The Real Virginia Andrews
3.78 · 470 ratings
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S.T. Abby
4.44 · 1932 ratings
vengeance · strong heroine · rape · outlaw-heroine · small town · men in uniform · alpha male · lgbtqia hate · abuse · suspense · childfree-couple · contemporary · dangerous heroine · forbidden love · working class hero · past-sexual-abuse · dual-pov · dark · m-f · tortured heroine
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Arthur Golden
3.94 · 289 ratings
dub-con · length-epic · human-trafficking · abuse · age difference · behind-doors · mystery · multicultural · war · first-person-pov · sweet-hero · japan · m-f · dark · east-asian-mc · strong heroine · asia · suspense · slow burn · sweet heroine
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Delia Owens
4.04 · 248 ratings
sweet heroine · suspense · shy heroine · north-carolina · young adult · competent heroine · slow burn · past-child-neglect · contemporary · length-long · second chances · other-man-woman · north-america · racism · small town · class difference · 20th century · strong heroine · friends to lovers · sweet-hero
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Kelly Creagh
3.90 · 140 ratings
fantasy · m-f · mystery · paranormal · young adult · urban fantasy · horror · demons · dark · length-long · magic · contemporary · glimpses-kisses · other-man-woman · angst · love triangle · college · strong heroine · from hate to love · bad boys
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Elizabeth Haynes
3.80 · 132 ratings
contemporary · suspense · length-long · mystery · dark · abuse · heroine sleuth · cruel hero · m-f · slow burn · forced proximity · length-medium · explicit-open-door · tortured heroine · new adult · friends to lovers
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Ruth Ware
3.59 · 116 ratings
mystery · contemporary · suspense · length-long · length-medium · england · abuse-non-mc · indonesia · misogyny · glimpses-kisses · past-abuse · survival · death · suicide
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Rebecca Schaeffer
4.08 · 114 ratings
mystery · fantasy · dark · dystopian · paranormal · monsters · urban fantasy · contemporary · young adult · suspense · bad boys · length-medium · from hate to love · magic · asexual-hero · m-f · human-trafficking · vampires · glimpses-kisses · mafia
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Tanja Hamer
4.02 · 109 ratings
other-man-woman · contemporary · werewolves · urban fantasy · strong heroine · north-america · suspense · texas · young adult · sassy heroine · dystopian · vampires · paranormal · fae · length-long · witches · college · glimpses-kisses · demons · dark
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Katja Millay
4.28 · 107 ratings
contemporary · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · cold hero · cruel hero · florida · tearjerkers · mystery · bad boys · shy-hero · angst · open-door · abuse · dual-pov · high-school · usa · slut-shaming · death · m-f · virgin heroine
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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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Nicola Tyche
4.11 · 69 ratings
historical · alpha male · magic · love triangle · death · new adult · fantasy · from hate to love · abuse · mystery · high fantasy · aristocratic heroine · third-person-pov · dual-pov · political-intrigue · m-f · cruel hero · war · angst · open-door
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Emma Törzs
4.03 · 48 ratings
magic · death · m-f · mental-trauma · past-abuse · western-central-europe · found-family · past-child-neglect · f-f · latinx-mc · mystery · abuse-non-mc · europe · abuse · new adult · england · fantasy · past-child-abuse · independent heroine · queer
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Elizabeth Wetmore
3.72 · 45 ratings
dark · anthologies · length-long · historical · suspense · western · mystery · rape · contemporary · racism · abuse
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Kate Avelynn
3.51 · 38 ratings
angst · young adult · behind-doors · dub-con · disabilities and marks · sweet heroine · incest · non-hea · contemporary · tortured hero · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · secret-relationship · forbidden love · high-school · love triangle · torture-mcs · possessive hero · mental-trauma · dark
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Feehan C Christine Feehan
4.26 · 36 ratings
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Tara Langella
4.20 · 35 ratings
dark · contemporary · alpha male · paranormal · angst · mystery · new adult · abuse · suspense · fantasy · bdsm · primal-play
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Chelley St Clair
4.16 · 35 ratings
abuse · explicit-open-door · forced proximity · mystery · grumpy sunshine · cold hero · hurt-comfort · bdsm · tortured heroine · new adult · contemporary · tortured hero · m-f · bondage · dark · abduction · north-america · usa · suspense · vengeance
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Kai Kennicott
4.02 · 34 ratings
dark · abduction · class difference · misogyny · grumpy sunshine · forbidden love · dub-con · suspense · mafia · other-man-woman · marriage of convenience · bondage · new adult · contemporary · bdsm · from hate to love · body-betrayal · arranged marriage · victim-blaming · mystery
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Wen Ross
4.02 · 34 ratings
class difference · abduction · forbidden love · grumpy sunshine · misogyny · suspense · dub-con · marriage of convenience · contemporary · mafia · other-man-woman · bondage · body-betrayal · bdsm · from hate to love · new adult · length-medium · abuse · angst · mystery
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Alexandra Sirowy
3.61 · 29 ratings
suspense · mystery · horror · paranormal · contemporary · dark · young adult · fantasy · length-long
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Caroline Frost
3.82 · 29 ratings
suspense · mystery · contemporary · dark · abuse · historical · new adult · young adult · length-long
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Sky Blu
3.87 · 26 ratings
suspense · working class heroine · spanking · shy heroine · victim-blaming · abuse · new adult · past-child-abuse · super rich hero · slut-shaming · death · alpha male · horror · usa · age difference · cheating · forced proximity · birth-control-non-con · fetish · double-penetration
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Kimberly A. Bettes
3.67 · 22 ratings
horror · captive · dark · abuse · contemporary · rape · mystery · strong heroine · suspense · length-short · abduction · pregnancy · bdsm
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Sarah Hollowell
3.92 · 20 ratings
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