The Real Virginia Andrews
3.78 · 521 ratings
suspense · audiobook · contemporary · horror · mystery · dark · length-long · first-person-pov · abuse · m-f · open-door · incest · young adult · dub-con · slow burn · new adult · rape · forbidden love · high-school · historical
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S.T. Abby
4.43 · 3102 ratings
suspense · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · alpha male · abuse · forbidden love · lgbtqia hate · usa · childfree-couple · dangerous heroine · strong heroine · men in uniform · dual-pov · disabilities and marks · outlaw-heroine · north-america · rape · vengeance · west-virginia
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Gillian Flynn
4.01 · 700 ratings
dark · usa · death · first-person-pov · mystery · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · abuse · mental-trauma · length-medium · open-door · standalone · behind-doors · in-her-30s · past-abuse · cruel hero · other-man-woman · standalone-first · missouri
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Delia Owens
4.07 · 354 ratings
betrayal · audiobook · independent heroine · 20th century · poor heroine · mystery · non-trad-hea · age difference · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · second chances · north-carolina · usa · mental-trauma · open-door · historical · love triangle · death · length-long · other-man-woman
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Julie Belfield
4.14 · 279 ratings
past-abuse · height-difference · new adult · gifted heroine · lgbtqia hate · religious-trauma · from hate to love · sassy heroine · royalty · fae · torture-scs · rape-non-mc · mental illness · political-intrigue · abuse · paranormal · suspense · found-family · slut-shaming · miscarriage
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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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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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Elizabeth Haynes
3.79 · 136 ratings
contemporary · suspense · audiobook · length-long · mystery · dark · abuse · heroine sleuth · cruel hero · standalone-first · m-f · tortured heroine · standalone · length-medium · explicit-open-door · slow burn · forced proximity · friends to lovers · new adult
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Katja Millay
4.29 · 131 ratings
first-person-pov · florida · tortured hero · north-america · abuse · angst · sassy heroine · friends to lovers · suspense · slow burn · young adult · strong heroine · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · slut-shaming · dual-pov · virgin heroine · male-pov · miscarriage
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Tanja Hamer
4.00 · 125 ratings
first-person-pov · first-in-series · gifted heroine · teenage-mmc · north-america · shapeshifters · fae · vampires · sassy heroine · dystopian · teenage-fmc · suspense · paranormal · young adult · strong heroine · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · urban fantasy · college
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Emma Cline
3.43 · 90 ratings
contemporary · abuse · new adult · audiobook · mystery · historical · dark · suspense · length-medium · 20th century · young adult · open-door
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Julia Armfield
3.82 · 80 ratings
mental-trauma · f-f · mystery · fantasy · dark · mental illness · queer · science fiction · length-short · non-hea · dual-pov · death · first-person-pov · caretaking · horror · contemporary · terminal-illness · behind-doors · audiobook · grumpy sunshine
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Poppy St. John
3.77 · 76 ratings
contemporary · alpha male · length-medium · dual-pov · m-f · audiobook · competent heroine · suspense · explicit-plentiful · abuse · mafia · standalone-first · age difference · forced proximity · super rich hero · spanking · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · tycoon · angst
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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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Emma Törzs
4.09 · 65 ratings
tortured hero · length-long · past-child-abuse · death · gifted heroine · new adult · north-america · vengeance · england · queer · sweet heroine · abuse · third-person-pov · paranormal · competent heroine · suspense · western-central-europe · strong heroine · m-f · contemporary
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Sierra Greer
3.93 · 65 ratings
non-trad-hea · cold hero · strong heroine · eating disorder · misogyny · futuristic · independent heroine · length-short · body-betrayal · super rich hero · possessive hero · horror · cruel hero · first-person-pov · new-york-state · usa · mental-trauma · abuse-non-mc · torture-mcs · abuse-mc
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Kerri Andrews
3.61 · 53 ratings
first-person-pov · tortured heroine · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · self harm · past-child-abuse · height-difference · class difference · cliffhanger · substance abuse · forbidden love · high fantasy · secret-relationship · from hate to love · royalty · religious-trauma · cheating · slow burn · paranormal · suspense
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Chelley St Clair
4.13 · 50 ratings
height-difference · bondage · bdsm · death · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · dark · usa · explicit-open-door · torture-mcs · past-child-neglect · cold hero · human-trafficking · mystery · forced proximity · famous heroine · male-pov · praise-kink · spanking
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David Sodergren
4.26 · 49 ratings
angst · vengeance · sweet heroine · torture-scs · mental illness · open-door · sassy heroine · self harm · small town · disabilities and marks · shapeshifters · mature couple · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · found-family · survival · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · paranormal
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Wallis Kinney
3.90 · 49 ratings
usa · length-medium · second chances · demons · death · magic · witches · independent heroine · monsters · fantasy · forced proximity · humor · mystery · suspense · paranormal · competent heroine · contemporary · audiobook · m-f · betrayal
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C.E. McGill
3.91 · 34 ratings
monsters · urban fantasy · audiobook · fantasy · mystery · f-f · western · queer · dark · suspense · paranormal · death · length-long · historical · victorian · contemporary · horror
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Madeline Taylor
4.39 · 31 ratings
possessive hero · m-f · audiobook · betrayal · survival · bad boys · hurt-comfort · paranormal · competent heroine · cold heroine · slow burn · political-intrigue · strong heroine · fae · forbidden love · abuse · rape-non-mc · torture-scs · sassy heroine · from hate to love
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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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Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)
4.31 · 28 ratings
bad boys · new adult · abuse · angst · from hate to love · friends to lovers · suspense · second chances · cheating · open-door · contemporary · audiobook · rockstars · m-f · length-long · dual-pov
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L. Pierce
3.76 · 27 ratings
grumpy sunshine · cold hero · strong heroine · suspense · competent heroine · hurt-comfort · found-family · dual-pov · contemporary · audiobook · neurodivergent · m-f · alpha male · rich heroine · new adult · mafia · from hate to love · disabilities and marks · abuse · torture-scs
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Shailee Thompson
4.43 · 24 ratings
humor · competent heroine · suspense · forced proximity · strong heroine · grumpy sunshine · m-f · alpha male · audiobook · contemporary · survival · sweet-hero · men in uniform · late-20s-fmc · tortured hero · torture-scs · sassy heroine · childfree-couple · open-door · dark
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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
second chances · child-sexual-abuse · usa · incest · standalone-first · length-long · death · exhibitionism · super rich hero · bad boys · non-trad-hea · fantasy · paranormal · competent heroine · suspense · m-f · alpha male · audiobook · contemporary · college
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Sarah Hollowell
3.97 · 21 ratings
bisexual · young adult · queer · time travel · abuse · mental illness · mystery · fantasy · horror · audiobook · contemporary · survival · neurodivergent · death · paranormal · suspense · dark · length-medium
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