Inside these pages lurks the stuff of nightmares, the inky blackness of our world captured by the top authors of dark romance. Except in these stories there is no romance. No heroes. No happy endings.

This is a book that has been crafted, twisted, and deformed to shred you, scare you, and possibly traumatize your mere mortal mind. Here is your last warning... no one is coming to save you if you choose to dive into the depravity.

In these stories, the dark wins.

Every. Single. Time.

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Breaking Beth by Jennifer Bene

It would take time. Time to destroy who she used to be... time for all her hope to die... time to break her... time to truly make her a thing. But he would.

JENNIFER BENE is a USA Today bestselling author of dark and devious romance in a variety of genres. It’s always been the dark stuff that turns her on, so her books are full of aggressive alpha males, feisty women who may or may not have a submissive streak, and intense, psychological story lines.

Catacombs by Addison Cain

Every night he destroys her innocence. Each morning she awakes anew, memory clean — pure enough to be tainted, twisted, and adored for the devil’s sick pleasures.

ADDISON CAIN is the USA Today bestselling author of the Alpha’s Claim series. She has a penchant for dark themes and unrepentant lust. Heroes are villains, wrong is right, and concepts of obsession color her tales beyond simple black and white.

Used by Cari Silverwood

Red’s on a mission to kill. When you’re violated and broken, sometimes the only way left is down.

CARI SILVERWOOD is a NY Times and USA Today bestselling author of kinky darkness or sometimes of dark kinkiness, depending on her moods and the amount of time she’s spent staring into the night.

My Name is Jane by Zoe Blake

There is no Escape. No Hope.

I have nothing left. Only my name.

ZOE BLAKE is a USA Today bestselling author of dark romance. She knows we are all attracted to the forbidden. Addicted to the rush we get from reading something naughty... something kinky. We love to lose ourselves in the fantasy — and she writes those dark fantasies.

What Lies Beneath by Yolanda Olson

One too many nights working the streets can make the abused break, but when two become one, the price of sin can be much higher than expected.

YOLANDA OLSON is an award winning and international bestselling author, she usually spends her time watching her favorite channel, Investigation Discovery. Occasionally, she takes a break to write books and test the limits of her mind. As an avid horror movie fan, she likes to incorporate dark elements into the majority of her books.

Severed by Dani René

Monsters are real. He’s broken me, tortured me, and made me who I am. I’d accepted my fate.

But the moment I lay my eyes on her my world tilts and I want her. But there is no way out of the darkness. There is no escape. Unless…

DANI RENÉ is an international bestselling author and a fan of dark romance that grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go. It’s from this passion that her writing has evolved from sweet and romantic, to dark and delicious.

A Sinner in Virtue by Eris Adderly

You will accept them on your knees. You will accept them on your back. You will open yourself in any way they ask, Sinner, because you are a servant now.

ERIS ADDERLY is an award winning author who writes dark, escape-from-reality romance full of criminals and outcasts. Expect the decadent and filthy, the crude and sublime, sometimes all at once. Pick a safeword and grab a towel before reading.

The Hunted by Michelle Brown

Hunted. Taken. Destroyed. When the nightmare never ends and there’s nowhere to run... What would you do to survive?

MICHELLE BROWN is an author of murderous mayhem with a touch of romance who has always been an avid reader and music lover. She likes Oreos, and pizza rolls when writing, and is a lover of GIFs and dark books who spends way too much time stalking her favorite authors.