Category Archives: Romance

Wicked Abyss by Kresley Cole

Wicked Abyss by Kresley Cole

As a boy, Abyssian “Sian” Infernas had his heart shattered by a treacherous fey beauty who died before he could exact vengeance. Millennia later, a curse has transformed him into a demonic monster–just as she’s been reincarnated. Sian captures the delicate but bold female, forcing her back to hell. Princess Calliope “Lila” Barbot’s people have hated and feared Abyssian and his alliance of monsters for eons. When the beastly demon imprisons her in his mystical castle, vowing revenge for betrayals… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Beheading recounted
  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Kidnapping

Sweet Ruin by Kresley Cole

Sweet Ruin by Kresley Cole

Growing up, Josephine didn’t know who or what she was—just that she was an outcast with strange powers. Protecting her baby brother became her entire life. The day he was taken away began Jo’s transition from would-be superhero…to enchanting villain. Archer Rune the Baneblood never fails to eliminate his target. In his sights: the oldest living Valkyrie. Yet before he strikes, a vampiric creature pierces him with aching pleasure, stealing his forbidden blood—and jeopardizing his brethren’s secrets… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Child abuse
  • Sex slavery
  • Death of a parent
  • Murder
  • Gun violence

Dark Skye by Kresley Cole

Dark Skye by Kresley Cole

As a boy, Thronos, prince of Skye Hall, loved Lanthe, a mischievous Sorceri girl who made him question everything about his Vrekener clan. But when the two got caught in the middle of their families’ war, tragedy struck, leaving Thronos and Lanthe bitter enemies. Though centuries have passed, nothing can cool his seething need for the beautiful enchantress who scarred his body—and left an even deeper impression on his soul. Lanthe, a once-formidable sorceress… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Slut-shaming
  • Murder
  • Torture mentioned
  • Physical assault mentioned
  • Kidnapping

The Professional by Kresley Cole

The Professional by Kresley Cole

Mafiya enforcer Aleksei “The Siberian” Sevastyan’s loyalty to his boss knows no bounds, until he meets the boss’s long-lost daughter, a curvy, feisty redhead who haunts his mind and heats his blood like no other. Ordered to protect her, Aleksei will do anything to possess her as well—on his own wicked terms. Grad student Natalie Porter had barely recovered from her first sight of the dark and breathtaking Sevastyan before the professional enforcer whisks her away to Russia, thrusting… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Abandonment
  • Child abuse recounted
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Stalking
  • Kidnapping

Shadow’s Claim by Kresley Cole

Shadow’s Claim by Kresley Cole

Trehan Daciano, known as the Prince of Shadows, has spent his life serving his people—striking in the night, quietly executing any threat to their realm. The coldly disciplined swordsman has never desired anything for himself – until he beholds Bettina, the sheltered ward of two of the Lore’s most fearsome villains. Desperate to earn her guardians’ approval after a life-shattering mistake, young Bettina has no choice but to marry whichever suitor prevails—even though she’s lost her heart to anothere… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Slavery mentioned
  • Anxiety & panic attacks
  • Decapitation
  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Murder
  • Physical assault

Lothaire by Kresley Cole

Lothaire by Kresley Cole

Driven by his insatiable need for revenge, Lothaire, the Lore’s most ruthless vampire, plots to seize the Horde’s crown. But bloodlust and torture have left him on the brink of madness—until he finds Elizabeth Peirce, the key to his victory. He captures the unique young mortal, intending to offer up her very soul in exchange for power, yet Elizabeth soothes his tormented mind and awakens within him emotions Lothaire believed he could no longer experience. Growing up in desperate poverty… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape
  • Death of a parent
  • Murder
  • Torture mentioned
  • Kidnapping

Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole

Dreams of a Dark Warrior by Kresley Cole

Murdered before he could wed Regin the Radiant, warlord Aidan the Fierce seeks his beloved through eternity, reborn again and again into new identities, yet with no memory of his past lives. Murdered before he could wed Regin the Radiant, warlord Aidan the Fierce seeks his beloved through eternity, reborn again and again into new identities, yet with no memory of his past lives. When Regin encounters Declan Chase, a brutal Celtic soldier, she recognizes her proud warlord reincarnated. But Declan takes her captive, intending retribution against all immortals—unaware that he belongs to their world. Yet every… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape mentioned
  • Murder
  • Substance addiction
  • Torture
  • Kidnapping

MacRieve by Kresley Cole

MacRieve by Kresley Cole

Uilleam MacRieve believed he’d laid to rest the ghosts of his boyhood. But when a brutal torture revives those ancient agonies and destroys his Lykae instinct, the proud Scot craves the oblivion of death. Until he finds her—a young human so full of spirit and courage that she pulls him back from the brink. Seized for the auction block, Chloe Todd is forced to enter a terrifying new world of monsters and lore as a bound slave. When offered up to creatures of the dark… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Paedophilia & child sexual abuse

Demon from the Dark by Kresley Cole

Demon from the Dark by Kresley Cole

Tormented by his sordid past and racked by vampiric hungers, Malkom Slaine is pushed to the brink by the green-eyed beauty under his guard. Carrow Graie is hiding her own sorrows, until she meets a tortured warrior worth saving. But, in order for Malkom and Carrow to survive, he must unleash both the demon and vampire inside him.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Child slavery & sex slavery mentioned
  • Parental neglect mentioned
  • Murder
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a parent

Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole

Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole

Lucia the Huntress is as mysterious as she is beautiful. Garreth, prince of the Lykae, has long watched over Lucia, the lovely little Valkyrie who alternately maddens him and inflames his lust. He aches to claim the seductive creature as his own, but first he must convince her to accept him as her guardian.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape recounted
  • Murder
  • Decapitation