Gillian Flynn
4.00 · 527 ratings
contemporary · suspense · open-door · abuse · mystery · first-person-pov · dark · death · usa · pregnancy · dual-pov · mental illness · dangerous heroine · misogyny · small town · self harm · male-pov · heroine sleuth · other-man-woman · tortured hero
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S.T. Abby
4.44 · 1937 ratings
men in uniform · alpha male · abuse · lgbtqia hate · strong heroine · rape · outlaw-heroine · vengeance · small town · m-f · dark · dual-pov · working class hero · past-sexual-abuse · disabilities and marks · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · contemporary · childfree-couple · suspense
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Jasmine Mas
4.07 · 1127 ratings
sassy heroine · gifted heroine · from hate to love · reverse harem · first-person-pov · poly · dual-pov · dangerous heroine · warrior-heroine · bisexual · humor · fantasy · alpha male · forced proximity · strong heroine · graphic-violence · tortured heroine · possessive hero · paranormal · m-m-f
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Liv Zander
3.92 · 755 ratings
death · alpha male · child-death · abuse · fantasy · dub-con · vengeance · graphic-violence · forced proximity · torture-mcs · possessive hero · m-f · tortured heroine · cold hero · royalty · consensual-non-con · magic · spanking · from hate to love · tortured hero
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Morgan B. Lee
4.35 · 339 ratings
height-difference · super rich hero · past-child-abuse · warrior-heroine · sassy heroine · competent heroine · dragon shifter · dangerous heroine · mental illness · fae · paranormal · college · possessive hero · sunny hero · poly · mental-trauma · past-abuse · abuse-non-mc · past-child-neglect · shapeshifters
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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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Emily Brontë
3.61 · 222 ratings
angst · england · rich heroine · religious-trauma · caretaking · cold hero · victorian · cruel hero · grovel · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · m-f · dark · mental-trauma · abuse-mc · survival · possessive hero · torture-mcs · terminal-illness · cold heroine
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Gail Honeyman
4.11 · 217 ratings
suspense · slow burn · competent heroine · working class heroine · suicide · past-child-neglect · fatphobia · contemporary · other-man-woman · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · glimpses-kisses · curvy-hero · office · mental illness · grumpy sunshine · cold heroine · child-death · working class hero · neurodivergent
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Melissa Blair
4.06 · 162 ratings
magic · death · fantasy · tortured hero · strong heroine · high fantasy · graphic-violence · m-f · past-abuse · disabilities and marks · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · war · non-human-heroine · non-human-hero · warrior-heroine · paranormal · fae · independent heroine · gifted heroine
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Xiran Jay Zhao
4.11 · 149 ratings
dark · past-abuse · dystopian · vengeance · high fantasy · suicide · strong heroine · racism · asia · new adult · lgbtqia hate · gifted heroine · past-child-abuse · futuristic · arranged marriage · aliens · independent heroine · from hate to love · bisexual · non-trad-hea
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Bryn Greenwood
4.10 · 119 ratings
contemporary · mystery · height-difference · dual-pov · poor heroine · m-f · mental-trauma · tortured heroine · angst · past-child-neglect · substance abuse · strong heroine · north-america · small town · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · usa · death · independent heroine · past-child-abuse
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Katja Millay
4.28 · 107 ratings
mental-trauma · past-abuse · friends to lovers · male-pov · sassy heroine · young adult · length-long · suspense · slow burn · strong heroine · north-america · second chances · tortured hero · contemporary · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · cold hero · cruel hero · florida · tearjerkers
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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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Kate Chopin
3.65 · 106 ratings
secret-relationship · misogyny · forbidden love · third-person-pov · friends-benefits · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · mental illness · self harm · north-america · strong heroine · non-hea · racism · contemporary · competent heroine · suicide · mature couple · bad boys · victim-blaming · rich heroine
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Julie Belfield
4.17 · 94 ratings
misogyny · paranormal · fae · rape-non-mc · animal-death · non-human-hero · height-difference · royalty · sassy heroine · incest · child-sexual-abuse · torture-scs · suspense · religious-trauma · abuse-non-mc · working class heroine · disabilities and marks · fighters · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov
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Nina Pennacchi
3.88 · 85 ratings
angst · dub-con · length-long · rape-mc · suspense · vengeance · competent heroine · suicide · british-isles · strong heroine · rape · height-difference · united-kingdom · graphic-violence · curvy heroine · tortured hero · child-sexual-abuse · historical · dual-pov · western-central-europe
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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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F.E. Bryce
4.24 · 68 ratings
slow burn · vengeance · spanking · bad boys · high fantasy · mature couple · fighters · childfree-couple · suicide · tortured heroine · fantasy · from hate to love · independent heroine · war · military · queer · gifted heroine · magic · possessive hero · cold hero
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Zara Bell
4.23 · 55 ratings
class difference · slut-shaming · possessive hero · death · alcoholism · m-f · poor heroine · betrayal · mental-trauma · himbo · past-sexual-abuse · terminal-illness · shy heroine · cheerful heroine · humor · angst · victim-blaming · drug-abuse · england · first-person-pov
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Paisley Hope
4.05 · 54 ratings
dub-con · sassy heroine · child-sexual-abuse · competent heroine · torture-scs · suspense · substance abuse · strong heroine · height-difference · north-america · tortured hero · bondage · contemporary · curvy heroine · graphic-violence · consensual-non-con · praise-kink · small town · male-pov · class difference
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I.V. Ophelia
3.81 · 49 ratings
magic · torture-mcs · monsters · rape-non-mc · animal-death · vampires · paranormal · dangerous heroine · graphic-violence · suspense · working class heroine · rape-mc · dub-con · creative-anatomy · suicide · non-human-hero · rape · cruel hero · victorian · independent heroine
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HC Dolores
4.19 · 42 ratings
class difference · connecticut · praise-kink · friends to lovers · contemporary · strong heroine · north-america · virgin hero · suicide · suspense · slow burn · working class heroine · graphic-violence · sassy heroine · dub-con · disabilities and marks · young adult · open-door · past-child-neglect · mystery
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Alexis Grace
4.07 · 41 ratings
suspense · graphic-violence · competent heroine · abuse-non-mc · m-f-m · dub-con · vengeance · torture-scs · contemporary · bondage · menage · praise-kink · heroine sleuth · abduction · double-penetration · sweet-hero · exhibitionism · reverse harem · forced proximity · usa
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Micah Nemerever
3.99 · 39 ratings
behind-doors · length-long · virgin hero · suicide · suspense · non-hea · tortured hero · contemporary · college · m-m · self harm · 20th century · class difference · male-pov · small town · secret-relationship · mental illness · animal-death · neurodivergent · past-sexual-abuse
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Emerald_Slytherin
4.46 · 38 ratings
m-f · dark · mental-trauma · abuse-mc · magic · survival · torture-mcs · death · alcoholism · slavery · possessive hero · found-family · dual-pov · angst · disabilities and marks · fighters · england · abuse · abuse-non-mc · bad boys
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Laura Jordan
4.03 · 36 ratings
virgin heroine · cowboys · abduction · hurt-comfort · poor heroine · sweet-hero · multicultural · historical western · small town · bodyguard-hero · forced proximity · male-pov · third-person-pov · friends to lovers · fake relationship · animal-death · texas · dub-con · incest · vengeance
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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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Thea Verdone
4.34 · 25 ratings
mental illness · third-person-pov · anal sex · dual-pov · neurodivergent · cheating · death · mental-trauma · dark · betrayal · super rich hero · queer · caretaking · mystery · past-child-neglect · length-medium · bisexual · angst · explicit-open-door · substance abuse
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Kate Raven
3.62 · 25 ratings
height-difference · career professional · caretaking · rockstars · independent heroine · strong heroine · first-person-pov · cold hero · forced-pregnancy · body-betrayal · canada · super rich hero · spanking · siblings-bff · humor · arranged marriage · rape · cold heroine · insta-love · pregnancy
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