H.D. Carlton Books: The Complete Guide to the Dark Romance Author
H.D. Carltonโs books are popular books on #Booktok when it comes to dark romance books. If youโre ready to dive into her work, this list gives you all the H.D. Carlton books in order including her Cat and Mouse duet, spin-off books, and standalone titles.
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H.D. Carlton Books in Order:
- Hollow (2019)
- Untainted (2019)
- Shallow River (2020)
- Satanโs Affair (2021)
- Haunting Adeline (2021)
- Hunting Adeline (2022)
- Does it Hurt? (2022)
- Whereโs Molly (2024)
H.D. Carlton Books by Series:
The Zero Saga (out of print)
Cat and Mouse Duet:
H.D. Carlton Standalone Books:
H.D. Carlton Books with Publisher Descriptions:
Hollow
by H.D. Carlton
The Zolarian colony is endangered. Parasitic bugs have infected thousands, turning them into cannibal fiends. The only cure is hidden under Area 51. Ronan, leader of the Zolarian army, is tasked with finding it. Earth is the last place he wants to be, but his orders are clear. Eradicate all humans. Make Earth the Zolarian’s new home.
Zero Alvarado’s life is anything but normal. Living beneath Area 51 isn’t as fun as it sounds. Until an alien invasion brings devastation to her hatchet door. Zero won’t go down without a fight. After all, she’s been training for this moment her entire life.
Two lives cross, both fighting for survival. Both desperate to save their race from extinction. Zero won’t stop until she brings her enemies to their knees. But first she must keep herself from falling for Ronan.
Untainted
by H.D. Carlton
Thousands of Hollows are turning into Untainted soldiers. The human population is steadily decreasing. Hollows haunt the streets and paint them in blood. Ronan is one of them.
The world is falling apart around Zero Alvarado. Her focus is split in several different directions. Ronan needs saved from himself. The people need saved from the Waters. The Revelance needs an advantage over the Zolarianโs.
When a hopeful ally presents itself, Zero seizes the opportunity. Layna, a renowned scientist, has the power to give the Revelance the advantage they so desperately need. Her journey sends her to territories outside of Earth, where fighting to the end is the only way to gain the mysterious womanโs attention.
If thereโs one thing Zero has learned, itโs that friends can disguise themselves under terrifying masks. And so to give humans a real chance of winning the war, she must do what she has always done before: bite or be bitten.
Shallow River
by H.D. Carlton
Shallow Hill is where souls suffer slow and miserable endings. When River McAllister escaped from Shallow Hill, she left her innocence behind–and some of her sanity, too. Now she’s rebuilding her life with her dream man and life couldn’t be better.
Ryan Fitzgerald is everything you’d want in a man. Attractive, rich, an aspiring lawyer, and would do anything to keep River. But that’s not the only thing that attracts her. It’s his attentiveness, his possessiveness… maybe not so much his temper.
When her relationship takes a dark turn, Ryan’s estranged brother, Mako, is the only one who sees it. He knows exactly what Ryan is capable of, and it’s not the first time he had to be a knight in shining armor.
Satanโs Affair
by H.D. Carlton
Every Halloween, Satan’s Affair will come to you. We travel the country, offering terrifying haunted houses, thrilling rides and the tastiest food. And with every passing town, I cleanse this world, one execution at a time.
I hide within the walls, casting my judgement for those that reek of evil, singing lullabies to their rotting souls.
Once you’ve been chosen, there’s no escaping my henchmenโthey cater to my every desire. You can run and you can hide, but it only excites me. Come.
Take a walk through my dollhouse, where your screams will blend and your cute little pleas will go unanswered. But I can’t promise it’ll be over quickly…
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Haunting Adeline
by H.D. Carlton
The Manipulator
I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me. I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh. But my words don’t affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave.
He’s always there, watching and waiting. And I can never look away. Not when I want him to come closer.
The Shadow
I didn’t mean to fall in love. But now that I have, I can’t stay away. I’m mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves. The way she undresses…
I’ll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine. And once she is, I’ll never let her go. Not even when she begs me to.
Hunting Adeline
by H.D. Carlton
The Diamond
He walks alongside me, But the reaper is no match for me. I’m trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren’t as they seem. They won’t keep me forever.
I no longer recognize the person I’ve become, And I’m fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.
They call me a diamond, But they’ve only created a monster.
The Hunter
I was born a predator, With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones. When what’s mine is stolen from me in the night, Like a diamond hidden within a fortress, I find that I can no longer contain the beast.
Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her. And bring her back to where she belongs. No one will escape my wrath, Especially not those who have betrayed me.
Does It Hurt?
by H.D. Carlton
Who am I? I’ve forgotten the answer to that question long ago. Ever since I ran from that house, so desperate to escape, I left with only the clothes on my back and socks on my feet. After that day, I’ve only ever walked in stolen shoes.
Could I be a girl who is searching for the meaning of life in faceless men? They were all so forgettable. Until he came along.
He took me under a waterfall and made me forget my name, and in return, I took his instead. Enzo Vitale. An enigmatic man that will only ever love the deep sea. Or rather the predators that inhabit it.
Turns out, he’s not so different than the monsters he feeds. He lured me onto his boat like a fish in the ocean, seeking vengeance for my crime.
Had I realized his intentions, and that a massive storm would leave us shipwrecked, I would’ve run.
Now, I’m a girl who’s seeking refuge in a decrepit lighthouse with a man who loathes me almost as much as he craves me. He wants to hurt me, but the old caretaker of the abandoned island may have intentions far more sinister.
It’s no longer a question of who I am, but rather, will I survive?
Whereโs Molly
by H.D. Carlton
In my dreams, I never escaped the Oregon woods. Life after losing my life isn’t easy to accept, especially when I still feel like a ghost.
Now, I live deep in the mountains of Montanaโthe paradigm of beauty. But they are also the home of horrors. Horrors that I only unleash at night. When my pigs are allowed to feast.
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