Recs if you like Dark Notes...

chest hair, the happy trail, armpit hair, and the ever elusive bush 🥴 this list is a compilation of smutty books with descriptions or mentions of body hair. because there is nothingggg NOTHING!!!! more primal and sexy than hairy people going at it 😌 if you have suggestions or if you've seen the mythical bush, pLEASE LET ME KNOW I'M ON MY KNEES!! i want to normalize body hair so bad 🥺 will only list first in series to keep things in check! body hair types listed in the comments

romance books with particular interest in the MC saying iterations of “good girl” (kneeling is encouraged) - praise kink is explored in some titles.

these characters want to please their love interests by listening and following instructions. best paired with a good girl doing 𝒷𝒶𝒹 things.

this list is for those that were A+, teachers pet students and are now adults that want to be told they are doing a good job in the bedroom ⭐️ this list is NOT in reference to animals

Love that lurks in the shadows — obsession, stalking, and desire that won’t let go 👀 • i̲ o̲n̲l̲y̲ a̲d̲d̲ 1̲s̲t̲ b̲o̲o̲k̲ o̲f̲ t̲h̲e̲ s̲e̲r̲i̲e̲s̲,̲ s̲o̲ k̲e̲e̲p̲ o̲n̲ m̲i̲n̲d̲ t̲h̲e̲ r̲e̲s̲t̲ o̲f̲ t̲h̲e̲ s̲e̲r̲i̲e̲s̲ i̲s̲ a̲l̲s̲o̲ d̲a̲r̲k̲ r̲o̲m̲a̲n̲c̲e̲ • this list includes: dark romance in every way, dark gothic, dark academia, dark romcom, horror romance, halloween romance • 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝

if a safeword is established, i want to see it get used and i want the angst and the comfort and the negotiation!

aka. books in which a character uses their safeword

(may also include books with the partner noticing discomfort and stopping without explicit safeword usage)

Student X Professor. Romances with one of the two characters being a professor. Forbidden(ish) romances.

Open for recommendations ^^

Need dark romance recs? 🖤🔥

Obsessive love. Toxic tension. Betrayal that tastes like devotion.

Enemies who touch like lovers. Soulmates who destroy.

Slow burns that scorch. Fast flames that consume.

If you want romance that hurts so good…
We got you 🫶🏻

*** Only the first book of the series have been added ***

Stolen glances, secrecy, and emotions that refuse to stay quiet. Messy, intense, and addictive.

This is your warning label.

The Spice Level: Unhinged list is reserved for stories that don’t just cross the line—they erase it entirely. These are the books where tension burns slow and then explodes, where magic and darkness collide with obsession, and where love is anything but safe. Expect morally gray to black (or outright dangerous) characters, power dynamics that bite, and relationships that blur the line between devotion and destruction.

Romances where the FMC has been victim of SA and is now healing and learning how to trust again or is assaulted 🍇 in the book itself and the after is part of the plot as well.

(Added some content to the recs in the comments. Please do your own research into the potential triggers as well before diving into any of these as some are quite dark.)

This is where it gets dark, depraved, and oh so delicious!

FMC that has gone through it and is scared, vulnerable, painfully shy. Books with PTSD representation and a fair amount of trauma healing.

Want that lingers where it shouldn't 🔥 I go feral for a forbidden romance 😝

Age gap