Gaston Leroux
4.00 · 137 ratings
age difference · western-central-europe · racism · mystery · virgin heroine · poor heroine · 20th century · monsters · possessive hero · europe · glimpses-kisses · victorian · cruel hero · horror · other-man-woman · teacher-hero · love triangle · first-person-pov · historical · dark
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Jasmine Mas
3.98 · 2102 ratings
fantasy · forced proximity · paranormal · audiobook · dark · from hate to love · possessive hero · warrior-heroine · non-human-hero · torture-mcs · fighters · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · humor · queer · bisexual · gifted heroine · alpha male · menage · competent heroine
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Liv Zander
3.92 · 1490 ratings
death · fantasy · forced proximity · animal-death · audiobook · m-f · alpha male · betrayal · royalty · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · rape-mc · praise-kink · possessive hero · hurt-comfort · breeding · abduction · sweet heroine · angst · tortured hero
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Morgan B. Lee
4.36 · 1224 ratings
non-human-hero · abuse · possessive hero · praise-kink · late-20s-mmc · sweet-hero · north-america · past-child-abuse · usa · m-f-m · death · monsters · early-20s-fmc · fantasy · menage · m-f · shapeshifters · gifted heroine · fae · past-child-neglect
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Delia Owens
4.07 · 354 ratings
young adult · non-trad-hea · age difference · mystery · 20th century · independent heroine · poor heroine · other-man-woman · standalone-first · historical · death · love triangle · north-carolina · second chances · mental-trauma · usa · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · length-long · open-door
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Emily Brontë
3.67 · 335 ratings
independent heroine · super rich hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · male-pov · suicide · ableism · multicultural · strong heroine · racism · birth-control-non-con · dub-con · gambling · slow burn · friends to lovers · vengeance · angst · substance abuse · victim-blaming · rich heroine
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Julie Belfield
4.14 · 279 ratings
first-person-pov · tortured heroine · past-abuse · abuse-non-mc · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · past-sexual-abuse · past-child-neglect · dark · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · bodyguard-hero · fighters · explicit-open-door · length-epic · cold hero · human-trafficking · medieval · possessive hero · poor heroine
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Gail Honeyman
4.12 · 269 ratings
survival · neurodivergent · sweet-hero · found-family · fatphobia · suicide · animal-abuse · contemporary · europe · audiobook · grumpy sunshine · competent heroine · child-death · suspense · slow burn · curvy-hero · office · cold heroine · friends to lovers · angst
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Mary Shelley
3.93 · 188 ratings
historical · non-hea · death · horror · magic · victorian · scotland · dark · germany · mental-trauma · fantasy · mystery · monsters · glimpses-kisses · europe · switzerland · male-pov · length-short · urban fantasy · suicide
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Elizabeth Stephens
3.83 · 95 ratings
vikings · sweet heroine · virgin hero · vengeance · victim-blaming · class difference · disabilities and marks · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · multicultural · bwwm · dub-con · racism · anal sex · cold hero · possessive hero · virgin heroine · poor heroine · breeding
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Zara Bell
4.17 · 79 ratings
strong heroine · racism · drug-abuse · cold hero · forced proximity · humor · super rich hero · poor heroine · grovel · cheerful heroine · independent heroine · possessive hero · south asian · standalone-first · death · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · mental-trauma · standalone · open-door
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Penny Jessup
3.54 · 74 ratings
grumpy sunshine · sweet-hero · urban fantasy · north-america · small town · class difference · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · angst · virgin hero · insta-love · non-human-hero · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · new-york-state · first-person-pov · non-hea · behind-doors · possessive hero
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Erin Doom
3.62 · 67 ratings
forbidden love · angst · mental illness · sweet heroine · abuse · open-door · secret-relationship · from hate to love · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · virgin hero · standalone · victim-blaming · m-f · alpha male · audiobook · contemporary · college · dual-pov · slow burn
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Jacqueline White
4.11 · 66 ratings
tortured hero · past-child-neglect · past-child-abuse · death · rape-mc · rape · standalone-first · other-man-woman · angst · vengeance · abuse · first-in-series · aristocratic heroine · non-hea · from hate to love · victim-blaming · explicit-open-door · paranormal · competent heroine · slow burn
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Emma Törzs
4.09 · 65 ratings
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Kerri Andrews
3.61 · 53 ratings
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Emerald_Slytherin
4.32 · 50 ratings
mental-trauma · dark · fighters · graphic-violence · abuse-mc · warrior-heroine · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · dystopian · military · cruel hero · abduction · death · explicit-open-door · magic · tortured heroine · slavery · animal-death · grovel · independent heroine
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David Sodergren
4.26 · 49 ratings
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Wallis Kinney
3.90 · 49 ratings
north-america · small town · disabilities and marks · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · sweet heroine · angst · vengeance · strong heroine · slow burn · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · urban fantasy · suicide · massachusetts · sunny hero · 20th century · grovel · bodyguard-hero
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Kate Avelynn
3.54 · 43 ratings
non-trad-hea · siblings-bff · virgin heroine · possessive hero · bad boys · standalone-first · love triangle · first-person-pov · non-hea · dark · length-medium · incest · mental-trauma · tortured heroine · high-school · standalone · behind-doors · abuse · torture-mcs · angst
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Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
3.86 · 41 ratings
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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
3.96 · 39 ratings
hurt-comfort · poor heroine · urban fantasy · independent heroine · length-novella · audiobook · young adult · grumpy sunshine · suspense · paranormal · third-person-pov · from hate to love · abduction · royalty · working class heroine · sweet heroine · virgin hero · angst · new adult · class difference
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Laura Jordan
3.93 · 38 ratings
incest · western · abduction · friends to lovers · sweet heroine · vengeance · angst · north-america · small town · tortured hero · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · dual-pov · cowboys · multicultural · suicide · dub-con · slow burn · third-person-pov · bodyguard-hero
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Reese Dante
3.36 · 30 ratings
north-america · standalone-first · stepsibling · magic · first-in-series · death · incest · usa · shy heroine · werewolves · age difference · misogyny · fantasy · fated-mates · forced proximity · exhibitionism · super rich hero · monsters · m-f · alpha male
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Mila Finch
4.23 · 27 ratings
caretaking · shapeshifters · height-difference · gifted heroine · from hate to love · royalty · working class heroine · torture-scs · fae · abuse · political-intrigue · dragon shifter · commander · paranormal · competent heroine · found-family · non-human-heroine · m-f · alpha male · betrayal
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Hwang DoTol
4.11 · 26 ratings
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Joe Arden
4.35 · 26 ratings
suicide · spanking · praise-kink · cheerful heroine · possessive hero · independent heroine · humor · fantasy · forced proximity · age difference · cold hero · insta-love · working class hero · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · mental-trauma · dark · length-medium · nerdy-hero · death
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Michelle Wong
3.91 · 22 ratings
audiobook · child-death · monsters · possessive hero · independent heroine · sunny hero · glimpses-kisses · animal-abuse · animal-death · dangerous heroine · fantasy · mystery · forced proximity · bodyguard-hero · non-human-hero · warrior-heroine · dark · graphic-violence · first-person-pov · magic
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Callie Hart
3.95 · 21 ratings
survival · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · super rich hero · grumpy sunshine · vengeance · angst · sweet heroine · rape · double-penetration · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · class difference · fetish · tortured heroine · actors · bdsm · past-abuse · military
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