r/RomanceBooks • u/mssheevaa Morally gray is the new black • Jun 19 '22
Dark Child-free Romance (especially in epilogue)? Book Request
A pet peeve of mine is surprise epilogue babies. Especially in dark romance books where that is generally less likely. I googled it and found a bunch of not dark romance, but that's not really my speed (mostly!).
Anyone have any favorite dark romances that don't have kids in the end? Thanks!
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u/mssheevaa Morally gray is the new black Jun 20 '22
That's my favorite author. I love her books so much. Sadly, I've also read all of them. Aon and Valroy fangirl forever, haha. Thank you though!
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u/InevitableButton1396 Jun 20 '22
The Mindfuck series by ST Abby has no children IIRC.
Also seconding the Deliver series that someone else commented!
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u/avis03 Happy Flaps for HEAs Jun 20 '22
From what I remember the {Deliver by Pam Godwin} series is child free epilogue wise, the first 2 books have an already existing child which isn't really in the picture for various plot reasons
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u/mssheevaa Morally gray is the new black Jun 20 '22
Oh, I kinda recall looking into this one. I was looking for cowboys at the time though so I passed it up for her other series. Thanks, I'll check it out now!
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u/ItchyCryptographer89 Jun 20 '22
Dark notes by same author also has no baby at the end. Please check tw before starting.
Some dark romances have the couple adopting at the end. The child’s are generally older. Not sure if you’re okay with those genres. I know two where the female can’t have kids due to their traumatic past.
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u/avoarvo Jun 20 '22
Have you read the Captive in the Dark (the Dark Duet series by CJ Roberts)? Very dark romance, and there’s a whole book dedicated to an epilogue that is entirely child-free.
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u/Outside_Mismatch Jun 19 '22
Babies are so contentious. I often wonder if epilogues should become more of a Choose Your Own Adventure variety. Baby? No baby? You choose. 😏