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★★★★☆ 3.72 • Goodreads

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Craving more that same irresistible pull after Twisted Series by Ana Huang? Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark awaits.

Curated by NextBookAfter Editors. This read-alike match weighs tone, themes, pacing, character dynamics, and emotional payoff rather than genre alone. See how recommendations are chosen.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • A forced marriage weaponizes every shared room
  • A fearless heroine refuses to be managed
  • Vicious banter keeps desire openly combative
  • Family power and public ambition raise the stakes
  • One complete romance opens a bingeable family saga

If Twisted hooked you on polished, dangerous men meeting the one woman they cannot intimidate, Brutal Prince drives that fantasy into a Chicago underworld feud. Aida Gallo crashes a Griffin party, sets the library on fire, and helps push two rival families toward war. Their solution is a strategic marriage to Callum Griffin, an icy mafia heir with a political future to protect. Forced into the same public performance, Aida and Callum turn every private encounter into a contest of pride, provocation, and unwanted attraction.

Every attempt at control gives Aida one more reason to strike the match.

Lark keeps the relationship immediate through dual points of view, sharp humor, explicit heat, and power plays that make surrender feel impossible. The shared-family world also offers the same binge-forward pleasure as Huang's interconnected couples: Aida and Callum get a complete arc while their siblings wait in the wings. The difference is worth knowing—this match pushes deeper into criminal violence, coercive dynamics, and dark-romance danger.

Their marriage is supposed to stop a war; first they have to survive each other.

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What Readers Are Saying

"This book was just everything I wanted in an enemies to lovers romance." — Jessica, Goodreads

What Readers Are Saying

"I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK, the tension, the banter, the bickering, everything... their pull and push was just so good and entertaining." — vee!, Goodreads

What Readers Are Saying

"Sophie Lark's writing was so compelling that I just couldn't put this book down and pretty much devoured it in 2 sittings." — Becca & The Books, Goodreads

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A Dowry of Blood

by S. T. Gibson

Vampire Devotion Becomes A Cage

In a last love letter that doubles as a confession, medieval peasant Constanta recounts being saved and remade as Dracula's immortal bride, then discovering the terrible truths behind the passion and deceit binding her to him and his other consorts ( With everyone she loves at risk, she must choose between devotion and freedom, knowing their blood bond may end only in death (

Why it’s a wildcard: On the surface, a gothic vampire confession centered on Dracula's first bride and his other consorts is a sharp genre, era, and narrative-mode break from Twisted's contemporary New Adult romances; experientially, however, it keeps the sensual glamour, possessive power, dangerous secrets, and betrayal anxiety that make Huang's series volatile ( The wildcard turn is that Constanta's intimate last-love-letter address makes being chosen by a monster feel intoxicating before redirecting the suspense toward whether she will break his control and choose freedom: familiar dark-romance voltage with a heroine-liberation payoff (

  • A love letter doubles as confession
  • Sensual glamour conceals coercive control
  • Dangerous secrets poison immortal devotion
  • Choosing freedom becomes the final seduction
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What to read after Twisted Series

Readers searching for adult books like or similar to Twisted Series by Ana Huang usually want adult romance with qualities like arranged marriage, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, and rival crime families.

If your search is specifically for books similar to Twisted Series for adults, this match keeps the grown-up stakes, voice, and reader payoff central rather than drifting into younger or purely genre-adjacent suggestions.

If you like Twisted Series and want to know what to read next, start with Brutal Prince. It is the closest NextBookAfter match for readers who want a book like Twisted Series with the same core appeal.

Brutal Prince is a similar next read for fans of Twisted Series by Ana Huang because it shares arranged marriage, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, and rival crime families while moving through dark romance and mafia romance.

Books like or similar to Twisted Series: quick answers

What should I read after Twisted Series by Ana Huang?
Start with Brutal Prince. It is a close NextBookAfter match for readers who want adult romance with a similar mood, pace, and emotional payoff. It is especially useful if you want arranged marriage, enemies to lovers, and forced proximity.
If I like Twisted Series, what should I read next?
Read Brutal Prince next if you want another adult romance pick with overlapping tone, themes, pacing, and reader payoff.
What is a book like Twisted Series for adults?
Brutal Prince is the closest adult readalike here because it preserves the core appeal readers usually want after Twisted Series by Ana Huang.
What are good books similar to Twisted Series by Ana Huang for adults?
For adult romance readers, Brutal Prince is a strong book similar to Twisted Series by Ana Huang because it keeps the same read-alike appeal while moving through dark romance and mafia romance.
Is Brutal Prince similar to Twisted Series by Ana Huang?
Yes. Brutal Prince is recommended here because it carries readers from Twisted Series by Ana Huang into dark romance and mafia romance while preserving the core read-alike appeal.
Why recommend Brutal Prince for fans of Twisted Series by Ana Huang?
The recommendation is based on overlapping appeal signals: tone, themes, character dynamics, pacing, and the specific payoff readers look for after Twisted Series by Ana Huang.

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