Books Like Twisted Love
If you finished Twisted Love and want more forbidden love, possessive hero, touch her and die, start here. Each pick shares at least two tropes with it, and we've rated every one for spice and darkness so you know what you're getting into.
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The picks
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1. Priest
Shares: forbidden love, slow burn, possessive hero
Father Tyler Bell hears Poppy Danforth's confession and falls apart. Religious guilt, BDSM and a lot of heat. Darkness is low on violence, but it deals with grief and abuse in the church. Midnight Mass finishes their story.
- Forbidden Love
- Slow Burn
- Possessive Hero
Content warnings
Suicide or suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault
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2. A Touch of Darkness
Shares: possessive hero, forbidden love
Persephone bets with the god of the dead and loses. Hades and Persephone in modern day, with all the jealousy that comes with it. A comfort read for a lot of fans.
- Gods and Mythology
- Deals and Bargains
- Possessive Hero
- Forbidden Love
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder
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3. Flock
Shares: slow burn, forbidden love
Cecelia moves to Triple Falls for one summer and gets tangled up with two men and the secret society they run. Robin Hood vibes, a slow first half and a love triangle readers still fight about.
- Love Triangle
- Slow Burn
- Morally Gray
- Forbidden Love
Content warnings
Drug or alcohol abuse, Graphic violence
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4. It Ain't Me, Babe
Shares: forbidden love, touch her and die, possessive hero
Salome escapes a religious cult and lands in the compound of the Hades Hangmen, whose mute president Styx has never forgotten her. Biker romance with some of the heaviest backstory in the genre. The cult material is hard going.
- Forbidden Love
- Touch Her and Die
- Possessive Hero
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Harm to children, Sexual assault, Physical or emotional abuse, Graphic violence
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5. King of Wrath
Shares: possessive hero, touch her and die
Dante Russo is blackmailed into marrying Vivian Lau, and he makes it clear he resents every minute. Billionaire grump, Manhattan glamour, almost no actual darkness. Think of it as dark romance with the training wheels still on.
- Arranged Marriage
- Possessive Hero
- Enemies to Lovers
- Touch Her and Die
Content warnings
Physical or emotional abuse, Drug or alcohol abuse
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6. Punk 57
Shares: slow burn, forbidden love
Misha and Ryen wrote letters for years without meeting. When he shows up at her school under a fake name, he finds out his sweet pen pal is the mean queen bee. Bullying and angst more than real darkness.
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
- Revenge
- Forbidden Love
Content warnings
Physical or emotional abuse, Death of a loved one
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7. Neon Gods
Shares: forbidden love, possessive hero
Hades and Persephone in a modern city run by the Thirteen. She runs away from a forced engagement to Zeus and makes a deal with the one man nobody crosses. Quick and very steamy.
- Gods and Mythology
- Deals and Bargains
- Forbidden Love
- Possessive Hero
Content warnings
Physical or emotional abuse, Graphic violence
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8. Painted Scars
Shares: possessive hero, touch her and die
The opener of Neva Altaj's sprawling Bratva series, and the hero is a Pakhan. Readers call it one of the gentler books in the run, with several open-door scenes. Past abuse is a big part of the backstory.
- Mafia
- Possessive Hero
- Touch Her and Die
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Physical or emotional abuse, Harm to children, Graphic violence
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9. Bound by Honor
Shares: possessive hero, slow burn
Aria is promised to the heir of the New York mafia at fifteen and married at eighteen. Luca is terrifying to everyone except her. Classic mafia-marriage setup done well.
- Mafia
- Arranged Marriage
- Possessive Hero
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder
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10. Crow
Shares: possessive hero, touch her and die
Crow is an Irish mob enforcer in Boston, and Mack is a woman with no options left who ends up owing him. Gritty and sad in places, with a hero who's a killer and doesn't apologize. Heavy warnings, including an on-page assault.
- Mafia
- Morally Gray
- Possessive Hero
- Touch Her and Die
Content warnings
Human trafficking, Sexual assault, Murder, Death of a loved one
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11. Lights Out
Shares: possessive hero, touch her and die
Josie has a masked-stalker fantasy, and a hacker named Aiden makes it real. The twist is that she's into it and he keeps checking in. Funny, filthy, and a soft landing if Haunting Adeline sounds like too much.
- Stalker Romance
- Possessive Hero
- Morally Gray
- Touch Her and Die
Content warnings
Stalking, Physical or emotional abuse, Death of a loved one, Graphic violence
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12. Ruthless Creatures
Shares: possessive hero, touch her and die
Natalie's fiancé vanished, and the Russian mobster who shows up looking for him decides he wants her instead. Kage is gruff, devoted and frankly funny. Lighter on darkness than the cover suggests and a lot heavier on spice.
- Mafia
- Possessive Hero
- Touch Her and Die
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder
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13. Credence
Shares: forbidden love, possessive hero
After her parents die, Tiernan is sent to live in a remote mountain house with her stepuncle Jake and his two sons. The taboo is the whole point. Atmospheric snowed-in setting, but it's one of Douglas's most divisive books for a reason.
- Forbidden Love
- Why Choose
- Forced Proximity
- Possessive Hero
Content warnings
Dubious or non-consent, Sexual assault, Physical or emotional abuse, Suicide or suicidal thoughts
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14. Dark Notes
Shares: forbidden love, possessive hero
Ivory Westbrook will do anything to get out of her life in New Orleans, and her new piano teacher at the conservatory, Emeric Marceaux, is not a safe person to need. Teacher-student taboo with real menace. One reviewer flagged that it ships without warnings.
- Forbidden Love
- Dark Academia
- Possessive Hero
Content warnings
Sexual assault, Physical or emotional abuse, Dubious or non-consent
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15. Deviant
Shares: possessive hero, forbidden love
Dr. Sloane Romera goes looking for her missing best friend and ends up needing Zeth Mayfair, a Seattle criminal with very particular tastes. Readers who came from Quicksilver are often shocked by how dark it is. Collected now as Blood & Roses Volume 1.
- Morally Gray
- Possessive Hero
- Forbidden Love
Content warnings
Human trafficking, Graphic violence, Murder, Physical or emotional abuse, Drug or alcohol abuse
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