Colm Tóibín
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S.E. Hinton
4.03 · 292 ratings
nerdy-hero · shy-hero · abuse · substance abuse · angst · vengeance · bisexual · north-america · small town · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · sweet-hero · found-family · survival · oklahoma · length-novella · audiobook · m-f · young adult · slow burn
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Delia Owens
4.05 · 288 ratings
survival · independent heroine · poor heroine · 20th century · age difference · non-trad-hea · mystery · usa · mental-trauma · second chances · north-carolina · open-door · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · other-man-woman · love triangle · death · length-long · historical · small town
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Emily Brontë
3.64 · 260 ratings
betrayal · possessive hero · alpha male · glimpses-kisses · grovel · pregnancy · cold hero · georgian · insta-love · united-kingdom · torture-mcs · mental-trauma · dark · abuse-mc · british-isles · tortured heroine · non-hea · first-person-pov · victorian · cruel hero
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Gail Honeyman
4.11 · 235 ratings
suicide · alcoholism · contemporary · glimpses-kisses · neurodivergent · found-family · survival · sweet-hero · fatphobia · competent heroine · slow burn · cold heroine · office · suspense · grumpy sunshine · child-death · angst · mental illness · abuse · working class heroine
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Mathilde Tamae-Bouhon
4.13 · 211 ratings
queer · angst · mystery · friends to lovers · christmas · humor · secret-relationship · male-pov · fantasy · lgbtqia hate · m-m · glimpses-kisses · audiobook · contemporary · multicultural · other-man-woman · christian · love triangle · found-family · first-person-pov
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Yulin Kuang
3.87 · 154 ratings
office · competent heroine · third-person-pov · child-death · grumpy sunshine · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · suicide · hurt-comfort · california · friends-benefits · dual-pov · found-family · multicultural · sweet-hero · tortured hero · north-america · victim-blaming · substance abuse
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Bree Wiley
4.14 · 137 ratings
m-m · hurt-comfort · angst · forced proximity · contemporary · audiobook · queer · caretaking · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · dark · cold hero · anal sex · possessive hero · dual-pov · sweet-hero · secret-relationship · self harm · past-child-abuse
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Gaston Leroux
3.95 · 118 ratings
childfree-couple · shy-hero · dark · abuse · mental-trauma · arranged marriage · shy heroine · horror · other-man-woman · victorian · cruel hero · first-person-pov · teacher-hero · historical · love triangle · poor heroine · 20th century · death · virgin heroine · past-abuse
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Kaliane Bradley
3.65 · 109 ratings
nerdy-hero · friends to lovers · bisexual · shy-hero · queer · childfree-couple · length-medium · open-door · military · historical · first-person-pov · death · east-asian-mc · futuristic · independent heroine · war · non-trad-hea · misogyny · southeast-asian-mc · humor
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V.E.S. Pullen
4.34 · 107 ratings
reverse harem · independent heroine · forced proximity · usa · death · abuse · science fiction · sassy heroine · competent heroine · poly · contemporary · found-family · mental-trauma · abuse-non-mc · torture-mcs · past-child-neglect · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · past-child-abuse · north-america
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M.A. Carrick
4.25 · 105 ratings
magic · historical · fantasy · mystery · independent heroine · m-f · found-family · competent heroine · political-intrigue · sassy heroine · poor heroine · hurt-comfort · third-person-pov · strong heroine · vengeance · outlaw-heroine · class difference · superheroes · f-f · dangerous heroine
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Penny Jessup
3.50 · 71 ratings
fated-mates · male-pov · fantasy · forced proximity · mystery · super rich hero · non-trad-hea · werewolves · length-medium · shy-hero · childfree-couple · usa · nerdy-hero · death · magic · m-m · shapeshifters · queer-awakening · royalty · lgbtqia hate
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Zara Bell
4.16 · 66 ratings
from hate to love · boss & employee · friends to lovers · open-door · sweet heroine · working class heroine · angst · rape-non-mc · mental illness · substance abuse · england · height-difference · actors · class difference · tortured hero · new adult · self harm · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · slut-shaming
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Amor Towles
3.96 · 63 ratings
super rich hero · class difference · 20th century · independent heroine · first-person-pov · north-america · working class heroine · substance abuse · length-medium · usa · competent heroine · racism · behind-doors · audiobook · contemporary · new-york-state · historical
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Douglas Stuart
4.41 · 62 ratings
queer · past-child-neglect · working class hero · rape-non-mc · child-sexual-abuse · substance abuse · dark · length-medium · open-door · historical · graphic-violence · death · mental-trauma · scotland · alcoholism · non-trad-hea · child-death · sweet-hero · betrayal · audiobook
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Katie Holt
3.96 · 56 ratings
curvy heroine · from hate to love · sassy heroine · working class heroine · north-america · new adult · class difference · sweet-hero · college · contemporary · multicultural · audiobook · m-f · grumpy sunshine · strong heroine · slow burn · competent heroine · forced proximity · humor · christmas
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Alice Winn
4.64 · 53 ratings
friends to lovers · religious-trauma · mental-trauma · dark · length-medium · graphic-violence · torture-mcs · jewish · open-door · high-school · france · military · historical · cruel hero · death · 20th century · europe · sunny hero · male-pov · war
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Kate Avelynn
3.49 · 40 ratings
dark · length-medium · secret-relationship · forbidden love · angst · abuse · sweet heroine · past-child-abuse · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · m-f · audiobook · contemporary · young adult · dub-con · siblings-bff · non-trad-hea · possessive hero
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Louise Kennedy
4.04 · 39 ratings
new adult · war · contemporary · m-f · other-man-woman · death · audiobook · historical · length-medium · ireland · british-isles · cheating · united-kingdom · teacher-heroine · northern-ireland · behind-doors · age difference · third-person-pov · forbidden love · secret-relationship
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Zaina Arafat
3.68 · 38 ratings
new-york-state · past-child-abuse · lebanon · bisexual · angst · queer · substance abuse · working class heroine · lgbtqia hate · religious-trauma · racism · m-f · kentucky · audiobook · contemporary · muslim · non-trad-hea · eating disorder · west-asia · f-f
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Chloe Michelle Howarth
4.24 · 37 ratings
small town · slut-shaming · tortured heroine · 20th century · poor heroine · alcoholism · queer-awakening · drug-abuse · queer · angst · substance abuse · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · f-f · lgbtqia hate · length-medium · ireland · religious-trauma · mental-trauma · young adult
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London Sperry
3.89 · 34 ratings
usa · open-door · friends to lovers · humor · working class heroine · new adult · north-america · independent heroine · poor heroine · sunny hero · found-family · new-york-state · death · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · grumpy sunshine · working class hero · length-medium
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Venessa Vida Kelley
4.14 · 30 ratings
new-york-state · length-long · first-person-pov · historical · usa · shy-hero · working class hero · non-human-hero · torture-mcs · behind-doors · fantasy · 20th century · monsters · latinx-mc · multicultural · ableism · audiobook · sweet-hero · found-family · urban fantasy
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A. Rae Dunlap
3.96 · 30 ratings
bad boys · audiobook · college · sweet-hero · suspense · slow burn · office · forbidden love · queer · england · lgbtqia hate · secret-relationship · friends to lovers · tortured hero · class difference · queer-awakening · regency · m-m · new adult · scotland
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Jardine Libaire
3.31 · 28 ratings
multicultural · latinx-mc · new adult · north-america · poor heroine · audiobook · class difference · super rich hero · sassy heroine · forbidden love · substance abuse · drug-abuse · third-person-pov · shy-hero · explicit-open-door · usa · cold heroine · length-medium · new-york-state · sweet-hero
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Fallon English
3.79 · 27 ratings
sweet-hero · reverse harem · grovel · dual-pov · found-family · contemporary · poly · m-f · hurt-comfort · grumpy sunshine · europe · somnophilia · alpha male · sunny hero · super rich hero · boss & employee · royalty · secret-relationship · creative-anatomy · sassy heroine
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Hwang DoTol
4.16 · 24 ratings
abduction · length-medium · sassy heroine · royalty · vengeance · angst · virgin hero · sweet heroine · new adult · height-difference · rich heroine · graphic-violence · mental illness · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · found-family · sweet-hero · m-f · betrayal · alpha male
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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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