Gothic fantasies (may or may not contain romance) wherein the MC is protected by a monster.
created by aurelia
last updated July, 2026
Vicious (Villains, #1)
Victoria Schwab
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
S.A. Chakraborty
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
N.K. Jemisin
Vespertine
Margaret Rogerson
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
The Witchstone
Henry H. Neff
Land of the Beautiful Dead
R. Lee Smith
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Stephenie Meyer
The Haar
David Sodergren
The Library at Hellebore
Cassandra Khaw
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
John Wiswell
Where the Dark Stands Still
A.B. Poranek
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
Laini Taylor
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 1
Kore Yamazaki
A Soul to Keep (Duskwalker Brides, #1)
Opal Reyne
Soul Eater (Monstrous, #1)
Lily Mayne
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Brom Brom
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
Rachel Gillig
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
Katherine Arden
Written in Red (The Others, #1)
Anne Bishop
The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo
Love this trope 😅❤️ great list
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