Recommendations based on "Kept Bride: A Dark Romance (The Secret Bride)"

All the twisted games are back as Devil's Night returns in this dark romance from New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas, now with bonus material.Buried in the shadows of the city, there’s an abandoned hotel called The Pope, surrounded by a mystery about the hidden twelfth floor and the guest who never checked out. Banks knows the local legend, but Kai Mori believes the myth around the hotel. He and his friends think they know her, think they can scare her, but Banks knows something they don’t. Even though she struggles to hide everything she feels when Kai looks at her, the person he seeks is much closer than he’ll ever realize.She’ll never reveal her secret. This Devil’s Night, Kai will be the hunted one.But Banks doesn’t know what Kai had to turn into to survive three years in prison. He wants the hotel, its guest, and his life back. But the more he’s around Banks, the more Kai realizes this new version of himself is exactly who he was meant to be.Kai’s seen her hideaway. It’s time for Banks to see his.

Even if the world did end, five men is far too many to handle. Isn’t it?Since the Final War, I’ve been doing just fine. I have a lovely cave, a darling vegetable patch, forest views . . . and if loneliness sometimes squeezes my aching heart, well, my books have always kept me company.That is, until a pack of hunters chase me from my home and right into the arms of several rather large, rather brutish ex-Army Rangers. And those brutes have the nerve to make me the rudest offer I’ve ever heard.Their protection—for my body.The whole thing is absurd. Scandalous. Perverted, even. I mean, just the thought of doing that with five men, well, it’s . . . it’s . . .I take the deal.Okay, so it’s possible I find them indecently tempting. But these men also have secrets, and pasts so fraught with emotion, I’m not sure I can untangle them all. Or whether they’ll let me.No, my brutes have made it excruciatingly clear where they think I belong—beneath them, between them, bent over backwards for them . . . but certainly not beside them.And I don’t think that’s going to work for me.***The Brutes of Bristlebrook is a dark(ish) post-apocalyptic, steamy reverse harem romance trilogy, meaning Eden will end up with three or more love interests after I’ve appropriately obliterated my readers’ nerves.Expect complex characters, 1st person present tense, multiple POVs, MM in the harem, angst, lots of laughs, and to encounter material that some readers may find sensitive—a full description of which can be found on my author website.Ensnared is book 1 of 3. Book 2, Entangled, is currently out and book 3 will be out ASAP in 2024.

From award winning author Julie Weaver comes a steamy protector romance featuring: ♥ A morally grey ex-navy SEAL, ♥ A heroine on the run and in need of protection, and ♥ Touch her and you die vibes.FreyaI’ll do anything to escape the controlling monster who’s tormented me for years, even if it means putting my life at the mercy of a criminal. When Kane Daniels breaks into my gilded cage, he doesn’t realize his loot will include more than gold and diamonds—it’ll include me.Bearded, built, and covered in tats, Kane looks like a sexy Viking warrior wrapped in biker gear, embodying every filthy fantasy I never knew I had. It’s been a long time since I could choose anything for myself, and I’m choosing him.But the devil I fled has dangerous men hunting me, and they won’t hesitate to eliminate anyone who stands in their way. I’m tougher than I look and have faced unimaginable suffering many times in my life, but losing Kane could be the first thing to break me.KaneAfter getting out of Team Zulu, my life is exactly the way I want it. No commitments. No responsibilities. No killing. And then a brazen blond forces her way into my world, turning it upside down.Freya Palmer is exactly the kind of trouble I should avoid, but when I learn of the nightmare she’s endured, my protective instincts kick in, and the black ops skills I never wanted to use again suddenly seem mighty useful. Because the man who hurt her badly wants her back, and I’m going to be the one to stop him.Our arrangement is temporary. She’s living with me until she’s safe, but what if my heart wants something more permanent? How can I ask Freya to stay with me when all she dreams of is being free?

Hades retired from the business. Now it’s just me. Look at me now...bitter...angry...depressed. I resent my former friend so much, even hate the guy, but I’ve never been the same since he refused to forgive me. I meet a woman. She’s like all the others...beautiful, interesting, good at the fun stuff, but I don’t feel anything. One woman will love you for you, not your money or your power, but you’ll lose her. And once she’s gone...she’s gone. That gypsy wasn’t right about me too, right? I’ve got trouble on my doorstep when the new Skull King shows up. He wants a cut of my business. Like he’s getting anything. This is all I have left. Once again I become swallowed by the underworld. Will I survive it?

E L James Revisits The World Of Fifty Shades With A Deeper And Darker Take On The Love Story That Has Enthralled Millions Of Readers Around The Globe. Their Scorching, Sensual Affair Ended In Heartbreak And Recrimination, But Christian Grey Cannot Get Anastasia Steele Out Of His Mind, Or His Blood. Determined To Win Her Back, He Tries To Suppress His Darkest Desires And His Need For Complete Control, And To Love Ana On Her Own Terms. But The Horrors Of His Childhood Still Haunt Him, And Ana’s Scheming Boss, Jack Hyde, Clearly Wants Her For Himself. Can Christian’s Confidant And Therapist, Dr. Flynn, Help Him Face Down His Demons? Or Will The Possessiveness Of Elena, His Seducer, And The Deranged Devotion Of Leila, His Former Submissive, Drag Christian Down Into The Past? And If Christian Does Win Ana Back, Can A Man So Dark And Damaged Ever Hope To Keep Her?

*Book one of a duet*When Ophelia Winters accepts a scholarship at a prestigious Scottish university to prove that her parents' death was the fault of Cain Green, an American aviation tycoon, her plan is simple. Keep her grades up and her head down; the last thing she wants is to wind up in a mafia war or step on the toes of royalty.Her plan gets off to a rocky start when the mysterious man that almost kills her on her first day turns out to be Cain's eldest son. As far as she's concerned, Alex Corbeau-Green is a younger version of his billionaire father. A monster hiding beneath a beautiful facade.Loneliness has been Ophelia's only dependable companion for years, but when anonymous threats and mysterious occurrences start to haunt her time at Sorrowsong, she wonders if she really can survive there on her own.Between being paired together for a project and ending up as each other's alibi for a murder, avoiding Alex becomes increasingly impossible. She begins to fall for the soft heart that hides beneath his hard exterior.Tormented by a malicious stalker and growing closer to Alex, Ophelia's desperation for revenge wavers for the first time. Can she really bring herself to pull the trigger on Cain now that she knows the family it'll split into two?__________Dark Academic Romance - Hate to Love - Slow Burn - University Setting - Murder and MysteryThis work is dark in places and contains several triggers throughout. Please heed the warnings before reading.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole comes a spellbinding tale set in the Immortals After Dark universe: the story of a demon king trapped by an enchantress for her wanton purposes—and the scorching aftermath that follows when he turns the tables and claims her as his captive.His obsession…Sabine, Sorceress of Illusions: the evil beauty who surrenders her body, but not her heart.Her downfall…Rydstrom Woede: the ruthless warrior who vows to keep her at all costs.They were never supposed to want each other this much...With each smoldering encounter, their shared hunger only increases. If they can defeat the sinister enemy that stands between them, will Sabine make the ultimate sacrifice for her demon? Or will the proud king lay down his crown and arms to save his sorceress?

FORBIDDEN TEMPTATIONSSerena Kelley is an archaeologist and treasure hunter-and a woman with a secret. Since she was seven, she's been the keeper of a powerful charm that grants her health and immortality . . . as long as she stays a virgin. But Serena isn't all that innocent. And when a dangerously handsome stranger brings her to the brink of ecstasy, she wonders if she's finally met the one man she cannot resist.FATAL DESIRESWraith is a Seminus demon with a death wish. But when an old enemy poisons him, he must find Serena and persuade her to give him the only known antidote in the universe-her charm. Yet, as she begins to surrender to his seductions and Wraith senses the cure is within his grasp, he realizes a horrible truth: He's falling for the woman whose life he must take in order to save his own.

Two deeply scarred souls find love and redemption in the dark world of the Russian Bratva...RAZEConditioned in captivity to maim, kill, and slaughter, prisoner 818 becomes an unrivaled and unstoppable fighter in the ring. Violence is all he knows. After years of incarceration in an underground hell, only one thought occupies his mind: bloody, slow, and violent revenge on the man who wronged him.Kisa Volkova, the only daughter of Kirill 'The Silencer' Volkov, head of the infamous 'Red' bosses of New York's Russian Bratva, lives a life of virtual imprisonment. Her father's savage treatment of his rivals and his lucrative underground gambling ring—The Dungeon—ensures too many enemies lurk at their door.While working for her church, Kisa stumbles across a tattooed, scarred, but stunningly beautiful homeless man on the streets. Something about him stirs feelings deep within her; familiar yet impossibly forbidden desires. She becomes obsessed with this mysterious man... this man they call Raze.REAPRaised as a prototype for the Georgian Bratva's obedience drug, 221 is the perfect killing puppet. Standing at six foot six, weighing two-hundred and fifty pounds, and unrivalled in to-the-death combat, 221 successfully secures business for the Georgian Mafiya Boss of NYC in the dark world of the criminal underground—until his enemies capture him.Talia Tolstoi dreams of breaking free from the heavy clutches of Bratva life, away from the brutality of her work at The Dungeon, her family's underground death match enterprise. When she stumbles upon her family's captive who is more monster than man, she starts to see the man underneath. A powerful, beautiful, damaged man whose heart calls to hers.

Free of the palace, Aria is still tormented by memories of Braith… the vampire prince who shattered her heart.Her only solace from the anguish is with Max, her best friend, and fellow blood slave. Just as Aria begins to salvage the broken pieces of her wounded spirit, a marauding group of vampires raid the caves where the rebels are temporarily sheltered.With the security of the caves gone, and vampires hunting them, Aria tries to stay hidden while she searches for her family. She isn’t expecting to come face to face with Braith.Haunted by Aria’s betrayal, Braith spent the past months becoming a monster. When he learns she was spotted in the woods, he tries to stay away, but finds himself drawn to the rebel who stole his heart.Divided between their loyalties and their hearts, will their love be enough to overcome their past, or will their differences tear them apart forever?***The Captive Series is mature YA/New Adult. This book contains some language, violence, and sexual situations. Recommended for ages sixteen and up.*** Recommended reading order for the completed Captive Series.Captured (Book 1)Renegade (Book 2)Refugee (Book 3)Salvation (Book 4)Redemption (Book 5)Broken (The Captive Series Prequel)Vengeance (Book 6)Unbound (Book 7)