Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Blood, Violence, Death, Stalking, Manipulation, Trauma, Captivity, Abuse
Crimson Thorne
by Marrek Ryder
Book 1 in Obsidian
An indie dark paranormal that does not waste pages getting to the shadowy small town and the immortal who is openly obsessed. If you want gothic atmosphere and a curse-bound bond, Marrek Ryder is throwing exactly that.
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Length216 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice2/5 · Dark / taboo style
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Possessive love interest
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- Medium
- Dark / taboo style
- Addictive read
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- Vampire lord
- Obsessive love interest
- Intense / passionate
- The swoon
- Morally gray
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Possessive / claiming style
- Tension finally satisfied
- Possessive alpha
- Love/hate tension
- Rough / aggressive style
- Obsessed
- Immortal/ancient
- Fated mates
- Frequent explicit scenes
- Cursed
- Predator x prey
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Dark/tortured soul
- Feral devotion
- Possessive/protective
- Wall pinning
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Mine declarations
- Scent kink
- Marking hickeys
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Blood play
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Marking
- Dominance
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Vampire romance
- Small town / village
- Paranormal
- Vampires
- Forest / wilderness
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- Urban fantasy
- Shifters
- Manor house / estate
- Gothic
- Soulmate/destined bond
- Forbidden love
- Cursed love interest
- Immortal/mortal romance
- Stalker romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Damaged survivor
- MC 20-30
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- Outcast/loner
- Dramatic
- Prophetess/seer
- Brooding
- Lush
- Soft/gentle
- Sensual
- Dangerous
- Haunting
- Forbidden desire
- Cursed bloodline
- Bargain with consequences
- Haunted castle
- Slow descent into darkness
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Book details
- Length
- 216 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book