Secret society dark romance is romance set inside a hidden, powerful organization with its own rules, rituals and punishments. The MMCs are the men who enforce those rules. The FMCs are the women the rules were written to control. The tension comes from both directions at once: the danger of the society itself, and the danger of falling for someone who belongs to it.
Every Dahlia Vale book is set inside the same society: the Ravens, the most powerful secret society in the world. Widows are auctioned. Daughters are married off to seal alliances. Women who run are hunted down by the Talons, the society's enforcers. Each book follows a different couple, and every book adds another piece of the same world: the RavenVerse.
What you'll find in the RavenVerse
- Morally gray, possessive and obsessive MMCs who will burn the world down for her
- FMCs who fight back, lie, scheme and sometimes kill
- Society rituals: widow auctions, arranged marriages and the Hunt
- Found family and brotherhood among dangerous men
- High spice, dom/sub dynamics and dark themes (content warnings are always available)
Where to start
Stolen Dove (standalone): a widow steals from her dead husband and runs, and the Talon sent to drag her back has never failed a retrieval. Free when you join the mailing list.
Fallen Dane (The Sinclairs, Book 1): a widow who killed her first husband is bought at auction for fifty million dollars by the Council member they send when a Raven breaks the rules.
Devour (The Ravens, Book 1): the Doves are released into the woods, and whoever catches her, keeps her. The newest series in the RavenVerse.
Every book in the RavenVerse
- Stolen Dove (standalone)
- Fallen Dane (The Sinclairs, Book 1)
- Daddy's Dove (standalone, in the Dark Daddies anthology)
- Savage Fox (The Sinclairs, Book 2)
- Twisted Tate (The Sinclairs, Book 3)
- Broken Thorne (The Sinclairs, Book 4)
- Devour (The Ravens, Book 1)
This is the recommended reading order, but each book can be read on its own. See the full reading order and the Ravens rules.
If you love…
Shantel Tessier's L.O.R.D.S. series, Penelope Douglas's Devil's Night series, H.D. Carlton's Haunting Adeline or Rina Kent's Legacy of Gods, the RavenVerse was written for you.
Dahlia's books contain dark themes. Please check the content warnings before you read.