We've got the perfect reads for those who prefer their romance with a side of chills, thrills and even a little trauma. Author Brynne Weaver recommends her favorites.

“New adult brought me back to reading,” Julia ... Wonda, who has written hit “dark romance” books that fuse elements of traditional romance with eroticism and darker subjects such as ...

And despite naysayers, the genre – and all its subgenres, from contemporary cowboy romance to dark romance with morally gray leads to STEMinist rom-coms – is only growing. Sales of romance books rose ...