Brooding Books

🌶️·third person

captive romanceadventure romancecompetition romance

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

🌶️·first person

hidden identitysecond chancesecret relationship

City of Bones

Cassandra Clare

🌶️·multi-POV

hidden identitysecret heir/royaltyblood feud romance

A Court of Silver Flames

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

forced proximityfated mates

Crown of Midnight

🌶️·multi-POV

love triangle

The Cruel Prince

🌶️·first person

adventure romancebully romancerivals competing

Insurgent

Veronica Roth

🌶️·first person·✓

survival romancecaptive romance

Heir of Fire

🌶️·multi-POV

second chance

Queen of Shadows

🌶️🌶️·multi-POV

adventure romancefated matesrescue romance

Empire of Storms

🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV

fated matesforced proximity

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Suzanne Collins

🌶️·third person

games/trials romancementor/student dynamicssurvival romance

The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5)

🌶️·multi-POV

captive romanceforced proximityassassin romance

House of Earth and Blood

🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

fated mates

Shadow and Bone

🌶️·first person

hidden identitysecret heir/royaltylove triangle

The Wicked King

🌶️·first person

captive romanceforced proximitysecret relationship

Twisted Games

Ana Huang

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

bodyguard/protection detailforced proximityadventure romance

The Queen of Nothing

🌶️·first person

arranged marriagecursed love interest

Powerless

Lauren Roberts

🌶️·dual POV

hidden identitysecret heir/royaltyadventure romance

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

🌶️·first person

marriage of conveniencehidden past revealed

Siege and Storm

🌶️·first person

captive romanceforced proximityhidden identity

One Dark Window

Rachel Gillig

🌶️🌶️·first person

forced proximityhidden identity

Interview with the Vampire

Anne Rice

🌶️·first person·✓

captive romancedark romanceforced proximity

Fallen

Lauren Kate

🌶️·third person

hidden identityblood feud romancecursed love interest

Credence

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

captive romanceforced proximitycaretaking romance

Punk 57

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

dark romancebully romancehidden identity

The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia, #2)

Carissa Broadbent

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

captive romanceforced proximityforced to marry

Corrupt

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

childhood sweethearts reuniteddark romance

Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2)

Victoria Aveyard

🌶️·first person

hidden identityblood feud romancegames/trials romance

Ninth House

🌶️🌶️·dual POV

dark academia romancerescue romance

Gild

Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person·✓

captive romance

The Ritual

Shantel Tessier

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

captive romancedark romancecollege romance

Ruthless Fae (Zodiac Academy, #2)

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

bully romanceblood feud romancegames/trials romance

Dark Lover

J.R. Ward

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV

forced proximityfated matessecret relationship

Serpent & Dove

Shelby Mahurin

🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV·✓

forced proximityforced to marryhidden identity

King's Cage (Red Queen, #3)

Victoria Aveyard

🌶️·first person

captive romancegames/trials romancehidden identity

Glint

Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person·✓

captive romanceforced proximityhidden identity

Shadow Princess (Zodiac Academy, #4)

🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

bully romancedark romanceacademy romance

The Atlas Six

Olivie Blake

🌶️🌶️·multi-POV

enemies to loversforced proximitylove triangle

Shield of Sparrows

Devney Perry

🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

forced proximityhidden identitycompetition romance

God of Malice

Rina Kent

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

captive romancedark romancecollege romance

Shadow of Night

Deborah Harkness

🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person·✓

vampire romancetime travel romanceforbidden love

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

🌶️·first person

fairytale retelling

Gleam

Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person·✓

captive romanceforced proximityhidden identity

Zodiac Academy: Cursed Fates

🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

captive romancedark romanceforced proximity

The Maddest Obsession

Danielle Lori

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

captive romanceforced proximityhidden identity

Still Beating

Jennifer Hartmann

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

captive romanceforced proximitysecond chance

Bully

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

bully romancechildhood sweethearts reunitedthe one that got away

Kingdom of the Cursed

Kerri Maniscalco

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

forced proximitydark romance

Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts, #1)

Carissa Broadbent

🌶️🌶️·dual POV

forced proximityhidden past revealedteacher/student (adult)

Hideaway

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

brothers best frienddark romancehidden identity

Scarred (Never After, #2)

Emily McIntire

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

arranged marriagedark romanceforced proximity

Brutal Prince

Sophie Lark

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

age gaparranged marriageenemies to lovers

Glow

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person·✓

captive romanceforced proximityhidden identity

Kill Switch

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

captive romancedark romancerevenge romance

Hell Bent