🏷️ Possessive Romantic
51 entries tagged with this trope
Twisted Love
Ana Huang · 2021
Alex Volkov feels nothing. No emotions, no warmth, no empathy — until Ava Chen crashes into his life. He's her brother's best friend. He's supposed to protect her. He's definitely not supposed to want her.
Haunting Adeline
H.D. Carlton · 2021
He watches her. He's obsessed. And somehow this book has a million 5-star reviews. Not for the faint of heart. If you know, you know.
Terms and Conditions
Lauren Asher · 2022
Declan proposes a fake marriage to his assistant to secure his inheritance. He's cold to everyone. EVERYONE. Except slowly, painfully, her. The contract-to-love pipeline hits different.
Mine
Emily McIntire · 2022
He's her therapist. She's his patient. Everything about this is wrong and they both know it. Dark, obsessive, and absolutely unhinged.
Den of Vipers
K.A. Knight · 2020
Four crime lords. One woman who owes them a debt. They're psychotic, possessive, and completely obsessed with her. Reverse harem dark romance that goes HARD. Not for the faint of heart.
From Blood and Ash
Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2020
Poppy is the Maiden — sheltered, guarded, untouchable. Hawke is her new guard. He's too bold, too close, and everything she's not supposed to want. Then you find out who he really is and NOTHING is the same.
A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair · 2019
Persephone meets Hades in a nightclub. She hates him. He's obsessed. A modern Hades and Persephone retelling where he's the god of the dead and she's a journalism student. The mythology nerd's dream romance.
Kill Switch
Penelope Douglas · 2019
Damon and Winter. He's a sociopath. She's blind. This should not work as a love story, and yet Penelope Douglas made it one of the most compelling romances in the genre. Fan favorite of the series.
Fear Me
B.B. Reid · 2014
Keiran Masters made Lake Monroe's life hell. Then he went to juvie. Now he's back, and he's not done with her. Bully romance at its darkest.
Comfort Food
Kitty Thomas · 2010
Emily is kidnapped and kept in a cell. No names. No conversation. Just control. This book is not for everyone and it doesn't pretend to be. Kitty Thomas at her most unflinching.
Things We Left Behind
Lucy Score · 2023
Lucian and Sloane. The final Knockemout book. He's a cold, ruthless businessman. She's a fiery blonde who's hated him since childhood. Their story has been building for two books and the payoff is DEVASTATING.
Tears of Tess
Pepper Winters · 2013
Tess is kidnapped on vacation and sold to Q, a man with very specific desires. What unfolds is a twisted love story that makes you question everything. Pepper Winters walks the line between dark and tender.
Twisted Games
Ana Huang · 2022
Rhys is a bodyguard. Bridget is a princess. It's forbidden. It's inevitable. The most romantic Twisted book — Rhys would burn the world for her and that's not an exaggeration.
Twisted Lies
Ana Huang · 2022
Christian Harper is a CEO with a dark side. Stella is a fashion blogger who needs protection. Their fake relationship becomes very real. The most thriller-paced Twisted book with the most morally grey hero.
Hunting Adeline
H.D. Carlton · 2022
Adeline is taken. Zade will burn the world to find her. The sequel goes darker and deeper into the trafficking underworld. More thriller than romance in parts. Not for the faint of heart.
Mine
Stella Gray · 2022
A mafia arranged marriage where the bride doesn't go willingly. Dark, possessive, and surprisingly emotional. The kind of book you read in one sitting and immediately need the sequel.
King of Battle and Blood
Scarlett St. Clair · 2021
Isolde is forced to marry the vampire king Adrian to end a war. She plans to kill him. He plans to keep her. Dark, possessive vampire romance with political intrigue. Scarlett St. Clair's bloodiest world.
A Touch of Ruin
Scarlett St. Clair · 2020
Persephone and Hades' relationship is tested by the other Olympians, mortal interference, and Persephone's growing powers. The spice escalates. The angst escalates more.
Bride
Ali Hazelwood · 2024
Misery is a Vampyre sent to marry the Alpha of the Weres as a political pawn. Lowe is huge, grumpy, and annoyingly protective. Ali Hazelwood does paranormal romance and it's exactly what you'd expect — Reylo energy with fangs.
Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros · 2023
Violet thought surviving first year was hard. Second year, everything she believed is a lie and Xaden has secrets. The trust issues are STRESSFUL. The dragons are still great.
The Auction
LovesBitca8 · 2018
In a dark AU where Voldemort won, Hermione is auctioned off. Draco buys her. Not out of cruelty — out of desperation to protect her. The 'touch her and die' energy in this fic is unmatched.
Draconian
noelle_writes · 2019
Veela Draco finds his mate in the most unexpected person. The primal, possessive romance hits all the right notes.
The Auction
LovesBitca8 · 2019
Voldemort won. Hermione is auctioned off to the highest bidder. The companion piece to Manacled that will absolutely wreck you — LovesBitca8 doesn't miss.
A Court of Nightmares and Starlight
HighLadyOfTheNightCourt · 2018
Post-ACOWAR Feysand navigating being rulers while new threats emerge. If you finished the series wanting MORE of Rhys being absolutely unhinged for Feyre, this delivers.
A Delicate Fire
emungere · 2015
Post-fall Hannigram where they survive and navigate whatever it is they are to each other. emungere captures the unsettling tenderness of this ship like no one else.
The Arrangement
SorceressCirce · 2009
AU where vampires are known to society and Bella enters an arrangement with Edward's coven. Takes Twilight's possessive romance and amplifies it into something genuinely dark and compelling.
Floorboards
Innocent_Culprit · 2016
Post-fall Hannigram. Will and Hannibal navigate domesticity while being two deeply damaged people who kill together. The prose matches the show's aesthetic perfectly. Dark romance at its most literary.
Edge of Madness
ms_qualia · 2017
Dark side Rey. Kylo Ren finally has his equal. The power dynamics are electrifying and the darkness is intoxicating. For readers who wanted both of them to choose the dark.
The Auction
LovesBitca8 · 2019
Voldemort won. Muggle-borns are auctioned off. Draco buys Hermione. What follows is dark, devastating, and one of the most discussed Dramione fics ever written. Not for the faint of heart.
The Fallout
everythursday · 2011
Post-war apocalyptic AU. Hermione and Draco are stuck together in the aftermath. everythursday's magnum opus. Dark, raw, and the chemistry is suffocating. An OG Dramione classic that defined the fandom.
The Auction
LovesBitca8 · 2019
Voldemort won. Muggleborns are auctioned off. Draco buys Hermione. What follows is a dark war AU with one of the most complex Draco characterizations ever written. Not for the faint of heart.
The Harvest
PlaidLove · 2020
Gothic AU. Ben is the lord of a dark manor. Rey arrives as a servant. The Brontë-meets-Star Wars energy is intoxicating. Dark Reylo with genuine gothic horror atmosphere.
A Court of Nightmares and Dreams
Illyrianwingspan · 2021
Canon divergence after ACOMAF where Feyre doesn't go Under the Mountain. Rhysand is absolutely feral with longing. If you thought SJM's Rhys was possessive, this version will ruin you.
In the Dark of the Night
VelvetNightSky · 2018
Dark AU. Rhysand is the High Lord of the Night Court and he's not playing nice. Feyre is a prisoner. The power dynamics are shifted darker and the tension is electric. For readers who want ACOTAR's darkness dialed up.
The Auction
LovesBitca8 · 2018
Voldemort won. Muggleborns are auctioned. Draco buys Hermione. LovesBitca8 takes the darkest premise and builds something so emotionally complex you forget to breathe. Not for the faint of heart.
The Auction
LovesBitca8 · 2019
Voldemort wins AU. Muggleborns are auctioned to purebloods. Draco buys Hermione to save her. The power dynamics and moral complexity are staggering. A Dramione essential.
Cruel Prince
Dormiens · 2022
Dark Hogwarts AU where Draco is ruthless and powerful and Hermione refuses to bend. The tension crackles on every page. If you like your Dramione pitch-black, this is it.
Unbidden
Somelier · 2019
Dark Kylo captures Rey. The power dynamics shift constantly. Neither of them is who the other expected. Dark Reylo done with psychological depth rather than just shock value.
The Cruel Prince
anachronistic · 2020
Dark Draco. Dark Hogwarts. A power dynamic that will make you question your morals. Not for the faint of heart but absolutely for anyone who loves the darkest corners of Dramione.
The Auction
LoveBitca8 · 2019
Voldemort won. Muggle-borns are auctioned off. Draco buys Hermione — and what follows is a brutal, tender, devastating story about survival and impossible love under tyranny.
Bring Me to Life
Ariel_Riddle · 2020
Dark side wins AU. Kylo Ren rules the galaxy and Rey is his prisoner. The power struggle between them is electrifying. Dark Reylo at its most compelling.
Pet
SouthSideStory · 2017
Kylo captures Rey after TFA. She's his prisoner. The dynamic is dark and complicated and the writing quality elevates it beyond typical dark fic. A Reylo classic.
King of Wrath
Ana Huang · 2022
Dante Russo doesn't want a wife. Vivian Lau doesn't want a husband. Their families disagree. The ice-cold CEO slowly melting for the woman he was forced to marry? Inject it directly into my veins.
Breath Mints / Battle Scars
Onyx_and_Elm · 2020
Eighth year. Hermione and Draco start something physical and pretend it means nothing. It means everything. The miscommunication is agonizing in the best way. Peak Dramione angst.
A Monster's Love
dreamingofcrows · 2021
Kaz's internal monologue through both books. Every violent act reframed through his devotion to Inej. 'I will have you without armor, or I will not have you at all' expanded into a novel.
The Auction
LoveBitca8 · 2019
Voldemort won. Muggle-borns are auctioned off to purebloods. Draco buys Hermione. What unfolds is one of the most gut-wrenching, brilliantly written dark Dramiones ever. The power dynamics are agonizing.
Taken for Rubies
emungere · 2014
Will starts leaving Hannibal gifts of his own. The courtship is monstrous and beautiful. Emungere captures the show's aesthetic perfectly — every line drips with menace and desire.
Draconian
SenLinYu · 2019
Draco is cursed with a creature inheritance. The dark, primal need that drives him toward Hermione is terrifying — and she's not sure she wants him to fight it. SenLinYu does dark like nobody else.
La Canzone della Morte
Keira Marcos · 2022
Twilight but Edward is actually terrifying. A darker, more literary take where the vampire romance has genuine menace. If you thought canon Edward was too soft, this Edward delivers.
The Bracelet
AkashaTheKitty · 2007
A cursed bracelet forces Hermione to do whatever Draco says. The power dynamics are toxic, the tension is unbearable, and the resolution is earned. OG Dramione classic.
The Auction
LoveBitca8 · 2019
Voldemort won. Muggle-borns are auctioned off. Draco buys Hermione. What follows is a dark, complex story of power, survival, and a love that shouldn't exist. Absolutely gut-wrenching.