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They say love is blind. But what happens when it's masked?
Do you crave stories with a hint of danger? Are you drawn to forbidden desires? Then you might love masked men in books! These heroes hide secrets and ignite passion. Get ready to explore taboo reads that will leave you breathless. Discover your next book boyfriend behind the mask!
Recommendations: Must-Read Books With Masked Men
Don’t Stop is a dual POV dark horror hitchhiker standalone novella with an HEA. Please check the TWs at the beginning of the book.
If you don’t stop, you’ll live.
If you do, you know what will happen. So for the love of all things unholy, don’t stop.
-Dalton and Rayna
The Halloween Harvesters
*NOTE* This is a similar theme to the “Ride or Die” hitchhiker standalones but due to the horror nature of this story, it’s not linked to that series. But check them out if you want to read more hitchhiker stories!
Don’t Stop is an extreme horror novella that is not in KU due to content. Read responsibly!
Trigger Warnings: Unhinged fmc and mmc, more innocent mmc, mental health struggles, substance abuse/addiction, mask kink, insta-obsession, enemies to lovers, banter, dark humor, Blood play/obsession, legal and illegal taxidermy, other dead stuff/mentions of animal death, obsession with dead things, off page non con (not between mcs), dub con (between mcs), somno, voyeurism/exhibitionism, things you shouldn’t do to a human heart, corpse threesome, meat sleeve/frankenpeen, a metric fuck ton of gore, murder on page, graphic sex, murder and sex TOGETHER.
Scream for Us is a short, dark erotic romance with a reverse harem. Please check the TWs at the beginning of the book.
After wandering into an alluring Halloween party that is said to go down in history, Quinn finds herself captivated by three masked men. As she immerses herself in a night of both pleasure and pain, she finally has the perfect opportunity to bring her darkest fantasies to life.
Or death.
Trigger Warnings: Graphic sexually explicit scenes, physical assault, attempted sexual assault, violence, mentions of self harm/bullying, mentions of suicide, breath play/choking, knife play, fire play, blood/gore, voyeurism, mask kink, praise/degradation kink, and murder.
Skin of a Sinner is a forced proximity, childhood best friend, touch her and die stalker romance. Please check the TWs at the beginning of the book.
No one tells you what to do when the boy who shattered your heart comes back to steal it.
Roman Riviera was my everything once upon a time. I found my knight in shining armor in the form of a fellow foster kid. He protected me and promised to stand by my side forever.
But Roman Riviera is a liar.
He left me with monsters.
Three years later, I found him in the middle of the night, soaked in my family’s blood and carving his initials into my foster brother’s skin. He tied me up and dragged me away from the life I had made without him.
I tried to run, but he chased me. I wanted to scream, but the sound never came out.
He says that I’m never getting away from him. He says he’s back for good. I don’t believe him.
Trigger Warnings: Stalking, dubious consent, consent-not-consent, primal kink, somnophilia, degradation, forced orgasm, blood play, breeding/ unprotected sex, kidnapping, murder, graphic violence, gore, torture, drugging, sexual assault (groping and verbal), depression, anxiety, prescription medication use, mental illness, eating disorder, (male) genital mutilation, drugs, swearing, poverty, child poverty, child abuse (psychological, physical, and sexual), obsessive, possessive, over the top MMC
That Sik Luv is a age gap, boy obsessed/jealous/possessive stalker romance. Please check the TWs at the beginning of the book.
Fornication is a sin.
As it reads, we should flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
They teach us that these thoughts, these actions, are immoral. But that dark side that lives inside all of us, the true nature of man, drives us to seek the need that burns within, demanding to be set free. Deep inside of our bones lies that intrinsic need, one desperate to escape. An innate behavior, seemingly out of our control.
One that screams for sins they tell us are condemning.
Aero is the throat from which I scream.
The dark parts of myself I want hidden from this world are all he sees when he gazes at me beneath yet another mask.
He’s the demon drowning me in my own underlying desires.
He may never stop. Not until I succumb to my truths, or die beneath the weight of his unrelenting grasp.
Because according to him, the life I’ve been living is a hell far worse than death.
Trigger Warnings: Stalking, Religious Trauma, Cult-like setting, CNC, Masked Man, Age Gap, Degradation, Humiliation, Voyerism, Exhibitionism, Spitting, Breath Play, Gun Play, Knife Play, Primal Play, BDSM, Anal Play, MFM Scenes, Possessive Behavior, Graphic Depictions of Violence/Murder, Mentions of SA of a Minor.
God of Wrath is a Stand-alone enemies-to-lovers college romance. The book third in The Legacy of Gods Series. Please check the TWs at the beginning of the book.
I’m trapped by the devil.
What started as an innocent mistake turned into actual hell.
In my defense, I didn’t mean to get involved with a mafia prince.
But he barged through my defenses anyway.
He stalked me from the shadows and stole me from the life I know.
Jeremy Volkov might appear charming, but a true predator lurks inside.
He’s out to possess, own, and keep me.
But I have no plans to stick around in his blood-soaked world.
Or so I think.
Trigger Warnings: Attempted rape recounted, Dubious consent scenes, Drugging recounted, Dissociation, Emesis recounted, Gun violence
Little Stranger is a foster sibling, revenge dark romance with stalker/captive tropes. Please check the TWs at the beginning of the book.
OWNING HER IS ALL HE EVER WANTED
She betrayed him, and now he wants revenge against the sister who became his forbidden obsession the second he laid eyes on her. After she sends him to prison for years, he’s free and ready to haunt her.
Everything about Olivia belongs to Malachi Vize.
Her mind
Her body
Her soul
Her fear
Her pain
On Halloween night, he can no longer lurk in the shadows. All he has left to own is her heart, even if he needs to take it.
Trigger Warnings: Heavy somnophilia, CNC, dubious consent, drugging, branding, choking, with other kinks like brother-sister kink, knife play, primal play, blood play, pain, screwdriver, fear, light breeding, anal and spider play.
Chokehold is a MM Dark Romance with Step brother, enemies-to-lovers and forced proximity tropes. Please check the TWs at the beginning of the book.
ONE MOMENT. TWO MASKS.
THREE CHASES INTO THE NIGHT.
They’re supposed to be enemies.
It takes one night with a masked man to change that all. They crave the next touch of the person they hate the most. Desperate for that next taste of the person they can’t stand. Waiting for that anonymous text message to accelerate their heartbeats. The thrill of the chase with the forbidden fruit is enough to blur the lines and the world around them.
The first problem? They both have girlfriends.
The worst problem? They’re stepbrothers.
Trigger Warnings: Addiction, Aftercare, Anal, Barebacking, Begging, Blackmail, Blood, Bondage, Breath Play, Cheating (Not the MMC’s), Child Abuse, Corruption, Death, Degradation, Divorce, Domestic Abuse, Domination, Drugging, Dubious Consent, Edging, Emotional Abuse, Fear Play, Financial Abuse, Fingering, Group Sex, Gun Play, Gun Violence, Homophobia, Homophobic Slur, Hospitlisation, Kidnapping, Knife Play, Manipulation, Mask Play, Masochism, Mental Distress, MM, Murder, Mutilation, Oral, Orgasm Denial, Physical Abuse, Physical Assault, Praise, Primal Play, Public Play, Revenger Porn, Rimming, Rough Sex, Sadism, Sexual Assault/Non Consent, Sexuality Denial Sexuality Struggle, Sharing Partners, Somnophilia, Submission, Substance Abuse, Substance Use, Torture, Trauma Violence, Voyeurism.
Conclusion
These dark romance books show men who hide behind masks. Each story is full of secrets and strong feelings. Now, pick your masked man and get lost in a world of dark love. Which dark romance book will you read first?
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