Gaston Leroux
3.96 · 107 ratings
mature couple · childfree-couple · suspense · sweet heroine · working class heroine · virgin hero · actors · suicide · other-man-woman · tortured hero · abuse · non-hea · 20th century · abduction · hurt-comfort · monsters · paranormal · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · mental illness
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Jasmine Mas
4.07 · 1124 ratings
first-person-pov · dual-pov · poly · dangerous heroine · warrior-heroine · gifted heroine · from hate to love · reverse harem · tortured heroine · possessive hero · paranormal · sassy heroine · fantasy · bisexual · humor · alpha male · forced proximity · graphic-violence · strong heroine · cruel hero
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Liv Zander
3.92 · 753 ratings
magic · from hate to love · spanking · sweet heroine · rape-mc · tortured hero · praise-kink · hurt-comfort · abduction · dual-pov · anal sex · miscarriage · dark · mental-trauma · abuse-mc · first-person-pov · cruel hero · abuse-non-mc · angst · non-human-hero
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William Goldman
4.32 · 267 ratings
secret-relationship · third-person-pov · paranormal · forbidden love · abduction · friends to lovers · monsters · male-pov · class difference · pirates · witches · small town · tortured hero · other-man-woman · aristocratic heroine · royalty · sassy heroine · young adult · vengeance · high fantasy
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Delia Owens
4.04 · 248 ratings
young adult · angst · open-door · abuse · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · mystery · past-child-abuse · non-trad-hea · independent heroine · new adult · m-f · betrayal · poor heroine · mental-trauma · survival · death · love triangle · usa · historical
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Emily Brontë
3.61 · 222 ratings
angst · england · rich heroine · religious-trauma · caretaking · cold hero · victorian · cruel hero · grovel · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · m-f · dark · mental-trauma · abuse-mc · survival · possessive hero · torture-mcs · terminal-illness · cold heroine
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Kate Golden
3.95 · 217 ratings
paranormal · fae · male-pov · non-human-heroine · height-difference · royalty · torture-scs · dragon shifter · competent heroine · angst · disabilities and marks · first-person-pov · war · shapeshifters · caretaking · possessive hero · past-abuse · m-f · forced proximity · hurt-comfort
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Xiran Jay Zhao
4.11 · 149 ratings
gifted heroine · past-child-abuse · independent heroine · non-trad-hea · marriage of convenience · china · young adult · behind-doors · torture-scs · childfree-couple · competent heroine · east-asia · misogyny · dangerous heroine · fake relationship · survival · dark · torture-mcs · mental-trauma · m-f
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Emilia Rossi
3.85 · 145 ratings
mafia · shy heroine · super rich hero · new adult · from hate to love · alpha male · death · age difference · usa · found-family · forced proximity · praise-kink · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · tortured hero · north-america · sweet heroine · fatphobia · graphic-violence · explicit-open-door
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Mary Shelley
3.92 · 137 ratings
mystery · suicide · science fiction · length-medium · paranormal · dystopian · angst · monsters · fantasy · regency · glimpses-kisses · victorian · male-pov · death · urban fantasy · non-hea · contemporary · m-f · horror · stepsibling
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Julie Belfield
4.16 · 93 ratings
past-sexual-abuse · dual-pov · political-intrigue · pregnancy · possessive hero · survival · dark · virgin heroine · mental-trauma · m-f · torture-mcs · past-abuse · first-person-pov · medieval · cold hero · religious-trauma · abuse-non-mc · fighters · explicit-open-door · disabilities and marks
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Nina Pennacchi
3.88 · 85 ratings
rape-mc · suspense · vengeance · competent heroine · suicide · dub-con · british-isles · length-long · graphic-violence · child-sexual-abuse · curvy heroine · tortured hero · united-kingdom · strong heroine · rape · height-difference · historical · dual-pov · virgin heroine · dark
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Geneva Lee Albin
3.72 · 77 ratings
slow burn · dub-con · graphic-violence · europe · humor · cheerful heroine · spanking · open-door · super rich hero · fated-mates · caretaking · cold hero · fantasy · new adult · first-person-pov · virgin heroine · dark · poor heroine · alpha male · m-f
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Nicola Tyche
4.11 · 69 ratings
alpha male · magic · death · love triangle · historical · abuse · mystery · new adult · fantasy · from hate to love · aristocratic heroine · high fantasy · third-person-pov · m-f · political-intrigue · dual-pov · angst · open-door · cruel hero · war
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F.E. Bryce
4.26 · 67 ratings
bondage · fantasy · from hate to love · tortured heroine · war · military · independent heroine · queer · spanking · gifted heroine · bad boys · cold hero · fighters · cruel hero · medieval · mature couple · past-child-neglect · explicit-open-door · dual-pov · found-family
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Jessamine Rue
4.09 · 65 ratings
forced proximity · betrayal · found-family · bisexual · fantasy · menage · boss & employee · paranormal · consensual-non-con · possessive hero · torture-mcs · sunny hero · m-f · queer · cold hero · tortured hero · m-f-m · fetish · reverse harem · praise-kink
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Zara Bell
4.23 · 55 ratings
class difference · slut-shaming · possessive hero · death · alcoholism · m-f · poor heroine · betrayal · mental-trauma · himbo · past-sexual-abuse · terminal-illness · shy heroine · cheerful heroine · humor · angst · victim-blaming · drug-abuse · england · first-person-pov
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Xiao Tong Kong (Velinxi)
4.26 · 49 ratings
boss & employee · angst · young adult · length-medium · commander · slow burn · high fantasy · virgin hero · legends & fairy tales · asia · tortured hero · m-m · sweet-hero · queer-awakening · glimpses-kisses · grumpy sunshine · forced proximity · paranormal · third-person-pov · historical
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I.V. Ophelia
3.81 · 49 ratings
horror · m-f · dark · abuse-mc · magic · love triangle · death · torture-mcs · cold heroine · dual-pov · historical · primal-play · past-sexual-abuse · abuse · animal-abuse · abuse-non-mc · england · explicit-open-door · independent heroine · victorian
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Jaysea Lynn
4.56 · 44 ratings
mental-trauma · m-f · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · past-abuse · monsters · hurt-comfort · praise-kink · poor heroine · self harm · third-person-pov · paranormal · office · royalty · sassy heroine · child-sexual-abuse · competent heroine · slow burn · sweet heroine · non-human-hero
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HC Dolores
4.19 · 42 ratings
strong heroine · contemporary · sassy heroine · dub-con · suspense · slow burn · virgin hero · working class heroine · graphic-violence · suicide · praise-kink · friends to lovers · connecticut · class difference · death · possessive hero · virgin heroine · dark · m-f · poor heroine
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Lyra Cole
3.89 · 41 ratings
grumpy sunshine · sunny hero · poor heroine · virgin heroine · poly · possessive hero · caretaking · cold hero · teacher-hero · first-person-pov · angst · disabilities and marks · competent heroine · menage · contemporary · politician · male-pov · omegaverse · college · mental illness
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Kara Reynolds
4.54 · 41 ratings
independent heroine · medieval · strong heroine · curvy heroine · working class heroine · slow burn · commander · competent heroine · childfree-couple · forced proximity · misogyny · exhibitionism · rape-non-mc · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · abduction · death · silver-fox · magic · possessive hero
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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
3.96 · 39 ratings
forced proximity · historical · poor heroine · virgin heroine · length-novella · magic · love triangle · cold hero · independent heroine · super rich hero · tortured heroine · new adult · fantasy · from hate to love · angst · shy-hero · abuse-non-mc · virgin hero · childfree-couple · suspense
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Kate Avelynn
3.51 · 38 ratings
high-school · forbidden love · secret-relationship · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · tortured hero · contemporary · non-hea · incest · sweet heroine · behind-doors · young adult · dub-con · angst · disabilities and marks · length-medium · abuse · shy heroine · bad boys · siblings-bff
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Emerald_Slytherin
4.46 · 38 ratings
explicit-plentiful · found-family · dual-pov · magic · survival · torture-mcs · death · m-f · alcoholism · slavery · dark · war · new adult · tortured heroine · fantasy · grovel · from hate to love · independent heroine · cruel hero · military
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Laura Jordan
4.03 · 36 ratings
virgin heroine · cowboys · abduction · hurt-comfort · poor heroine · sweet-hero · multicultural · historical western · small town · bodyguard-hero · forced proximity · male-pov · third-person-pov · friends to lovers · fake relationship · animal-death · texas · dub-con · incest · vengeance
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Sky Blu
3.87 · 26 ratings
miscarriage · multicultural · torture-mcs · dual-pov · praise-kink · double-penetration · abduction · fetish · forced proximity · birth-control-non-con · graphic-violence · rape-mc · suicide · dub-con · somnophilia · tortured hero · rape · super rich hero · past-child-abuse · new adult
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Mia Darling
3.69 · 21 ratings
queer · cold hero · from hate to love · past-child-abuse · first-person-pov · new adult · abuse · angst · bisexual · disabilities and marks · bad boys · abuse-non-mc · found-family · dual-pov · dark · russia · mental-trauma · betrayal · death · torture-mcs
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