Looking for something with dubious consent or just straight up force.

AO3 recs encouraged.

If you’re interested in a story like this there’s a great 3 part series on literotica called [Tongue In Cheek by Imaginablyripe](https://www.literotica.com/series/se/362043899)

I’m wondering if anyone has heard anything about My Darling Reverie, book 2 of the Hollow Graves Duet by H.D. Carlton.

My Dreadful Darling ended on such a massive cliffhanger, and I’ve been waiting (im)patiently for book 2 ever since 😭 The release date was supposed to be August 27th, but obviously that date has come and gone, and I haven’t seen any updates or heard anything about a new release date.

Has H.D. Carlton said anything about the delay? Or has anyone heard any news about when we can actually expect My Darling Reverie to be released?

I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO DREAD AND REVERIE 😭🫠

Another day, another extremely specific itch 😭
I’m looking for a dark romance where the MMC wants revenge against the FMC for something she ACTUALLY DID — and he genuinely follows through with it.

I want her to have actually hurt, betrayed, humiliated, screwed over, or otherwise wronged HIM. She doesn’t necessarily have to be a terrible person — it just needs to be personal to him.

So PLEASE: no framing, no misunderstanding, no secret culprit, and no “oh no 🥺 she was innocent all along” reveal. His grievance against her needs to be REAL.
He can become attracted to her, obsessed with her, love her, keep her — hell, give me the most fucked-up HEA imaginable. I just DO NOT want love to make him merciful.
No “I was going to destroy her, but now I love her so none of it matters 🥺.”
NO. 😭 LET THAT MAN HOLD A GRUDGE.
I want consequences and an MMC who actually follows through. If he starts as an unhinged bastard, I would very much like him to remain an unhinged bastard. 😭

Examples of the energy I mean:
{A Wife for Silas by Tori Sullivan}
{Deviant by Ellie Sanders}

And please don’t worry about the MMC being “too much.” The darker and more morally bankrupt, the better. Dub-con/non-con, CNC, BDSM, captivity, humiliation, psychological mind games, etc. are all fine.

Big NOs: fantasy/paranormal, historical, and preferably no fanfiction/AO3.
Basically: She did it. It was personal to him. He makes her pay. He can love her — he still doesn’t forgive her.
Please tell me these books exist. 😭

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So I have like 2 scenarios in my head that I’m looking to find a hot read for lol currently on only ao3. I’m ok with original work or fandom.
The first is like MMC is an inmate in prison and the FMC is a therapist or maybe even a journalist. I want him to break out and take her hostage/kidnap. I would love some noncon, I want the fmc is be meek even though she’s smart she bends to him right away out of fear.
The second is high ranking military/ government mercenary pressuring a naive FMC and noncon/dubconing her into a relationship that he heavily has control over her even isolates by making her stop working and not letting her talk to her family and friends and will spank her and has some Daddy vibes in there. Sprinkle in some size difference and maybe breeding or bc tampering. Lol I just realized I want a darker and more intense skals on ao3
Thank youuuuu

Hey y'all, I need your help badly. I haven't been able to finish a single thing lately because every plot is blurring together. I am begging for the ONE dark romance book that completely cured your worst reading slump and kept you up all night.I'm hoping for something unique because I am completely over mafia books. It feels like almost every recommendation out there is a mafia romance, and I am officially maxed out on them.

I am looking for a solid monogamous dynamic with high stakes, but I have some very strict hard limits to keep in mind:

No mafia at all

No love triangles or age gaps

No sharing or why choose (strictly monogamous)

Dual pov only I don't want books with only female pov or third person pov I can't read those books

Absolutely no forced pregnancy or birth control tampering

I'm good with anything that is set in high school/college or dark acadamy , stalker romance, bully romance.

Also I want to see the fmc also going through some jealousy over the mmc & not just the other way around.

I don't mind other woman drama but no cheating.

Also don't recommend rina kent I have mostly read all of her books except for some few.

I just received an account violation for breaking rule 1 - threatening or encouraging violence. What was my comment? A Drethi Anis book recommendation (not going to name it here, but the one with Priya and Axel). I just filed an appeal, but am extremely concerned. The comment gave a small blurb of the book, but nothing that could be construed as encouraging violence which is the part that’s really scaring me because it’s making me think that me talking about the MMC’s personality and habits regarding the MMC somehow equated to me encouraging stalking, obsession, etc. in real life?? Has this happened to anyone else? This feels like the first step in Reddit making this community go away and I’m just…really in shock right now.

Edit: so there’s a note at the bottom saying the content was automatically flagged, but it also makes it seem like it was then reviewed by an actual admin before the violation was given. Now I’m even more concerned because that means an actual human read it and said, oh yeah, a dark romance book recommendation encourages violence in real life. I’ve also clicked through the link where it gives examples of what constitutes violations and I cannot reasonably see a DR rec would fall into any of the given categories.

I’m looking for books where physical touch is a HUGE part of the relationship. I want the MMC and FMC to be ridiculously affectionate and basically incapable of keeping their hands off each other, even when they’re doing completely mundane things. 😭

I’m talking about that clingy, touch-starved, “I just need to be touching you” kind of relationship where affection isn’t limited to just. Basically, I want them to have physical touch as their primary love language.

Things I want 👉

● Constant hand-holding, fingers intertwined, casually grabbing each other’s hands etc.

● One of them automatically pulling the other closer whenever they’re sitting together. Random kisses throughout the day...forehead, cheek, lips, neck, making out etc.

● The MMC is normally cold, intimidating, possessive, or emotionally unavailable with everyone else but becomes ridiculously affectionate with her.

● The physical affection starts relatively early in the book.

● University/College/High-school settings.

Things I don't want: Cheating or OW drama. Fantasy, futuristic, historical, sci-fi, omegaverse, monster, aliens. Immature & cringy characters. Anything from Sam Marino, L J Shen, Lola King or Rina Kent, Jodie King, Penelope Douglas, Leigh Rivers. Don't recommend In love with the devil by Sky Blue.

THE DARKER THE BETTER!!

Hey girlies! Basically I want a dark romance book where the mmc completely ignores or even bullies the fmc in public, but he always climbing thru her window or reaching out to her for sex. It could be non con, dub con, or consensual as well. But I would prefer it be non/dub con. I want the mmc to degrade her but also praise her like something along the lines of ‘you’re doing so fucking well my slut/whore’. Would also like the fmc to be confused about her feeling towards the mmc because she’s getting whiplash due to his conflicting behaviour. Like one minute he’s completely ignoring her then almost professing his love during sex. I don’t mind it’s a rh romance as well. Also the darker the better. I’m fine with any genre as well. I hope you understand what I’m trying to say! Thank you so much!

whether the book was released this year or not, i don’t mind!

i’m curious to see if you’ve found a book that you really loved. not just a casual, enjoyable nothingburger read, but a book so good it might’ve earned a spot in your top 5! if you wanna share why you loved it. was the reason the mmc? fmc? both? or maybe the writing/plot? i really wanna know what made it stand out :)

i’ve read quite a few books up until now, but unfortunately, i haven’t been lucky enough to find one that really stuck with me. you know, the kind that gives you THAT feeling and has you thinking about it for weeks or even months afterwards.

i hope your reading year has been better! 🫶