Dark Romance

Abandon by Meg Cabot
Last year, Pierce died - just for a moment. And when she was in the space
between life and death, she met John: tall dark and terrifying, it’s his job
to usher souls from one realm to the next.
There’s a fierce attraction between them, but Pierce knows that if she
allows herself to fall for John she will be doomed to a life of shadows
and loneliness in the underworld. But now things are getting dangerous
for her, and her only hope is to do exactly what John says . . .
Beautiful Dead book 1– Jonas by Eden Maguire
Something strange is happening in Ellerton High. Phoenix is the fourth teenager to die within a year. His stabbing follows the deaths of Jonas,
Summer and Arizona in strange and sudden circumstances. Darina,
Phoenix’s grief-stricken girlfriend can’t escape her intense heartache of her
loss. Then one day Phoenix appears to Darina. Ecstatic to be reunited, he
tells her about the Beautiful Dead. Souls in limbo, they have been chosen to
return to the world to set right the wrong of their deaths. Beautiful,
superhuman and powerful, they are marked by a ‘death mark’ a small
tattoo of angel’s wings. Darina’s must help Jonas, Summer, Arizona, and impossibly, her beloved Phoenix, right the wrongs to set them free from limbo
so they can finally rest in peace. Will love conquer death? And if it does, can
Darina set it free?
Book 1 of 4 in the Beautiful Dead series
Fallen by Lauren Kate
What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours?
17-year-old Lucinda falls in love with a gorgeous, intelligent boy, Daniel,
at her new school, the grim, foreboding Sword & Cross . . . only to find
out that Daniel is a fallen angel, and that they have spent
lifetimes finding and losing one another as good & evil forces plot to
keep them apart.
Get ready to fall…
Book 1 in the Fallen Trilogy
Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
All over the tri-state area, something strange is happening. Teenagers who
die aren't staying dead. They are coming back to life, but they come back
different - they stutter and their reactions to everything are slower. Termed
'living impaired' or 'differently biotic', there are lots of conspiracy theories
to explain this new phenomenon. But as their numbers keep on growing,
so does the discomfort of the living people in the community. When Phoebe falls for Tommy Williams, her best friend and star of the football team,
Adam, has conflicting emotions. And when Tommy decides to try out for
the football team, it sets off a chain of events that escalates into deadly vio-
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
16 years ago, Waverly and Kieran were the first of a new generation of
children born in space. Now a perfect couple, they are in love. They represent the future. The ship is their entire world. They have never seen a
stranger before. Old Earth is crumbling, and the crew is hoping to reach
(and colonise) New Earth within fifty years. Along with their
allies on the second spaceship, who set off a year before them and
whom they have never met. One day, Kieran proposes to Waverly. That
same morning, the 'allies' attack - and Kieran and Waverly are separated
in the cruellest way possible. Will they ever see each other again?
Husk Husk by Becca Fitzpatrick
Nora's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school. Not
until Patch came along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see
inside her, she is drawn to him against her better judgement. But after
a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure who to trust. Patch
seems to be everywhere she is and knows more about her than her
closest friends.And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes
her feel. For Nora is right in the middle of a centuries-old battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and sooner or later,
she's going to have to pick sides...
Book 1 in a trilogy
Lament by Maggie Stiefvatar
16 year old Deirdre Monaghan is a prodigiously gifted musician. She's
about to find out she's also a cloverhand, someone who can see faeries. Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy who enters
her life, seemingly out of thin air. Trouble is, the enigmatic and gorgeous Luke turns out to be a gallowglass, a soulless faerie assassin. An
equally hunky and equally dangerous dark faerie soldier named Aodhan
is also stalking Deirdre. Caught in the crossfire with Deirdre is James,
her wisecracking but loyal best friend. Deirdre had been wishing her
life weren't so dull, but getting trapped in the middle of a centuries-old
faerie war isn't exactly what she had in mind . . .
Book 1 in the Lament series
Marked by P.C. and Kristin Cast
So the bad news was that I's have to move into the House of Night, a
private boarding school, known by all my friends as the vampyre
finishing school, where I would spend the next four years going through
bizarre and unnameable physical changes, as well as a total and
permanent life shake-up. And that is only if the whole process didn't kill
me. But the good news was that I wouldn't have to take the geometry
test tomorrow. When 16 year old Zoey Redbird is marked by the Tracker,
she knows her old life is over. Now she has to leave her friends and
family to join the House of Night school where there's only one subject
Zoe needs to study: Vampire 101.Of course, there's always a catch and
this one's nice and simple: if you fail, you die.....
Book 1 in the House of Night series
My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares
Daniel tells me that he's always loved me. That I feel the same. That I
always have. Not just in this life, but in my last life, and all my lives
before. But I don't remember him. He says he is always searching for
me. Always hoping that one day I will remember. But it is only he that
carries the memory of our love.
I know that finding true love is never easy. Perhaps you have fought for
it. Perhaps, like Daniel, you have endured the pain of it being unrequited.
But I hope your quest ends happily.
I hope you never have to face the heartbreak that inevitably awaits us.
This is our extraordinary, unforgettable story
Shadowland by Alyson Noel
Ever and Damen have travelled through countless past lives and fought
off the world's darkest enemies in search of each other. But just when
their destiny seems finally within reach, a powerful curse falls upon
them. A single touch of their hands, a soft brush of their lips will mean
death for Damen cast into the darkness of the Shadowland. But as she
seeks to break the curse, Ever meets Jude a green-eyed, golden surfer
boy who understands magick, and understands Ever better than she
realises. And she begins to ask a terrifying question: even if you're
immortal, can true love really last forever?
Book 1 of The Immortals series
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Grace is fascinated by the wolves in the woods behind her house; one
yellow-eyed wolf in particular. Every winter, she watches him but every
summer, he disappears. Sam leads two lives. In winter he stays in the
frozen woods, with the protection of the pack.n summer, he has a few
precious months to be human . . . until the cold makes him shift back
again. When Grace and Sam finally meet they realize they can't bear to
be apart. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human - or risk losing himself, and Grace, for ever.
Book 1 in the trilogy, The Wolves of Mercy Falls
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Countless teenage girls have been brutally murdered …. And sisters
Scarlett and Rosie March know how they died –torn apart by werewolves.
For Scarlett, the memories of a similar attack have left not just
emontional scars, but physical ones. The sisters now fight together to
save others from the same fate.
This all changes with the arrival of the mysterious Silas who inadvertently
causes a series of events that endanger them all. As passion grows
between Rosie and Silas, Scarlett uncovers some shocking secrets that
could tear the sisters apart as love and fear collide in a twilight world.
Star-Crossed by Josephine Angelini
When shy, awkward Helen Hamilton sees Lucas Delos for the first time
she thinks two things: the first, that he is the most ridiculously beautiful
boy she has seen in her life; the second, that she wants to kill him with
her bare hands.
With an ancient curse making them loathe one another, Lucas and Helen
have to keep their distance. But sometimes love is stronger than hate,
and not even the gods themselves can prevent what will happen . . .
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
When 17 year old Bella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her
father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town. But in
spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her
new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But
not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters
obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she
feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel
almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away ? until, that
is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon
discover that there is a very good reason for Edward's coldness…
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in this cool, 21st
century faerie tale. Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in the mortal world, and would blind her if
they knew of her Sight. Now faeries are stalking her. One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring, is trying to talk to her,
asking questions Aislinn is afraid to answer. Keenan is the Summer
King and has sought his queen for nine centuries. Without her, summer
itself will perish. He is determined that Aislinn will become the Summer
Queen at any cost! Suddenly none of the rules that have kept Aislinn
safe are working any more, and everything is on the line: her freedom;
her best friend, Seth; her life; everything.
Book 1 in a trilogy.