Smut Castle Trope Reading Challenge 2024 🏰 - hosted by finnickdeservedbetter

House Hale: Enemies to Lovers
Is this hostility or simmering sexual tension? …Maybe both? I mean, who cares if they killed your [insert dead relative]? They said they would burn the world down for you.
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Merciless by Tracy Lorraine

Merciless

Harrow Creek Hawks #1

Tracy Lorraine

442 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance dark emotional tense medium-paced
Defiant Heart by Brighton Walsh

Defiant Heart

Starlight Cove #1

Brighton Walsh

300 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

You Should Be So Lucky

Cat Sebastian

383 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Infinity Son by Adam Silvera

Infinity Son

Infinity Cycle #1

Adam Silvera

8 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous reflective medium-paced
Tormented Royal by Lily Wildhart

Tormented Royal

The Knights of Echoes Cove #1

Lily Wildhart

476 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary romance adventurous dark medium-paced
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

It Happened One Summer

Bellinger Sisters #1

Tessa Bailey

397 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Hateful Love by T. Ashleigh, Addison Beck

Hateful Love

Kings of Aces #1

T. Ashleigh, Addison Beck

420 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional medium-paced
The Poisoner by I.V. Ophelia

The Poisoner

The Poisoner #1

I.V. Ophelia

395 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror romance dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Maybe I Will by Melanie Jacobson

Maybe I Will

Love in New Orleans #3

Melanie Jacobson

322 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
When Heroes Fall by Giana Darling

When Heroes Fall

Anti-Heroes in Love #1

Giana Darling

508 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction romance dark emotional mysterious medium-paced