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Dark & friends to lovers romance books

Here are 22 romance books which feature the themes/tropes of dark and friends to lovers. If there’s too many (or too few!) books for your taste here, take a look at my romance book database where you can search by your dream trope combinations.

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1
Between Desire and Denial Shain Rose
400 pages Standalone Self-published
Enemies to lovers Forced proximity Friends to lovers Fake dating
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2
By Frenzy I Ruin Cora Reilly
420 pages Book 2 of Mafia Universe Self-published
Enemies to lovers Second chance Friends to lovers Mafia
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3
Camera Shy Kay Cove
350 pages Standalone Self-published
Forced proximity Friends to lovers Dark Plus size
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4
Capri 1.5 Jahquel J.
200 pages Novella Self-published
Friends to lovers Dark African American
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5
Capri 2 Jahquel J.
200 pages Novella Self-published
Friends to lovers Dark African American
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6
Capri 3 Jahquel J.
200 pages Novella Self-published
Friends to lovers Dark African American
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7
Cataclysm Sarah Bailey
420 pages Book 1 of Dark Series Self-published
Enemies to lovers Friends to lovers Why choose BDSM
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8
Club 22 Tate James
400 pages Book 1 of Club 22 Series Self-published
Friends to lovers Why choose Dark
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9
Crash Kathy Lockheart
380 pages Standalone Self-published
Second chance Forced proximity Friends to lovers Doctors
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Damaged Goods L.J. Shen
400 pages Standalone Self-published
Friends to lovers College Dark
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If There's a Way Jessie Walker
428 pages Book 2 of the Lost Boys Self-published
Second chance Friends to lovers Found family Dark
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12
In The Dark Chelsea Curto
340 pages Standalone Self-published
Friends to lovers He falls first Halloween Dark
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13
Irish Brittanee Nicole
360 pages Standalone Self-published
Second chance Forced proximity Friends to lovers Mafia
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14
June First Jennifer Hartmann
432 pages Standalone Self-published
Friends to lovers Forbidden romance Slow burn Emotional
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Lotus Jennifer Hartmann
500 pages Standalone Self-published
Second chance Friends to lovers Slow burn Dark
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Of Blood and Aether Harper Hawthorne
420 pages Standalone Self-published
Friends to lovers Dark Magic
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Pirate Girls Penelope Douglas
400 pages Standalone Self-published
Friends to lovers High school Dark
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18
Scythe & Sparrow Brynne Weaver
416 pages Book 3 of the Ruinous Love Trilogy Published by Zando
Forced proximity Friends to lovers Dark
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The Emperor RuNyx
420 pages Standalone Self-published
Second chance Friends to lovers Forbidden romance Mafia
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The Four Leaf Lee Jacquot
360 pages Standalone Self-published
Friends to lovers BDSM Holiday Dark
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