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Dark & second chance romance books

Here are 22 romance books which feature the themes/tropes of dark and second chance. 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
Black Thorns Rina Kent
420 pages Book 1 of Black Thorns Series Published by Blackthorn Books
Enemies to lovers Second chance College Dark
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Bloodied Hands Adelaide Forrest
310 pages Book 1 of Bellandi Crime Syndicate Self-published
Second chance Mafia Dark
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3
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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4
Chasing Love Kat T. Masen
420 pages Standalone Self-published
Enemies to lovers Second chance Billionaire Dark
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5
Crash Kathy Lockheart
380 pages Standalone Self-published
Second chance Forced proximity Friends to lovers Doctors
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Hate Me Summer O'Toole
380 pages Standalone Self-published
Enemies to lovers Second chance Forced proximity Marriage of convenience
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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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Insatiable Leigh Rivers
520 pages Book 1 of Insatiable Series Self-published
Enemies to lovers Second chance Dark
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Irish Brittanee Nicole
360 pages Standalone Self-published
Second chance Forced proximity Friends to lovers Mafia
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King of Greed Ana Huang
352 pages Book 3 of the Kings of Sin Series Self-published
Second chance Billionaire Dark
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Lawless God Lola King
400 pages Standalone Self-published
Enemies to lovers Second chance Forced proximity Mafia
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Lotus Jennifer Hartmann
500 pages Standalone Self-published
Second chance Friends to lovers Slow burn Dark
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13
Madame Sara Cate
416 pages Book 6 of The Salacious Players Club Series Self-published
Second chance Why choose BDSM Dark
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Nightfall Penelope Douglas
416 pages Book 4 of Devil’s Night Series Published by Berkley
Enemies to lovers Second chance Dark
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Played Sadie Kincaid
300 pages Book 1 of Playing Series Self-published
Enemies to lovers Second chance Billionaire Dark
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Redamancy H.C. Dolores
320 pages Standalone Self-published
Enemies to lovers Second chance Dark
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17
Saint Sierra Simone
448 pages Book 3 of The Priest Series Published by Sourcebooks Casablanca
Second chance Dark Gay LGBT
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Sasha Eva Winners
400 pages Standalone Self-published
Enemies to lovers Second chance Forced proximity BDSM
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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 Empress Michelle Heard
360 pages Standalone Self-published
Enemies to lovers Second chance Forced proximity Marriage of convenience
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