true.

If you’ve ever wanted to scream “No, don’t do it!” while simultaneously whispering “Yes, ruin me,” then Bad Habit by Charleigh Rose is your kind of chaos. This new adult romance is a cocktail of angst, forbidden lust, and emotional wreckage—with a splash of smut and a twist of trauma. It’s the literary equivalent of sneaking out at midnight to meet your brother’s best friend who definitely shouldn’t be touching you—but absolutely will.

If you’ve ever wanted to be dragged through a mafia war by your hair while simultaneously being seduced by a morally gray man with a God complex and a filthy mouth—Twisted King is your poison. Ria Wilde’s second installment in the Twisted City Duet is not just dark romance; it’s a full-blown descent into madness, obsession, and power plays that make your average enemies-to-lovers look like a tea party.

If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if Romeo and Juliet were raised by mob bosses, trained in hand-to-hand combat, and had a penchant for morally gray foreplay—Ria Wilde’s Little Bird answers that question with a blood-soaked smirk and a silk blindfold. This dark romance, the first in the Twisted City Duet, is not for the faint of heart—but it’s a feast for readers who crave danger, desire, and a heroine who can throw a punch as well as she throws shade.

If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if a rebellious high school senior with a penchant for chaos fell for her broody, emotionally unavailable teacher—well, Charleigh Rose has answered that question with Misbehaved. This novel is a cocktail of forbidden romance, emotional trauma, and enough sexual tension to fog up your Kindle screen. It’s messy, it’s moody, and it’s definitely not for the faint of heart. But is it worth the read? Buckle up, because we’re about to dive into the morally murky waters of Remington Stringer’s world.

If Sons of Anarchy and a rom-com had a lovechild raised on sass, smut, and small-town secrets, it would be The Kings of Kearny by Navessa Allen. This steamy MC romance is a wild ride through crime, chaos, and the kind of love that makes you question your morals—and maybe your taste in men. With sharp banter, emotional depth, and a heroine who could out-snark Satan, Allen delivers a story that’s equal parts hilarious and heart-wrenching.

Welcome to the final descent into the marshy madness of Hollow’s Row, where murder is foreplay, philosophy is foreplay, and—let’s be honest—everything is foreplay. Trisha Wolfe’s Lovely Wicked Things, the third and final installment in her Hollow’s Row trilogy, is a dark academia romance that reads like Edgar Allan Poe and Freud got drunk and decided to co-write a smutty murder mystery. And reader, it’s glorious.

If Edgar Allan Poe and Clarice Starling had a lovechild raised on smut and psychological thrillers, it would probably write something like Lovely Violent Things by Trisha Wolfe. This second installment in the Hollow’s Row series is a fever dream of obsession, trauma, and twisted romance—equal parts seductive and sinister. It’s not for the faint of heart, but if you like your love stories with a side of blood and philosophical madness, buckle up.

A darkly romantic romp through Brynne Weaver’s blood-soaked garden of delights

If you’ve ever wanted your romance to come with a side of ritualistic murder, Nietzschean philosophy, and a man who might be the devil incarnate, then congratulations: Trisha Wolfe’s Lovely Bad Things is your new obsession. This book doesn’t just flirt with darkness—it French kisses it in a graveyard while quoting existential dread.

If you’ve ever thought, “I want a romance novel where the enemies-to-lovers tension is so sharp it could slice through Kevlar,” then Lauren Biel’s Slay Ride is your next obsession. Set in a remote Alaskan retreat for morally flexible individuals, this book is a snowstorm of sarcasm, sexual tension, and suspiciously well-packed rope. It’s dark, it’s funny, it’s emotionally feral—and it’s surprisingly tender in all the right places.

Lauren Biel’s 2025 dark rom-com, Ship Happens, is the literary equivalent of a cruise where the buffet includes top-shelf liquor, five-star meals, and a side of emotional trauma. It’s Book 3 in the Slaycation series, and if you thought the previous retreats were wild, this one sets sail with handcuffs, secrets, and a federal agent sharing a bed with a serial unaliver. Bon voyage, indeed.