If what hooked you in Sunshine was Rae Seddon forging a fragile bond with the ancient vampire Constantine after their captivity, you’ll vibe with Certain Dark Things. In Mexico City, streetwise human Domino crosses paths with Atl, a predator on the run from cartel-backed vamps. The tension feels like Rae and Con’s—pragmatic trust that becomes something tender under constant threat. The setting is vividly lived-in (like Charlie’s coffeehouse, but seedier), vampire lore is dangerous and alluring, and the stakes—both emotional and literal—cut deep.

Loved how Rae and Con go from shackled strangers to hard-won partners after the lake-house escape in Sunshine? In Written in Red, Meg Corbyn—a human blood prophet—finds refuge among the Others, especially the wolf Simon. Their relationship unspools with the same deliberate, protective cadence as Rae and Constantine’s: tentative trust, boundary-testing, and fierce loyalty. You’ll also appreciate the cozy workaday rhythms (Meg’s mailroom beats) set against lethal politics—like Rae’s baking life shadowed by Bo’s menace and the SOF’s scrutiny.

If Rae’s intimate, no-nonsense narration—punctuated by kitchen details and sudden bursts of sun-magic—pulled you through Sunshine, Mercy Thompson’s voice will feel familiar. She’s a mechanic and coyote shifter who, like Rae, keeps her head when vampires and werewolves complicate everything. The personal stakes (think Rae juggling Mel, her own power, and SOF entanglements) meet city-level dangers, all filtered through one sharp, self-reliant perspective.

If you liked how Sunshine stays intimate—Rae’s circle at Charlie’s, her private reckoning with dangerous magic, and a single ugly vampire feud—this occult noir keeps the lens just as close. Exorcist-for-hire Felix Castor takes on a job that spirals, but the focus remains on his relationships, debts, and moral compromises. The way he navigates London’s hidden supernatural underbelly echoes Rae tiptoeing between her cinnamon-roll mornings and the lethal aftermath of Bo’s court.

If the slow, simmering build of Sunshine—from Rae’s abduction to her careful rediscovery of her heritage while kneading dough at Charlie’s—was your sweet spot, this will hit. A golem and a jinni find their footing in 1890s New York through shopwork and nighttime wanderings, their mysteries unraveling at a measured pace. Like Rae easing into what her sunlight can do, both protagonists negotiate dangerous magic and identity in a world that only half understands them.