9 Horror Romance Books So Good They'll Haunt You

For vampire Della Tsang, Shadow Falls is the only place she truly fits in, but the camp is about to get a lot more complicated. Caught between a mysterious new vampire with dangerous secrets and a hunky shapeshifter determined to win her heart, Della barely has time to sort through her feelings before a deadly new case threatens everyone she loves. 

To save her home, she will have to team up with both of the guys turning her world upside down. But in a supernatural showdown where lives are on the line, surviving the monster might be easier than protecting her heart.

When young Gail London and her friend Joel discover the carcass of a massive, prehistoric sea monster washed ashore on a foggy summer morning, they think they’ve made the find of a lifetime. As they fiercely defend their prize, the two friends find themselves bonding over the sudden, heavy weight of their own mortality. But while they are busy looking down at the dead beast on the sand, they remain chillingly unaware of what is still alive and watching them from the misty depths. 

Grief-stricken Don Lark handles his tragic past by drifting from town to town, restoring dilapidated houses and moving on—until he buys a beautiful, ruined Southern mansion in North Carolina. As he begins to rebuild his life, he finds himself charmed by his new community and falling for the wry real estate agent who sold him the house. 

But when Don unearths a hidden tunnel in the cellar, the mansion's warm enchantments quickly curdle into a terrifying supernatural nightmare. To claim the home and the new love he’s always dreamed of, he must wage a brutal battle against a house with a history even darker than his own.

When a ruthless serial killer begins slaughtering Hollywood's A-list, every gruesome crime scene points directly to Ovsanna Moore, a legendary studio head and iconic horror scream queen. What the public doesn't know is that Ovsanna is actually a 500-year-old vampire ruling over a secret network of Tinseltown's undead elite. 

To catch the slayer and protect her empire, she forms an uneasy alliance with Beverly Hills Detective Peter King, a handsome cop who has no idea what he's stepping into. As the body count rises, the investigation heats up, and sparks fly between the ancient vampire queen and the mortal detective in a city where showbiz is literally bloodthirsty.

Returning to her hometown to support her pregnant twin sister, Rory Morris is already fighting bad memories when a bizarre roadside attack leaves her with superhuman strength, a sudden aversion to silver, and a strange obsession with the full moon. As she grapples with the terrifying reality that she is transforming into a literal monster, she reconnects with an old almost-flame who offers an unexpected anchor in the chaos. 

Navigating a blooming, sweet romance while simultaneously managing her new predatory instincts proves to be a wild balancing act. Ultimately, Rory must decide if embracing the beast within is a danger to everyone she loves, or the ultimate key to conquering her past trauma.

R is a zombie having a major identity crisis; he has no memories or pulse, but he’d much rather listen to Frank Sinatra vinyls in his abandoned 747 than mindlessly chomp on brains. Everything changes when he encounters Julie, a fiercely alive survivor who injects a brilliant blast of color into his otherwise gray, post-apocalyptic existence. Instead of eating her, R finds himself overcome by a sudden, protective instinct that causes a dormant heart inside him to miraculously start beating again.

Their unlikely, sweet-yet-spooky bond sparks a revolution that could bridge the gap between the living and the dead—if they can survive the war brewing around them.

Seeking refuge after her father's execution during the Mexican War of Independence, Beatriz marries a wealthy widower and moves to his remote countryside estate, ignoring the dark rumors surrounding his first wife’s death. But Hacienda San Isidro is no sanctuary; it is a malevolent, living entity filled with terrifying nighttime visions, invisible eyes, and hostile secrets. 

Desperate to survive the haunting, Beatriz finds a dangerous ally in Padre Andrés, a young priest who must secretly use his hidden witch powers to combat the house's ancient evil. While they battle the suffocating darkness together, an intense, forbidden attraction ignites between them that could either save Beatriz or seal her doom.

Saved from the brink of death and transformed into a bride, former peasant Constanta is initially spellbound by her undying vampire husband, Dracula. However, as her creator lures a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into their web of passion, Constanta discovers the true depth of his cruelty.

Finding solace and fierce solidarity in the arms of her rival consorts, she begins to unravel their husband's darkest secrets. To save the partners she has grown to love, Constanta must choose between her undying devotion to her maker and a bloody rebellion for her freedom.

Jane Shoringfield thought she had calculated the perfect, unemotional arrangement when she married a handsome doctor, but her logical world shatters the moment she arrives at his forbidden ancestral home. Trapped at Lindridge Hall during a fierce storm, she discovers her calm husband is secretly plagued by terrifying hallucinations and an ancient, mounting dread. 

As the line between reality and madness blurs inside the walls of the dark manor, an unexpected, desperate intimacy grows between the troubled newlyweds. But inside this gothic nightmare, Jane must figure out if she is falling for a brilliant healer or a man possessed by a malevolent force.