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Books Like Chokehold

If you loved Chokehold by Leigh Rivers, these 12 books share its tropes (enemies to lovers, 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 enemies to lovers, morally grey MC, possessive-obsessive MC; 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 enemies to lovers, morally grey MC, possessive-obsessive MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   3. A Ruin of Roses (Deliciously Dark Fairytales Book 1)

   K.F. Breene

   Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey MC, possessive-obsessive MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   4. Zodiac Academy 3: The Reckoning

   Caroline Peckham

   Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey MC, possessive-obsessive MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   5. The Sweetest Fiend (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel – A Dark Romantasy of Fae Magic and Captive Romance Inspired by the Pied Piper (Played by the Piper, 1)

   Raven Kennedy

   Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey MC, possessive-obsessive MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   6. Zodiac Academy 9: Restless Stars

   Caroline Peckham

   Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey MC, possessive-obsessive MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   7. Forged in Blood: Broken Bloodlines, Book 1

   Sadie Kincaid

   Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey MC, possessive-obsessive MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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

   Kaylie Smith

   Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   9. Alchemised

   SenLinYu

   Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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

    Susanne Valenti

    Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey MC, possessive-obsessive MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    11. 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 enemies to lovers, morally grey MC, possessive-obsessive MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    12. Starside: A Novel

    Alex Aster

    Shares enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; 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