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Liz Carlyle
3.70 · 585 ratings
historical · regency · m-f · length-long · explicit-open-door · length-medium · mystery · victorian · class difference · open-door · tortured hero · fantasy · audiobook · paranormal · poor heroine · contemporary · virgin heroine · strong heroine · independent heroine · secret child
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Jean M. Auel
3.87 · 482 ratings
historical · fantasy · explicit-open-door · audiobook · length-epic · m-f · ancient times · young adult · length-long · miscarriage · animal-death · love triangle · other-man-woman · rape · abuse · science fiction · mystery · rape-mc · child-sexual-abuse · open-door
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Robin LaFevers
4.04 · 336 ratings
royalty · paranormal · young adult · audiobook · fantasy · historical · magic · medieval · gifted heroine · abuse · suspense · western-central-europe · m-f · europe · dangerous heroine · mystery · death · length-long · strong heroine · urban fantasy
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Arthur Golden
3.95 · 322 ratings
asia · length-epic · abuse · sweet heroine · east-asia · human-trafficking · age difference · mystery · behind-doors · war · japan · m-f · multicultural · audiobook · first-person-pov · east-asian-mc · historical · sweet-hero · dark · suspense
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William Goldman
4.33 · 297 ratings
pirates · forbidden love · sweet heroine · abuse-non-mc · childfree-couple · torture-mcs · fighters · behind-doors · magic · historical · love triangle · tortured heroine · other-man-woman · death · aristocratic heroine · bad boys · sunny hero · europe · male-pov · fantasy
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Bonnie Garmus
4.22 · 219 ratings
usa · single-mother · humor · pregnancy · nerdy-hero · non-trad-hea · angst · misogyny · rape · victim-blaming · 20th century · independent heroine · historical · found-family · death · neurodivergent · m-f · suicide · california · career professional
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Gigi Styx
4.03 · 211 ratings
torture-mcs · past-sexual-abuse · m-f · betrayal · bdsm · bondage · dark · dual-pov · contemporary · suspense · torture-scs · length-epic · possessive hero · hurt-comfort · abduction · past-child-abuse · forced proximity · alpha male · audiobook · tortured heroine
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Victor Hugo
4.07 · 165 ratings
historical · audiobook · length-epic · medieval · length-long · other-man-woman · glimpses-kisses · war · fantasy · mystery · time travel · suspense · paranormal · love triangle · death · survival · christian
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Elena Ferrante
4.10 · 157 ratings
audiobook · historical · length-epic · contemporary · 20th century · south-europe · length-novella · mystery · italy · first-person-pov · europe · length-medium · glimpses-kisses
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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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John Lee
4.05 · 105 ratings
humor · secret-relationship · suspense · third-person-pov · behind-doors · political-intrigue · himbo · m-f · christian · france · aristocratic heroine · historical · dub-con · length-long · men in uniform · suicide · europe · sunny hero · death · rape
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Walter Covell
4.05 · 105 ratings
historical · suicide · europe · sunny hero · death · tudors · alcoholism · rape · england · sweet heroine · audiobook · mystery · humor · secret-relationship · suspense · third-person-pov · himbo · dub-con · behind-doors · political-intrigue
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Sylvie Thorel-Cailleteau
4.05 · 105 ratings
men in uniform · suicide · death · europe · tudors · sunny hero · rape · alcoholism · audiobook · england · sweet heroine · secret-relationship · mystery · humor · suspense · third-person-pov · himbo · behind-doors · political-intrigue · aristocratic heroine
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Giorgio Manganelli
4.05 · 105 ratings
behind-doors · political-intrigue · england · sweet heroine · mystery · humor · secret-relationship · europe · sunny hero · tudors · alcoholism · rape · aristocratic heroine · christian · m-f · france · length-long · men in uniform · historical · suicide
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Александр Дюма
4.05 · 105 ratings
europe · length-long · historical · sunny hero · aristocratic heroine · men in uniform · m-f · christian · france · himbo · behind-doors · political-intrigue · suspense · dub-con · suicide · death · mystery · humor · secret-relationship · third-person-pov
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S.N. Rizvi
4.04 · 104 ratings
himbo · dub-con · behind-doors · political-intrigue · suspense · third-person-pov · men in uniform · length-long · death · historical · aristocratic heroine · france · m-f · christian · tudors · suicide · rape · alcoholism · audiobook · europe
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Laura Kamoie
4.24 · 100 ratings
historical · length-epic · france · military · virginia · north-america · audiobook · length-long · 20th century · usa · war · new adult
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Kate Nelligan
4.25 · 41 ratings
historical · suspense · paranormal · horror · length-epic · audiobook · contemporary · vampires · mystery · fantasy · urban fantasy
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David Purdham
4.25 · 41 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · vampires · mystery · fantasy · urban fantasy · historical · suspense · horror · paranormal · length-epic
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Laura Jordan
4.03 · 36 ratings
texas · arranged marriage · shy heroine · friends to lovers · incest · usa · graphic-violence · rape-mc · historical · tortured heroine · death · caretaking · open-door · military · cruel hero · cheerful heroine · bad boys · poor heroine · grovel · possessive hero
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J.S. Anthony
4.36 · 24 ratings
racism · sweet heroine · past-child-neglect · western · small town · historical western · multicultural · m-f · other-man-woman · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · historical · found-family · cheating · indigenous-mc · length-medium · slow burn · cowboys · third-person-pov · behind-doors
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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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