Susan Kay
4.29 · 67 ratings
mystery · historical · paranormal · fantasy · length-epic · muslim · tudors · male-pov · animal-abuse · death · first-person-pov · victorian · past-abuse · terminal-illness · christian · horror · length-long · abuse-non-mc · dark · open-door
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S.T. Abby
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Jasmine Mas
3.97 · 1455 ratings
strong heroine · dual-pov · graphic-violence · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · paranormal · poly · m-m · from hate to love · sassy heroine · m-m-f · bad boys · dangerous heroine · non-human-hero · warrior-heroine · possessive hero · alpha male · gifted heroine · bisexual · queer
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Liv Zander
3.93 · 1015 ratings
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Morgan B. Lee
4.41 · 636 ratings
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Peter V. Brett
4.16 · 302 ratings
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Delia Owens
4.05 · 288 ratings
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Alina May
4.12 · 265 ratings
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Emily Brontë
3.64 · 260 ratings
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Gail Honeyman
4.11 · 235 ratings
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Gigi Styx
4.03 · 211 ratings
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Mary Shelley
3.88 · 164 ratings
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Julie Belfield
4.21 · 131 ratings
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Gaston Leroux
3.95 · 118 ratings
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Katja Millay
4.26 · 112 ratings
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V.E.S. Pullen
4.34 · 107 ratings
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Geneva Lee Albin
3.74 · 99 ratings
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Jaysea Lynn
4.41 · 88 ratings
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Julia Armfield
3.81 · 71 ratings
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Penny Jessup
3.50 · 71 ratings
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Kelly Cove
4.07 · 69 ratings
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Zara Bell
4.16 · 66 ratings
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Kerri Andrews
3.79 · 38 ratings
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Ken Wakui
4.38 · 37 ratings
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Cortney L. Winn
4.02 · 37 ratings
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Joey Parker
3.78 · 25 ratings
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Hwang DoTol
4.16 · 24 ratings
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Mia Darling
3.75 · 22 ratings
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Layney Jones
3.90 · 21 ratings
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