13 must-read dark books like The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3) by Pepper Winters

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The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

By: Pepper Winters

4.48

Format: 572 pages, None

“Things you should know about me from the very beginning: I was born to true love, witnessed the d…

"You found me, Della Ribbon."

-Pepper Winters, The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

"Be grateful for each day, even the dark ones."

-Pepper Winters, The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

If you liked the dark plot in The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3) by Pepper Winters , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Can't Touch This (Can't Touch This, #1)

By: Pepper Winters , Tess Hunter

3.92

Format: 354 pages, ebook

A grumpy vet, a murderous marmalade cat, and a ridiculously hot guy who rescues dogs for a living… … read more

Similar categories in Pepper Winters's Can't Touch This (Can't Touch This, #1) book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
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2. Older

By: Jennifer Hartmann

4.13

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

Before he discovered my age, he uncovered my heart. Bruised and abused, and victim to a loveless… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hartmann's Older book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
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3. A Pessimist's Guide to Love (Heartsong, #2)

By: Jennifer Hartmann

4.03

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

Book Two Within the tangled roots of grief, we stand to lose so much. But no one ever acknowledg… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hartmann's A Pessimist's Guide to Love (Heartsong, #2) book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
Cover of An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak (Heartsong, #1) by Jennifer Hartmann

4. An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak (Heartsong, #1)

By: Jennifer Hartmann

4.20

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Dear Diary, There once was a girl with fireflies in her eyes and music in her soul. (Remember… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hartmann's An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak (Heartsong, #1) book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
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5. Maestro

By: Auden Dar

4.44

Format: 775 pages, Kindle Edition

For some, first love is a fleeting spark heralding the greater loves to come. For others, first lov… read more

Similar categories in Auden Dar's Maestro book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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6. June First

By: Jennifer Hartmann

4.24

Format: 474 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Still Beating comes another standalone forbidden romance turning something broke… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hartmann's June First book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"There are worse things than loving the wrong person. And that's losing them."

-Jennifer Hartmann, June First

"You're not responsible for the way others react to what you need to do to get better."

-Jennifer Hartmann, June First

"No relationship comes without a fight, but it has to be worth fighting for. It has to be worth all the sacrifices you'll inevitably have to make."

-Jennifer Hartmann, June First

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7. The Wrong Heart

By: Jennifer Hartmann

4.47

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

When my husband died, he left my broken heart behind. He left another heart behind, too—his. … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hartmann's The Wrong Heart book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Parker’s eyebrows dip, but his gaze slides back up to mine. “To love someone that much."

-Jennifer Hartmann, The Wrong Heart

"Mistakes make us human. Mistakes have the potential to mold us into better, stronger people."

-Jennifer Hartmann, The Wrong Heart

"Finality has a particular way of making you see every small, precious thing. It opens your eyes with a newfound appreciation for everything that is present and tangible."

-Jennifer Hartmann, The Wrong Heart

"People smile too much. I never understood it. Smiles should be saved for things that bring us real joy, and we give them away so easily, so carelessly. To strangers on the street—to people we don't e…"

-Jennifer Hartmann, The Wrong Heart

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8. Heartbreak Warfare

By: Heather M. Orgeron

4.44

Format: 348 pages, ebook

Briggs, Remember when we parted ways in Germany? It was the day I broke your heart. What you did… read more

Similar categories in Heather M. Orgeron's Heartbreak Warfare book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"We are perfect, and we are impossible."

-Heather M. Orgeron, Heartbreak Warfare

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9. Kings of Carrion (Juniper Unraveling #3)

By: Keri Lake

4.34

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Decades have passed since our world was decimated by the Dredge. Some say it was an act of God. Oth… read more

Similar categories in Keri Lake's Kings of Carrion (Juniper Unraveling #3) book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • dark
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10. Juniper Unraveling (Juniper Unraveling #1)

By: Keri Lake

4.16

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

Get ready for a heart-wrenching story of survival, love and resilience, set in a world of brutal in… read more

Similar categories in Keri Lake's Juniper Unraveling (Juniper Unraveling #1) book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • new adult
  • dark
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11. The Lovely Return

By: Carian Cole

4.34

Format: 524 pages, Kindle Edition

What if love can transcend time and death? When I was three years old, I started drawing a house… read more

Similar categories in Carian Cole's The Lovely Return book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
"The undercurrent of us is still there- still buzzing with buried secrets and longings that words are too weak to touch."

-Carian Cole, The Lovely Return

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12. RUSH: Deluxe Edition

By: Emma Scott

4.37

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. --John MiltonCha… read more

Similar categories in Emma Scott's RUSH: Deluxe Edition book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Calico Descending (Juniper Unraveling #2) by Keri Lake

13. Calico Descending (Juniper Unraveling #2)

By: Keri Lake

4.09

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

In a world of suffering and brutality, she's the key to his humanity ... I was fourteen when I was… read more

Similar categories in Keri Lake's Calico Descending (Juniper Unraveling #2) book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • dark
Cover of Between Never and Forever (The Hometown Heartless) by Brit Benson

14. Between Never and Forever (The Hometown Heartless)

By: Brit Benson

4.25

Format: 530 pages, Kindle Edition

She was the first rule I ever broke. She’ll be the last. In the beginning, there was Savannah … read more

Similar categories in Brit Benson's Between Never and Forever (The Hometown Heartless) book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
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15. The Thorns Remain

By: Jennifer Hartmann

4.15

Format: 493 pages, Kindle Edition

VENGEANCE. Hiding deep within the shadows of human nature, it smolders… Simmers… Waits. Only, f… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hartmann's The Thorns Remain book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3) by Pepper Winters

16. The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

By: Pepper Winters

4.48

Format: 572 pages, None

“Things you should know about me from the very beginning: I was born to true love, witnessed the d… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3) book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • epic
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"You found me, Della Ribbon."

-Pepper Winters, The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

"Be grateful for each day, even the dark ones."

-Pepper Winters, The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

Cover of Catch the Sun by Jennifer Hartmann

17. Catch the Sun

By: Jennifer Hartmann

4.43

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

"Kissing you feels like catching the sun…" At seven years old, Ella Sunbury and Max Manning wer… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hartmann's Catch the Sun book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Controlled (Cruel Kings #2) by Piper Stone

18. Controlled (Cruel Kings #2)

By: Piper Stone

4.47

Format: 467 pages, Kindle Edition

She was an enigma, as innocent as she was beautiful. But one taste would never be enough.  I was th… read more

Similar categories in Piper Stone's Controlled (Cruel Kings #2) book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • dark
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19. The Stars are on Our Side

By: Jennifer Hartmann

4.28

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

Tabitha Brighton's name made national headlines when she was kidnapped by the infamous serial kille… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Hartmann's The Stars are on Our Side book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • dark
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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20. The Dark Before Light

By: L.M. Halloran

4.50

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

I’ve never fallen for a patient.But I’ve never had one quite like him.Kieran Hayes is a modern-day … read more

Similar categories in L.M. Halloran's The Dark Before Light book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
Cover of Heart of Frost and Scars (Frozen Fate #3) by Pam Godwin

21. Heart of Frost and Scars (Frozen Fate #3)

By: Pam Godwin

4.58

Format: 650 pages, Kindle Edition

I’m the silent ache, the shadow that lingers, the present from your past, the knife in your heart. … read more

Similar categories in Pam Godwin's Heart of Frost and Scars (Frozen Fate #3) book and Pepper Winters's The Son & His Hope (The Ribbon Duet, #3)

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • dark
  • contemporary

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