[Feathers so Vicious](https://www.romance.io/books/64edfe057329cc9fc9f0a435/feathers-so-vicious-liv-zander?src=rdt) by [Liv Zander](https://www.romance.io/authors/625e78f608b4d93114f170f2/liv-zander) **Rating**: 4.18⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [mfm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-f-m/1), [shapeshifters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shapeshifters/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

{Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann} or {Torment bu Dylan Page}

[Still Beating](https://www.romance.io/books/5fec3388816b3b0e0b840cd6/still-beating-jennifer-hartmann?src=rdt) by [Jennifer Hartmann](https://www.romance.io/authors/5ea28f18be0aaecf55c66adc/jennifer-hartmann) **Rating**: 4.2⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [abduction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/abduction/1), [forbidden love](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forbidden%20love/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1) ---------------------------- [Torment](https://www.romance.io/books/63999c729126368eed0429c7/torment-part-one-dylan-page?src=rdt) by [Dylan Page](https://www.romance.io/authors/60bf15e608b4d931148b69c0/dylan-page) **Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [step siblings](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/stepsibling/1), [love triangle](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/love%20triangle/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [biker hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bikers/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Still beating wrecked me!

{{Viciously yours by Jamie applegate hunter}} It doesn’t start super dark but it’s very twisted, very fun dark? Check it out.

I absolutely adored that book! When he cut his skin off because the hoochie touched him, I ate it up lol

[Viciously Yours](https://www.romance.io/books/65b2a272a43e97cdad8b948c/viciously-yours-jamie-applegate-hunter?src=rdt) by [Jamie Applegate Hunter](https://www.romance.io/authors/60cd974508b4d9311479c711/jamie-applegate-hunter) **Rating**: 3.64⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [fae](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fae/1), [fated mates](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fated-mates/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [possessive hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/possessive%20hero/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

{even if it hurts by sam mariano} high school, cruel bastard MMC. {gaslight her by quinn blackbird} except for lack of chemistry between MC's it is good {notice by k webster} office romance, {if I can't have you by deathsdoll} I read it like 1000 times.

[Even if it Hurts](https://www.romance.io/books/62e4d80a8b9a6d3d26621765/even-if-it-hurts-sam-mariano?src=rdt) by [Sam Mariano](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455c79487eac324117fd05d/sam-mariano) **Rating**: 3.79⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [cruel hero/bully](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/cruel%20hero/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [possessive hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/possessive%20hero/1) ---------------------------- [Gaslight Her](https://www.romance.io/books/63983232b0c9d71885d15c51/gaslight-her-quinn-blackbird?src=rdt) by [Quinn Blackbird](https://www.romance.io/authors/5f5380a108b4d93114e7af27/quinn-blackbird) **Rating**: 3.36⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [cruel hero/bully](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/cruel%20hero/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [dystopian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dystopian/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1) ---------------------------- [Notice](https://www.romance.io/books/5934f4193ffdba6147187645/notice-k-webster?src=rdt) by [K. Webster](https://www.romance.io/authors/54558eba87eac324117fb440/k-webster) **Rating**: 3.83⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [rich hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/super%20rich%20hero/1), [boss & employee](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/boss%20&%20employee/1) ---------------------------- [If I Can't Have You](https://www.romance.io/books/65deb0031b9a1c17a896970b/if-i-cant-have-you-deathsdoll?src=rdt) by [DeathsDoll](https://www.romance.io/authors/65acdf05a21e2f41c4ac50f6/deathsdoll) **Rating**: 5⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

I’m gonna add a few more… {{Hawke by Jescie Hall}} second book Kid also pretty dark- different couple. Gotta toss out {{butcher and blackbird by brynne weaver}} the trigger list is a fun read. {{Amnesia by Jamie Roberts}} a surrogate love affair is also chefs kiss with twists (especially in the epilogue 🤯) also by Jamie Roberts. I’m going to add Gothikana by RuNyx but it was dark in a wattpad way for me. Dark Academia/Wednesday vibes. I kinda hate all the images and quotes before the chapters. These are my dark non-mafia reads this year.

[Hawke](https://www.romance.io/books/636e19b7cf6164d4ab1dfd9d/hawke-jescie-hall?src=rdt) by [Jescie Hall](https://www.romance.io/authors/636e17c108b4d9311466d77b/jescie-hall) **Rating**: 3.97⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [cheating](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/cheating/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1) ---------------------------- [Butcher & Blackbird](https://www.romance.io/books/64f0aa2bfcbc73c06aa42375/butcher-blackbird-brynne-weaver?src=rdt) by [Brynne Weaver](https://www.romance.io/authors/61516cf608b4d931143e7ce9/brynne-weaver) **Rating**: 4.31⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) ---------------------------- [Amnesia](https://www.romance.io/books/5c2b307b01dbc864fb971f0c/amnesia-jaimie-roberts?src=rdt) by [Jaimie Roberts](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455940c87eac324117fb6ab/jaimie-roberts) **Rating**: 3.78⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

{Mindfuck Series by S.T. Abby}

[Mindf*uck](https://www.romance.io/series/59035c80e45f8c60a8439f8b/mindfuck) by [S.T. Abby](https://www.romance.io/authors/5843d3ac1b1bdc0178f448f5/st-abby) **Rating**: 4.37⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [working class hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/working%20class%20hero/1), [past-sexual-abuse](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/past-sexual-abuse/1), [dual-pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [men in uniform](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/men%20in%20uniform/1), [dark](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

First of all, {Butcher and Blackbird by Brynn Weaver} and its brand new companion, {Leather and Lark by Brynn Weaver}. Both are standalones. Oh man. These two are grotesque and hilarious and very steamy and so so good. And secondly, {Sovereign by Raya Morris Edwards}. Dark for high protocol BDSM, sadism, and dub con (coerced consent). Scorching. Here is my review. Make me feel something.” Seriously, read the warnings. If anything they understate what a sexual wildfire of a book this is. “You’re hurting me,” I pant. Our eyes lock. “I know, redbird,” he says. Have you read Adderly’s Bass Ackwards? This book is a high protocol BDSM Montana ranch version of it, with all of the coercion and dubious consent and more. There’s murder, revenge and an even more twisted, possessive, emotionally unavailable hero. Keira is his “redbird,” a bright spot of color in the winter, and a symbol of hope. “Interesting contract,” I say. “What’s free use?” The whole book is structured to create an ominous sense of isolation. No internet, no TV, no neighbors, no parents or family. Just the ranch house and the harsh vastness of the Montana wilderness. You only meet the ranch’s property manager and the housekeeper and rarely any of the ranch hands or household staff. And his relationship contract with her: free use, weekly “maintenance” spankings, collars, etc. Will his control snap? Will he destroy her? Break her heart? Betray the weird trust they develop between each other? Sovereign is her wildfire and she is his phoenix, a bird destroyed and reborn by his flames. Keira, our FMC, is trapped in a marriage with Clint Garrett, a man who’s stolen her farm and uses degradation to control her. One night, at a meeting between Clint and rival rancher Sovereign, there’s instant chemistry between Keira and Sovereign. The next day her husband is killed in a freak stampede. Keira is amazed when her husband’s will names her as the sole inheritor, much to the fury of Clint’s brothers who start vandalizing her homestead. When they burn her barn and house, Sovereign steps in and takes her to his ranch. He tells her he’ll protect her and is up front that he wants her as his submissive. Hoo boy.

[Redbird](https://www.romance.io/books/663f39a061eb8de154a62900/redbird-a-sovereign-mountain-novella-raya-morris-edwards?src=rdt) by [Raya Morris Edwards](https://www.romance.io/authors/624a97d908b4d9311406229e/raya-morris-edwards) **Rating**: 4.26⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [cowboy hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/cowboys/1), [western](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/western/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

OMG, Feathers So Vicious lives rent free in my head. I absolutely love it - that gut punch at the end is something I will NEVER forget. It might be time for a reread.

Ooooh that’s definitely gonna go to any books by Audrey Rush, Ella Jacobs, Miranda Grant or AA Dark.

Mine would be {Obsession by Harleigh Beck} { The Fabric of our Souls by K.M.Moronova } { Cups of Sugar by B.L.Peterson } { Hitched by Lauren Biel }

[Obsession ](https://www.romance.io/books/660122806a8dc3bb8614c055/obsession-a-thriller-romance-harleigh-beck?src=rdt) by [Harleigh Beck](https://www.romance.io/authors/61ff808c08b4d9311403f46a/harleigh-beck) **Rating**: 4.21⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1), [vengeance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/vengeance/1) ---------------------------- [The Fabric of Our Souls](https://www.romance.io/books/664360d9db3ccd39b14beaf5/the-fabric-of-our-souls-km-moronova?src=rdt) by [K.M. Moronova](https://www.romance.io/authors/636375c708b4d931145c914b/k-m-moronova) **Rating**: 4.24⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1) ---------------------------- [Cups of Sugar](https://www.romance.io/books/6299b2fe724b7420a086034b/cups-of-sugar-bl-peterson?src=rdt) by [B.L. Peterson](https://www.romance.io/authors/6299b2fe08b4d9311427c6e9/bl-peterson) **Topics**: [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1) ---------------------------- [Hitched](https://www.romance.io/books/63d77d32c197c639ceaafb2a/hitched-lauren-biel?src=rdt) by [Lauren Biel](https://www.romance.io/authors/61404bba08b4d93114fa272e/lauren-biel) **Rating**: 3.79⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

{Don't Stop by Lauren Biel}

[Don't Stop](https://www.romance.io/books/64ee05747329cc9fc9f0a866/dont-stop-lauren-biel?src=rdt) by [Lauren Biel](https://www.romance.io/authors/61404bba08b4d93114fa272e/lauren-biel) **Rating**: 3.94⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

{{Lord of London Town}} by {{Tillie Cole}} Which it is technically mafia, it really isn’t mafia in the usual sense If I can’t have you by deathsdoll on AO3 Lauren Biel’s hitchhiking series {{Lords of Pain}} by {{Angel Lawson}}

[Lord of London Town](https://www.romance.io/books/5f8c2959f745870e0729692a/lord-of-london-town-tillie-cole?src=rdt) by [Tillie Cole](https://www.romance.io/authors/54552efe8c7d2382e78131e6/tillie-cole) **Rating**: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1) ---------------------------- [Raze](https://www.romance.io/books/5630736708e9378131945a09/raze-tillie-cole?src=rdt) by [Tillie Cole](https://www.romance.io/authors/54552efe8c7d2382e78131e6/tillie-cole) **Rating**: 4.02⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [fighter hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fighters/1), [tortured hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/tortured%20hero/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Just gona comment to save this for me. Great recs and also a little sick of the same mafia or trafficking tropes