20 must-read dark books like Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2) by Jennifer Bene

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Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

By: Jennifer Bene

4.27

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Thalia may be free, but can she learn to live after the darkness?Thalia and James have just met und…

If you liked the dark plot in Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2) by Jennifer Bene , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Survival (Stronger, #2)

By: Jay Marie

4.38

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

Warning: This story is for mature adults only. It contains violence, mature and explicit content an… read more

Similar categories in Jay Marie's Survival (Stronger, #2) book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • erotica
  • contemporary romance
  • bdsm
  • dark
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2. Stolen (Stronger, #1)

By: Jay Marie

4.16

Format: 268 pages, ebook

Warning: This story is for mature adults only. It contains violence, mature and explicit content an… read more

Similar categories in Jay Marie's Stolen (Stronger, #1) book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
  • contemporary romance
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3. Spark (Stronger #3)

By: Jay Marie

3.31

Format: 267 pages,

Warning: This story is for mature adults only. It contains violence, mature and explicit content an… read more

Similar categories in Jay Marie's Spark (Stronger #3) book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
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4. The Life of Anna: The Complete Story

By: Marissa Honeycutt

3.50

Format: None pages,

When tragedy shatters Anna's life at a young age, she finds hope in two men who take her under thei… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Honeycutt's The Life of Anna: The Complete Story book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
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5. As She's Told

By: Anneke Jacob

3.59

Format: 442 pages, Trade paperback

The ideal D/s relationship for Anders and Maia is nothing less than total power exchange: no games,… read more

Similar categories in Anneke Jacob's As She's Told book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
  • erotic romance
  • m f romance
"They'd need to do some shopping. As he adjusted the shoulders of the last dress, their eyes met in the mirror. He raised his right hand solemnly. "I swear I never played with Barbie dolls." A grin fl…"

-Anneke Jacob, As She's Told

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6. Pennies (Dollar, #1)

By: Pepper Winters

4.15

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

"I'm not the hero in this story, girl. You'd do best to remember that." Once upon a time, I was… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Winters's Pennies (Dollar, #1) book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
  • contemporary romance
"I lost my freedom for so many years. Until he entered my cage. Him, with the black eyes and blacker soul."

-Pepper Winters, Pennies (Dollar, #1)

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7. Asking for It (Asking for It, #1)

By: Lilah Pace

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

“This is who I am. This is what I want. Now I need a man dangerous enough to give it to me.” Gradua… read more

Similar categories in Lilah Pace's Asking for It (Asking for It, #1) book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
  • erotic romance
  • contemporary romance
"What we have cuts too deep. Matters too much. Jonah and I will find our way back to each other, or we'll drift apart forever. We won't wind up with anything in between."

-Lilah Pace, Asking for It (Asking for It, #1)

"Pay attention to the secrets you keep. You don't have to share everything with everyone - but sometimes the very things you hide are the things you least need to keep inside."

-Lilah Pace, Asking for It (Asking for It, #1)

8. 24690 (24690 #1)

By: Alaska Angelini , A.A. Dark

4.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Buried deep below the everyday life of our society lives an underground world of nightmares--of vio… read more

Similar categories in Alaska Angelini's 24690 (24690 #1) book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

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9. Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)

By: Pepper Winters

4.00

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

“My life was complete. Happy, content, everything neat and perfect. Then it all changed. I was so… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Winters's Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1) book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
  • erotic romance
  • contemporary romance
"I may be a monster but I was her monster.!"

-Pepper Winters, Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)

"You Stole my loneliness. I may have given you wings, but you've become my gravity. I'll never be free of your force."

-Pepper Winters, Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)

"I’m offering you my pain. My blood. My pleasure. I’m offering you the right to whip and fuck. To debase and harm. I’m offering to fight your needs with my own. I’m willing to join you in the darkness…"

-Pepper Winters, Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)

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10. Comfort Food

By: Kitty Thomas

3.69

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

THE ORIGINAL DARK ROMANCE Published in early 2010. If you love dark romance, this is where it star… read more

Similar categories in Kitty Thomas's Comfort Food book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
  • erotic romance
  • contemporary romance
"And that was when I knew. I had to kill him."

-Kitty Thomas, Comfort Food

"His touch was like heroin in my veins,and I was a grateful addict."

-Kitty Thomas, Comfort Food

"People always think that they'll never break. They'll never give in, CIA operatives somehow crack, but not them"

-Kitty Thomas, Comfort Food

"He said it with everything he did, every touch, every caress, every physical pleasure he bestowed upon me. Give it all to me. Give me your will."

-Kitty Thomas, Comfort Food

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11. Fear Me, Love Me

By: Lilith Vincent

3.88

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Tyrant Mercer doesn’t grant wishes. He collects debts, and he’s here to claim me. All I wanted w… read more

Similar categories in Lilith Vincent's Fear Me, Love Me book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
  • contemporary romance
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12. Control Freak

By: Brianna Hale

3.68

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

Total control. I need it in every aspect of my life. Some would say that makes me an asshole. A fre… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Hale's Control Freak book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
  • erotic romance
  • contemporary romance
"I’m rough with your body sometimes, but I’ll always be gentle with your soul. She bruises far more easily."

-Brianna Hale, Control Freak

"Then how about while you work here you be my girl? Daddy's girl. I know you like to say yes, sir. why don't you try yes, daddy?"

-Brianna Hale, Control Freak

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13. Strike (Stronger #4)

By: Jay Marie

4.55

Format: 650 pages, Kindle Edition

HER It's been over a year since my first taste of blood, since I've learned what it means to truly … read more

Similar categories in Jay Marie's Strike (Stronger #4) book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • erotica
  • contemporary romance
  • bdsm
  • dark
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14. Hitman

By: C. Hallman

3.48

Format: 204 pages, ebook

Welcome to Hell, little one. ALARIC Monroe was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I should’… read more

Similar categories in C. Hallman's Hitman book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
  • contemporary romance
  • m f romance
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15. Obsession

By: Eva Marks

3.47

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

I obsess over her. Protect her. And when she needs me, I'd kill for her. Soon she'll see that. So w… read more

Similar categories in Eva Marks's Obsession book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
  • m f romance
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16. Bla1re: Blaire, Part 1 (Dark Romance, #1)

By: Anita Gray

4.28

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Kidnapped as a child. Conditioned with brutality. Sold to the enemy—who will change my life forever… read more

Similar categories in Anita Gray's Bla1re: Blaire, Part 1 (Dark Romance, #1) book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
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17. Voltage

By: Eva Marks

4.16

Format: 526 pages, Kindle Edition

They say forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest. It does. Or rather, they do… My stepson, Carter, … read more

Similar categories in Eva Marks's Voltage book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • bdsm
  • dark
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18. Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

By: Jennifer Bene

4.27

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Thalia may be free, but can she learn to live after the darkness?Thalia and James have just met und… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2) book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark
  • erotic romance
  • contemporary romance
  • m f romance
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19. Sold to the Farm: A BDSM Hucow Story (Betrayed Milkers Book 1)

By: Lucy Moo

3.30

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

Sarah is fresh out of high school, and her only goal is to help her mother. Watching her mom strugg… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Moo's Sold to the Farm: A BDSM Hucow Story (Betrayed Milkers Book 1) book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • bdsm
  • dark
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20. Delivered to the Devil: Pitch-black dark romance

By: Ella Jacobs

4.10

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

He gave me to the devil but wanted me for himself. Budapest was supposed to be my haven—a refuge… read more

Similar categories in Ella Jacobs's Delivered to the Devil: Pitch-black dark romance book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • dark
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21. In His Cage

By: Ella Jacobs

3.80

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Money is power; power is danger Stay away from rich men. Aleksandr Pletnev was supposed to be t… read more

Similar categories in Ella Jacobs's In His Cage book and Jennifer Bene's Striking a Balance (Thalia, #2)

  • romance
  • erotica
  • bdsm
  • dark

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