Into Ruin by S.Massery

The book cover for "Into Ruin" by S. Massery, featuring a dark-haired man in a white t-shirt. The title is in bold pink letters, with the tagline "A god on the ice... and her ruin off of it" in the top left corner.

A bookshelf with text overlays indicating a 4.5-star rating and 4 chili peppers. It describes the book as "MF Hockey Romance" with tropes like "Teammates Sister," "Forced Proximity," and "Enemies to Lovers," also noting it's an "Incomplete series" and to "Check TWs."

A bookshelf with text overlays showing "🌶️ Chapter 🌶️" and a list of chapter numbers: 1?, 2, 7, 10, 16, 17, 18. These chapters are likely highlighted for their spicy content.

Dark DARK Hockey Romance

Into Ruin by S. Massery is a dark, tension-filled hockey romance that throws Harper into forced proximity with Camden, her brother’s teammate. A stalker forces her into the hockey house, but safety isn’t guaranteed—especially when Camden sees an opportunity to take what he wants. Their connectio

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A collage of dark romance book covers for 2025, titled "Spiciest Dark Romance Books of 2025," featuring chili pepper emojis. Titles include "Enigma," "Phantom," "Caught Up," "Scythe & Sparrow," "Enchantra," "Beautiful Venom," "Psychotic Obsession," and "Into Ruin."

The book cover for "Scythe & Sparrow" by Brynne Weaver, releasing February 11th. Key elements include friends with benefits, small town, forced proximity, and a circus performer x doctor dynamic.

The book cover for "Caught Up" by Navessa Allen, releasing June 10th. This dark rom-com features a second chance, a stalker, hidden identity, and a BDSM club.

spicy dark romance releases you need in 2025

what book are you most excited to read in 2025? calling all dark romance lovers! 2025 is already packed with some seriously dark and spicy reads. i’ve got my eye on these books, are any of these on your radar too? #lemon8bookchallenge #lemon8bookclub #booktok #darkromance #bookr

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In Bloom Bookery

Cute romance bookstore

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A book cover for "FETCH" by M Violet, featuring a neon game controller and skulls. Keywords like "Video Gamers," "Dark," "Stalkers," and "Hidden Identities" are highlighted, noting it is 165 pages.

A book cover for "Zane: The Bad Boys of Saddle Creek" by Kat Baxter, featuring a tattooed man. Keywords include "Small Town," "Neurodivergent FMC," "Fake Dating," and "Bad Boy MMC," indicating it is 87 pages.

Need some short books to hit your goals? I got you

#spicybookrecommendations🔥 #books 🫶🏼 #bookreccomendation

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DARKEST ROMANCE YOU WILL EVER READ.

Calling all seasoned dark romance readers who don't have any triggers. If you like your books pitch black and with a long shopping list of TWs read: Ours To Ruin by ST Roran #lemon8bookclub #Lemon8Diary #shareyourthoughts #booktok #booksoflemon8 #BookReview #bookwormsoflemon8 #

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A Dark College Hockey Romance ✨

I literally didn’t know where we were going with this one but boy oh boy Greyson Devereux the MMC that is still up for a love hate relationship in my mind. Here is my write up of Brutal Obsession by S. Massery ✨ Brief Description: One Traumatic event can alter multiple people’s lives. Ask Greys

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Spicy Pitch-Black Dark Romance

Ready for your next dark read? Note this is not a traditional dark romance. It's pitch black and may not even be for all the dark romance readers. Ours To Ruin by ST Roran is an extreme dark horror MFM romance. Link In Bio! Book recommendations, mafia Romance, Dark Romance #darkr

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The book 'Sworn to Ruin Him' by H.P. Mallory rests on a sword, surrounded by white roses, green foliage, and four lit candles on a white fluffy surface. A wooden stick is also visible.

The book cover 'Sworn to Ruin Him' is centered, with arrows pointing to keywords like 'Slow Burn,' 'Forbidden Romance,' 'Enemies to Lovers,' 'Camelot Retelling,' 'Dark Romantasy,' 'Magic,' 'Deadly Trials,' 'Spicy,' and 'Hidden Identity.'

A book review for 'Sworn to Ruin Him' by H.P. Mallory, showing the book cover, a five-star rating, and three chili peppers. The text describes it as a dark Camelot retelling with forbidden romance and open-door spice.

✨Sworn to Ruin Him Book Review✨

Sworn to Ruin by H.P. Mallory is a spicy dark romantasy that is a Camelot retelling where Guinevere is sent to take down Arthur disguised as a man participating in his deadly knight trials. It’s full of magic, deceptions, and a page turner. Yes, it’s also available on Kindle Unlimited too! @hpmallo

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✨ The Lineup ✨

Currently reading A Court of Wings and Ruin by SJM, and while I definitely am still obsessed, I can feel myself getting a little fatigued with this one. I think it’s a Mist and Fury hangover to be honest. I’m about halfway through FINALLY and it’s still a really good read! I think this one, like Th

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A hand holds four books with plain white covers, above which "FORBIDDEN BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS" is displayed on a gray background.

The book cover for "Twisted Games" by Ana Huang, featuring gold text and crown motifs, is displayed on a white sheet.

The book cover for "Done and Dusted" by Lyla Sage, illustrating a couple kissing in a western setting, rests on a white sheet.

forbidden love

the forbidden trope is so good oml dare i say in my top five tropes 😩 ——— #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #booksoflemon8 #lemon8bookclub #lemon8bookchallenge

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An illustration depicts a red-haired woman in a pink dress with handcuffed wrists, standing between two men in dark suits. The text overlay reads: 'When they are the definition of obsessed so when they get jealous...'

Ours to Ruin by ST Roran

#whychoose #fyp #BookTok #fictionalcharacters #darkromance

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An overhead shot of several hockey romance book covers, including 'Collide' and 'Icebreaker', with chili pepper emojis and a candle. The text overlay reads 'SPICIEST HOCKEY ROMANCE BOOKS PART 2', indicating a list of spicy hockey romance recommendations.

The book cover for 'Collide' by Bal Khabra, featuring two college students. Keywords around it describe the plot: college, reverse grumpy x sunshine, hockey captain x psych student, he falls first, found family, and research partners.

The book cover for 'Him' by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy, showing the back of a male figure with a hockey stick. Surrounding text highlights themes like roommates, forced proximity, gay for you, bi-awakening, second chance, and childhood friends to lovers.

spiciest hockey romance books

what’s the best spicy hockey romance you’ve read so far? part two of the spiciest hockey romances you need to read! if you loved the first set, you’ll love these even more! here are more spicy hockey romances to add to your tbr. make sure you check out part one if you haven’t already! #lemon

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The image features a collection of book covers with the bold text "SPICIEST BOOKS EVER" and five chili pepper emojis, indicating a list of highly recommended romance novels. The background shows various book titles like "Haunting Adeline" and "God of Malice."

A grid displays 12 book covers for spicy romance recommendations, including titles such as "Priest," "Den of Vipers," "The Ritual," "Does It Hurt?," "Icebreaker," "Haunting Adeline," "St. Mary's Beating," "Pucking Around," "Praise," "Twisted Love," "God of Malice," and "The Predator."

This image presents 12 book covers for romance novels, featuring titles like "Flock," "Love Redesigned," "Bride," "Consider Me," "The Deal," "It Happened One Summer," "Butcher & Blackbird," "Credence," "Flawless," "Forever Never," "Mile High," and "The Sweetest Oblivion."

100+ spicy romance book recs

how many of these have you read? in honor of reaching 3k followers i thought i’d drop some of my spiciest book recs. i hope you love all these books. #bookrecommendations #lemon8bookchallenge #lemon8bookclub #booktok #darkromance

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Ours To Ruin–A Dark Horror Romance

Ours To Ruin by ST Roran is an extreme dark horror MFM romance. Link In Bio! Ready for your next dark read? Note this is not a traditional dark romance. It's pitch black and may not even be for all the dark romance readers. Book recommendations, mafia Romance, Dark Romance #lemon

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Dark College Romances

These are MF, dark, a lot involve #stalkertrope but all are #darkcollegeromance that are #spicyrecs I’ll reserve the why choose for another post! Want more? Follow and like this. Comment and let me know your favorite dark and spicy college romance! Or what you’re reading now!

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The front cover of the book "Secret Obsession" by S. Massery, featuring a microphone and floral design. An overlay indicates a "Book Review" and "Could Not Finish" with a "Nope.." rating.

The back cover of "Secret Obsession" by S. Massery, detailing a dark hockey romance plot. An overlay states "This is not for me" and includes the book's ISBN.

An interior page of "Secret Obsession" by S. Massery, showing an introduction with trigger warnings for non-consent, assault, somnophilia, and manipulation. An overlay says "Believe the Trigger Warning".

Could Not Finish 🤢🤮

This book is not for me. I tried to finish, but a lot of these scenes in this book p*** me off. The Fml was so annoying, and I wish she would stand up more to the male lead character more. Don't even get me started on all the manipulation, se3ual @ssault, r@pe, and other things that the male le

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Ours To Ruin by ST Roran

#pitchblackromance #darkromance #booktok #darkromamcebooks #mafiaromancebooks

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A boxing ring with white gloves, featuring a comic-style speech bubble that reads "F*CK & FIGHT ENEMIES TO LOVERS" in bold white text with orange stars.

The book cover for 'Twisted Hate' by Ana Huang, displaying a pink background with light streaks. Below it is a quote about intense feelings and not wanting to leave, all set against a boxing ring.

The book cover for 'Deviant King' by Rina Kent, featuring dark red and black floral patterns with a crown. Below it is a quote about threatening destruction, all set against a boxing ring.

When the Enemies ✨hate✨ each other

Sometimes you just need to…talk…out your differences ❤️‍🔥 . 1 📚 Twisted Hate by Ana Huang 2 📚 Deviant King by Rina Kent 3 📚 Brutal Obsession by S. Massery 4 📚 Wanna Play a Game? By Alina May #booktok #bookishcommunity #bookrecs

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Pitch-Black Why Choose Dark Romance

Ready for your next dark read? Note this is not a traditional dark romance. It's pitch black and may not even be for all the dark romance readers. Ours To Ruin by ST Roran is an extreme dark horror MFM romance. Link In Bio! Book recommendations, mafia Romance, Dark Romance, booktok A

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

#booktok #booksta #romancerecs #romancebooks #bookrecs

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A promotional image for the book "Heart of Thorns" by Massery & Sylvis, featuring the book cover with a football and shattered glass motif. The title is prominently displayed in large white and red text, along with the authors and character names Thorn & Briar.

A close-up shot of two hands clasped together. One hand has a beetle tattoo and a ring, while the other has red nail polish. Both individuals are wearing dark clothing, suggesting an intimate moment.

A low-angle shot of three people sitting on steps, showcasing their legs and lower torsos. They are dressed in dark, edgy attire including studded leather jackets, fishnet stockings, and various black boots, with one person having a leg tattoo.

✨ARC REVIEW✨ Heart of Thorns by Massery & Sylvis

📚 Title and Author: Heart of Thorns by S. Massery & S.J. Sylvis 🌟 Genre: College Sports Romance ⭐️ Overall rating: 4.5 🌶️ Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️ 💬 Short Summary: Briar was once the shining star of her hockey team—unstoppable on the ice and full of life. But everything changed the night a dev

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Into Ruin

#smassery #hockey #brothersbestfriendromance

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✨ He taught her how to fight. She taught him how to feel ✨

Convincing you to add Lessons in Ruin to your TBR based solely on MMC vibes 👀 ✨Releases June 30th ✨ #newromancebook #morallygraymmc #touchherand☠️ #softonlyforher

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To Ruin Sunshine

★ Nathan ★ The moment I saw her I was a ruin. I was obsessed with her, the sunshine in the Southside of Chicago. I wanted her. No I 'needed' her. And I needed her badly so I stalk her unshamefully and torture anyone who dares to touch what's mine. She may not know it but that second she

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Pitch-Black Dark why-choose romance

Ready for your next dark read? Note this is not a traditional dark romance. It's pitch black and may not even be for all the dark romance readers. Ours To Ruin by ST Roran is an extreme dark horror MFM romance. Link In Bio! Book recommendations, mafia Romance, Dark Romance, booktok A

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A light pink graphic with a purple bow and an open book icon, featuring the text "Audiobooks by Teddy Hamilton..." in a script font, serving as a title slide.

A collage of 16 audiobook covers by authors like Meghan Quinn, Devney Perry, and S. Massery, including titles such as "So This Is War," "The Roommate," and "Fierce Obsession," showcasing various romance genres.

A collage of 16 audiobook covers by authors like Elle Kennedy, Sarina Bowen, and Ana Huang, featuring titles such as "The Graham Effect," "Truly Madly Deeply," and "King of Greed," covering diverse romance themes.

Audiobooks by Teddy Hamilton! 🖤

#audiobook #audiobookreccomendation #romancerecommendations #darkromance #bookrecommendations

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🤭🥵ruin his restraint

She’s the one thing he can’t control add to your TBR 🤭 🖤 LESSONS IN RUIN JUNE 30th 🖤

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A hand holds a book, with the overlay text "Books where he's COMPLETELY OBSESSED With her." The background shows a bookshelf filled with various romance novels, including titles by Rina Kent and Elsie Silver.

A hand holds the book "GOD OF WRATH" by Rina Kent, featuring a dark cover with a heart made of chains. The book is part of the "Legacy of Gods" series and is surrounded by other books on a shelf.

A hand holds the book "devious obsession" by S. Massery, which has a cover depicting a hockey puck, musical notes, and purple petals. The book's blurb mentions a hockey god and a woman who will ruin him.

I like him like I like my thoughts

Completely obsessed with her… Looking for #darkromance and in particular these are all #darkcollegeromance and have things like sports and #secretsocietyseries and even #mafiaromance ties… Here’s some.

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Pitch-Black Spicy Dark Romance

Ready for your next dark read? Note this is not a traditional dark romance. It's pitch black and may not even be for all the dark romance readers. Ours To Ruin by ST Roran is an extreme dark horror MFM romance. Link In Bio! Book recommendations, mafia Romance, Dark Romance #darkr

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An open book with text on its pages, featuring the overlay text "Book Recommendations based on your favorite trope" with sparkle emojis.

A collage of eight book covers recommended for the "Workplace Romance" trope, including titles like "Leave Me Behind," "Praise," "Mile High," and "Beautiful Bastard."

A collage of eight book covers recommended for the "Friends to Lovers" trope, featuring titles such as "Archer's Voice," "The Deal," "Beach Read," and "Only a Monster."

✨ Tropes make the story ✨

Because let’s be honest… we all have that one trope we’ll never get tired of. 👀🔥 Here are some of my favorite books, organized by the tropes we all secretly (or not so secretly) obsess over: workplace romance, friends to lovers, age gap, teacher/student, and those delicious bully romances that m

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When he tells her to RUN in dark romance books, it just hits on another level. #darkromancereads #unhingedmmc #morallygreymen #darkromancetrope #microtropes

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sports romance recs!! i totally didn’t even think of brutal obsessions by s massery and the striker by ana huang or sticks and stones by s massery. sports romance i could go on and on in. #baseballromance #footballromance #hockeyromance #formual1romance #divingromance #laferro #d

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If you’re looking for a toxic book boyfriend to bring into 2026, I highly suggest these! #darkromance #darkromancereads #darkromancereader #possessivebookboyfriend #romancebooksoftiktok

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Souls in Ruin by Jaqueline White has me absolutely feral. Dark romantasy girlies this is for you. #bookrecs #darkromantasy #darkfantasy #romantasy #booktokrecs

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Pitch-Black Dark Romance with tons of spice

Ready for your next dark read? Note this is not a traditional dark romance. It's pitch black and may not even be for all the dark romance readers. Ours To Ruin by ST Roran is an extreme dark horror MFM romance. Link In Bio! Book recommendations, mafia Romance, Dark Romance #dar

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

#booktok #booksta #romancerecs #romancebooks #bookrecs

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Audiobooks you need to hear! 🎧

#audiobookrecommendations #audiobooks #bookrecommendations #darkromancebooks #audible

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

#booktok #booksta #romancerecs #romancebooks #bookrecs

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A pink background with watercolor floral accents and swirling lines. The text "Taboo Romance STEP SIBLINGS BOOK RECS" is prominently displayed with a red kiss mark icon. A purple arrow points towards the bottom right.

A book cover for "Stepbrother Dearest" by Penelope Ward, featuring a shirtless man. Below the cover, a quote reads: "I never had a problem with the way you look at me. My issue is the way it makes me feel when you look at me: things I'm not supposed to feel, things I can't let myself feel for you."

A book cover for "Hate Me" by A. Jade, showing a man with a serious expression. Below the cover, a quote reads: "He's kissing me like he just swallowed poison and I'm the antidote."

The most unhinged step sibling book recs

#bookrecommendations #tabooromancebooks #spicyboook #unhingedbooks #romancerecs

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✨ What do you think? Is it a fun way to personalize, or does it ruin their beauty? #BookLovers #PersonalizedBooks #BookDecor #RhinestoneArt #BookCommunity

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These mmc’s could run me over back it up and do it again and I’d say baby I love you ib: @VICTORIA 📖🧚🏼‍♂️ #booktok #bookish #bookrecs #darkromancebooks #fyp

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae   Releasing 03/24/2026

#booktok #booksta #romancerecs #romancebooks #bookrecs

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Exquisite Ruin by Adrianne May

This is the first book from Owlcrate new Romantasy Quarterly Subscription box! What do you think? ❣️❣️❣️❣️ “In this deadly maze, the most dangerous thing may be the passion between them. Sadaré wakes in a labyrinth, remembering nothing except that she is a powerful sorceress. Her only compan

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the fastest way to ruin a relationship

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she was flirting. he walked up, looked the other man dead in the eyes, and said: “dibs we’re married.” 🎧 and suddenly, I’m okay with being claimed like property. Fierce Obsession by S. Massery? Possessive. Married. And dangerously addictive. #FierceObsession #SMassery #DarkRomanceTok #

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A Pitch-Black why-choose romance

Ready for your next dark read? Note this is not a traditional dark romance. It's pitch black and may not even be for all the dark romance readers. Ours To Ruin by ST Roran is an extreme dark horror MFM romance. Link In Bio! Book recommendations, mafia Romance, Dark Romance #dar

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📖 Ruin Me by Kelsie Rae

#booktok #booksta #romancerecs #romancebooks #bookrecs

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Six book covers are displayed under the title "PAIN KINK." Titles include "God of Pain," "Love is Strange," "Lessons in Sin," "Vicious Hearts," "Brutal," and "Sabotage." The covers feature various dark and romantic imagery, such as roses, chains, and a rosary.

Six book covers are shown under the title "BREATH PLAY." Titles include "Black Sheep," "There Are No Saints," "Does It Hurt?," "Her Soul to Take," "The Lies We Steal," and "Carnage." The covers feature dark and intense imagery, including skulls, snakes, and dramatic portraits.

Six book covers are presented under the title "Stockholm Syndrome." Titles include "By Sin I Rise," "Hidden Truths," "Savage Hearts," "Hold Me," "Keeping My Captive," and "Captured." The covers display dark and romantic themes, often featuring hands, chains, and roses.

#bookrecommendations #booktok #bookwormsoflemon8 #booksoflemon8

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Hear Me Out - Crave by Luna Mason

TROPES 🍭Childhood friends to lovers 🍭Brothers best friend 🍭Vírgin MMC 🍭Obsessed MMC&FMC 🍭Mental health rep 🍭Burn the world down for her 🍭Spice with sweets 🍭Pierced MMC BLURB: I am completely and obsessively in love with my best friend's sister. Twenty years ago I was saved

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A grand ballroom scene with people dancing, illuminated by warm light and chandeliers. An overlay reads, "When she is at her breaking point And THIS is what the Prince does," hinting at a romantic moment from the book "The Concealed."

Against a backdrop of a grand ballroom, a text box displays an excerpt from "The Concealed" describing a character's emotional turmoil and a magical garden lit by twinkling lights. The phrase "Wait for it..." is overlaid.

This image features a grand ballroom background with a text box containing a romantic excerpt from "The Concealed." The text describes a prince's tender words and kisses, with three red heart emojis added for emphasis.

I love it when a prince is Swoony

🔥The Concealed, SK Horton 🔥 A YA fantasy romance where a modern girl discovers she’s royal 👑. With portal magic, forbidden love, dragons, and royal intrigue, and the vibes of Powerless meets The Summer I Turned Pretty. ✨ Contemporary-to-fantasy portal crossover 👑 Hidden royalty / secret identit

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Dark Spicy Romance

Ready for your next dark read? Note this is not a traditional dark romance. It's pitch black and may not even be for all the dark romance readers. Ours To Ruin by ST Roran is an extreme dark horror MFM romance. Link In Bio! Book recommendations, mafia Romance, Dark Romance #darkr

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Pitch-Black Dark Spicy Romance

Ready for your next dark read? Note this is not a traditional dark romance. It's pitch black and may not even be for all the dark romance readers. Ours To Ruin by ST Roran is an extreme dark horror MFM romance. Link In Bio! Book recommendations, mafia Romance, Dark Romance #dar

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Dark MFM Romance

Ready for your next dark read? Note this is not a traditional dark romance. It's pitch black and may not even be for all the dark romance readers. Ours To Ruin by ST Roran is an extreme dark horror MFM romance. Link In Bio! Book recommendations, mafia Romance, Dark Romance #dar

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Yes all day long!! #booktok #darkromance #bookboyfriend #books #reader

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Which God will ruin you first? 👀

The Legacy of Gods series by Rina Kent has everything: 🥀dark romance 🔥enemies to lovers 💍marriage of convenience 🖤forbidden, secret, twisted love And each God is more unhinged than the last. Read at your own risk — because once you start, there's no going back. Which trope do you fall f

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Brutal Obsession by S. Massery #darkhockeyromance #hockeyromance #darkromance #brutalobsession #smassery #balletromance #BookTok #booktokfyp #fyp #fy

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