8 must-read gothic books like Master of Salt & Bones by Keri Lake

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Master of Salt & Bones

By: Keri Lake

3.95

Format: 552 pages, Kindle Edition

When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mot…

"Dark humor, for which she was bold enough to laugh when others might keep quiet."

-Keri Lake, Master of Salt & Bones

"Dark humor, for which she was bold enough to laugh when others might keep quiet."

-Keri Lake, Master of Salt & Bones

"Together, we are madness. And there is music in madness, and madness in love. It doesn't matter what the wold thinks of us. Because we're the composers, the conductors of our own fate, and we write the notes to a beautiful, dark melody that no one else can hear."

-Keri Lake, Master of Salt & Bones

"Together, we are madness. And there is music in madness, and madness in love. It doesn't matter what the wold thinks of us. Because we're the composers, the conductors of our own fate, and we write the notes to a beautiful, dark melody that no one else can hear."

-Keri Lake, Master of Salt & Bones

If you liked the gothic plot in Master of Salt & Bones by Keri Lake , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Little Stranger (The Web of Silence Duet, #1)

By: Leigh Rivers

3.81

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

OWNING HER IS ALL HE EVER WANTED She betrayed him, and now he wants revenge against the sister w… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Rivers's Little Stranger (The Web of Silence Duet, #1) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • adult
  • dark
  • contemporary
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2. Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

By: Harley Laroux

4.07

Format: 493 pages, Kindle Edition

Leon I earned my reputation among magicians for a reason: one wrong move and you're dead. Killer, t… read more

Similar categories in Harley Laroux's Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • dark
  • fantasy romance
"I want you. Irrevocably."

-Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

"You’re Hell’s little whore, aren’t you?"

-Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

"No human is ready for forever, and forever is all I have. But you gave me a part of your life, when mortal lives are so short."

-Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

"No human is ready for forever, and forever is all I have. But you gave me a part of your life, when mortal lived are so short."

-Harley Laroux, Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)

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3. Hawke

By: Jescie Hall

4.06

Format: 400 pages, None

Nicole never imagined anyone other than her seemingly perfect boyfriend, Patrick, could grab her at… read more

Similar categories in Jescie Hall's Hawke book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
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4. Lovely Violent Things (Hollow's Row, #2)

By: Trisha Wolfe

4.12

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

He’s the devil. And she’s his wicked game. Book two in the Hollow's Row series. The night I g… read more

Similar categories in Trisha Wolfe's Lovely Violent Things (Hollow's Row, #2) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
"Overman. A ridiculous translation."

-Trisha Wolfe, Lovely Violent Things (Hollow's Row, #2)

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5. Gothikana

By: RuNyx

3.84

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

The eternal romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the gothic suspense of Dracula in this erotic dar… read more

Similar categories in RuNyx's Gothikana book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • gothic
  • dark
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • adult
  • new adult
"We shouldn’t be doing this,"

-RuNyx, Gothikana

"If this is madness,' she whispered almost against his lips, 'drown me in it."

-RuNyx, Gothikana

"And this mountain would crack before it let anything happen to your castle. Remember that."

-RuNyx, Gothikana

"I would’ve kissed you bathed in blood, Corvina. If I had a chance to kiss you while a thousand ghosts rose from their graves, I would have kissed you. Don’t doubt that."

-RuNyx, Gothikana

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6. Lovely Bad Things (Hollow's Row, #1)

By: Trisha Wolfe

3.74

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

He's the devil. And she's his wicked game. Halen: They say eyes are the windows to the soul—but… read more

Similar categories in Trisha Wolfe's Lovely Bad Things (Hollow's Row, #1) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
"To be revered, first, you go stark raving mad, then you exit this world in a blaze."

-Trisha Wolfe, Lovely Bad Things (Hollow's Row, #1)

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7. A Ship of Bones & Teeth

By: Karina Halle

3.81

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

A standalone adult dark fantasy pirate romance re-telling of The Little Mermaid from the New York T… read more

Similar categories in Karina Halle's A Ship of Bones & Teeth book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • dark
  • adult
  • fantasy
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8. The Fabric of Our Souls

By: K.M. Moronova

4.22

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

I’m twenty-six years old, and I want to die. So when I wake up at the hospital with my brother w… read more

Similar categories in K.M. Moronova's The Fabric of Our Souls book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
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9. The Coven (Coven of Bones, #1)

By: Harper L. Woods

3.84

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Raised to be my father’s weapon against the Coven that took away his sister and his birthright, I w… read more

Similar categories in Harper L. Woods's The Coven (Coven of Bones, #1) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • dark
  • fantasy romance
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10. Phantom (Tattered Curtain, #1)

By: Greer Rivers

3.92

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

A dark, modern, romantic retelling of the musical classic, Phantom of the Opera. But this time, t… read more

Similar categories in Greer Rivers's Phantom (Tattered Curtain, #1) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • gothic
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Master of Salt & Bones by Keri Lake

11. Master of Salt & Bones

By: Keri Lake

3.95

Format: 552 pages, Kindle Edition

When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mot… read more

Similar categories in Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fantasy romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"Dark humor, for which she was bold enough to laugh when others might keep quiet."

-Keri Lake, Master of Salt & Bones

"Together, we are madness. And there is music in madness, and madness in love. It doesn't matter what the wold thinks of us. Because we're the composers, the conductors of our own fate, and we write t…"

-Keri Lake, Master of Salt & Bones

"When you cut yourself with a blade, there's an open wound, and blood and pain, but the pain comes to an end and the wound seals to a scar. So you cut yourself again and again, because you forget how …"

-Keri Lake, Master of Salt & Bones

"It was my mother who first told me that there was no such thing as fairy tales with happy endings. That's because she spent her whole life waiting for the white knight to come and rescue her from the…"

-Keri Lake, Master of Salt & Bones

Cover of Blood Orange (The Dracula Duet, #1) by Karina Halle

12. Blood Orange (The Dracula Duet, #1)

By: Karina Halle

3.84

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle comes a dark and delicious Dracula retelling fi… read more

Similar categories in Karina Halle's Blood Orange (The Dracula Duet, #1) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • dark
  • adult
  • fantasy
"To anyone who has felt alienated, unappreciated and misunderstood: There’s nothing wrong with you. You just need to find your people."

-Karina Halle, Blood Orange (The Dracula Duet, #1)

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13. Black Rose (The Dracula Duet, #2)

By: Karina Halle

3.73

Format: 408 pages, None

From the New York Times best-selling author of River of Shadows and Black Sunshine comes a new dark… read more

Similar categories in Karina Halle's Black Rose (The Dracula Duet, #2) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • dark
  • fantasy romance
Cover of The Cursed (Coven of Bones, #2) by Harper L. Woods

14. The Cursed (Coven of Bones, #2)

By: Harper L. Woods

3.69

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Betrayal. He was the deception waiting in the night; the truth I never saw coming. After a lifet… read more

Similar categories in Harper L. Woods's The Cursed (Coven of Bones, #2) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fantasy romance
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15. Lights Out

By: Navessa Allen

4.31

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t need another kink.” That thought pops into my head whenever I pull up my favorite socia… read more

Similar categories in Navessa Allen's Lights Out book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
"I nearly kicked at the floor like a petulant child. But I don't wanna go to bed! I want to stay up late and get railed!"

-Navessa Allen, Lights Out

Cover of Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1) by Nicole Fiorina

16. Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1)

By: Nicole Fiorina

4.03

Format: 475 pages, Paperback

A forbidden, timeless, and haunting love story. Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Fallo… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Fiorina's Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fantasy romance
  • dark
  • fantasy
  • new adult
"Yet, still, I fell in love with the moon. And she, too, fell in love with me."

-Nicole Fiorina, Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1)

"No dawn, no day, no nightfall. A space-time, where we only heard the anticipating thudding of our hearts. Like Wicked Death Wish."

-Nicole Fiorina, Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1)

"her beauty. No one would believe me if I said the moon breathed life into me, that it was here, inside her, where I found myself again."

-Nicole Fiorina, Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1)

"So, I kissed the night, got lost in his sky and suspended in his time. I kissed the darkness too, as if it was all I knew because it was a part of him."

-Nicole Fiorina, Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1)

Cover of The Poisoner (The Poisoner, #1) by I.V. Ophelia

17. The Poisoner (The Poisoner, #1)

By: I.V. Ophelia

3.74

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

"Have you ever wondered how long it would take for a lethal dose of arsenic to kill you? Thirty-fi… read more

Similar categories in I.V. Ophelia's The Poisoner (The Poisoner, #1) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • dark
"Personal pleasures were like drying flowers, best kept away from the light to preserve their vibrance."

-I.V. Ophelia, The Poisoner (The Poisoner, #1)

"My father said unmarked hands were a sign of a man who had not worked for his achievements. He was most likely referring to a future husband, but I decided that it was a standard I wished to hold mys…"

-I.V. Ophelia, The Poisoner (The Poisoner, #1)

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18. Grimstone (Grimstone #1)

By: Sophie Lark

3.66

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Remi Hayes is beginning to think she’s cursed —her fiancé cheated on her, her brother Jude is a maj… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Lark's Grimstone (Grimstone #1) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • gothic
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • mystery
Cover of Lovely Wicked Things (Hollow's Row, #3) by Trisha Wolfe

19. Lovely Wicked Things (Hollow's Row, #3)

By: Trisha Wolfe

4.23

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Halen: I’ve created a monster. When past and present collide, the fallout feels like the death of… read more

Similar categories in Trisha Wolfe's Lovely Wicked Things (Hollow's Row, #3) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • mystery
  • dark
  • contemporary
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20. Fairydale

By: Veronica Lancet

4.13

Format: 772 pages, Kindle Edition

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞? August 1955, When Miss Dar… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Lancet's Fairydale book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fantasy romance
  • dark
  • fantasy
"Maybe you’ve know what it’s like to be at the bottom, but I doubt you’ve known hell."

-Veronica Lancet, Fairydale

Cover of Bone Island: Book of Danvers (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #2) by Nicole Fiorina

21. Bone Island: Book of Danvers (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #2)

By: Nicole Fiorina

4.40

Format: 680 pages, Kindle Edition

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝. … read more

Similar categories in Nicole Fiorina's Bone Island: Book of Danvers (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #2) book and Keri Lake's Master of Salt & Bones

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fantasy romance
  • dark
  • fantasy

10 must-read contemporary books like Master of Salt & Bones by Keri Lake

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Leigh Rivers

3.81

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Jescie Hall

4.06

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Trisha Wolfe

4.12

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Trisha Wolfe

3.74

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Brynne Weaver

4.09

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H.D. Carlton

4.20

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Little Stranger (The Web of Silence Duet, #1)

Leigh Rivers

3.81

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