Join us in Denver for a cozy Sunday afternoon diving into dark romance novels and meeting fellow book lovers!About this Event
🖤 Denver Dark Romance Lovers Book Club 🖤
Every other Sunday, 3:30 PM • St. Mark's Coffee Shop, basement level • Denver, CO
Stay for an erotic writing group afterward then a social gathering with fellow community folx!
Calling all readers who like their heroes morally gray, their plots twisted, and their book boyfriends slightly (or extremely) unhinged.
This is a no-judgment, no-shame space to talk about the books we're all secretly (or not so secretly) obsessed with. We're taking over the basement at St. Mark's — private, cozy, and just the right amount of "underground speakeasy" for the genre we love. Come with hot takes, live-tweet-worthy quotes, and zero apologies.
All readers welcome — whether you've been in the dark romance trenches for years or you just finished your first spicy book and have questions. (Though fair warning: our crowd skews toward women who've read enough to know exactly what they like.)
📚 First Three Picks
1. Lights Out — Navessa Allen Our launch pick to be finished this week, and the timing could not be better — Netflix just greenlit the TV adaptation. Read it now so you can say "the book was better" with authority.
2. Haunting Adeline — H.D. Carlton The most talked-about dark romance on BookTok, period. If you've ever seen a video about the Cat and Mouse Duet, this is your chance to finally weigh in.
3. Butcher & Blackbird — Brynne Weaver Two serial killers. One extremely twisted love story. Not for the faint of heart — perfect for the rest of us.
🔁 After That, It's Your Pick
Starting with book four, we're handing over the reins. Members will take turns choosing our next read — so if you've got a book you've been dying to make everyone else read, your turn is coming.
🎬 Bonus: Watch Parties
Dark romance is having a moment on screen, and we're not sitting that out. Lights Out just got greenlit as a Netflix series and Butcher & Blackbird has a movie in the works — when adaptations like these actually drop, we'll host a watch party so we can collectively lose it over what they changed. Book club with a side of "they did WHAT to that scene."
The Details
- Where: St. Mark's Coffee Shop, basement (private space — talk freely, no one's listening)
- When: Every other Sunday, 3:30 PM
- Cost: Free to attend — a suggested $5-10 donation is welcome to help cover the space, no one will check
- One ask: St. Mark's is generously letting us take over their basement for free, so grab a coffee or a pastry from them before you head down. Let's keep them happy to host us.
Come for the books. Stay for the friends who won't blink when you say your favorite scene was the kidnapping.
See you in the basement. 🕯️
Event venue
St Mark's Coffee House, 2019 East 17th Avenue, Denver, United States
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