Toxic Sapphic Love Books | Summaries & Audio

Black Iris

by Leah Raeder • 2015

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

3.71

6k+

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

Black Iris 91%

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

by Leah Raeder 2015

3.71

6k+ ratings

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

Loathing You

by Amina Khan • 2023

A scholarship student must tutor her rich nemesis, and their hatred hides a ruinous attraction.

3.97

6k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏫 Prep School 💰 Class Divide

Loathing You 90%

A scholarship student must tutor her rich nemesis, and their hatred hides a ruinous attraction.

by Amina Khan 2023

3.97

6k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏫 Prep School 💰 Class Divide

A Lesson in Vengeance

by Victoria Lee • 2021

At Dalloway, a grieving Felicity is pulled into a charismatic new student's occult reenactments.

3.51

24k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 💕 Sapphic Relationship ☠️ Toxic Relationship 🎭 Female Manipulator

A Lesson in Vengeance 90%

At Dalloway, a grieving Felicity is pulled into a charismatic new student's occult reenactments.

by Victoria Lee 2021

3.51

24k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 💕 Sapphic Relationship ☠️ Toxic Relationship 🎭 Female Manipulator

Don't Leave Me

by Eden Emory • 2023

A cybercriminal's house arrest traps her with the childhood stepsister she's never stopped wanting.

3.96

3k+

🌑 Dark Sapphic 💋 Stepsister Romance 🖤 Obsessive Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🔄 Second Chance

Don't Leave Me 90%

A cybercriminal's house arrest traps her with the childhood stepsister she's never stopped wanting.

by Eden Emory 2023

3.96

3k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Sapphic 💋 Stepsister Romance 🖤 Obsessive Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🔄 Second Chance

My Darling Dreadful Thing

by Johanna van Veen • 2024

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

3.85

21k+

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

My Darling Dreadful Thing 90%

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

by Johanna van Veen 2024

3.85

21k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

An Education in Malice

by S.T. Gibson • 2024

At a gothic college, a shy poet and her rival fall under their professor's dark spell.

3.48

25k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🍷 Toxic Mentorship 🩸 Vampire Sire Bond

An Education in Malice 90%

At a gothic college, a shy poet and her rival fall under their professor's dark spell.

by S.T. Gibson 2024

3.48

25k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🍷 Toxic Mentorship 🩸 Vampire Sire Bond

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

by Anonymous • 2006

A man who savors breaking women meets Aisling, whose own cruelty might outmatch his.

2.71

77k+

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🕸️ Love As Control 🥀 Self-Destructive Lead 🥃 Addiction And Recovery 🌅 Redemption Arc

Diary of an Oxygen Thief 89%

A man who savors breaking women meets Aisling, whose own cruelty might outmatch his.

by Anonymous 2006

2.71

77k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🕸️ Love As Control 🥀 Self-Destructive Lead 🥃 Addiction And Recovery 🌅 Redemption Arc

All-Night Pharmacy

by Ruth Madievsky • 2023

When her wild sister vanishes, a young woman claws toward sobriety and a long-buried self.

3.50

8k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Literary Fiction 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 🔍 Missing Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

All-Night Pharmacy 89%

When her wild sister vanishes, a young woman claws toward sobriety and a long-buried self.

by Ruth Madievsky 2023

3.50

8k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Literary Fiction 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 🔍 Missing Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Lamb

by Lucy Rose • 2025

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

3.75

51k+

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

The Lamb 89%

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

by Lucy Rose 2025

3.75

51k+ ratings

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

Don't Stop Me

by Eden Emory • 2022

One anonymous night with a masked domme leaves her craving more. Her ex has the photos.

3.86

6k+

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance ⏳ Age-Gap Romance ⛓️ Domme/Sub Dynamic 🚫 Toxic Ex 📩 Blackmail

Don't Stop Me 89%

One anonymous night with a masked domme leaves her craving more. Her ex has the photos.

by Eden Emory 2022

3.86

6k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance ⏳ Age-Gap Romance ⛓️ Domme/Sub Dynamic 🚫 Toxic Ex 📩 Blackmail

Deliverance

by Katelyn Taylor • 2025

Two hostile stepsisters ignite a forbidden affair within Salem's oldest secret society.

4.09

2k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Secret Society 💔 Forbidden Love 📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Salem Gothic

Deliverance 89%

Two hostile stepsisters ignite a forbidden affair within Salem's oldest secret society.

by Katelyn Taylor 2025

4.09

2k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Secret Society 💔 Forbidden Love 📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Salem Gothic

Big Swiss

by Jen Beagin • 2023

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

3.68

149k+

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Big Swiss 89%

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

by Jen Beagin 2023

3.68

149k+ ratings

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

sWitch

by Kat Blackthorne • 2025

A tattooed masc dropout, her twin's girlfriend, and the game where she pretends to be him.

3.75

2k+

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance 🎮 Gamer Romance 💖 Femme Masc Dynamic 💍 Fake Dating 👤 Secret Identity Online

sWitch 89%

A tattooed masc dropout, her twin's girlfriend, and the game where she pretends to be him.

by Kat Blackthorne 2025

3.75

2k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance 🎮 Gamer Romance 💖 Femme Masc Dynamic 💍 Fake Dating 👤 Secret Identity Online

Hungerstone

by Kat Dunn • 2025

Her husband is poisoning her. The stranger from the moor offers a darker hunger.

3.90

40k+

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🗡️ Feminist Horror 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🦴 Body Horror 💍 Toxic Marriage

Hungerstone 89%

Her husband is poisoning her. The stranger from the moor offers a darker hunger.

by Kat Dunn 2025

3.90

40k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🗡️ Feminist Horror 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🦴 Body Horror 💍 Toxic Marriage

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

by V.E. Schwab • 2025

Three women, five centuries, one vampire's promise: you are mine forever, and forever is a cage.

3.88

218k+

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🦇 Vampire Gothic 💔 Toxic Immortal Love 🏚️ Vampire Found Family 🌑 Lyrical Gothic

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Summary

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil 89%

Three women, five centuries, one vampire's promise: you are mine forever, and forever is a cage.

by V.E. Schwab 2025

3.88

218k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🦇 Vampire Gothic 💔 Toxic Immortal Love 🏚️ Vampire Found Family 🌑 Lyrical Gothic

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

In the Dream House 89%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

Acts of Desperation

by Megan Nolan • 2021

A young woman meets a distant man and starts trading herself for his sporadic affection.

3.70

41k+

🖤 Obsessive Love 💔 Toxic Relationship 🕳️ Self-Destruction 🗣️ Confessional ⛓️ Emotional Abuse

Acts of Desperation 89%

A young woman meets a distant man and starts trading herself for his sporadic affection.

by Megan Nolan 2021

3.70

41k+ ratings

🖤 Obsessive Love 💔 Toxic Relationship 🕳️ Self-Destruction 🗣️ Confessional ⛓️ Emotional Abuse

The Air You Breathe

by Frances de Pontes Peebles • 2018

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

3.88

9k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

The Air You Breathe 89%

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

by Frances de Pontes Peebles 2018

3.88

9k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

In Love and War

by Lisette Marshall • 2024

A half-demon and a fae warrior strike a truce. For twelve hours, desire follows no rules.

3.84

646

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy ⏳ Forced Proximity 👑 Fae Court 📖 Fantasy Novella

In Love and War 89%

A half-demon and a fae warrior strike a truce. For twelve hours, desire follows no rules.

by Lisette Marshall 2024

3.84

646 ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy ⏳ Forced Proximity 👑 Fae Court 📖 Fantasy Novella

The Gilded Crown

by Marianne Gordon • 2023

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

3.69

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🏰 Outsider At Court

The Gilded Crown 89%

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

by Marianne Gordon 2023

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🏰 Outsider At Court

Eat the Ones You Love

by Sarah Maria Griffin • 2025

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

3.46

8k+

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🌿 Sentient Plant 🌧️ Melancholy Horror

Eat the Ones You Love 89%

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

by Sarah Maria Griffin 2025

3.46

8k+ ratings

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🌿 Sentient Plant 🌧️ Melancholy Horror

The Crimson Crown

by Heather Walter • 2024

A witch enters a viper's court to find relics, but the darkness hunting her is inside.

3.83

3k+

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💕 Sapphic Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Crimson Crown 89%

A witch enters a viper's court to find relics, but the darkness hunting her is inside.

by Heather Walter 2024

3.83

3k+ ratings

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💕 Sapphic Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Our Wives Under the Sea

by Julia Armfield • 2022

Her wife made it back from the ocean floor, but something else surfaced with her.

3.68

134k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 💧 Grief As Horror 💔 Doomed Lovers 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Our Wives Under the Sea 89%

Her wife made it back from the ocean floor, but something else surfaced with her.

by Julia Armfield 2022

3.68

134k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 💧 Grief As Horror 💔 Doomed Lovers 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Vibe

by Liza James • 2020

A cult survivor meets a stripper who reignites every desire she was taught to bury.

3.57

6k+

🏃 Cult Escape 💕 Sapphic Romance ⛪ Religious Trauma 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Romance

Vibe 89%

A cult survivor meets a stripper who reignites every desire she was taught to bury.

by Liza James 2020

3.57

6k+ ratings

🏃 Cult Escape 💕 Sapphic Romance ⛪ Religious Trauma 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Romance

Tryst Six Venom

by Penelope Douglas • 2021

A debutante and swamp outcast share venom that is really desire. One kiss could destroy them.

3.82

48k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Bully Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 💰 Class Divide 🌈 Coming Out

Tryst Six Venom 89%

A debutante and swamp outcast share venom that is really desire. One kiss could destroy them.

by Penelope Douglas 2021

3.82

48k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Bully Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 💰 Class Divide 🌈 Coming Out

House of Hunger

by Alexis Henderson • 2022

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

3.63

25k+

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Sensual Horror

House of Hunger 89%

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

by Alexis Henderson 2022

3.63

25k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Sensual Horror

Jawbone

by Mónica Ojeda • 2022

A teacher kidnaps a girl. Her best friend's invented god already demands blood.

3.66

16k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖥️ Creepypasta Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💋 Sapphic Obsession 👩‍👧 Maternal Horror

Jawbone 88%

A teacher kidnaps a girl. Her best friend's invented god already demands blood.

by Mónica Ojeda 2022

3.66

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖥️ Creepypasta Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💋 Sapphic Obsession 👩‍👧 Maternal Horror

Malice

by Heather Walter • 2021

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

3.91

34k+

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance 🦇 Monstrous Protagonist 🏰 Fairy Tale Court

Malice 88%

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

by Heather Walter 2021

3.91

34k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance 🦇 Monstrous Protagonist 🏰 Fairy Tale Court

Magnolia Parks

by Jessa Hastings • 2021

A London socialite can't quit her first love, a charming cheat whose betrayals are legendary.

3.64

274k+

🖤 Toxic Love Story 🥂 Elite Social Circle 💔 First Love Obsession 🔄 On Again Off Again 💀 Best Friend Betrayal

Magnolia Parks 88%

A London socialite can't quit her first love, a charming cheat whose betrayals are legendary.

by Jessa Hastings 2021

3.64

274k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Love Story 🥂 Elite Social Circle 💔 First Love Obsession 🔄 On Again Off Again 💀 Best Friend Betrayal

The Writing Retreat

by Julia Bartz • 2023

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

3.41

76k+

✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

The Writing Retreat 88%

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

by Julia Bartz 2023

3.41

76k+ ratings

✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

The Manipulative Man

by Dorothy Mccoy • 2006

Classify the manipulator, spot his red flags, and enforce the boundaries that end the cycle.

3.89

188

🧨 Toxic Relationships 💔 Emotional Abuse 🚩 Dating Safety 🪤 Manipulation Tactics 🧱 Setting Boundaries

The Manipulative Man 88%

Classify the manipulator, spot his red flags, and enforce the boundaries that end the cycle.

by Dorothy Mccoy 2006

3.89

188 ratings

🧨 Toxic Relationships 💔 Emotional Abuse 🚩 Dating Safety 🪤 Manipulation Tactics 🧱 Setting Boundaries

Una marea oscura y letal

by Allison Saft • 2024

Two rival scholars hunt the source of magic, trapped together on an expedition with a murderer.

3.49

19k+

🖤 Dark Academia 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Folkloric Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Whodunit 💜 Sapphic Rivals

Una marea oscura y letal 88%

Two rival scholars hunt the source of magic, trapped together on an expedition with a murderer.

by Allison Saft 2024

3.49

19k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Folkloric Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Whodunit 💜 Sapphic Rivals

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

by Tess Sharpe • 2023

Six near-kisses and one liver transplant later, Penny and Tate are out of room to run.

4.15

13k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Mutual Pining 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌧️ Grief And Healing

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] Summary

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] 88%

Six near-kisses and one liver transplant later, Penny and Tate are out of room to run.

by Tess Sharpe 2023

4.15

13k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Mutual Pining 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌧️ Grief And Healing

Kill Creatures

by Rory Power • 2025

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

3.49

5k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Kill Creatures 88%

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

by Rory Power 2025

3.49

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

As I Descended

by Robin Talley • 2016

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

3.48

4k+

🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

As I Descended 88%

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

by Robin Talley 2016

3.48

4k+ ratings

🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

Immaculate Conception

by Ling Ling Huang • 2025

A scholarship student's obsession with a genius classmate turns monstrous inside a shared mind.

3.89

13k+

🎨 Art World Horror 📚 Literary Dystopia 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 🖼️ Artist And Muse 💰 Class Divide

Immaculate Conception 88%

A scholarship student's obsession with a genius classmate turns monstrous inside a shared mind.

by Ling Ling Huang 2025

3.89

13k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Horror 📚 Literary Dystopia 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 🖼️ Artist And Muse 💰 Class Divide

If You Dare

by Shantel Tessier • 2019

A small-town dare to kiss his crush spirals into years of obsession, betrayal, and bloody revenge.

4.36

9k+

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Sister Rivalry 🌑 Morally Gray 🔒 Possessive Hero

If You Dare 88%

A small-town dare to kiss his crush spirals into years of obsession, betrayal, and bloody revenge.

by Shantel Tessier 2019

4.36

9k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Sister Rivalry 🌑 Morally Gray 🔒 Possessive Hero

Itch!

by Gemma Amor • 2025

An ant infestation after finding a corpse forces her to confront her family's secrets and a ritual.

3.71

3k+

🌾 Folk Horror 🤢 Body Horror 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Horror 🔥 Feminine Rage 🔄 Unreliable Narrator

Itch! 88%

An ant infestation after finding a corpse forces her to confront her family's secrets and a ritual.

by Gemma Amor 2025

3.71

3k+ ratings

🌾 Folk Horror 🤢 Body Horror 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Horror 🔥 Feminine Rage 🔄 Unreliable Narrator

The Last Hour Between Worlds

by Melissa Caruso • 2024

Death keeps resetting a party into darker realities, and only a new mother remembers the carnage.

3.79

5k+

🖤 Rivals To Lovers 🔄 Time Loop Tension 🌑 Cosmic Horror Fantasy 🎭 Deadly Party Game 💕 Sapphic Fantasy Romance

The Last Hour Between Worlds 88%

Death keeps resetting a party into darker realities, and only a new mother remembers the carnage.

by Melissa Caruso 2024

3.79

5k+ ratings

🖤 Rivals To Lovers 🔄 Time Loop Tension 🌑 Cosmic Horror Fantasy 🎭 Deadly Party Game 💕 Sapphic Fantasy Romance

Queen Takes Rose

by Katee Robert • 2020

Revenge brings a submissive into her enemy's bed, but BDSM surrender awakens a dangerous need.

3.59

15k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Power Exchange 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 🌚 Dark Fairy Tale 🚪 Forced Proximity

Queen Takes Rose 88%

Revenge brings a submissive into her enemy's bed, but BDSM surrender awakens a dangerous need.

by Katee Robert 2020

3.59

15k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Power Exchange 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 🌚 Dark Fairy Tale 🚪 Forced Proximity

Sunburn

by Chloe Michelle Howarth • 2023

Her first love is another girl. 1990s Ireland demands she hide behind the boy next door.

4.28

61k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 📜 Compulsory Heterosexuality ✝️ Catholic Guilt

Sunburn 88%

Her first love is another girl. 1990s Ireland demands she hide behind the boy next door.

by Chloe Michelle Howarth 2023

4.28

61k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 📜 Compulsory Heterosexuality ✝️ Catholic Guilt

The Happy Couple

by Naoise Dolan • 2023

Neither could admit their doubts, so they got engaged instead. The wedding is months away.

3.32

20k+

🔍 Relationship Autopsy 💜 Bisexual Protagonist 😏 Dark Humor 🖤 Melancholy Romance 🕸️ Entangled Exes

The Happy Couple 88%

Neither could admit their doubts, so they got engaged instead. The wedding is months away.

by Naoise Dolan 2023

3.32

20k+ ratings

🔍 Relationship Autopsy 💜 Bisexual Protagonist 😏 Dark Humor 🖤 Melancholy Romance 🕸️ Entangled Exes

The Safekeep

by Yael van der Wouden • 2024

She guards her mother's house like a fortress. Her brother's girlfriend slips through every wall.

4.06

138k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🇳🇱 Postwar Netherlands

The Safekeep 88%

She guards her mother's house like a fortress. Her brother's girlfriend slips through every wall.

by Yael van der Wouden 2024

4.06

138k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🇳🇱 Postwar Netherlands

Milk Fed

by Melissa Broder • 2021

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

3.55

81k+

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

Milk Fed 88%

An eating-disordered comic falls for the Orthodox yogurt server who feeds her forbidden desire.

by Melissa Broder 2021

3.55

81k+ ratings

🍽️ Disordered Eating 🌈 Queer Awakening 💔 Mother Wound ✡️ Jewish Identity 💋 Forbidden Queer Love

Good Girl

by Aria Aber • 2025

Grieving her mother, an Afghan-German woman spirals through Berlin clubs and a toxic affair.

3.63

12k+

💔 Toxic Older Lover 🕯️ Motherless Daughter 🌍 Immigrant Daughter 🌈 Queer Awakening 🌀 Self-Destructive Spiral

Good Girl 88%

Grieving her mother, an Afghan-German woman spirals through Berlin clubs and a toxic affair.

by Aria Aber 2025

3.63

12k+ ratings

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The brain chemistry that keeps capable women tethered to conscienceless men, and the path out.

4.20

386

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Women Who Love Psychopaths 88%

The brain chemistry that keeps capable women tethered to conscienceless men, and the path out.

by Sandra L. Brown 2008

4.20

386 ratings

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She inherited the keys, the spiders, and a mistress whose brides all end up dead.

3.63

4k+

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But Not Too Bold 88%

She inherited the keys, the spiders, and a mistress whose brides all end up dead.

by Hache Pueyo 2022

3.63

4k+ ratings

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Mrs. S

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At an English boarding school, a queer Australian matron falls for the headmaster's enigmatic wife.

3.58

7k+

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Mrs. S 88%

At an English boarding school, a queer Australian matron falls for the headmaster's enigmatic wife.

by K. Patrick 2023

3.58

7k+ ratings

🖤 Queer Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 👁️ Outsider Narrator

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A schizophrenic painter and her girlfriend shelter a roadside ghost who sings them toward drowning.

3.70

6k+

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The Drowning Girl 88%

A schizophrenic painter and her girlfriend shelter a roadside ghost who sings them toward drowning.

by Caitlín R. Kiernan 2012

3.70

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic New England 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🎨 Art As Obsession

First Comes Love

by Marion Winik • 1996

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

4.14

441

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage 💉 Love And Addiction 🚫 Domestic Violence

First Comes Love 88%

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

by Marion Winik 1996

4.14

441 ratings

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage 💉 Love And Addiction 🚫 Domestic Violence

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