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Books I Recommend as a “Perilous Romantic”

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Fable has called me a “Perilous Romantic” and I couldn’t agree with them more. My love stories all perch on the edge of danger, mystery, and pain are the stories that have me yearning for more! These thrilling stories help me explore intense emotions...<3
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Romantasy

 
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Insanely good! The romance between the main characters will literally have you burning for them, this is a enemies-to lovers and trust me you will feel the burn of hatred that slowly but addictively turns into the heat of love and desire… yeah their ...
The Dagger and the Flame (The City of Fantome, #1) by Catherine Doyle
 
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“The City of Fantome Series” Epic continuation of The Dagger and the Flame where the romance gets more heart piercing, the scene more thrilling and the plot twists yes twists! Will have you clutching to the edge of your seat! And has the best ending ...
The Rebel and the Rose (The City of Fantome, #2) by Catherine Doyle
 
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One of my 5 Star reads! It’s a beauty mix of a captivating fantasy and heart striking romance story, “The Empyrean” series by Rebecca Yarros (it’s an incomplete series) is only of my favorite reads. If is one thing I don’t give out my 5 stars lightly...<3
Onyx Storm (Wing and Claw Collection)

Fantasy

 
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One of my five star reads but honesty it is a 6 stars in my book! Definitely a book one MUST if you know what’s good literature/ writing. This amazing high fantasy story will have you in tears but the emotional connection you’ll have with the main ch...
The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story
 
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This piercingly interesting fantasy series follows a morally ambiguous female protagonist, Jude who navigates her life as a powerless moral in amongst dangerous fey in the magical land of Elfhame after her mother and father were murdered by Madoc, wh...
The Folk of the Air Series by Holly Black

Romance (Mafia)

 
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Best dark mafia forbidden romance story you will ever read. What I love about the MCs are they are extremely flawed, especially the FMC and that by itself will add to one’s strange love hate relationship towards her lol but the characters’ developmen...
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Romance

 
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It’s such a beautifully painful read of how love, growth, and second chances often walk hand in hand. The kings of sins series by Ana Huang is my favorite romance novel series but you see book 3, a second chance love story between Dominic & Aless...
King of Greed: Books, Explorations, and New Releases | Bookshop.org Beta Search
 
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Dope love story that follows a super model black girl, FMC and Morally Grey Zaddy that will do anything to keep her safe from his dark past but here’s the twist… she’s his best friend fiancé but he saw her lol (yeah I know that doesn’t make sense lol...
King of Envy (Kings of Sin, #5) by Ana Huang
 
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Because I heavily read stories that are quite emotionally complex/ I binge read lots of high fantasy books in the moments where I want break from the intense world building and crazy big words I always op for an easy romance read aka the “palette cle...
Merging Hearts (Smitten Hearts Book 1) by Kira Ella
 
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Did I cry in the end? YES! Did the way Alex yearnnnnn for Ophelia make me feel paralyzed? YESSSS! Did the way Alex take care of Ophelia like she was literally the only precious thing on earth make me unable to breathe? YESSSSSS!!! Phew I love this bo...
Nightshade (Sorrowsong University, #1) by Autumn Woods

Romance (Age-Gap)

 
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One of my fave age-gap romance novels! Literally the sweetest love story between MMC and FMC, Jordan and Pike, their slow burn is delicious. Jordan and her boyfriend Cole which is Pike’s son move in with his father when things make a turn for the wor...
Birthday Girl

Dystopian

 
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One of my favorite Dystopian series ever, that follows through the POV of the FMC Tris who has to navigate her new life after discovering she’s Divergent which is deemed unacceptable in her world’s society (once others discover such one will be kille...<3 love them down!
Divergent Series Four-Book Paperback Set