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Books Like A Ruin of Roses

If you loved A Ruin of Roses by K.F. Breene, these 12 books share its tropes (enemies to lovers, forbidden romance, morally grey MC, possessive-obsessive MC) and sit at a similar heat and darkness (it rates 4/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness). Each pick says what it has in common, so you can choose before you buy.

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   1. Crown Me Dead: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Heartstring Duet)

   Liv Zander

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   2. Crown Me Yours: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Heartstring Duet Book 2)

   Liv Zander

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   3. Forged in Blood: Broken Bloodlines, Book 1

   Sadie Kincaid

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   4. Phantasma: A dark fantasy romance (Wicked Games Book 1)

   Kaylie Smith

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   5. Alchemised

   SenLinYu

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   6. Hollow (Book 1 in the Crown of Hearts & Chaos series)

   Susanne Valenti

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   7. With Hearts of Flame (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Dark Academia Romantasy Novel of Vampires and Dragons Featuring Stenciled Edges and Illustrated Endpapers (Bloodwing Academy, 4)

   Briar Boleyn

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   8. Starside: A Novel

   Alex Aster

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   9. Vicious Bonds: The Tether Series, Book 1

   Shanora Williams

   Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    10. When the Moon Hatched: A Novel

    Sarah A. Parker

    Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    11. The Serpent and the Wings of Night: Crowns of Nyaxia, Book 1

    Carissa Broadbent

    Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    12. Light Wielder: Fire & Metal, Book 2

    Rachel Schneider

    Shares slow burn, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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Matches are calculated from Readark’s own tags: shared tropes (rarer ones count more), subgenre, and how close the spice and darkness ratings are. Books from the same series are left out — see the reading order instead. How we rate