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Dark Romance Series/Standalones I Can't Live Without

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As an ARC reader, one of my go-to genres is dark romance, which features anything from werewolves and vampires to angels and demons. The Shadow Daddies, as I like to call them, are always morally grey or pitch black. This list has no room for the cin...
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Dark Romance Novels

Morally Gray MMC - Check; Pitch Black MMC - Check; Spicy Level 5/5 - Check; Feisty FMC who doesn't back down - Check; These are my top series dark romances I had a hard time putting down and forgetting. 

 
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Blurb: The man I’m forced to marry is everything I despise. Henry’s reputation makes men tremble in fear and women quake with something else. He demands complete obedience and his deals are as sordid as his past. He gets exactly what he wants, and wh...
A Debt of Darkness (Dark and Devilish, #1) by C.J. Holmes
 
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Blurb: “I’m damned by my own desires now I've made a deal with the devil My first mistake was taking Enzo's deal. My second was believing I could escape. The devil doesn't go back on his bargains and this one has trapped me between pleasure and pain....
A Deal in Darkness (Dark and Devilish Book 2)
 
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Blurb: The werewolf who took me is everything I hate. Luke dragged me from my home and shattered my world with a single promise: I’ll give him the child he needs to secure his power. He calls it fate; I call it hell. He claims I'm his mate, but he do...
A Duel with Darkness (Dark and Devilish 3)
 
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Blurb: “He’ll never be the hero. But I clearly have the capacity to fall in love with a villain. When Hell is plagued by overpopulation and exposure of their world to humankind seems imminent, angels and demons come to a rare accord. They decide that...
The River of Fire (Rivers of Hell Book 1)
 
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Blurb: "I will be alone." "You will never be alone as long as I exist." While ancient Sumerians were etching their first words, Heaven and Hell waged bloody battles. Nephithar, Hell’s foremost general and a being crafted for bloodshed by the Devil hi...
The Gates of Hell (The Rivers of Hell) - Kindle
 
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Blurb “What’s that?” “Your leash and collar. Pet.” For thousands of years, the succubus Naamah did who she wanted, when she wanted. As a lust demon, she was no stranger to using her wiles to achieve her goals. So when her uncle, the archdemon Ashtaro...
The Realm of Shadows (The Rivers of Hell)
 
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Blurb: “A fallen angel with a grudge. A warrior of Heaven with too much to lose. And a Nephilim caught between them. Once, Sariel would have done anything for Ithuriel. Now? He just wants to watch him fall. When the angels embark on a mission to clos...
The River of Hatred (Rivers of Hell 2)
 
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Blurb: Morally grey? Try pitch black so dark they nicknamed him The Reaper. Axel Hawthorne—Axe, is more monster than man. A bloodthirsty assassin with no mercy, no heart, no soul. The nightmare lurking in the underworld my father commands. No one esc...
Once A Villain: Dark Assassin Romance
 
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Blurb: “In a world ruled by betrayal, love may be the deadliest trap of all. In the dangerous and often deadly world of the mafia, staying loyal to the family is rule number one. Antonio learns this first hand, abandoning the luxury of emotions when ...
Beneath the Shadows by Tara Conrad
 
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Blurb: “She was promised to us before she was born... Now we've come to collect. Crimson Bound explores the events from Bound in Crimson from the POVs of Atlas, Kade, Gabriel, and Lex. SERIES READING ORDER: Book #1: Bound in Crimson Book #1.5: Crimso...
Crimson Bound: Vampire Paranormal Romance
 
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Blurb: “I should hate them, yet there’s no denying my body reacts to their every touch. When my ancestors lost everything in a business deal gone wrong, they were forced to make a sacrifice—a blood oath, promising the firstborn daughter of their bloo...
Bound in Crimson (Blood Oath #1) by J.A. Carter