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Dark Romance Library

Find your yum, without the yuk!

We've scoured your favorite book stores for dark romance books, and we've done our best to find ALL the triggers warning for each book, where the author has provided them.

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Salt in the Wound

Sierra Simone

enemies to lovers

sexual content, blood, misogyny, death of parent, toxic relationship, violence, abandonment, cursing, grief, religious bigotry, adult/minor relationship, death of parent, sexual violence, self harm, violence, torture

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Tryst Six Venom

Penelope Douglas

contemporary, enemies to lovers

abuse, bullying, homophobia, suicide, self-harm, violence, body shaming and fatphobia, sexual assault, emotional and physical abuse, eating disorders, and outing.

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His Omega Babygirl

Sinistre Ange

contemporary

confinement, rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, toxic relationship, violence, kidnapping, stalking, BDSM

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Grave Intentions

Selena Winters

contemporary

murder & violence , virgin fmc & mmc , knife play , stalking , branding , somnophilia , foster siblings , primal play , blood play , praise & degradation , abuse from foster parents , sa , cnc , explicit sexual scenes , masks

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Maddox

C L Easton

reverse harem

dub-con , non-con , alcohol abuse , drug abuse , mention of SA , rehab , rough sex , detailed sex scenes , torture , talk of parental death

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Ricochet

River Hale

contemporary, sports

violence, murder (serial killer), blood and gore, grief and trauma, childhood abuse and childhood sexual assault (not on-page), ptsd, panic attack, nightmares, brief suicidal ideation, profanity, graphic sex, mild violence between mcs, repressed memories, choking, blood play, pain play, light bdsm, light dubious consent, somnophilia (consensual)(consensual)

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Corrupting Cali

Kate Oliver

mafia

neglect by parents (mention), kidnapping, murder, torture (mention), guns, mafia, sexual assault, stalking

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City of Wind and Lies

Darma Day

contemporary

violence, mentions of drug use, gun use, torture, kidnapping, physical assault, sexual assault, consensual non-con, dubious consent, unaliving (on & off page) hand necklaces, spanking, edging, restraint, temperature play, somnophilia, breeding kink

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Remnants Of The Guilty

Ashlynn

contemporary

hand necklaces, light voyeurism/exhibitionism, graphic explicit sex, grape (on page) edging, forced rape, crawling, forced orgasms, sexual assault, physical assault, spitting, knife play, blood play, gun play, toy play, squirting, drugging, alcohol, very light off page bullying, degradation, praise, snowballing, kidnapping, pegging

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King of Sinners

Nouha Jullienne

contemporary, motorcyle club

graphic violence, physical assault, gun violence, torture, decapitation, kidnapping, mild stalking, mention of drug addiction/abuse, masturbation, breath play, degradation, impact play, anal play

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Stalked by the Alphas

Eve Newton

reverse harem

stalking, rh non con (heat induced agreement but falls into non-con), medication tampering, child sa (past, not on page), abduction, sa (not rh), attempted suicide (by mmc), described violence, mind-fuckery

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His Mate

Sara Fields

contemporary

spanking, rough sex, knotting, breeding, marking

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Scorching Sienna

Eloise Benjamin

contemporary

assault, blood depiction, bondage, child abuse/neglect, crude/gore depiction, death, drugging, group sex, gun violence, BDSM practices, knife violence, murder, physical abuse/assault, profanity, rape, self-harm, sexual abuse/violence, stalking, surveillance non-con, torture, violence

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Unbroken Bonds

J Bree

paranormal

alcoholism , blood , body horror , child death , classism , confinement , cursing , death , death of parent , gaslighting , genocide , gore , grief , gun violence , kidnapping , misogyny , murder , sexual assault , stalking , suicide , torture , toxic relationship , violence , vomit

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Reckless

Zepphora

contemporary

murder, illicit drug use, BPD, PTSD, bullying, physical assault, daddy kink, impact play, sadism, sadomasochism, red wings, bondage

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Knot So Sweet

Miss Renae

reverse harem, omegaverse, enemies to lovers, contemporary

scent matching, omega heat knotting, hurt, self-harm, murder, blood

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Filthy Few

Samantha Barrett

contemporary

stalking, dub-con, degrading, forced proximity, bully, humiliation

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King of the Cage

Mila Kane

mafia

graphic descriptions of violence and fighting, kidnapping, captivity, stalking, description of involuntary drugging, dark and creepy secret society and depraved initiation rituals

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When Day Breaks

AJ Nicole

contemporary

violence, sexual content, graphic gore, fire, gaslighting, taunting, revenge, betrayal, imprisonment, drowning, bullying, compulsion/mind control, blood, death, murder, torture, sex over dead bodies, blood play, bite play, hate sex, underwater blow jobs, graphic sex

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Sin Bin Beast

Kelani Knox

contemporary

we looked everywhere, but couldn't find triggers for this one. proceed with caution.

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Collared & Groomed

Darcy Fayton

fantasy, enemies to lovers, paranormal

dubcon, BDSM, sex toys, pet play, shame play, breath play, degradation, mild fantasy violence including with a bladed weapon, on-page sexual assault (not MMC)

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Prey

Fanny Lee Savage

reverse harem

graphic sexual content, choking, breath play, degradation, praise, dom/sub. biting, cream pie cleanup, exhibitionism, voyeurism bi-awakening, violence, kidnapping, bondage

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The Truths That Deceive

Kristen Luciani

contemporary

primal play, graphic violence, gore, graphic murder, graphic language, dub-con, kink, spanking, public acts of sex, graphic sex acts, edge play, role play, D/s, anal sex

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Bratva Butcher

T J Maguire

mafia

graphic and detailed violence, murder, death, graphic sexual scenes, knife play, choking, hate sex, graphic and detailed torture scenes, vivid descriptions of dead bodies, mentions of suicide, blood, gore

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The Devil's Pawn

Tracie Delaney

enemies to lovers

rape, suicide, torture, kidnapping, grief, death of parent, sexual content

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