Dark romance. Obsession. Control.
Vault Publishing is a premium dark romance publisher focused on addictive, emotionally intense stories across multiple pen names and series.
From dark mafia romance to captive and obsession-driven stories, our books are built for readers who love dangerous characters, high tension, and bingeable worlds that stay with you long after the final page.
Available in multiple languages including English, German, and Italian.
Our Authors
Kristen Barlow writes dark romance where control isn’t taken. It’s built. Her stories feature dominant, morally black men who plan everything and heroines who realize too late they were never free to begin with. Arranged marriage. Captivity. No way out. These are slow-burn, high tension stories where every move is calculated and resistance is already anticipated. If you like obsessive heroes, controlled worlds, and heroines forced to adapt instead of break, you’re in the right place. Start once. You won’t stop.
Karina Slate writes dark romance built on obsession, control, and psychological possession. Her stories feature morally dangerous men, captivity dynamics, power imbalances, and heroines pulled into systems designed to close quietly around them. Blending tension, intimacy, and emotional manipulation, her books explore the line between fear, dependency, and desire. When she isn’t writing obsessive antiheroes and dangerous empires, Karina spends her time creating stories that leave readers questioning where the trap ends…and where the craving begins.