8 Intriguing Dark Romance Books to Read if You DNF'ed Haunting Adeline

Sunshine just wants to lead a quiet life without any trouble. But then the vampires found her. They dressed her in a crimson gown, shackled her to the wall of a decaying mansion, and left her alone with Constantine. Chained up next to her, Sunshine realizes that she is intended to be his dinner. But Constantine isn't at all how she expected him to be. Vampires are soulless monsters but he's almost human in his empathy. He doesn’t want to hurt her. Actually, he needs her to save him…

Eva Trammel has just started her first real job since graduating college. Following a difficult childhood, she's ready to become a fully independent woman, although she's still wary of exploring a romantic relationship with anyone. The last thing she needs is someone like Gideon Cross. Rich, powerful, impossibly beautiful, and deeply troubled, Gideon is impossible to ignore. Eva is drawn to him in a way she's never felt before. But falling for Cross will put both of them through the wringer as their traumatic pasts continue to haunt them. 

Befitting of its name, Ghost Radio is a call-in show beamed onto the airwaves that tells scary stories of the paranormal unknown. But it's also a secret sanctuary for the undead, those stuck between this world and the next. Host Joaquin fields calls from believers and skeptics alike, fostering dedicated fans even as he remains pessimistic about the existence of the dead and undead. After his show is syndicated nationwide, he becomes ever more drawn into the darkness. Struggling to differentiate between the real world and that of Ghost Radio's spookiest tales, Joaquin must repair the crumbling wall that separates living from dead.

Tyler Anselm Bell is committed to God. He is a priest who has sworn every part of himself—mind, body and soul—to his lord and savior. His life is one of worship. A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. And Tyler was happy with all of that… until she came into his life. Poppy Danforth challenges every part of his commitment to his work. For her, he'll break his vows of celibacy, and he'll do it again and again...

In the Forest of the Dead, the enemies of the empire are exiled and left to die. Twin sisters Moria and Ashyn are tasked with entering this lawless space. Every year, they act as the Keeper and the Seeker, finding the furious souls of the damned and keeping them in their place. But this time, the souls refuse to stay silent. Ambushed and separated by an ancient evil, the sisters find themselves further from home than they've ever been. This once-barren wasteland is now overwhelmed with the monsters of myth, and they will stop at nothing to tear apart the world that tried to banish them.

Mafiya enforcer Aleksei “The Siberian” Sevastyan is ferociously loyal to his boss. He'll do anything for his employer, including spill blood. His newest job is to protect his boss's long-lost daughter, and he's ready to do anything for her. What he's not prepared for is the tidal wave of feelings she elicits in him. Grad student Natalie Porter has found herself flung head-first into a dark world of crime and subterfuge. The stunningly beautiful Sevastyan has whisked her away to Russia and a new life of money, pleasure, and zero consequences. But all is not as it seems. To remove Natalie from an enemy’s reach, Sevastyan spirits her into hiding among the streets of Paris. In the city of love, the bodyguard and the protected will explore their darkest fantasies together.

Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year, Prince Rhen, the heir of Emberfall, is stuck in a vicious cycle. He thought that he could be saved by the right girl, but that was before he was transformed into a vicious beast and isolated from the world. Harper has long been underestimated by the world because of her cerebral palsy. When she tries to save a stranger on the streets of Washington, DC, she gets a chance to prove herself, but not in her own world. She finds herself in a magical world with a prince, a curse, and a chance to change everything for herself and the mysterious Rhen.

Contract killer Lachlan Kane would prefer to have a quiet life working in his leather studio rather than murdering for cash. But when he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, he knows that a new life is but a fantasy. A chance at escape comes in the form of Lark Montague, a sunshiney indie singer who is the polar opposite of his life of blood and money. But she also has some secrets she wants to keep hidden. Lachlan thinks she’s just another spoiled brat, although he's intrigued by her offer: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she’ll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first.