Books like 'Bashed'

Readers who enjoyed Bashed by Rick R. Reed also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

contemporary  dark romance  paranormal  gay romance  fantasy  mystery  queer

  • How to Defy a Vampire by Alice Winters

    How to Defy a Vampire by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    FinnStumbling into a crime scene is pretty typical for me. As a human, joining the VRC has done everything but keep me out of trouble. And now I seem to be playing a part that I’d really rather not play… if I want to keep my head, that is.By my side is my partner Marcus, a vampire who has vowed to tear the world apart—and even a mattress—to keep me safe...
  • Knot All Is Ruined Part 1 by Elizabeth Knight

    Knot All Is Ruined Part 1 by Elizabeth Knight

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    They told us we’d be helping our country.That we’d be preventing war.It was all one big fat lie and we believed it—until it was too late.Waking up on a bus headed for a war-torn country was just the beginning of the nightmare I couldn’t wake up from. They’d told us during our time in the Omega Care Center there was a chance we might be sent to another country if we didn’t find a pack...
  • Sponsored links
  • Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Last Man Standing by Augustus Roth, Daniel May

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 5 ratings
    “You know, if anybody was going to give death the middle finger, I would have thought it would be him.” Ezekiel 'Kel' Warbis is the last of them - the only one left after his two best friends (and childhood sweethearts) died tragically and gruesomely young.Over a decade later, their loss is still a fresh wound...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  paranormal  m-m  dark  m-m-m  contemporary  fantasy
  • Shadow Men by Adira August

    Shadow Men by Adira August

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A 72k word novel, the seventh in the Hunt&Cam4Ever BDSM-MYSTERY series. This is the book the author calls "The hardest book I ever wrote."AN ASTONISHING TWIST IN THE EPIC LOVE STORY~ A HIGH SEAS DEATH ON A BILLIONAIRE'S YACHT"No matter how hard you fight the darknessevery light casts a shadow;The closer you get to the lightthe darker that shadow becomes...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  bdsm  m-m  suspense  dark  contemporary  angst
  • Hell Fae Commander by Lexi C. Foss, J.R. Thorn

    Hell Fae Commander by Lexi C. Foss, J.R. Thorn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I’ll never trust you.”The words resonate in my very soul.They make me feel like death.Of course, I can’t actually die.I would just burn to ash and wake up again with the same damn problem swirling around in my heart and mind.My inner beast thinks it has imprinted on a Halfling Hell Fae.Without my permission.Now all I want to do is hold her. Kiss her. F-ck her.Claim her.But I can’t...
  • Malum Discordiae by Ashlyn Drewek

    Malum Discordiae by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 28 ratings
    Like all Necromancers, Cassius Corbin grew up knowing one irrevocable truth: death comes for us all. It was a lesson he learned well when his mother was murdered by fellow witches. Six years later, he is back in the town of Winslow, Massachusetts to attend Tennebrose University. But that's not the only reason...
  • Sleepwalkers by Daniel May

    Sleepwalkers by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    My immortal ex was the last person I wanted to be stuck in a coffin with, and yet here we were.Broken up for over a century, I stayed in touch with Bonifacio out of necessity only. An amoral horndog and possessive leech, Bonifacio was toxic beyond words, but there was no one better at eradicating vampire hunters. I needed him...
  • His by Daniel May

    His by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lucas Russo was never a child. He was raised like a soldier, trained like a dog to hunt down his master’s enemies.Shane Case was barely a man. Unraveled by grief, he kidnapped two children to follow in his footsteps, to shape in his image and continue his mission of vengeance.Lucas never forgave Shane, because forgiveness is something reserved for the living. So is hate...
  • Liberation by Stella Rainbow

    Liberation by Stella Rainbow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wyvern who doesn't trust humans. A human who implicitly trusts him. AmellI knew what monsters looked like, because I'd been raised by one, afraid and unable to get away because he was the strongest thing I knew. Until the day our village was attacked by a mythical beast and it almost made the monster wet himself...
  • War Games by Daniel May

    War Games by Daniel May

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Sons of opposing mob bosses, secretly married when they were seventeen, Nerva Alms and Joseph Pascal were doomed from the start.After his father's gruesome murder, Pascal was mutilated and banished, and Nerva grew to replace his own father as head of the Hanged Men. Now, ten years later, Pascal has returned.War Games is book two in the Hanged Men series, following Blood Sports...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  m-m  mafia  dark  abuse  paranormal
  • Commanded: House of Théoden by Nicholas Bella

    Commanded: House of Théoden by Nicholas Bella

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Théoden: On the evening of branding my new son, Noel, my King has called a special meeting of his Court. I can't possibly guess what this meeting is about, as everything within his kingdom is running perfectly. I do know one thing, Ara loves to entertain and be entertained, so at least that's something to look forward to...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  vampires  paranormal  bdsm  fantasy  m-m-m  dark
  • Beyond by Katie May

    Beyond by Katie May

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    There's one place scarier than hell.And we're in it.There's a series of tunnels beneath the school that we must travel through in order to escape Tory's School for the Troubled.But the world on the other side? It's a land of nightmares and monsters. A place where your worst fears come to life. A world of darkness and pain and suffering...
  • Shift of Morals by K. Webster

    Shift of Morals by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I found him when he was a boy.Bloody. Mangled. Near death.If I’d been a merciful alpha, I would’ve snapped his neck and ended him right then.Except, I didn’t.Something in his big brown eyes tugged at my heart strings.I kept him. Healed him. Raised him to be fierce, loyal, and brave.Now that he’s an adult, everything’s changing.He’s no longer the soft, scared beta I once thought he was...
  • Kitto by Harper Fox

    Kitto by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Now Lee is free from the malevolent ghost of Morris Hawke, his clairvoyant gifts are expanding fast. Too fast for comfort, and he and Gideon find themselves wrestling with his unsettling capacity to see the future. In some ways this new power is wonderful, and Lee finds himself a local hero after predicting a flood...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  dark  suspense  paranormal  m-m  fantasy
  • Greenwode by J. Tullos Hennig

    Greenwode by J. Tullos Hennig

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Novel of Robyn Hood The Hooded One. The one to breathe the dark and light and dusk between.... When an old druid foresees this harbinger of chaos, he also glimpses its outcome...
  • The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    The Curse of Redwood by Jaclyn Osborn

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Secrets lie within the walls of Redwood Manor.The murders, alleged curse, and ghost stories have fascinated Carter ever since he moved to Ivy Grove. After attending a Halloween ball at the mansion and meeting a man almost too beautiful to be real, Carter is captivated even more.But the man disappears after that, leaving Carter with nothing but the memory of a kiss...
  • Feel My Pain by K.A. Merikan

    Feel My Pain by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Two enemies cursed to feel each other’s pain. Zane. “I will burn your life to the ground.”Roach. “I’m a cockroach. I’ll survive.”Two years ago, the Rabid Hyenas MC ripped Zane apart like a pack of starving wolves. But he’s not only a survivor, he took revenge that same night.Turns out, one of the bikers is still alive, and as long as that’s the case, Zane will not know peace...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  fantasy  m-m  abuse  angst  dark  bikers
  • Wicked Girl by A.J. Merlin

    Wicked Girl by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The murders may be over, but my heartache is back in full force, thanks to my mother and my own misgivings.When I return to Winter Grove early and end up relying on the pack to help me out, I’m sure it’s a new form of torture. Instead, I find myself growing closer to August and Foster...
  • Rule Four and Five by Adrienne Wilder

    Rule Four and Five by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This is book two of three. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  dark  abuse  suspense  paranormal  m-m  fantasy
  • One Thousand & One Lies by Yumoyori Wilson

    One Thousand & One Lies by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Lies. Words of deception that assist in manipulating a person, group, lover, or foe. With each lie that leaves our lips, a plot morphs into a quick exchange, and the end result? Death. Some call us Reapers of Beauty. Others think we assist the Angel of Death. Assassins? Murders? The list of what we term ourselves are endless. To us, this life is nothing but a job...
  • Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Monsters and Mistletoe by Cassia Briar, Salem Cross

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Hot chocolate, snowflakes, jingling bells, and… monsters?That’s what Christmas has in store for you this year!Add a little spice to your holiday festivities by diving into this collection of monster-loving heroines who find love in the most unusual of places.Featuring new, original stories by:Harpie Alexa - USA Today Best Selling AuthorCassia BriarCara BryantRachel CallahanJ.E...
  • Black Magic by Megan Derr

    Black Magic by Megan Derr

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When High Paladin Sorin discovers the brutally dismembered body of his cousin Alfrey, a much loved priest in the royal palace, he is left baffled as to who would do so terrible a thing to so good a man...
  • He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Sara Dobie Bauer

    He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Sara Dobie Bauer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    We met when you were just a child, but you’re a man now and need my protection. With Christmas Eve approaching, I’ll watch over you.Whether you know it or not. Because no one is allowed to hurt you.No one but me. At 20K words, He Sees You When You’re Sleeping is a twisted take on Santa, featuring M/M romance, horror, and the holiday season...
  • Forgive Me by Ariana Nash

    Forgive Me by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Father Francis Scott knows he’s damned, but at twenty-four years old, he has a lifetime to make up for past mistakes. Newly ordained, he’s determined to clean the stain off his soul, one day at a time. Until an angel walks into his church, asking Francis to take his confession. One look into Vitari (Angel) Angelini’s eyes, and it’s clear, the man is made of sin...
  • Shadows Fall by J.K. Hogan

    Shadows Fall by J.K. Hogan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For him, the whole world is a graveyard...A gift—or curse—gives Titus McGinty the unwanted ability to talk to ghosts. When he starts seeing the same few apparitions repeatedly, appearing with similar gruesome injuries, he begins to wonder what they want from him.Detective Charlie Hale has a serial killer on his hands...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  fantasy  suspense  magic
  • The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    The Final Rule by Adrienne Wilder

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is the last book in this trilogy. All books are full-length novels and must be read in order. All books are available now. The My Brother's Keeper Trilogy The town of Gilford has a Big and Terrible secret hidden in the ground. Infecting those it touches. Exploiting their darkness. Consuming their souls. It’s hungry. It’s vile. It’s evil. And it wants out...
  • Once Upon A Haunted Moor by Harper Fox

    Once Upon A Haunted Moor by Harper Fox

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Gideon Frayne has spent his whole working life as a policeman in the village of Dark on Bodmin Moor. It’s not life in the fast lane, but he takes it very seriously, and his first missing-child case is eating him alive...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  dark  suspense  paranormal  m-m  fantasy
  • Nor Iron Bars a Cage by Kaje Harper

    Nor Iron Bars a Cage by Kaje Harper

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    First I was a sorcerer. Then I was a hermit. For so long—for years that seemed to go on forever—I couldn't bear to be touched. I put up not just walls but whole stone bunkers to keep everyone out, emotionally, and physically as well. I was protected from people, from ghosts, from specters real and imagined. Sure, I was alone. But I felt safe...
  • Taming Savage by R.S. McKenzie

    Taming Savage by R.S. McKenzie

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    AbelAfter the death of our parents, I was taken in by my brother, who has been taking care of me more out of obligation than love. When he doesn’t come home from a job—if burglary can be considered a job—I discover he’s been taken by a beast of a man with soulless eyes. Even with his scars he’s hot as hell, but his cold eyes chill me to the bone...
  • Her Ex-Boyfriend's Werewolf Lover by Cassie Alexander

    Her Ex-Boyfriend's Werewolf Lover by Cassie Alexander

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I loved Vincent and he loved me. Undoubtedly, incontrovertibly, with the fire of a thousand suns.But before me? He loved Max. The man who broke his heart, and the reason he had a wolf print tattooed upon his chest.I didn’t expect Vincent to get gunned down, but Vincent knew he was in danger -- and he knew only one man could save me from dying too...
  • Visible Friend by K.Z. Snow

    Visible Friend by K.Z. Snow

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christopher Borgasian has spent the last seven months painstakingly breaking up with a lover he's adored for three years: heroin. Now he's trying to make it on his own-without the drugs, without the family that rejected him for being gay, and, seemingly, without a friend in the world...
  • Phantom's Thrall: A Dark RH MMM+F Phantom of the Opera Retelling by Jessamine Rue

    Phantom's Thrall: A Dark RH MMM+F Phantom of the Opera Retelling by Jessamine Rue

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    A Reverse Harem retelling of "The Phantom of the Opera"... What if Christine didn't have to choose? When singer Christine arrives at the opera house, she encounters the lithe dancer Matthieu Giry, the handsome stage-hand Joseph, and her childhood sweetheart Raoul. Each of them is hiding secrets...
  • Audrey by Elle Lincoln

    Audrey by Elle Lincoln

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An omega’s guide to surviving… That's all. Just Survival. First, if you want a midnight snack because you just can’t sleep, then try a sleep aid. Or, if you are like me and driven by your stomach, then go for a walk and see what happens. Don’t say I didn’t warn you, though, because you might witness the murder of a bonded omega.Second, don’t panic...
  • His to Lead by E.V. Olsen

    His to Lead by E.V. Olsen

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    New Day. Fragile Bonds. Lurking Danger.I've been a lone wolf in this broken world for four years, never expecting companionship.Until one fateful night with Cal exposes our secret desires, forging an unexpected bond despite our age difference.But the lingering pain of how he ran away afterwards continues to haunt me, even after he returned and expressed his love for me...
  • Soulless by T. Baggins

    Soulless by T. Baggins

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Man of Science Nicholas Robinson is a chemist decades ahead of his time. Crippled by a riding accident and embittered by his injuries, he shuns the world, focusing on his laboratory and experiments. But when the sale of his country estate, Grantley, leads to an encounter with a vampire, Nicholas realizes there is more in heaven and earth than he ever dreamed possible...
  • The Gift by Lucy Scott Bryan

    The Gift by Lucy Scott Bryan

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hiding is the easiest thing in the world to do. Given the right motivation, anyone can do it. Add a swipe of red lipstick, flashy designer clothes and a pair of banging heels and the only thing people focus on is what they want to see.Case in point – The Gift. Seriously, the concept was marketed perfectly, tied up with pretty ribbon too, and packs around the country fell for it...
  • The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan

    The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    A dark lord will rise. Such is the prophecy that dogs Ringil Eskiath—Gil, for short—a washed-up mercenary and onetime war hero whose cynicism is surpassed only by the speed of his sword. Gil is estranged from his aristocratic family, but when his mother enlists his help in freeing a cousin sold into slavery, Gil sets out to track her down...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  military  war  magic  dark  paranormal
  • I Am God's Dagger by K.A. Merikan

    I Am God's Dagger by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    “I know what’s been done to you, and I will see you avenged.”Gabriel. Broken. Lonely. Scarred. Delusional?Abaddon. Lord of Locusts. Master of the Bottomless Pit. Angel of Destruction and Vengeance… But is he real?After a psychotic episode in his childhood, Gabriel is left shattered and unable to join society...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  m-m  dark  fantasy  abuse  paranormal  death
  • Playing with Shadows (Love is Always Write) by Sasha L. Miller

    Playing with Shadows (Love is Always Write) by Sasha L. Miller

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He was told that everything happened for a reason, that there were things out there that watched your every move. He just never thought that the people telling him this were telling the truth. Until he happened to glimpse something out of the corner of his eye, something that he couldn't explain. And now there are things in the shadows, things that want him...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  fantasy  demons  dark  magic  paranormal  m-m
  • 그 끝에 있는 것 1 [At the End of the Road 1] by Haribo

    그 끝에 있는 것 1 [At the End of the Road 1] by Haribo

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    레진코믹스에서 연재 당시 전 연령 BL랭킹 TOP1을 기록하며 웹툰 독자들과 BL마니아들의 인기를 끌었던 『그 끝에 있는 것』이 드디어 아르테팝에서 단행본으로 출간됐다. 웹툰『그 끝에 있는 것』은 완결이 된 지 일 년이 되어가지만 여전히 레진코믹스 전 연령 BL랭킹 TOP3을 유지하며 큰 인기를 끌고 있는 작품이다. 한국뿐만 아니라 미국, 중국, 일본에서 연재하며 연재된 국가에서 모두 높은 순위를 유지하고 있다. 또한『그 끝에 있는 것』을 원작으로 한 러브시뮬레이션 게임이 제작될 정도이니 작품의 재미와 인기를 가늠해 볼 수 있을 것이다.『그 끝에 있는 것』은 한국 BL장르의 발전을 볼 수 있는 작품이다...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  paranormal  m-m  fantasy  abuse  dark
  • Coffee Guy: Broken by Alphas by Sadie Sins

    Coffee Guy: Broken by Alphas by Sadie Sins

    Rated: 3.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    18+ Explicit ContentSix successful, powerful, dominating alpha wolf shifters. One sexy, naïve coffee guy.Jayden wasn't expecting his skintight jeans and flirting ways to catch the eye of his billionaire alpha when he started his new job at Starling Enterprises...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  bdsm  m-m-m  paranormal  contemporary  werewolves  menage
Fantastic book recommendations by romance book lovers for romance book lovers.
Find out more about romance.io.


Get recommendations by genres & tropes

Use the romance book finder to mix and match over 100 content keywords to find the books that match your preferences

romance book finder

Looking for more inspiration? Enter another book title to get more suggestions on what to read next.


Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.