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* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' has a harem example. One of Issei's, a reborn devil, haremettes is Irina who works for the church to exterminate demons and who later became a reborn angel. Though, by the time they get romantic, the relationship between heaven and hell are much better.
* ''LightNovel/StrikeTheBlood'' has Kojou, the Fourth Progenitor vampire, and Yukina, a Sword Shaman sent to observe and potentially eliminate him should she deem him dangerous. [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to Yukina, the Lion King Organization actually sent her so she would become Kojou's lover.]] Besides their obvious feelings, the appearance of their KidFromTheFuture clears any doubt that they eventually become a couple.
* The Creator/MaxGladstone story "[[https://www.tor.com/2014/10/29/a-kiss-with-teeth-max-gladstone/ A Kiss With Teeth]]" is about a formerly murderous vampire named Vlad (yes, [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler that one]]), who in the backstory, fell in love with and married the Buffy-like vampire hunter who pursued him. When the story opens, he's become a RetiredMonster and is living a normal suburban life with his wife and raising a child, and finding the situation kind of stifling, especially his son's seeming [[MuggleBornOfMages complete normality]].

* In ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', young vampyr Vlad de Magpyr [[AbhorrentAdmirer becomes infatuated with]] Witch Agnes Nitt. This is despite knowing right from the start that the Lancre witches see the Vampyrs [[note]]The pretentious spelling is a telling point[[/note]] who have usurped the kingdom as an infestation to be wiped out, and Agnes has several times expressed her own desire to kill Vlad. Right at the end, while Agnes does not kill him, she says she'd gladly hold somebody's coat while they get a hammer and stake together. Nevertheless she effectively "dates" him on the advice of the older and wiser witch Nanny Ogg, who points out this makes men of any sort easier to manipulate.

* In ''Literature/HexHall'', Sophie is a [[spoiler: half-demon]] who finds herself falling for her classmate Archer, [[spoiler: who is secretly a demon-hunter]].
* In Sofie Jordan's ''Firelight'' series, Jacinda is a ''draki''; dragon-like creatures that have a human form as well as a draconic form. She ends up falling for Will, whose family--not realizing the draki are sentient people due to TheMasquerade--hunts draki for sport and profit.

* In the ''Literature/NightWorld'' series, ''Literature/TheChosen1997'' revolves around VampireHunter Rashel Jordan realizing her soulmate is none other than RomanticVampireBoy John Quinn.

* The primary love story in ''Literature/PsychoKillersInLove'' by Creator/CTPhipps. William is a slasher (immortal serial killer) that is struggling against his urges to kill while Nancy is an "Artemis", a FinalGirl who is empowered to kill slashers. They manage to make it work despite the odds.

Often leads to DefectingForLove, HeelFaceTurn, LoveRedeems, and is almost guaranteed to accompany a boatload of CharacterDevelopment. Subtrope of ForbiddenLove and may lead to MalignedMixedMarriage. Can overlap with StarCrossedLovers if their relationship is strained. Compare InLoveWithTheMark, PredatorTurnedProtector, BoyMeetsGhoul, VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle, InterspeciesRomance, and RomanticVampireBoy.

* ''Den of Shadows'' features a romance between Sarah Vida and Christopher. Christopher is a FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire who doesn't kill humans while Sarah Vida is part of a witch line which famously hunts and destroys vampires.

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Sometimes a HunterOfMonsters ends up really hitting it off with... well, a monster. Be it [[VampiresAreSexGods vampires]], [[YouSexyBeast werewolves]], [[HornyDevil demons]], or some other traditionally monstrous creature given the HotterAndSexier treatment; as long as they end up romantically or sexually entangled with someone who's ''supposed'' to be hunting them down, they qualify. Note that while this pairing is between a human hunter and a supernatural prey more often than it's not, it is entirely possible for it to be between two supernaturals.

* ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII'': Mihaly, a Magister devoted to fighting demons and the [[ApocalypseCult Black Ring]], and Almira, a [[HornyDevils succubus]] sworn to the Black Ring, had AMatchMadeInStockholm while Almira is in Magister custody. They deserted their respective factions and ran away to be together.

* In the ''Literature/NightWorld'' series, book 5 ''The Chosen'' revolves around VampireHunter Rashel Jordan realizing her soulmate is none other than RomanticVampireBoy John Quinn.

* In ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'', Guillermo is a [[spoiler: modern-day descendant of the Van Helsing clan]]. He's also the long-suffering but devoted familiar of vampire Nandor the Relentless, for whom he is confirmed to have romantic feelings by WordOfGod.

Often leads to DefectingForLove, HeelFaceTurn, LoveRedeems, and is almost guaranteed to accompany a boatload of CharacterDevelopment. Subtrope of ForbiddenLove and may lead to MalignedMixedMarriage. Can overlap with StarcrossedLovers if their relationship is strained. Compare InLoveWithTheMark, PredatorTurnedProtector, BoyMeetsGhoul, VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle, InterspeciesRomance, and RomanticVampireBoy.

* The Creator/MaxGladstone story, "[[https://www.tor.com/2014/10/29/a-kiss-with-teeth-max-gladstone/ A Kiss With Teeth]]" is about a formerly murderous vampire named Vlad (yes, [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler that one]]), who in the backstory, fell in love with and married the Buffy-like vampire hunter who pursued him. When the story opens, he's become a RetiredMonster and is living a normal suburban life with his wife and raising a child, and finding the situation kind of stifling, especially his son's seeming [[MuggleBornOfMages complete normality]].

* The Max Gladstone story, "[[https://www.tor.com/2014/10/29/a-kiss-with-teeth-max-gladstone/ A Kiss With Teeth]]" is about a formerly murderous vampire named Vlad (yes, [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler that one]]), who in the backstory, fell in love with and married the Buffy-like vampire hunter who pursued him. When the story opens, he's become a RetiredMonster and is living a normal suburban life with his wife and raising a child, and finding the situation kind of stifling, especially his son's seeming [[MuggleBornOfMages complete normality]].

* In ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'', Guillermo is a modern-day descendant of the Van Helsing clan. He's also the long-suffering but devoted familiar of vampire Nandor the Relentless, for whom he is confirmed to have romantic feelings by WordOfGod.

* In ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'', Guillermo is a modern-day descendant of the Van Helsing clan. He's also the long-suffering but devoted familiar of vampire Nandor the Relentless.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'': Cole Turner, the source of all evil, marries Phoebe Halliwell, a good witch who is tasked with fighting evil.

* Subverted in ''Film/TheLastWitchHunter''. There were plans to have Chloe fall in love with Kaulder, the eponymous Witch Hunter, but this was rejected because the age gap between them[[note]]About 20 years between the actors, and ''800 years'' between their characters[[/note]] was seen as too large and Kaulder still being haunted by the [[TheLostLenore death of his wife]] made it seem inappropriate.

This trope tends to play out in one of two ways; either the Bob and Alice fall for each other with one or both of them not realizing that Bob is a vampire and Alice is a VampireHunter, or Bob and Alice already ''know'' they're sworn enemies but are either [[TeethClenchedTeamwork forced to work together]] for long enough, or have been [[FoeYay fighting each other for so long]], that they develop an InconvenientAttraction. This obviously leads to much drama, as Alice and her friends might have killed Bob's vampire buddies, or vice-versa. If Bob turns out to be a pretty decent guy who acts [[FantasticRacism nothing like what Alice has been lead to believe about vampires]], she may come to question [[VanHelsingHateCrimes the morality of her past vampire slayings]]. If Alice was DatingCatwoman, Bob may begin to feel wrong about preying on people no different from his beloved and decide to become FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire or even a HunterOfHisOwnKind. GreyAndGreyMorality may come into play if both sides of the conflict have equally valid and/or invalid arguments.

* The primary love story in ''Literature/PsychoKillersInLove'' by Creator/CTPhipps. William is a slasher (immortal serial killer) that is struggling against his urges to kill while Nancy is an "Artemis", a FinalGirl who is empowered to kill slashers. They manage to make it worse despite the odds.

* [[Creator/Natsuneko Natsuneko's]] ''Nightmare Syndrome'' much like ''Killing Me'' features a {{Tsundere}} VampireHunter named Elysia who seeks to slay Vega who slayed her father. Two problems exist: One, Vega is far more powerful than she is. Second, Vega is a LesbianVampire who's made her attraction to Elysia rather clear, and Elysia is struggling between her quest for revenge and reciprocating Vega's feelings.

* Lucien and Sonja in ''Film/UnderworldRiseOfTheLycans''. Sonja, the daughter of the powerful vampire elder Viktor, regularly hunts down and kills feral Lycans despite being in love with Lucien, an enslaved Lycan.

* In Alexandra Christo's ''To Kill A Kingdom'', after being cursed by her mother to live as a human, siren princess Lira winds up on the ship of siren hunter Elian and they slowly end up falling for each other.

** It goes both ways with Spike, weirdly enough; he's a well-known Slayer killer, having tracked down and killed two others before meeting Buffy. After several failed efforts to make her the third notch on his belt, extenuating circumstances lead to him sticking around long enough to develop a crush on her--eventually leading to a full redemption arc, complete with [[spoiler: him seeking out a soul and sacrificing himself the save the world.]]