13 Top dark books like The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1) by Pepper Winters

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The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

By: Pepper Winters

4.41

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

“What do you do when you meet your soul mate? No wait… that’s too easy. What do you do when you mee…

"I'm a living proof that a heart can be broken a thousand times and still function, still keep you alive— desperately hoping that it won’t happen again, all the while knowing it will."

-Pepper Winters, The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

"I'm a living proof that a heart can be broken a thousand times and still function, still keep you alive— desperately hoping that it won’t happen again, all the while knowing it will."

-Pepper Winters, The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

If you liked the dark plot in The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1) by Pepper Winters , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Transcend (Transcend, #1)

By: Jewel E. Ann

4.37

Format: 318 pages,

“In another life, she was my forever.” An unexpected tragedy leaves Professor Nathaniel Hunt a … read more

Similar categories in Jewel E. Ann's Transcend (Transcend, #1) book and Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • drama

2. The Story of Us (Carnage, #1)

By: Lesley Jones

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

I love him, from the instant I set eyes on him when I was just 11 years old I have loved him and no… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Jones's The Story of Us (Carnage, #1) book and Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

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3. 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 Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • abuse
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4. The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

By: Pepper Winters

4.41

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

“What do you do when you meet your soul mate? No wait… that’s too easy. What do you do when you mee… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1) book and Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • dark
  • abuse
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • drama
"I'm a living proof that a heart can be broken a thousand times and still function, still keep you alive— desperately hoping that it won’t happen again, all the while knowing it will."

-Pepper Winters, The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

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5. 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 Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

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

6. 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 Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
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7. The Love of My Next Life (Next Life, #1)

By: Brit Benson

4.16

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

I calmed his demons. He created mine. Macon Davis. My best friend’s brother. My tormentor. … read more

Similar categories in Brit Benson's The Love of My Next Life (Next Life, #1) book and Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • contemporary romance
  • abuse
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8. 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 Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • coming of age
  • contemporary
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9. 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 Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"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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10. 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 Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • abuse
"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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11. 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 Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

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

-Heather M. Orgeron, Heartbreak Warfare

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12. Torment: Part One (The Bleeding Hearts, #1)

By: Dylan Page

4.01

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Torment Part One is a dark, taboo, age gap, MC, contemporary romance. How did I get here? Broke… read more

Similar categories in Dylan Page's Torment: Part One (The Bleeding Hearts, #1) book and Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • abuse
Cover of If This Is Love by Jewel E. Ann

13. If This Is Love

By: Jewel E. Ann

4.06

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

He's mine ... don't ever forget that. Milo lives in the barn, a cowboy through and through. I l… read more

Similar categories in Jewel E. Ann's If This Is Love book and Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • abuse
  • drama
Cover of The Lovely Return by Carian Cole

14. 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 Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • 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

Cover of Epoch (Transcend, #2) by Jewel E. Ann

15. Epoch (Transcend, #2)

By: Jewel E. Ann

4.51

Format: 283 pages, ebook

Some lives end unfinished, and some transcend time. After a horrific incident, Swayze finds her… read more

Similar categories in Jewel E. Ann's Epoch (Transcend, #2) book and Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
Cover of Torment: Part Two (The Bleeding Hearts, #2) by Dylan Page

16. Torment: Part Two (The Bleeding Hearts, #2)

By: Dylan Page

4.21

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Torment Part Two is a dark, taboo, MC, contemporary romance. My dreams are gone. I’m trapped, c… read more

Similar categories in Dylan Page's Torment: Part Two (The Bleeding Hearts, #2) book and Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • abuse
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17. The Highlight

By: Alyssa Wilde

4.34

Format: 524 pages, Kindle Edition

After years of alienation in her small town, Violet is finally getting out. Equipped with a can-do … read more

Similar categories in Alyssa Wilde's The Highlight book and Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
Cover of The Bayou Never Tells by Chelley St. Clair

18. The Bayou Never Tells

By: Chelley St. Clair

4.27

Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition

The only thing darker than the waters of the Louisiana bayou are the secrets it holds. I’d know—I’v… read more

Similar categories in Chelley St. Clair's The Bayou Never Tells book and Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
Cover of Counts of Eight (The Four Families, #1) by Brynn Ford

19. Counts of Eight (The Four Families, #1)

By: Brynn Ford

4.05

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Two captive dancers. One cruel master. A single performance to determine whether they live or die… read more

Similar categories in Brynn Ford's Counts of Eight (The Four Families, #1) book and Pepper Winters's The Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • abuse
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20. 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 Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
Cover of The Stars are on Our Side by Jennifer Hartmann

21. 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 Boy & His Ribbon (The Ribbon Duet, #1)

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • abuse

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