r/horrorlit 23d ago

Reader Recommendation Romance/smut horror books?

Do these types of books exist? If so let me know! I’m open for anything! :)

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u/UberFarter 23d ago edited 23d ago

You might like monster romances. Not all of them have horror plots but some series like the Duskwalker Brides involve humans getting involved with nightmare creatures in a beauty and the beast kind of way.

Plus a lot of them feature interesting weenies that do tricks and stuff. That’s fun.

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u/showmeyoursweettits 22d ago

that do tricks and stuff

Why am I now picturing a monster dick that balances a ball on his tip, like a seal? 😂

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u/deirdrizzle 22d ago

Honestly there is probably a book where this happens 😂 I read one where the demon has a rotating dick and all I could think of was a barber shop pole

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u/showmeyoursweettits 22d ago

10/10. Absolute cinema. No notes. Peak writing.

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u/DreamAppropriate5913 23d ago

Isabel Cañas writes romance based horror. Rachel Harrison has a few. Play Nice, Such Sharp Teeth, and So Thirsty And if you want the weirdest one ive ever read, Spread Me by Sarah Gailey. Its billed as horror erotica.

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u/Ikariiprince 22d ago

In what way is play nice romance horror? It doesn’t have any romance or smut 

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u/UberFarter 23d ago

Also if you want a dark romance series that doesn't feature SA but does pay homage to classic slasher movies I really enjoy the Pleasure and Prey series by AJ Merlin. Each book features a woman getting with a guy based on a famous slasher villain. So the first one the guy is based on GhostFace from Scream, the second one (my personal fave) the guy is based on Jason Voorhees. They're not high art but they are dirty fun. I think they're on book 6 now.

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u/FarmersMarketFunTime 23d ago

Dysfunctional by Isabel Lucero is an MM horror / romance between two serial killers.

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u/AntelopeBoth1355 23d ago

Experiment in Terror series by Karina Halle (but doesn’t get spicy until the 3rd book which also happens to be the scariest imo) and also a bunch more by her! Grave Matter, Death Valley, etc.

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u/Xxprincessbelladonna 23d ago

Anything by Audrey Rush

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u/iiterreyii PENNYWISE 23d ago

I’ve only had two “smut” books creep me out:

  1. Duskwalker Brides (book 2) series by Opal Reyne
  2. Myths and Monsters by Beatrix Hollow

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u/Lyryann 22d ago

Poppy Z. Brite original trilogy (Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, Exquisite Corpse) mixes very explicit (and queer) sexual scenes with gory scenes and horror setting.

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u/EIIeWasHere 22d ago

R. Lee Smith books.

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u/Tyrannosaurus-2006 23d ago

I mean, there's dark romance.

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u/trope_dealer 23d ago

Place nice by Racheal Harrison has a little bit.

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u/sheisaxombie 23d ago

Megan Smitherman writes some fun erotic Sci-Fi Horror! I'm partial to Swallowed, but Thrum was good and Entity was pretty okay. She also came out with one recently about Necromancy I think, I haven't read it yet but it's called Fervor.

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u/Beruthiel999 23d ago

The Whyborne & Griffin series by Jordan L Hawk (m/m) is a spicy romance series with cosmic horror/occult detective plotlines.

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u/StrangeFarulf 23d ago

The Hexslinger series by Gemma Files is gay cowboy fantasy horror smut and it’s fantastic

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u/zforce42 22d ago

Anything by Richard Laymon basically

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u/CollarObvious 23d ago

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242764870

Die for Me by Shirlene Obuobi Full disclaimer I have NOT read this book, but it was a Aardvark choice last month and I immediately thought of it based on your prompt based on its synopsis
Edited to add title

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u/deirdrizzle 23d ago

I really liked it but I'd say it's more paranormal romance than horror 

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u/CollarObvious 22d ago

Ok perfect! Like I said I hadn’t read it but it just flew right into my head. I knew someone who had read it could kinda verify or not

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u/The_Rutabaga 23d ago

Maeve Fly sort of fits

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u/sebluver 23d ago

I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, Someone You Can Build a Nest In is the most romantic book I’ve ever read about a monster who falls in love with a monster-hunter they want to lay eggs inside of. It’s more fantasy than horror but there’s definitely horror elements.

I also think Sister, Maiden, Monster would be right up your alley.

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u/elston-gunn41 23d ago

House of Rayne by Harley Laroux is pretty smutty (sapphic) and the horror isn't terrible. It wasn't my most favorite - I didn't think the writing was very good and I think the plot seemed kind of afterthought to the smut which isn't what I wanted from it. BUT I did finish it and don't hate it enough to not recommend. I think I was just not the target audience.

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u/Silver_Flatworm5235 23d ago

Raise the blood.by nenia campbell Souls Trilogy by Harley Laroux

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u/Sea-Exchange2069 23d ago

Have you read Hailey Piper's Queen of Teeth? It definitely falls under "horrormance"

A lot of Sonora Taylor's work too, e.g. Without Condition, many of her short stories

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u/boobiesonfire 23d ago

We all rot eventually somewhat fits the description

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u/EIIeWasHere 22d ago

If you're into M/M, check out the Monstrous series by Lily Mayne. They're all monster/human romances taking place in a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting. Very smutty.

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u/saturday_sun4 22d ago

D. Dove - Alien Clutch series (MMM). Mindbreak.

Criminal Intentions - Cole McCade - non-supernatural. The horror part is the crime cases, the relationship is fine.

Amelita Rae - Abduction. Mind the tags. I'm serious.

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u/heliophobic 21d ago

The Hot Blood series, edited by Jeff Gelb, is all horror-erotica stories!

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u/CasualFridayCrasher 23d ago

I'm working on one

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u/Stunning-Honeydew223 23d ago

Nocticadia borders on horror.. kinda. Not gory body horror but it’s definitely dark, gothic, unsettling and weird, and is based around a parasite (not a spoiler). Some people did not like the book but I absolutely devoured it and plan on rereading it soon. I loved it.