Paper Princess 
Paper Princess
Erin Watt
Spice ●●○○○Dark ●●○○○
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From the Gateway to Pitch Black
This page is a ramp, not a ranking of quality. It starts in the moody band and walks toward no light, a handful of books from each darkness score. Use it when you want to see how far you actually like to go, instead of opening the darkest list first.
Spice is still its own score. A gateway book can be explicit. A pitch-black book can be quiet. Read the pips.
- Deceived by the Gargoyles
Deceived by the Gargoyles
Lillian Lark
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●○○○
- Ensnared by the Werewolf
Ensnared by the Werewolf
Lillian Lark
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●○○○
- Entranced by the Basilisks
Entranced by the Basilisks
Lillian Lark
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●○○○
- Found by the Lake Monster
Found by the Lake Monster
Lillian Lark
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●○○○
- Her Vigilante
Her Vigilante
Lillian Lark
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●○○○
- Hoarded by the Dragon
Hoarded by the Dragon
Lillian Lark
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●○○○
- Pair of Fools
Pair of Fools
Lillian Lark
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●○○○
- Neon Gods
Neon Gods
Katee Robert
Spice ●●●●●Dark ●●●○○
- Priest
Priest
Sierra Simone
Spice ●●●●●Dark ●●●○○
- King of Wrath
King of Wrath
Ana Huang
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●○○
- Lights Out
Lights Out
Navessa Allen
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●○○
- Pretty Reckless
Pretty Reckless
L.J. Shen
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●○○
- Twisted Games
Twisted Games
Ana Huang
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●○○
- Twisted Hate
Twisted Hate
Ana Huang
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●○○
- Twisted Lies
Twisted Lies
Ana Huang
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●○○
- Her Soul to Take
Her Soul to Take
Harley Laroux
Spice ●●●●●Dark ●●●●○
- The Dare
The Dare
Harley Laroux
Spice ●●●●●Dark ●●●●○
- Birthday Girl
Birthday Girl
Penelope Douglas
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●●○
- Bound by Honor
Bound by Honor
Cora Reilly
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●●○
- Brutal Prince
Brutal Prince
Sophie Lark
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●●○
- Butcher & Blackbird
Butcher & Blackbird
Brynne Weaver
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●●○
- Corrupt
Corrupt
Penelope Douglas
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●●○
- Credence
Credence
Penelope Douglas
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●●○
- Den of Vipers
Den of Vipers
K. A. Knight
Spice ●●●●●Dark ●●●●●
- Does It Hurt?
Does It Hurt?
H. D. Carlton
Spice ●●●●●Dark ●●●●●
- Haunting Adeline
Haunting Adeline
H. D. Carlton
Spice ●●●●●Dark ●●●●●
- Hunting Adeline
Hunting Adeline
H. D. Carlton
Spice ●●●●●Dark ●●●●●
- Captive In The Dark
Captive In The Dark
CJ Roberts
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●●●
- Deliver
Deliver
Pam Godwin
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●●●
- In Peace Lies Havoc
In Peace Lies Havoc
Amo Jones
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●●●
- Seduced in the Dark
Seduced in the Dark
C. J. Roberts
Spice ●●●●○Dark ●●●●●
Questions readers actually ask
What is a gateway dark romance?
A book in the lower darkness bands: dread and bad decisions, with the lights still mostly on. It is the first step on this page, not a claim that the book is gentle.