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Variety of book recommendations
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items Some of my fav books. Some of these are heavy so plzzzzz pay attention to trigger warnings. Others are really easy reads!
Sections
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Romance
Thriller/ Suspense
Romance
Soft romance, dark romance, & smut
This book had me hooked from the very beginning. Beautiful story but can be a tear jerker.
Ugly Love: A Novel
This story explores forgiveness, redemption, & the power of love. Such beautiful character development. Very heartfelt and compelling.
Reminders of Him: A Novel
I was thoroughly obsessed with this book. It has a slow burn relationship with not a ton of smut, so don’t expect it to be filled with smut! Literally such an amazing storyline nonetheless.
Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout Book 1)
Loved this book so much. Another one I couldn’t put down and read it in one sitting.
It Ends with Us: A Novel
TW: SA, kidnapping, trauma, psychological abuse, strong language, sexual content, murder & violence, death.
This book is so powerful and heart wrenching. Explores forbidden romance, trauma, & teaches love and loss. I shed real tears for thi...
Still Beating
If he had been with me: A deeply emotional coming-of-age story that explores what-ifs and the ache of unspoken love.
If only I had told her: More mature and emotionally complex; it deals with grief, guilt, and healing after loss. It’s not quite as de...
If He Had Been with Me & If Only I Had Told Her Set
TW: incest, SA, age gap, abuse, misogyny, death, neglect, suicide, violence.
A dark, taboo romance set in the snowy isolation of the Colorado mountains.
Credence
TW: SA, violence, power imbalance, cult, degradation, violence, trauma.
Dark romance, with secret-society and occult vibes
The Ritual
Grumpy x Sunshine
What starts as a forbidden, slow-burn attraction turns into a relationship marked by buried trauma, emotional intensity, and redemption.
Twisted Love (Twisted, 1)
Dark romance. Enemies to lovers.
TW: SA, torture, violence, blood, death, childhood trauma, manipulation, graphic sexual content.
Enola and Sawyer are two broken, dangerous people with secrets. Their paths collide after a con gone wrong, leaving t...
Does It Hurt?
Dark romance. Forbidden love.
Kal Anderson is a hitman with a dangerous reputation. Elena Ricci is the sheltered daughter of a crime boss. When Kal takes her as part of a deadly bargain, their story becomes one of obsession, power, and forbidden at...
Promises and Pomegranates: Dark Romance
Such a good one. Easy read that still leaves you fulfilled.
Regretting You
Thriller/ Suspense
Thrillers and suspense books. Psych thriller, murder, etc.
A romance mixed with suspense/ thriller vibes. Full of twists and turns and not predictable. Literally read this in one sitting.
Verity
Sooooo good. More of a psychological thriller. The twists and turns in this book are sooo good.
Never Lie
Engaging, fast paced, and not super predictable. A wonderful psychological thriller.
The Inmate: A gripping psychological thriller
Fast paced, suspenseful, thrilling, and so many good twists!
The Locked Door
A slick, psychological thriller that plays with perception, obsession, and trauma.
The Silent Patient
Psychological thriller
Sarah Morgan is a powerful defense attorney, and her husband Adam is a struggling writer. When Adam’s mistress is found murdered in their lake house bed, he becomes the prime suspect, and Sarah chooses to defend him.
The Perfect Marriage
Psychological thriller.
The Housemaid is a psychological thriller about deception, class, and survival, full of twists and dark domestic secrets, perfect if you liked The Perfect Marriage but want something faster and more shocking.
The Housemaid
Psychological thriller/ mystery suspense
TW: violence, assault, emotional manipulation, alcohol abuse, ptsd, depression.
psychological mystery about identity, trust, and deception. More slow and cerebral than shocking, but full of tension and unea...
The Perfect Stranger: A Novel