Colm Tóibín
3.64 · 87 ratings
20th century · death · historical · length-medium · audiobook · contemporary · argentina · non-trad-hea · virgin heroine · poor heroine · love triangle · new-york-state · first-person-pov · terminal-illness · working class hero · behind-doors · shy heroine · usa · secret-relationship · south-america
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Lyla Sage
3.98 · 1036 ratings
explicit-open-door · working class hero · first-person-pov · wyoming · dual-pov · small town · north-america · western · usa · forced proximity · humor · competent heroine · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · found-family · strong heroine · cowboys · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero
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Delia Owens
4.06 · 320 ratings
betrayal · 20th century · independent heroine · mystery · poor heroine · age difference · non-trad-hea · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · usa · north-carolina · second chances · death · love triangle · historical · length-long · open-door · other-man-woman · north-america
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S.E. Hinton
4.02 · 314 ratings
found-family · male-pov · 20th century · oklahoma · sunny hero · bad boys · glimpses-kisses · mystery · tearjerkers · mental-trauma · usa · nerdy-hero · shy-hero · high-school · working class hero · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · graphic-violence · death · non-hea
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Emily Brontë
3.64 · 293 ratings
historical · slavery · class difference · small town · tortured hero · self harm · rich heroine · victim-blaming · substance abuse · angst · vengeance · friends to lovers · slow burn · gambling · dub-con · birth-control-non-con · strong heroine · multicultural · ableism · racism
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Gail Honeyman
4.11 · 254 ratings
first-person-pov · tortured heroine · non-hea · death · caretaking · other-man-woman · asexual-heroine · past-abuse · past-child-neglect · working class hero · past-sexual-abuse · nerdy-hero · mental-trauma · humor · non-trad-hea · mystery · plain heroine · alcoholism · independent heroine · poor heroine
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Mathilde Tamae-Bouhon
4.09 · 238 ratings
queer-awakening · m-m · lgbtqia hate · secret-relationship · friends to lovers · angst · queer · young adult · slow burn · found-family · sweet-hero · audiobook · contemporary · multicultural · glimpses-kisses · male-pov · humor · christmas · mystery · high-school
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Yulin Kuang
3.89 · 174 ratings
substance abuse · shy heroine · working class hero · high-school · usa · mental-trauma · length-medium · east-asian-mc · tortured heroine · death · caretaking · explicit-open-door · new-jersey · possessive hero · praise-kink · independent heroine · sunny hero · forced proximity · drug-abuse · strong heroine
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Gaston Leroux
3.99 · 129 ratings
age difference · mystery · 20th century · poor heroine · virgin heroine · europe · glimpses-kisses · monsters · other-man-woman · horror · possessive hero · victorian · historical · cruel hero · teacher-hero · love triangle · first-person-pov · childfree-couple · shy-hero · dark
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Kaliane Bradley
3.64 · 125 ratings
non-trad-hea · humor · forced proximity · misogyny · southeast-asian-mc · fantasy · mystery · futuristic · independent heroine · war · military · death · historical · first-person-pov · east-asian-mc · length-medium · nerdy-hero · shy-hero · childfree-couple · open-door
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V.E.S. Pullen
4.30 · 116 ratings
abuse-non-mc · torture-mcs · science fiction · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · strong heroine · survival · north-america · past-child-abuse · dystopian · angst · usa · death · reverse harem · independent heroine · forced proximity · competent heroine · found-family
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Penny Jessup
3.52 · 72 ratings
angst · werewolves · length-medium · shy-hero · childfree-couple · usa · nerdy-hero · death · magic · fated-mates · male-pov · fantasy · forced proximity · mystery · super rich hero · non-trad-hea · young adult · suspense · paranormal · found-family
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Alice Winn
4.62 · 64 ratings
m-m · new adult · queer-awakening · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · lgbtqia hate · religious-trauma · england · queer · mental illness · forbidden love · grumpy sunshine · western-central-europe · slow burn · racism · third-person-pov · child-death · hurt-comfort
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Douglas Stuart
4.41 · 63 ratings
non-trad-hea · child-death · sweet-hero · audiobook · betrayal · m-m · queer-awakening · victim-blaming · class difference · rape · tortured hero · secret-relationship · friends to lovers · lgbtqia hate · queer · abuse · forbidden love · mental illness · rape-non-mc · working class hero
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Jonah Yorke
4.41 · 46 ratings
audiobook · cold hero · anal sex · humor · male-pov · possessive hero · caretaking · other-man-woman · terminal-illness · past-abuse · first-person-pov · length-long · death · child-sexual-abuse · usa · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · past-sexual-abuse · angst · mental illness
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Wallis Kinney
3.84 · 45 ratings
angst · usa · demons · second chances · length-medium · death · magic · monsters · witches · independent heroine · humor · fantasy · mystery · forced proximity · suspense · competent heroine · paranormal · found-family · audiobook · contemporary
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London Sperry
3.79 · 43 ratings
independent heroine · poor heroine · north-america · sunny hero · new adult · working class heroine · friends to lovers · humor · length-medium · usa · open-door · grumpy sunshine · working class hero · contemporary · audiobook · m-f · new-york-state · death · found-family
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Kate Avelynn
3.51 · 42 ratings
mental-trauma · dark · length-medium · incest · high-school · torture-mcs · shy heroine · behind-doors · love triangle · non-hea · first-person-pov · virgin heroine · tortured heroine · possessive hero · bad boys · non-trad-hea · siblings-bff · young adult · dub-con · audiobook
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Louise Kennedy
4.04 · 39 ratings
british-isles · secret-relationship · teacher-heroine · third-person-pov · age difference · forbidden love · alcoholism · new adult · war · 20th century · europe · death · historical · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · other-man-woman · united-kingdom · behind-doors · northern-ireland
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Zaina Arafat
3.67 · 37 ratings
muslim · non-trad-hea · eating disorder · f-f · west-asia · length-medium · mental-trauma · palestine · open-door · jordan · usa · france · italy · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · new-york-state · past-child-abuse · lebanon · angst · bisexual
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Monica Wood
4.32 · 35 ratings
angst · working class hero · behind-doors · length-medium · competent heroine · teacher-heroine · death · maine · third-person-pov · found-family · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · terminal-illness · mature couple · alcoholism · first-person-pov · dual-pov · small town · male-pov
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Venessa Vida Kelley
4.22 · 35 ratings
paranormal · racism · multicultural · ableism · audiobook · sweet-hero · found-family · urban fantasy · dual-pov · demi-sexual-hero · disabilities and marks · north-america · m-m · abuse · queer · forbidden love · virgin hero · secret-relationship · lgbtqia hate · abduction
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Fallon English
3.74 · 34 ratings
sweet heroine · virgin hero · angst · secret-relationship · creative-anatomy · class difference · tortured hero · double-penetration · rich heroine · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · grumpy sunshine · somnophilia · cold hero · anal sex · omegaverse · virgin heroine · grovel · sunny hero
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Lexi LaFleur Brown
3.51 · 30 ratings
bisexual · mental illness · queer · angst · working class heroine · lgbtqia hate · sassy heroine · friends to lovers · past-child-neglect · tortured hero · class difference · explicit-open-door · sports · height-difference · north-america · m-f · washington · audiobook · contemporary · slut-shaming
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A. Rae Dunlap
3.96 · 30 ratings
length-medium · lgbtqia hate · secret-relationship · friends to lovers · forbidden love · dark · queer · england · queer-awakening · regency · m-m · new adult · tortured hero · class difference · college · sweet-hero · audiobook · suspense · slow burn · office
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Reese Dante
3.40 · 26 ratings
fantasy · forced proximity · strong heroine · birth-control-non-con · dub-con · grumpy sunshine · suicide · multicultural · urban fantasy · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · tortured hero · class difference · fetish · victim-blaming · rich heroine · north-america · angst · sweet heroine · abduction
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Hwang DoTol
4.11 · 25 ratings
competent heroine · commander · humor · fantasy · forced proximity · cold hero · war · cheerful heroine · possessive hero · witches · virgin heroine · historical · magic · super rich hero · death · other-man-woman · caretaking · aristocratic heroine · career professional · arranged marriage
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Glen Lloyd
3.96 · 22 ratings
independent heroine · military · queer · lgbtqia hate · war · bisexual · drug-abuse · m-m-f · cheerful heroine · found-family · anal sex · working class hero · alpha male · poly · m-f · mental-trauma · slut-shaming · men in uniform · possessive hero · death
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Sandy Alvarez
4.07 · 21 ratings
possessive hero · m-f · audiobook · contemporary · alpha male · spanking · washington · found-family · competent heroine · slut-shaming · suspense · dual-pov · bikers · working class heroine · sweet heroine · abduction · torture-scs · past-child-abuse · small town · new adult
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