Gillian Flynn
4.01 · 700 ratings
mystery · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · abuse · dark · usa · first-person-pov · death · competent heroine · cheating · cold heroine · misogyny · strong heroine · m-f · suicide · dual-pov · disabilities and marks · self harm · tortured hero
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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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Jasmine Mas
3.98 · 2105 ratings
forced proximity · fantasy · dark · from hate to love · paranormal · audiobook · cold hero · virgin heroine · war · past-abuse · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · graphic-violence · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · disabilities and marks · dual-pov · slow burn · strong heroine · dangerous heroine
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Liv Zander
3.92 · 1490 ratings
disabilities and marks · high fantasy · vengeance · strong heroine · dub-con · child-death · dual-pov · consensual-non-con · body-betrayal · anal sex · cold hero · abuse-non-mc · dark · graphic-violence · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · mental-trauma · bdsm · caretaking · cruel hero
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Morgan B. Lee
4.36 · 1232 ratings
past-abuse · shapeshifters · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · cold hero · sunny hero · dual-pov · vampires · virgin hero · magic · demons · male-pov · witches · reverse harem · fated-mates · misogyny · contemporary
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Rebecca Quinn
4.09 · 758 ratings
survival · dual-pov · men in uniform · strong heroine · grumpy sunshine · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · cold hero · sunny hero · contemporary · found-family · commander · masc-dom · exhibitionism · male-pov · dystopian · angst · sweet heroine · fetish
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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 · 336 ratings
england · torture-mcs · united-kingdom · insta-love · british-isles · torture-scs · dark · mental-trauma · abuse-mc · tortured heroine · non-hea · first-person-pov · caretaking · standalone · victorian · cruel hero · terminal-illness · possessive hero · glimpses-kisses · grovel
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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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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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Yulin Kuang
3.90 · 186 ratings
friends-benefits · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · dual-pov · found-family · contemporary · m-f · suicide · multicultural · grumpy sunshine · california · independent heroine · office · audiobook · competent heroine · third-person-pov · secret-relationship · from hate to love · child-death · slow burn
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Jaysea Lynn
4.17 · 165 ratings
child-sexual-abuse · nerdy-hero · demons · creative-anatomy · tall-heroine · death · independent heroine · male-pov · super rich hero · monsters · spanking · age difference · misogyny · fantasy · humor · competent heroine · paranormal · office · commander · m-f
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Bryn Greenwood
4.03 · 139 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · friends to lovers · length-medium · usa · standalone-first · death · independent heroine · mystery · competent heroine · suspense · m-f · new adult · height-difference · abuse · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · standalone · tortured heroine · poor heroine
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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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Katja Millay
4.29 · 131 ratings
mystery · tearjerkers · cold hero · bad boys · virgin heroine · male-pov · death · length-long · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · past-abuse · standalone-first · high-school · mental-trauma · usa · shy-hero · second chances · sassy heroine · friends to lovers · open-door
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V.E.S. Pullen
4.25 · 122 ratings
strong heroine · forced proximity · reverse harem · independent heroine · death · usa · science fiction · abuse · contemporary · poly · found-family · competent heroine · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · past-child-neglect · angst · dystopian
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Kath Richards
4.22 · 92 ratings
tortured heroine · first-person-pov · caretaking · insta-love · mental-trauma · dark · graphic-violence · pregnancy · explicit-open-door · massachusetts · dual-pov · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · strong heroine · abduction · angst · rich heroine · north-america · outlaw-heroine · death
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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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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
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
mystery · fantasy · forced proximity · humor · witches · independent heroine · monsters · death · magic · usa · demons · second chances · length-medium · working class heroine · rape-non-mc · forbidden love · mental illness · sassy heroine · from hate to love · gifted heroine
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Katie Ivey
3.90 · 48 ratings
dual-pov · male-pov · independent heroine · grovel · late-20s-mmc · forced proximity · iowa · usa · mental-trauma · second chances · standalone · working class hero · open-door · abuse-non-mc · past-child-neglect · past-abuse · other-man-woman · standalone-first · death · length-long
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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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Joey Parker
3.66 · 38 ratings
anal sex · north-america · illinois · explicit-plentiful · drug-abuse · alcoholism · sunny hero · body-betrayal · male-pov · first-person-pov · length-long · first-in-series · standalone-first · caretaking · past-abuse · past-child-neglect · hockey · torture-mcs · past-sexual-abuse · shy-hero
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Summer O'Toole
4.09 · 32 ratings
height-difference · mafia · masc-dom · from hate to love · sassy heroine · mma-boxing · explicit-plentiful · torture-scs · competent heroine · suspense · cold heroine · alpha male · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · spanking · bad boys · independent heroine · male-pov · misogyny
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Madeline Taylor
4.39 · 31 ratings
audiobook · m-f · betrayal · hurt-comfort · survival · cold heroine · slow burn · paranormal · competent heroine · political-intrigue · strong heroine · abuse · fae · rape-non-mc · sassy heroine · from hate to love · forbidden love · royalty · torture-scs · gifted heroine
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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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L. K. Steven
3.94 · 24 ratings
cold hero · f-f · dangerous heroine · fantasy · forced proximity · independent heroine · fated-mates · bad boys · caretaking · bondage · cruel hero · standalone-first · first-in-series · magic · tortured heroine · length-long · non-hea · nerdy-hero · dark · graphic-violence
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Callie Hart
3.95 · 21 ratings
non-trad-hea · fantasy · exhibitionism · super rich hero · bad boys · standalone-first · length-long · death · usa · second chances · child-sexual-abuse · incest · abuse · sassy heroine · masc-dom · new adult · height-difference · contemporary · alpha male · m-f
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