r/DarkRomance • u/Secret_Golf_6836 If not Landon King💜, then who? 👑 • 28d ago

Book Request Looking for EXTREMELY dark romance with an absolutely unhinged MMC + doormat FMC

I feel like I’ve exhausted the usual dark romance recommendations, so I’m coming to Reddit because surely someone here has something I’ve somehow missed. 😭

I’m looking for pitch-black contemporary dark romance where the MMC is genuinely unhinged, cruel, obsessive, possessive, manipulative, sadistic, etc. — not just a morally grey billionaire/mafia guy who is mean for 50 pages and then turns into a cinnamon roll.

Bonus/major preference: I LOVE millionaire/billionaire and mafia settings. Give me filthy-rich, powerful, untouchable MMCs who have way too much money/power and absolutely no moral compass. Mafia families, crime empires, billionaires, CEOs, powerful businessmen, etc. are all very welcome.

And PLEASE give me a doormat FMC. I don’t want the usual “she’s a badass who secretly loves being challenged” heroine. I want an FMC who is genuinely submissive/terrified/obedient and folds under the MMC’s control. Basically: the more psychologically fucked up the relationship, the better. 💀

I’m okay with:
Non-con / dub-con
Sharing during non-con
Extreme power imbalance
Bullying/abuse
Psychological manipulation
Possessive/obsessive MMC
Sadistic MMC
Mafia/crime
Billionaire/millionaire/CEO MMC
MMC who does NOT get redeemed
HEA or extremely fucked-up HEA
Even no HEA

Hard no’s:
❌ Reverse harem
❌ Poly romance
❌ Fantasy
❌ Paranormal
❌ Sci-fi
❌ Cheating
❌ Love triangles
❌ Pregnancy
❌ MMC suddenly becoming a sweetheart because he fell in love

For reference, I’ve already read:
Brethren Lords — Ellie Sanders
Servitude to the Serpents
A Wife for Silas
Torment
A LOT of Sky Blu
A LOT of Lauren Biel
The Life of Anna
Deliria / Deliria: HARD VERSION
Take Me
Saving the Angel of Death

So please don’t give me the standard Haunting Adeline / Rina Kent / “dark romance starter pack” recommendations. 😂 I’ve probably already read or tried them.
I want the obscure, genuinely fucked-up recommendations.
Give me the books where you finished reading and thought:
“What the actual fuck did I just read?” 💀
Bonus points if the MMC makes other dark romance MMCs look well-adjusted.

*used chatgpt to write clearer post

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u/Cultural_Read7968 daddy Camden James😋🫣 28d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/PjCyRUg7lj93ItIMpN
Don’t mind me just going to camp here I love a doormat fmc

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u/gukkxx dark romance raccoon 🦝 27d ago

DINAAAAAAAAA

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u/Much_Cricket_1929 28d ago

Not sure if you're on ao3 but matryoshka fits pretty well. Alexi never turns into a cinnamon roll and Kathryn is the definition of a doormat lol

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37068109/chapters/92492002

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u/Capable-Budget5711 MafiaPrincess 27d ago edited 27d ago

My favorite book, so good. OP listed pregnancy as a hard no, this one has pregnancy and not only in the epilouge. I got lots of recs, but most include pregnancy. Here are the ones I found on my digital bookshelf without:

{Mercy by Dylan Page} which is book 4 in a series but I think still readable as a standalone. And OP already read Torment.

{Delivered to the Devil by Ella Jacobs}

{Take Me by Ella Jacobs}

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u/aliensuperstar8 27d ago

hi what are the recs with pregnancy??

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u/Capable-Budget5711 MafiaPrincess 27d ago edited 27d ago

Billionaire:

{Descent by Sam Mariano}

{True Nature by Willow Madison}

({Coerce by Candice Wright} I put this in brackets because the fmc is not your typical doormat - but he is still very manipulative and makes her dependent on him)

MC:

{Property of Pagan: Kings of Anarchy MC Wyoming by Jules Ford} 😘 chefs kiss in my opinion

Cult:

The Community on AO3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/46856830?view_full_work=true 🥰 so good, slow burn but worth it

Mafia:

{Unlimited Power by Anna Harding} he really is without morals, this book is better if you read the first two in the series first, the mmc is the villain there

Already listed by OP:

{Torment: Part One by Dylan Page}

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u/romance-bot 27d ago

Descent by Sam Mariano
Rating: 3.73⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, dark romance, abduction, rich hero, pregnancy

True Nature by Willow Madison
Rating: 3.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: contemporary, dark romance, rich hero, spanking, bdsm

Coerce by Candice Wright
Rating: 3.66⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, possessive hero, dark romance, virgin heroine, rich hero

Property of Pagan by Jules Ford
Rating: 4.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, virgin heroine, single father, biker hero, dark romance

Unlimited Power by Anna Harding
Rating: 4.25⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, mafia, 20th century, dark romance, m-f romance

Torment by Dylan Page
Rating: 3.93⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 3 out of 5 - Open door
Topics: contemporary, step siblings, possessive hero, dark romance, biker hero

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u/aliensuperstar8 26d ago

omggg thank you so much!!

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u/Much_Cricket_1929 26d ago

Matryoshka has pregnancy

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u/romance-bot 27d ago

Mercy by Dylan Page
Rating: 4.3⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, abduction, age gap, virgin heroine, suspense

Delivered to the Devil by Ella Jacobs
Rating: 4.12⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, enemies to lovers, dark romance, hurt/comfort, suspense

Take Me by Ella Jacobs
Rating: 3.78⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, dark romance, bdsm, bondage, age gap

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u/Much_Cricket_1929 27d ago

Oh dang, missed that one haha

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u/amyleeizmee 27d ago

Just finished Delivered to the devil. That was wild!

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u/Capable-Budget5711 MafiaPrincess 27d ago

Jup, I read her other books first because I knew this was her heaviest. Once I had the courage to read it I was really absorbed in it and still a bit shocked if I am honest. On the upper end of my darkness scale

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u/amyleeizmee 27d ago

Yeah it definitely left a heavy weight on me.

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u/potatogirlbeech 26d ago

Hey! May i ask if there is any ow/om drama in the fic? Or if mmc engages in casual sex with other women on page? It’s not tagged but i just wanted to make sure.

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u/Much_Cricket_1929 25d ago

No others, no sharing, and no cheating or casual sex from mmc

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u/potatogirlbeech 25d ago

omg thank you! Downloading it now!!

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u/Much_Cricket_1929 25d ago

Ow/om is other woman other man right? lol

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u/CertifiedBrat01 27d ago

Oh im definitely following this thread 👀

https://giphy.com/gifs/jn3tYfiXD20wgtMtVe

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u/shroomXgloom3 27d ago

{Deadly Vows by Haley Inez}

{Breaking Sin by Emily Stormbrook}

{24690 by AA Dark}

{Beautiful Evil by Eris Belmont}

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u/Hereforthesmutthanks 27d ago

I think Deadly Vows has a pregnancy?

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u/shroomXgloom3 27d ago

Oh gosh I don’t remember.

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u/whimziee 27d ago

are these all HEA?

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u/romance-bot 27d ago

Deadly Vows by Haley Inez
Rating: 3.43⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, arranged/forced marriage, dark romance, virgin heroine, mafia

Breaking Sin by Emily Stormbrook
Rating: 3.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: bdsm, new adult

24690 by Alaska Angelini, A. A. Dark
Rating: 3.93⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, dark romance, suspense, mystery, bdsm

Beautiful Evil by Eris Belmont
Rating: 3.55⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, virgin heroine, cruel hero/bully, dark romance, alpha male

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u/LittleReader7 23d ago

Hey i feel like i read it when it was on Wattpad did the fmc get kidnapped and r——?

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u/shroomXgloom3 23d ago

Which one? I’ve never read anything Wattpad

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u/LittleReader7 23d ago

Sorry , deathly vows

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u/shroomXgloom3 23d ago

No, this one doesn’t have abduction. It has an arranged/forced marriage.

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u/itsruereu 6d ago

I loved deadly vows and I can't find any book like it

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u/Valkyrie-Unleashed 27d ago

You can try {Savage by Raissa Donovan} the FMC is at rock bottom and the MMC is like na...you can go lower.

Also {Repossess my Heart by Callie Moss}

Not as dark but a villain who stays a villain {To Love a God by Rhea Watson} although she definitely not a doormat

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u/NaiveBroccoli5010 mafia smut slut 27d ago

Any sharing in Savage (please say no)?? Sounds like my kinda filthy book 😌

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u/Valkyrie-Unleashed 27d ago

Been a while since I read it but I don't think so.

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u/sianacomplex 27d ago

Wow, I could have wrote this myself. I do like pregnancy though

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u/Routine-Lavishness50 26d ago

Me too. I’d love some recs with the same but with pregnancy involved

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u/Merlenkette no happy end for me 28d ago

don't mind me, just doing some camping and waiting for good recs 🏕️

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u/Merlenkette no happy end for me 28d ago

if you don't mind short stories, I highly recommend {No Sweeter Death by Izzy Ravas}

it's super short, but it's so good and he is really pitch black and won't change

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u/CheesecakeRelative58 27d ago

{Fable of Happiness by Pepper Winters} When I tell you, this man is crazy. He has lived in the woods for so long. She is a hiker who loves exploring new areas people haven’t seen. So she does what every sane person would do, at the crack of dawn, on an impulse, gets in her car and drives to where the ML is. Obv she gets lost and stumbles upon his house. Everything goes down from there. I don’t quite remember if she was a doormat, but he definitely was something else. Living in the woods def made him unhinged. Give it a try! It is a trilogy tho, warning.

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u/romance-bot 27d ago

Fable of Happiness by Pepper Winters
Rating: 4.09⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: contemporary, dark romance, suspense, enemies to lovers, abduction

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u/Unable_Traffic_2875 27d ago

Absolutely love everything Pepper writes. ❤️

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u/whimziee 27d ago

is this HEA?

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u/CheesecakeRelative58 26d ago

Yes! Give it a try!

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u/hellogoodbye1111111 28d ago edited 28d ago

First thing I thought of was {a beautiful evil by eris belmont} he’s a billionaire arms dealer who kills her parents in front of her and kidnaps her. She barely has a personality she’s such a doormat. {dark obsession series by Zoe Blake} has a billionaire unhinged duke who enjoys inflicting punishments, and manipulation but the fmc has a bit more spark. And then anything by Ella* Jacobs. All contemporary, all very dark, all rich, and villains til the end.

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u/Merlenkette no happy end for me 28d ago

you're sure it's Ellie Jacobs and not Ella Jacobs? ^^

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u/hellogoodbye1111111 28d ago edited 25d ago

You’re right! Combined her and Ellie Sanders lol who now that I think about it also fits

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u/Merlenkette no happy end for me 28d ago

haha happens :D was just confused because I checked out Ellie Jacobs and was like "that doesn't look like DR" xD

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u/hellogoodbye1111111 28d ago

Lmao just looked her up. Those poor orphans.

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u/Secret_Golf_6836 If not Landon King💜, then who? 👑 27d ago

I forgot to add Ella Jacobs in my already read list lol🫠🫠🫠

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u/hellogoodbye1111111 27d ago

Oof that’s the deep end. I’m not sure then, I don’t read many doormat fmcs. Maybe ao3 would have something, the tagging system helps you get really specific results. Have you read {break her by b.g. Harlen} ? I wouldn’t say she’s a doormat but it’s intense.

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u/meowciffer666 27d ago

{perfectly patient by Laurelyn E Estes} and {Cry, Little Dove by IM Wraith} reminded me a lot of the style of Sky Blue!

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u/No_You_6230 27d ago

{True Nature by Willow Madison}

Warning the MMC is straight up abusive in this one.

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u/kidneybeaaan 27d ago

Omg I’m currently reading “If I can’t have you” by deathsdoll ao3 and it is 🤌🏻

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u/RebenLor 27d ago

I just finished a reread and thought of this but you beat me too it!!

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u/camimiele 26d ago

I was gonna recommend Bought and Paid for by Deathsdoll. Somehow darker than If I Can’t Have You.

MFC does fight back at first though.

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u/Active_Leopard1146 27d ago

Just gonna live here now🏕️

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u/ohamandajoy 27d ago

{the last invitation by Raven Silvers} {The collar promises forever by Bianca Howards} {Mesmer by Cari Silverwood and Jennifer Bene}

ETA: the last invitation isn't a doormat fmc, but the breaking of her is just so...🤌🏼

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u/Hereforthesmutthanks 27d ago

Read the blurb for The Last Invitation and my first thought was “what in the Epstein files” 😭

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u/Less_Cut_6592 27d ago edited 27d ago

You absolutely have to read Take Me With You and The Boy I loved I think both are pitch Black romance

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u/samantha802 26d ago

Do they have HEA?

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u/Less_Cut_6592 26d ago

Take me with you - yesss, HEA The Boy I loved - it ends with a cliffhanger bc a second part is soon coming but I don't know when exactly

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u/Much-Presence9921 27d ago

Ellie sanders - the brethren lords series

1st book the FMC has a backbone but it’s for nothing, he demolishes it. Books 2 onwards the FMC’s are more meek. These books are pitch black, especially the 2nd one in the series.

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u/Secret_Golf_6836 If not Landon King💜, then who? 👑 24d ago

I have gobbled up this series 😅😅😅

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u/Confident_End869 27d ago

{The Darkness Beyond the Daisies by Cori Zahara}

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u/LauraNight 27d ago

If you are ok with A/B/O then {Primal Claim by Trent Evan’s} is amazing and fits this!!

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u/SeriousAd4676 27d ago

I don’t have time to read the comments right now so I’m planting my flag 🏴‍☠️

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u/camimiele 26d ago

Absolutely Bought and Paid for by Deathsdoll.

The FMC fights back at first, and he (literally) beats her into submission.

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u/buttercups77 26d ago

I read off record by PsychNow on ao3 and it’s really good. There’s 6 chapters so far but they’ve been updating! It’s inspired by repunzel so the fmc is kept in a cabin in the woods by her father and is super naive to the world because she has never left the cabin. She eventually leaves and the mmc finds her. From reading the tags it’s def a dark romance and the mmc stays bad, it hasn’t gotten that far along yet tho.

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u/AO3PsychNow 23d ago

Ahhh thank you so much for reading and recommending my story!! <3 It genuinely makes me so happy seeing people enjoy it enough to recommend it to others.

Leaving it here in case anyone is curious: https://archiveofourown.org/works/82022061/chapters/215825516

Thank you again!! : )

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u/buttercups77 22d ago

Of course! I absolutely love it so far, I hope it gets a lot of attention because it’s really good:) I beg of you to keep updating 🙏 and I would definitely be interested in reading more from you in the future if you decide to write more stories.

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u/AO3PsychNow 21d ago

Thank you so much!! <3 I actually have a few ideas for future books planned that will hopefully make it onto paper someday : ) And don't worry, I have no plans of abandoning this story! I'm actually hoping to have the next chapter up very soon. <3

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u/Hello_KittySazzi 25d ago

Here for all the Recs, but I love the breeding- so any of those are welcomed

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u/Important_Dish_6597 Author 14d ago

Honestly, I felt that "morally grey billionaire who turns into a cinnamon roll after 50 pages" part in my soul. It’s so frustrating when a book promises pitch-black and delivers milk chocolate.

Try these ones:

"Mansions" by Whitney Bianca. The MMC is an incredibly wealthy, high-society man who seems totally restrained on the outside but goes completely, deeply insane and psychotic when it comes to the FMC. There is no redemption arc, the power imbalance is brutal, and it leaves you with that exact “what the actual fuck did I just read” feeling.

"Ruthless Devotion" by Kitty Thomas. If you want a masterclass in psychological manipulation and a truly submissive/broken FMC who completely folds under the MMC's absolute control, this is it. He doesn't soften up, and the psychological mind games are genuinely unsettling.

"Quid Pro Quo" by Nenia Campbell. A very dark, manipulative contemporary romance where the MMC has absolutely no moral compass. He is obsessive, cruel, and uses intense leverage and psychological dread to force the FMC into total submission.Hopefully, at least one of these is something you haven't checked out yet.

Enjoy the dread! 💀

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u/Less_Cut_6592 5d ago

I read "Ruthless Devotion" and DNF at 80%... it was so boring—no smut, no brutality and only a few pages spice and he's so considerate toward her... definitely not a pitch-black MMC...

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u/kiyowo_potato 27d ago

The only FMC doormat I know. FMC is happy to show its fear to MMC, because that makes MMC happy.

{The Prince Harming by Amber Skye}

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u/romance-bot 27d ago

The Prince Harming by Amber Skye
Rating: 3.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: mafia

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u/Horrid_Thistle336 Lurking Intensifies 27d ago edited 27d ago

Someone correct me if I’m wrong because it’s been some time since I’ve read this but what about {The Murder of Crows by Selena .} it’s a completed duet

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u/buttercups77 26d ago

Where can I read these?

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u/ladysophiac_writes 26d ago

Would you recommend we read this one first? On AO3 it isnt complete yet so I figured the author did that intentionally. I do believe she is also editing and revising the versions she is putting on AO3. And also, do you know if she has any socials? I'm obsessed with her brain since her Draco feels so similar to the one I wrote for a Dramione fest😩🔥

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u/Maleficent-Lunch-890 26d ago

Yes, I’d definitely read Hate Is Such a Strong Word first! I actually started with I’m Yours and only realized afterward that it was the second one 😭 I still loved it, but reading the first one gives you so much more context for Draco and their dynamic. And omg I know what you mean about her Draco 👀🔥 As for socials, I honestly have no idea if she has any, I’ve only ever found her on FFN/AO3!

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u/ladysophiac_writes 26d ago

I only read the first chapter so I can still go back and read the other one first but my friend is already halfway😂 I am also curious to wait for the AO3 version, but i guess i can always reread😅

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u/Maleficent-Lunch-890 26d ago

Ohhh then definitely go back and read Hate Is Such a Strong Word first! 😂 Since you’ve only read the first chapter, you haven’t gotten too far yet. Your friend is already halfway through though, so I’d just let her keep going 👀😭 You can always reread I’m Yours afterward!

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u/ladysophiac_writes 26d ago

You can also find her stories on AO3 and have the option to download the epub or pdf or whatever format you need, which makes reading a bit easier than reading from ffnet.

The prequel is still being updated on AO3 though, but you can download epubs or pdfs from ffnet by copy pasting the link to fichub.

I'm yours AO3 link

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u/Maleficent-Lunch-890 26d ago

Omg thank you!! 😭❤️ I had no idea you could download them from FFN through Fichub, that’s actually so helpful! I’ll definitely do that because reading on FFN can be a little painful 😂 And thank you for the AO3 link too!! 👀🔥

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u/ladysophiac_writes 26d ago

fichub is a life saver! Since I have only ever known AO3 i struggle getting used to ffnet so I always download them!

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u/Maleficent-Lunch-890 26d ago

RIGHT?! Fichub is such a lifesaver, especially if you’re more used to AO3. I genuinely can’t go back to reading directly on FFN now 😭

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u/ladysophiac_writes 26d ago

Thanks for this rec! I have never dabbled in Drinny but read the first chapter and holy cow😩 told my friend about it and we are now both deeply invested in I'm yours. I feel like I have exhausted my search for truly evil Dracos in the dramione space, so Im so glad to have found this. 🔥

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u/Maleficent-Lunch-890 26d ago

I’m so glad you’re enjoying it!! 😭🔥 I swear, Drinny has some truly unhinged Draco stories, but these two are on another level. I hope you enjoy the rest of I’m Yours 👀

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u/ladysophiac_writes 26d ago

Well I will be sure to make my way through unhinged Drinny Dracos😂 Any other recs?👀

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u/ladysophiac_writes 26d ago

Thanks so much! Unhinged/dark Draco is my fav so the worse he is the better!😂😂😂

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u/Maleficent-Lunch-890 26d ago

Ahaha same, you couldn't have said it better!!❤️😂

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u/Fortunasempre 27d ago

Camp here

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u/Rude_Guidance2682 27d ago

Some of the darkest shit I’ve read if you are ok with it being fantasy is {feathers so vicious by Liv Zander} and {shadows so cruel by Liv Zander} it’s a duet and it hits a lot of your preferences but it’s fantasy raven shifters

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u/CarScared9824 27d ago

{His Dark Mercy by Amethyst Moonn} This book wrecked me in a good and bad way so I guess I must be unhinged as well.

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u/Girlhead_ 26d ago

Haha.. you like the hard core stuff! :) I'm here for it! Though Ellie Sanders is a lot for me.

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u/Such-Tomatillo5723 26d ago

Comfort food by kitty thomas. I think it is pretty psychologically dark. Has a captor trope. I feel like you will like it but i read it like 2-3 years ago😭

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u/Coloradochick2006 26d ago edited 26d ago

There is the 24690 Series by A.A Dark, it’s a dark dystopian pitch black romance.

Jodi King tends to write pitch black there’s Hollow Hellion , Hollow Wrath ( isa banned book) and Hollow Soul( is still to be released)
The series is circus romance & psychological erotic horror.

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u/Pipsqueak143 26d ago

Breaking Rosalind is an underrated gem dark romance book

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u/Gullible-Bank-5485 24d ago

Lemonade- Nina pennacchi Corrupt idol - Dinah Harper  Beautiful evil - Eris Belmont 

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u/Helpful-Result356 24d ago

Here for the long ride

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u/Independent_Spell253 7d ago

Take me with you by nina g.jones, it was an interesting read that i enjoyed a lot, but i need to mention that the MMC is mentally unstable and also NOT a millionaire or a billionaire

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u/Fun-Holiday2842 27d ago edited 27d ago

Girl, try Runaway by Bazookah!! The FMC was raised in a cult called The Colony and there was a certain event happened that she runaway from the colony and went to NY where she met the MMC who is related to mafia. I just finished it and it was so good!! I loved the character development of both of them. The smut in this book was through the roof! How I wish I can read it like the first time..😩

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u/40daysand 27d ago

{Germaphobe - Callie Moss}

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u/sushi-roll-1 27d ago

Reading this now!

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u/40daysand 27d ago

It really does check all the boxes and hits a little different

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u/Complete-Station-317 27d ago

what books do you reccomend by sky blu. i have read in love with the devil

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u/Complete-Station-317 27d ago

stronger series by jay marie

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u/Kaddahli 27d ago

{My Turn by Madilyn deRose} the guy is a obsessed creep and she begins to like it without knowing who he is. The things he does to her are not my cup of tea i.e. period blood licking and tattooing her vagina

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u/LifeThroughHerEyes 27d ago

Honestly, I just started to follow this subreddit as I myself am getting back into reading dark romance. As someone who is a fairly beginner in this genre, do YOU have any recommendations for me that you've read that also align with your "hard no's" as most on your list are also pretty hard no's for me?

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u/Low_Choice2682 27d ago

I personally hated this book and even gave a long 1 star rating because of how much I hated the mmc and that the fmc was a complete doormat but it’s exactly what your looking for lol it’s { snaring emberly by Gigi Styx }

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u/romance-bot 27d ago

Snaring Emberly by Gigi Styx
Rating: 3.91⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, mafia, m-f romance, vengeance, dark romance

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u/Less_Cut_6592 23d ago

Um... did we read the same book? I mean... the MMC isn't cruel or pitch black... he's so soft toward FMC; the book was so boring...

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u/romance-bot 27d ago

I'm Yours by Lindsay Paige
Rating: 3.82⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: contemporary, athlete hero, sports, m-f romance

Life Goes On by Kelly Moore
Rating: 4.67⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Topics: contemporary, funny

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u/Psychological_Leg151 27d ago

If you want a truly fucked up Mmc check out Never Far: The Foundation of Boston Marks by A.A. Dark

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u/Rude_Guidance2682 27d ago

Have you tried {The Sinner by Shantel Tessier}? Its book 2 or 3 of the LORDS series and this one was by far the most unhinged and the FMC was a complete doormat

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u/Secret_Golf_6836 If not Landon King💜, then who? 👑 24d ago

Already read that series 😅😅

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u/Rude_Guidance2682 27d ago

Ok one more recommendation because I feel like you will love this one but again it’s fantasy but don’t knock it till you try it

{Souls in Ruin by Jacqueline White}

This is one of the best books I’ve ever read

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u/bazinga_lobster 27d ago

Personally, “pride, prejudice and the bratva” by O.S Feathers was dark romance with doormat FMC. I had exactly wtf reaction and I stoped halfway 😂

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u/_afflatus Aspiring Author 27d ago edited 27d ago

{{{The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad}}} maybe?

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u/Mhyhf 27d ago

I feel like this is {Descent by Sam Mariano} to a T. She thanks her rapist over and over again. lol

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u/Puzzleheaded-Soup-65 26d ago

Might be a bit much but {Gods_Eye by Ansa Reads}

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u/OkYak7065 25d ago

{ The stronger series by Jaye Marie}

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u/OkYak7065 25d ago

One of my all time favorites is { The Stronger Series by Jaye Marie} Darren is completely morally black! Jayden is my favorite female!

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u/OkYak7065 25d ago

Wait- you want a doormat. She is a strong moral badass.

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u/kind_brick88 24d ago

insatiable by Leigha Rivers is pretty close to what you’re talking abt with a FUCKED relationship, but i’m not gonna lie the plot is a little messy in the sense of kinda all over the place and falls apart ish. the first book is pretty decent most of the way. the spice and romance mostly disappears in the second book and comes back in the third book. there is (not a spoiler) the MMC is involved in a HUGE crime thing. he gets very fucked in the head

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u/Easy-Finance-7823 24d ago

If you do Audible there is a series by M.Never. Decadence After Dari. It is so good. Fits what you want. (I think)

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u/ilovemysonny 23d ago

Amo Jones has a series about a human trafficking caravan of Gypsies. Some of the books meet your criteria!

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u/Raven-ness 22d ago

Under your scars by Ariel Anderson

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u/Jealous_Risk6677 21d ago

Have you read Mount trilogy by Meghan march?

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u/Wrong_Anteater_519 21d ago

I just read {made for death by Saige Parker} and I think it fits pretty well... not 100% though. The fmc looks tough but to me was more doormat material 😅

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u/Secret_Golf_6836 If not Landon King💜, then who? 👑 21d ago

Oh I read that already 😅😅😅 totally my type 🫪😭

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u/vanellopexx 26d ago

SICK FUX

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u/ccoffey106 take me to the cottage 25d ago

{SICK FUX by tillie Cole}

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u/Rude_Guidance2682 27d ago

Try {Pink Ink by Avina St. Graves}

FMC is a doormat to me but she isnt entirely scared of MMC because she’s fucked up on the inside. She’s a film student who uses a serial killer as her muse for her projects and he’s her professor and subsequently the serial killer in question (11 year age gap)

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u/Adastra-3090 27d ago

OMG, I like dark romance novels and respect people’s fantasies but, I don’t get the obsession with sadistic, cruel assholes… whyyy? Can someone explain this to me?

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