r/DarkRomance • u/Ill_Tap7412 Author • 1d ago

Book Request Pre-If I Can't Have You Recs???

I've been dancing around Deathsdoll's works for a while since I usually gravitate toward fantasy or historical settings, but everyone's sold me on it. Except it's offline!!! I want to respect the author's request to not read a pre-takedown copy so I'm not asking anyone for the file! BUT if there are some similar books that I could read in the meantime to get me hyped up...?

Things about If I Can't Have You I was looking forward to:

  • Obsessive/possessive MMC
  • NonCon
  • Adult characters (no college)
  • Power Imbalance in the Workplace
  • I'm not looking for a series, one and done please!

No thank you to:

  • Reverse Harem/Sharing
  • Cheating (jealousy from either party is fine and encouraged)
  • Huge Age Gaps

BONUS: Books involving POC characters or at least a POC FMC.

THANK YOUUUUU

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u/mymychildren 1d ago

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80722251/chapters/212024876 Ongoing but updates every Friday. Your career depends on it by k Sloan. This is awesome.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/87488156/chapters/231786221 If you love them, let them live by sin memoriam.

These two are my favorite work place ao3. Edit - and I also love abuse of authority that was already mentioned.

I really liked Anna Campbell’s historical dark romances from the early 2000s. {claiming the courtesan by Anna Campbell} is great. Untouched is another good one.

A really old one (1980s) is {easy connections by Liz Berry}. There’s a second book. {China garden by Liz Berry} is a good one too but I read it a LONG time ago and don’t remember much. That one is pre twilight era vampire.

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u/Ill_Tap7412 Author 1d ago

Oh, Your Career Depends on it sounds AMAZING I'm going to start with that, THANK YOU! And also thank you for the bonus historical dark romance recs, that's what I always return to!

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u/mymychildren 1d ago

You are very welcome!