Julia Hoban
3.86 · 98 ratings
dark · length-medium · young adult · high-school · contemporary · abuse · standalone · slow burn · audiobook · standalone-first · death · self harm · angst · mental illness
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Emily Brontë
3.66 · 337 ratings
mental-trauma · religious-trauma · abuse-mc · sassy heroine · mental illness · forbidden love · abuse · england · torture-scs · standalone · found-family · alpha male · m-f · betrayal · audiobook · competent heroine · cheating · cold heroine · southeast-asian-mc · forced proximity
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Gail Honeyman
4.12 · 269 ratings
office · slow burn · cold heroine · humor · mystery · non-trad-hea · plain heroine · alcoholism · glimpses-kisses · independent heroine · poor heroine · animal-abuse · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · death · europe · other-man-woman · caretaking · past-abuse · asexual-heroine
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Mathilde Tamae-Bouhon
4.09 · 259 ratings
young adult · slow burn · sweet-hero · found-family · contemporary · multicultural · audiobook · m-m · queer-awakening · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · lgbtqia hate · queer · angst · high-school · jewish · usa · length-medium · standalone · nerdy-hero
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Yulin Kuang
3.89 · 187 ratings
mental-trauma · length-medium · from hate to love · secret-relationship · angst · forbidden love · mental illness · substance abuse · standalone · explicit-open-door · north-america · tortured hero · small town · found-family · dual-pov · friends-benefits · suicide · m-f · contemporary · multicultural
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Bryn Greenwood
4.03 · 139 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · past-child-abuse · death · standalone-first · length-medium · usa · mystery · independent heroine · m-f · suspense · competent heroine · abuse · new adult · height-difference · tortured heroine · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · standalone · poor heroine
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Katja Millay
4.29 · 131 ratings
first-person-pov · tortured heroine · death · length-long · standalone-first · past-abuse · high-school · second chances · shy-hero · usa · mental-trauma · tearjerkers · open-door · standalone · mystery · cold hero · bad boys · male-pov · virgin heroine · dual-pov
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Gustave Flaubert
3.54 · 107 ratings
contemporary · france · audiobook · standalone-first · europe · fantasy · humor · mental illness · western-central-europe · young adult · high-school · dark · length-medium · standalone · historical · love triangle · death · suicide · other-man-woman · victorian
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Richard Roper
3.77 · 81 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · british-isles · shy-hero · length-medium · mental-trauma · nerdy-hero · behind-doors · working class hero · united-kingdom · standalone · standalone-first · death · europe · male-pov · non-trad-hea · humor · mystery · third-person-pov · slow burn
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Erin Doom
3.62 · 67 ratings
tortured hero · past-child-abuse · death · length-long · victim-blaming · angst · forbidden love · sweet heroine · mental illness · abuse · virgin hero · from hate to love · secret-relationship · slow burn · young adult · grumpy sunshine · alpha male · m-f · contemporary · audiobook
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Benj Pasek
3.85 · 60 ratings
suicide · glimpses-kisses · contemporary · m-f · audiobook · tortured heroine · non-hea · standalone-first · shy-hero · length-medium · standalone · young adult · high-school · mental illness · angst · tortured hero · independent heroine · male-pov
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Justin Paul
3.85 · 60 ratings
standalone · mental illness · angst · glimpses-kisses · independent heroine · tortured hero · male-pov · tortured heroine · non-hea · suicide · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · standalone-first · young adult · high-school · shy-hero · length-medium
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Katie Moore
3.76 · 57 ratings
queer · abuse · virgin hero · angst · past-child-neglect · friends to lovers · mental illness · lgbtqia hate · religious-trauma · short-king · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · m-m · disabilities and marks · height-difference · new adult · queer-awakening · contemporary · audiobook · alpha male
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Skyla Arndt
3.80 · 51 ratings
standalone · first-person-pov · poor heroine · strong heroine · sweet-hero · survival · tortured hero · angst · length-medium · high-school · horror · standalone-first · death · magic · fantasy · mystery · suspense · paranormal · young adult · contemporary
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A. Jade
4.27 · 50 ratings
tortured hero · love triangle · first-in-series · standalone-first · rockstars · high-school · standalone · length-medium · explicit-open-door · dark · forced proximity · slut-shaming · dual-pov · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · alpha male · grumpy sunshine · young adult · suspense
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David Sodergren
4.26 · 49 ratings
self harm · disabilities and marks · small town · shapeshifters · mature couple · vengeance · angst · mental illness · sweet heroine · torture-scs · sassy heroine · paranormal · third-person-pov · suspense · strong heroine · m-f · audiobook · contemporary · survival · found-family
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Micah Nemerever
3.93 · 47 ratings
dark · lgbtqia hate · secret-relationship · mental-trauma · virgin hero · angst · mental illness · queer · new adult · standalone · m-m · self harm · tortured hero · class difference · disabilities and marks · college · neurodivergent · small town · suicide · audiobook
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Kate Avelynn
3.54 · 43 ratings
virgin heroine · possessive hero · bad boys · non-trad-hea · siblings-bff · mental-trauma · dark · length-medium · incest · high-school · standalone · behind-doors · torture-mcs · shy heroine · standalone-first · love triangle · non-hea · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · past-child-abuse
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Tayla Louise
3.90 · 31 ratings
north-america · new adult · height-difference · tortured hero · friends to lovers · abuse · sweet heroine · tycoon · angst · mental illness · slow burn · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · alpha male · possessive hero · super rich hero · male-pov
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Lisa Heathfield
4.30 · 29 ratings
mental illness · black-mc · contemporary · abuse · african-american · audiobook · standalone-first · dark · length-medium · standalone · racism · young adult
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I.I.E.
4.20 · 28 ratings
angst · mental illness · abuse · friends to lovers · fantasy · new adult · standalone-first · contemporary · audiobook · death · dark · explicit-open-door · standalone · young adult
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YellowBella
4.29 · 26 ratings
age difference · cold hero · length-epic · virgin heroine · super rich hero · bad boys · cheerful heroine · possessive hero · cruel hero · other-man-woman · standalone-first · love triangle · standalone · dark · explicit-open-door · high-school · sweet heroine · forbidden love · angst · secret-relationship
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TeamBella23
4.29 · 26 ratings
secret-relationship · friends to lovers · sweet heroine · forbidden love · angst · mental illness · substance abuse · new adult · cliffhanger · small town · tortured hero · dual-pov · contemporary · m-f · alpha male · young adult · grumpy sunshine · cheating · slow burn · age difference
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YellowGlue
4.29 · 26 ratings
slow burn · cheating · young adult · grumpy sunshine · contemporary · alpha male · m-f · dual-pov · small town · tortured hero · cliffhanger · new adult · sweet heroine · substance abuse · angst · forbidden love · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · mental illness · dark
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Mia Darling
3.67 · 26 ratings
torture-mcs · queer · angst · bisexual · friends to lovers · from hate to love · forbidden love · virgin hero · mental illness · torture-scs · tortured hero · mafia · disabilities and marks · m-m · self harm · queer-awakening · contemporary · new adult · suicide · betrayal
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Michael Belanger
3.81 · 21 ratings
young adult · mental illness · suicide · contemporary · audiobook · standalone-first · humor · death · standalone · dark · length-medium
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T.C. Anderson
4.65 · 21 ratings
tortured heroine · class difference · tall-heroine · past-child-abuse · north-america · disabilities and marks · rich heroine · rape · abuse · queer · rape-non-mc · angst · new adult · height-difference · sweet heroine · abduction · slow burn · victim-blaming · young adult · contemporary
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Allison Rogers
4.17 · 20 ratings
slut-shaming · found-family · first-person-pov · m-f · suicide · standalone-first · contemporary · high-school · young adult · past-sexual-abuse · standalone · length-medium · mental illness · rape-non-mc · victim-blaming · rape · abuse · glimpses-kisses · self harm
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