12 Scandalously Dark Thrillers Like Colleen Hoover's Verity

All Grave Evans wants is to escape her busy New York City life. When she books an Airbnb in remote Wyoming, she doesn’t expect to be taken with the handsome owner, Calvin Wells. Grace can’t shake the feeling that something isn’t right with the town. No cell service or wife, her car won’t start, and the last woman who stayed in her room went missing. But Grace can’t deny her attraction to Calvin, even as her departure date looms. What started as infatuation, turns to obsession, and they both fear the secrets the other keeps. Why did Grace come to Wyoming? And what is Calvin hiding?

Every week, Ellie receives a letter from her twin sister Tia. They’re filled with Tia’s darkest secrets and always end the same way: Don’t forget to burn this letter. But when the care home Tia has lived in for fifteen years closes, Ellie has no choice but to welcome her sister home. But Tia isn’t the only one with secrets. Ellie has plenty of her own, secrets that could threaten her perfect marriage, her perfect life. And she’ll do anything to keep them hidden.

Two brothers. Two sisters. When seventeen-year-old Camille is brutally murdered, Lana testifies that her boyfriend’s brother was responsible. When Lana’s grandmother suddenly dies, she is forced back to Mead House to face the demons of her past. She never expected to find her sister’s diary, filled with her secrets. And the more Lana reads, the more she questions what she saw that night. And if she put the wrong man in prison.

Years ago, one child killed another. The event shattered two families and fractured childhood friendships. Now, three women live separate lives, all tied by one secret. Lissy’s quiet life with her teenage daughter Rosie shatters when disturbing behavior emerges. Beverly and Erica have picture-perfect lives on the outside, careful that no one sees behind closed doors. One woman is responsible for the long-ago death of that child. But is it the same one who was blamed all those years ago? As long-buried secrets surface, it’s clear someone knows the truth. And they want revenge.

When Janette opens the door one night, she believes the man on the doorstep is there to board his dog. She never imagined the brutal plans he had for her. And he never expected her to fight back. Now he’s dead. And weeks later, she discovers she’s pregnant. Janette doesn’t want to explain the baby. Or the body. So she hides both. One in the cellar. One in a bedroom. Thirteen years later, the child is found. And with her discovery, the terrible secrets at no. 12 come to light.

Just because Ava Chen can’t remember her childhood, doesn’t mean she can escape the nightmares they left behind. Still, she’s never stopped seeing the beauty of the world or the people in it. Her brother’s best friend Alex Volkov is the exact opposite. He closed himself off to everything except success and revenge. Until Ava. Her brother doesn’t want to leave her alone when he has to leave the country. They were never supposed to fall in love. And now that love threatens to reveal secrets that won’t just destroy them, but everything they love.

Millie is desperate to escape her old life. So when she’s offered a job working for the Winchesters’, she takes it. As she becomes integrated in their lives, Millie sees how awful Nina Winchester is. She makes messes so she can watch Millie clean them. Tells strange lies about her daughter. And there’s something broken in her husband’s eyes. Millie could be better to them. For them. She daydreams of walking in Nina’s shoes, even trying on one of her dresses. Just once. But Nina finds out, locking Millie in her tiny attic room. But Millie isn’t what she seems. And she’ll do anything to survive.

It’s 2058, and while technological advances have changed the world, Detective Eve Dallas knows humans are still driven by one thing: passion. When a Senator’s daughter is murdered, her secret life as a prostitute comes out. The case takes Dallas into the rarely-seen inner circles of Washington’s political society. But things get complicated when her interest grows into an attraction to Roarke, one of the wealthiest and most influential men in the world—and the leading suspect.

It’s been two years since the deaths of Sloane Chase and Senator White Montgomery’s spouses. The tragic events drew them together and now they’re ready to move on—with each other. As Sloane adjusts to being back in DC circles as the Senator’s new wife, she prepares for hip replacement surgery. Thanks to hectic schedules, she needs a home aide. And Athena Karras is perfect. But when Sloane has trouble recovering, an unexpected side effect of her Lupus according to Athena, her paranoia grows. Why is Athena asking questions about her foundation? Her past? And is there something going on between Athena and her husband?

It’s been two years since the deaths of Sloane Chase and Senator White Montgomery’s spouses. The tragic events drew them together and now they’re ready to move on—with each other. As Sloane adjusts to being back in DC circles as the Senator’s new wife, she prepares for hip replacement surgery. Thanks to hectic schedules, she needs a home aide. And Athena Karras is perfect. But when Sloane has trouble recovering, an unexpected side effect of her Lupus according to Athena, her paranoia grows. Why is Athena asking questions about her foundation? Her past? And is there something going on between Athena and her husband?

Three years ago, Katherine Cole thought she was engaged to the perfect man. Until he turned out to the Valentine Killer and vanished. Now, in New Orleans, Katherine finally feels safe. When he finds her, Katherine decides she isn’t going to let him get away again. But she never expected to fall so hard for the cop, Detective Dane Black, protecting her. And he never expected to fall for her. As the passion builds, Black knows that he won’t stop until the Valentine Killer is dead and Katherine is safe in his arms.

Manderley. The gorgeous estate by the sea. The last thing Maxim de Winter’s new bride expected when she let him sweep her off her feet was to find that Manderley already has a mistress. And even though she’s dead, Rebecca’s presence is stronger than ever. Determined to understand how to make Maxim love her, the new Mrs. de Winter hunts down clues about Rebecca’s life—and her death. But the more she learns, the closer Rebecca’s ghost becomes, until the new mistress of Manderley realizes she may be destined to join Rebecca in death.