30 Books like Madness

Lords of Pain

by Angel Lawson • 2021

To escape a stalker, she becomes the property of three ruthless fraternity lords for a year.

4.00

49k+

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 😈 Bully Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 👥 Why Choose 🏛️ Secret Society

Lords of Pain 96%

To escape a stalker, she becomes the property of three ruthless fraternity lords for a year.

by Angel Lawson 2021

4.00

49k+ ratings

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 😈 Bully Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 👥 Why Choose 🏛️ Secret Society

Venomous Attraction

by T.L. Smith • 2025

She wanted a sale. He wanted her surrender. His secret society turns obsession lethal.

4.00

3k+

🕯️ Secret Society 🖤 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Bond ⛓️ Kink Awakening 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Venomous Attraction 95%

She wanted a sale. He wanted her surrender. His secret society turns obsession lethal.

by T.L. Smith 2025

4.00

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Society 🖤 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Bond ⛓️ Kink Awakening 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Mine

by A.K. Rose • 2022

After arson destroys her home, Ryth is delivered to three stepbrothers who plan to keep her.

3.89

27k+

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 🌑 Why Choose 🔫 Mafia Romance 🥀 Obsessive Antiheroes 🚪 Forced Proximity

Mine 95%

After arson destroys her home, Ryth is delivered to three stepbrothers who plan to keep her.

by A.K. Rose 2022

3.89

27k+ ratings

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 🌑 Why Choose 🔫 Mafia Romance 🥀 Obsessive Antiheroes 🚪 Forced Proximity

Vicious Secret

by Morgan Bridges • 2024

She was his obsession long before the secret order demanded he hunt her.

4.05

11k+

🖤 Dark College Romance 🕯️ Secret Society 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🏃‍♀️ Hunted Bride 🔗 Forced Proximity

Vicious Secret 95%

She was his obsession long before the secret order demanded he hunt her.

by Morgan Bridges 2024

4.05

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark College Romance 🕯️ Secret Society 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🏃‍♀️ Hunted Bride 🔗 Forced Proximity

Depravity

by Ellie Sanders • 2025

In a secret society where women are property, one lord's obsession will destroy everything she is.

3.35

1k+

🕯️ Secret Society 💍 Forced Marriage 🔗 Captive Romance 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 🩸 Erotic Horror

Depravity 95%

In a secret society where women are property, one lord's obsession will destroy everything she is.

by Ellie Sanders 2025

3.35

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Society 💍 Forced Marriage 🔗 Captive Romance 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 🩸 Erotic Horror

The Maiden

by Celia Aaron • 2018

She infiltrates a cult to solve her sister's murder. Her keeper: the prophet's scarred, violent son.

3.98

3k+

🏚️ Contemporary Cult ✝️ Religious Trauma ⛓️ Captor To Lover 🖤 Trauma Bond 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Maiden 95%

She infiltrates a cult to solve her sister's murder. Her keeper: the prophet's scarred, violent son.

by Celia Aaron 2018

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Contemporary Cult ✝️ Religious Trauma ⛓️ Captor To Lover 🖤 Trauma Bond 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Mercer Curse

by Pepper Winters

His wife's devotion holds back his darkness. A half-brother arrives, consumed by the same appetite.

4.23

905

🏰 Gothic Chateau 🩸 Cursed Bloodline ⛓️ Domestic BDSM 🖤 Willing Submission 🔪 Possessive Antihero

The Mercer Curse 95%

His wife's devotion holds back his darkness. A half-brother arrives, consumed by the same appetite.

by Pepper Winters

4.23

905 ratings

🏰 Gothic Chateau 🩸 Cursed Bloodline ⛓️ Domestic BDSM 🖤 Willing Submission 🔪 Possessive Antihero

Tease Me Once

by W. Winters • 2021

Her escape leads to an exclusive club and its possessive owner, a man from her childhood.

3.85

6k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ BDSM Club 🖤 Possessive Hero 🩹 Healing Through Submission 👧 Childhood Connection

Tease Me Once 95%

Her escape leads to an exclusive club and its possessive owner, a man from her childhood.

by W. Winters 2021

3.85

6k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ BDSM Club 🖤 Possessive Hero 🩹 Healing Through Submission 👧 Childhood Connection

Taboo

by Stasia Black • 2019

She wakes in a scarred stranger's mountain lodge, traded for a year to save her father.

3.89

2k+

🔗 Dark Captive Romance 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 😔 Scarred Hero 👶 Forced Breeding 💔 Trauma Bonding

Taboo 95%

She wakes in a scarred stranger's mountain lodge, traded for a year to save her father.

by Stasia Black 2019

3.89

2k+ ratings

🔗 Dark Captive Romance 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 😔 Scarred Hero 👶 Forced Breeding 💔 Trauma Bonding

Cursed

by Selena Winters • 2025

Chosen as prey for a masked hunt, a hacker discovers her predator already controls her devices.

4.38

710

🖤 Dark Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance 🐺 Predator Prey 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Secret Society

Cursed 95%

Chosen as prey for a masked hunt, a hacker discovers her predator already controls her devices.

by Selena Winters 2025

4.38

710 ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance 🐺 Predator Prey 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Secret Society

Blaire

by Anita Gray • 2016

A crime lord's trained killer is bartered to a rival who demands more than submission.

4.26

5k+

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 🔫 Organized Crime ⛓️ Captivity To Intimacy 🔥 Possession Obsession 😔 Bleak Atmosphere

Blaire 95%

A crime lord's trained killer is bartered to a rival who demands more than submission.

by Anita Gray 2016

4.26

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 🔫 Organized Crime ⛓️ Captivity To Intimacy 🔥 Possession Obsession 😔 Bleak Atmosphere

Evading Darkness

by K.M. Baker • 2024

Running from her father, she's found by three criminal brothers who decide to keep her.

4.06

2k+

🔗 Captor Captive Romance ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Morally Grey Heroes 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔫 Criminal Underworld

Evading Darkness 95%

Running from her father, she's found by three criminal brothers who decide to keep her.

by K.M. Baker 2024

4.06

2k+ ratings

🔗 Captor Captive Romance ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Morally Grey Heroes 💔 Trauma Bonding 🔫 Criminal Underworld

Coerce

by Candice M. Wright • 2021

Stranded, she accepts a ride from a dangerous stranger whose obsession will become her prison.

3.79

5k+

🖤 Obsessive Hero 🔫 Mafia Crime Family ⛓️ Captive Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👁️ Stalker Romance

Coerce 95%

Stranded, she accepts a ride from a dangerous stranger whose obsession will become her prison.

by Candice M. Wright 2021

3.79

5k+ ratings

🖤 Obsessive Hero 🔫 Mafia Crime Family ⛓️ Captive Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👁️ Stalker Romance

Bratva Devil

by Sonja Grey • 2023

She witnesses a murder. He takes the wrong girl. Now she's his maid and his obsession.

4.19

3k+

🖤 Bratva Romance 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🐺 Primal Play 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Criminal Found Family ⛓️ Captor To Lover

Bratva Devil 95%

She witnesses a murder. He takes the wrong girl. Now she's his maid and his obsession.

by Sonja Grey 2023

4.19

3k+ ratings

🖤 Bratva Romance 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🐺 Primal Play 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Criminal Found Family ⛓️ Captor To Lover

Requiem of the Soul

by Natasha Knight • 2021

Married for revenge to a scarred heir, she becomes a prisoner in his gothic manor.

3.80

8k+

🕊️ Forced Marriage 🎭 Secret Society ⛓️ Captive Heroine 🖤 Scarred Antihero 🏚️ Gothic Manor

Requiem of the Soul 95%

Married for revenge to a scarred heir, she becomes a prisoner in his gothic manor.

by Natasha Knight 2021

3.80

8k+ ratings

🕊️ Forced Marriage 🎭 Secret Society ⛓️ Captive Heroine 🖤 Scarred Antihero 🏚️ Gothic Manor

A Very Mafia Christmas

by L. Steele • 2022

A mafia consigliere traps his captive doctor in a fake holiday marriage. One rule: don't fall.

4.11

2k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Fake Marriage ⛓️ Captive Romance 🖤 Power Play 🙇 Groveling Hero

A Very Mafia Christmas 95%

A mafia consigliere traps his captive doctor in a fake holiday marriage. One rule: don't fall.

by L. Steele 2022

4.11

2k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Fake Marriage ⛓️ Captive Romance 🖤 Power Play 🙇 Groveling Hero

Sick Boys

by Clarissa Wild • 2023

Her sister jumped. Three dangerous men know why. They'll tell her if she becomes theirs.

3.89

43k+

🖤 Dark Academia 👥 Reverse Harem ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🗝️ Secret Society 🔥 Revenge Quest

Sick Boys 95%

Her sister jumped. Three dangerous men know why. They'll tell her if she becomes theirs.

by Clarissa Wild 2023

3.89

43k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 👥 Reverse Harem ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🗝️ Secret Society 🔥 Revenge Quest

All He'll Ever Be

by W. Winters • 2019

She is his prisoner, his enemy's daughter, and the one thing he can't bear to lose.

3.61

17k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captive Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚡ Power Exchange

All He'll Ever Be 95%

She is his prisoner, his enemy's daughter, and the one thing he can't bear to lose.

by W. Winters 2019

3.61

17k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captive Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚡ Power Exchange

Surrender

by Lana Sky • 2020

A mafia boss claims his bride over a corpse. His family claims her life in return.

4.25

443

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⛓️ Power Exchange 🥀 Morally Gray Hero

Surrender 95%

A mafia boss claims his bride over a corpse. His family claims her life in return.

by Lana Sky 2020

4.25

443 ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⛓️ Power Exchange 🥀 Morally Gray Hero

Bride by Ritual

by Maggie Cole • 2026

A secret society traps a street orphan and a crime heiress. Forbidden desire. Mandatory marriage.

4.36

857

🖤 Mafia Romance 🎭 Secret Society 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Bride by Ritual 95%

A secret society traps a street orphan and a crime heiress. Forbidden desire. Mandatory marriage.

by Maggie Cole 2026

4.36

857 ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🎭 Secret Society 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Servitude to Serpents

by Callie Moss • 2024

Abducted and sold as property, a scarred pianist finds twisted refuge in her captor's devotion.

4.06

868

⛓️ Captive Romance 🖤 BDSM Training 💔 Trauma Bonding 🐍 Possessive Hero 🥀 Broken Heroine

Servitude to Serpents 95%

Abducted and sold as property, a scarred pianist finds twisted refuge in her captor's devotion.

by Callie Moss 2024

4.06

868 ratings

⛓️ Captive Romance 🖤 BDSM Training 💔 Trauma Bonding 🐍 Possessive Hero 🥀 Broken Heroine

Debt Inheritance

by Pepper Winters • 2014

Her family's six-century-old debt comes due: she is the payment, and he intends to collect.

3.75

27k+

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Submission And Dominance 🧠 Psychological Captivity 🏰 Isolated Estate

Debt Inheritance 95%

Her family's six-century-old debt comes due: she is the payment, and he intends to collect.

by Pepper Winters 2014

3.75

27k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captive Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Submission And Dominance 🧠 Psychological Captivity 🏰 Isolated Estate

Venomous Kiss

by T.L. Smith • 2025

Revenge sex with a killer traps Lilith in a secret society where powerful men hunt humans.

3.64

12k+

🕯️ Secret Society 🎯 Human Hunting 🖤 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Morally Grey Heroine

Venomous Kiss 95%

Revenge sex with a killer traps Lilith in a secret society where powerful men hunt humans.

by T.L. Smith 2025

3.64

12k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Society 🎯 Human Hunting 🖤 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Morally Grey Heroine

Carnage

by Sarah Bailey • 2021

Four powerful men are her target. Amnesia stole her past, and now they want her future.

3.89

23k+

👥 Reverse Harem 🧠 Amnesia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Dark Erotic Suspense 🔥 Obsessive Love

Carnage 95%

Four powerful men are her target. Amnesia stole her past, and now they want her future.

by Sarah Bailey 2021

3.89

23k+ ratings

👥 Reverse Harem 🧠 Amnesia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Dark Erotic Suspense 🔥 Obsessive Love

Little Stranger

by Leigh Rivers • 2023

Her mute foster brother is out of prison. Across the street, someone watches her undress.

3.74

182k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 👁️ Stalker Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Little Stranger 94%

Her mute foster brother is out of prison. Across the street, someone watches her undress.

by Leigh Rivers 2023

3.74

182k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 👁️ Stalker Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Forbidden Freedom

by Jasmin Miller • 2022

Mafia bride. A stranger's kiss. Dead groom. Captive to the rival who might be her salvation.

3.90

4k+

🖤 Dark Arranged Marriage 🔗 Mafia Captive Romance 🏚️ Forced Proximity ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Forbidden Freedom 94%

Mafia bride. A stranger's kiss. Dead groom. Captive to the rival who might be her salvation.

by Jasmin Miller 2022

3.90

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Arranged Marriage 🔗 Mafia Captive Romance 🏚️ Forced Proximity ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Twist Me

by Anna Zaires • 2014

Abducted to a private island, a girl finds her captor's care more devastating than his cruelty.

3.84

33k+

🖤 Dark Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome 🔥 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Bonding

Twist Me 94%

Abducted to a private island, a girl finds her captor's care more devastating than his cruelty.

by Anna Zaires 2014

3.84

33k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome 🔥 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Bonding

Tears of Tess

by Pepper Winters • 2013

Kidnapped and sold to a sadistic billionaire, she finds his cruelty unlocks the darkness she denied.

3.98

43k+

🔗 Captive Romance 🌑 Morally Grey Hero ⛓️ BDSM Relationship 🌱 Trauma Recovery 💔 High Angst

Tears of Tess 94%

Kidnapped and sold to a sadistic billionaire, she finds his cruelty unlocks the darkness she denied.

by Pepper Winters 2013

3.98

43k+ ratings

🔗 Captive Romance 🌑 Morally Grey Hero ⛓️ BDSM Relationship 🌱 Trauma Recovery 💔 High Angst

Fear Me, Love Me

by Lilith Vincent • 2023

She traded herself to a crime lord for her brother's life. His obsession became her cage.

3.75

15k+

⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🕶️ Mafia Antihero 🏚️ Modern Gothic 💔 Trauma Bonding 🥀 Dark Fairy Tale

Fear Me, Love Me 94%

She traded herself to a crime lord for her brother's life. His obsession became her cage.

by Lilith Vincent 2023

3.75

15k+ ratings

⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🕶️ Mafia Antihero 🏚️ Modern Gothic 💔 Trauma Bonding 🥀 Dark Fairy Tale

Hunted

by Rosa Lee • 2021

To protect her unborn child, she drugs her violent fiancé and vanishes into London's shadows.

4.16

2k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Abuse Survivor 🫂 Found Family 🏃‍♀️ On The Run 🤰 Secret Pregnancy

Hunted 94%

To protect her unborn child, she drugs her violent fiancé and vanishes into London's shadows.

by Rosa Lee 2021

4.16

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Abuse Survivor 🫂 Found Family 🏃‍♀️ On The Run 🤰 Secret Pregnancy

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