Brett Helquist
3.91 · 136 ratings
mystery · rape · aristocratic heroine · contemporary · behind-doors · length-long · dub-con · suicide · suspense · sweet heroine · secret-relationship · third-person-pov · tudors · death · men in uniform · alcoholism · sunny hero · m-f · dark · historical
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William Goldman
4.32 · 267 ratings
secret-relationship · third-person-pov · paranormal · forbidden love · abduction · friends to lovers · monsters · male-pov · class difference · pirates · witches · small town · tortured hero · other-man-woman · aristocratic heroine · royalty · sassy heroine · young adult · vengeance · high fantasy
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Delia Owens
4.04 · 248 ratings
young adult · angst · open-door · abuse · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · mystery · past-child-abuse · non-trad-hea · independent heroine · new adult · m-f · betrayal · poor heroine · mental-trauma · survival · death · love triangle · usa · historical
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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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Alex Michaelides
3.45 · 111 ratings
dark · behind-doors · england · length-long · animal-death · third-person-pov · graphic-violence · suspense · legends & fairy tales · mystery · mental illness · death · contemporary
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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 · christian · usa · cheating · historical · himbo · sunny hero · m-f · mental-trauma · past-abuse · survival · slut-shaming · non-trad-hea · victorian · super rich hero · louisiana · tortured heroine · angst · rich heroine · religious-trauma
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John Lee
4.02 · 99 ratings
france · tudors · sunny hero · alcoholism · third-person-pov · mystery · humor · secret-relationship · england · europe · length-long · himbo · historical · behind-doors · political-intrigue · suspense · christian · sweet heroine · dub-con · men in uniform
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Walter Covell
4.02 · 99 ratings
historical · behind-doors · length-long · political-intrigue · christian · england · suspense · sweet heroine · himbo · dub-con · suicide · men in uniform · m-f · france · aristocratic heroine · sunny hero · death · rape · tudors · alcoholism
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Sylvie Thorel-Cailleteau
4.02 · 99 ratings
dub-con · suicide · death · rape · alcoholism · tudors · europe · third-person-pov · england · mystery · humor · secret-relationship · christian · suspense · sweet heroine · historical · behind-doors · length-long · france · m-f
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S.N. Rizvi
4.02 · 99 ratings
rape · death · men in uniform · m-f · france · aristocratic heroine · sunny hero · political-intrigue · historical · length-long · behind-doors · christian · himbo · suspense · sweet heroine · dub-con · suicide · mystery · humor · secret-relationship
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Giorgio Manganelli
4.02 · 99 ratings
humor · secret-relationship · christian · suspense · political-intrigue · historical · behind-doors · length-long · m-f · france · sweet heroine · aristocratic heroine · himbo · sunny hero · dub-con · men in uniform · suicide · death · rape · alcoholism
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Александр Дюма
4.02 · 99 ratings
dub-con · suicide · death · rape · alcoholism · tudors · europe · third-person-pov · england · mystery · humor · secret-relationship · christian · suspense · sweet heroine · political-intrigue · historical · length-long · france · m-f
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Yulin Kuang
4.04 · 98 ratings
competent heroine · suicide · new-jersey · sweet heroine · tortured hero · contemporary · north-america · multicultural · praise-kink · friends-benefits · hurt-comfort · third-person-pov · mental illness · sweet-hero · office · forbidden love · secret-relationship · forced proximity · grumpy sunshine · child-death
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M.A. Carrick
4.28 · 97 ratings
found-family · historical · magic · independent heroine · fantasy · mystery · vengeance · outlaw-heroine · strong heroine · class difference · hurt-comfort · third-person-pov · political-intrigue · m-f · competent heroine · sassy heroine · men in uniform · gifted heroine · past-child-abuse · from hate to love
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Nina Pennacchi
3.88 · 85 ratings
rape-mc · suspense · vengeance · competent heroine · suicide · dub-con · british-isles · length-long · graphic-violence · child-sexual-abuse · curvy heroine · tortured hero · united-kingdom · strong heroine · rape · height-difference · historical · dual-pov · virgin heroine · dark
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Richard Roper
3.76 · 80 ratings
contemporary · angst · europe · shy-hero · abuse · slow burn · behind-doors · british-isles · united-kingdom · tortured hero · friends to lovers · male-pov · single-mother · mental illness · third-person-pov · working class hero · neurodivergent · death · mental-trauma · m-f
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Geneva Lee Albin
3.72 · 77 ratings
slow burn · dub-con · graphic-violence · europe · humor · cheerful heroine · spanking · open-door · super rich hero · fated-mates · caretaking · cold hero · fantasy · new adult · first-person-pov · virgin heroine · dark · poor heroine · alpha male · m-f
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Nicola Tyche
4.11 · 69 ratings
alpha male · magic · death · love triangle · historical · abuse · mystery · new adult · fantasy · from hate to love · aristocratic heroine · high fantasy · third-person-pov · m-f · political-intrigue · dual-pov · angst · open-door · cruel hero · war
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Christine Kling
3.79 · 66 ratings
historical · m-f · death · independent heroine · mystery · suspense · competent heroine · length-long · contemporary · 20th century · abduction · paranormal · third-person-pov · himbo · past-abuse · nerdy-hero · survival · betrayal · military · open-door
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I.V. Ophelia
3.81 · 49 ratings
horror · m-f · dark · abuse-mc · magic · love triangle · death · torture-mcs · cold heroine · dual-pov · historical · primal-play · past-sexual-abuse · abuse · animal-abuse · abuse-non-mc · england · explicit-open-door · independent heroine · victorian
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Jessica Morgan
3.97 · 48 ratings
behind-doors · political-intrigue · europe · england · mental illness · humor · rich heroine · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · new adult · contemporary · aristocratic heroine · second chances · m-f · love triangle · mental-trauma · death · miscarriage · first-person-pov · british-isles
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Emma Törzs
4.03 · 48 ratings
magic · death · m-f · mental-trauma · past-abuse · western-central-europe · found-family · past-child-neglect · f-f · latinx-mc · mystery · abuse-non-mc · europe · abuse · new adult · england · fantasy · past-child-abuse · independent heroine · queer
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Alice Winn
4.67 · 43 ratings
death · 20th century · jewish · alcoholism · male-pov · queer-awakening · friends to lovers · m-m · third-person-pov · mental illness · secret-relationship · suicide · grumpy sunshine · graphic-violence · slow burn · tortured hero · non-trad-hea · military · queer · lgbtqia hate
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Frances White
4.07 · 39 ratings
terminal-illness · paranormal · m-m · hurt-comfort · male-pov · pirates · second chances · behind-doors · length-long · young adult · royalty · suicide · suspense · torture-scs · high fantasy · graphic-violence · humor · mystery · disabilities and marks · angst
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Louise Kennedy
4.03 · 37 ratings
m-f · contemporary · other-man-woman · northern-ireland · united-kingdom · alcoholism · british-isles · teacher-heroine · age difference · ireland · cheating · behind-doors · historical · death · europe · forbidden love · length-medium · third-person-pov · secret-relationship · 20th century
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WhatMurdah
4.23 · 37 ratings
bisexual · disabilities and marks · europe · slow burn · graphic-violence · tycoon · competent heroine · british-isles · united-kingdom · suicide · strong heroine · urban fantasy · contemporary · praise-kink · hurt-comfort · witches · class difference · forced proximity · misogyny · third-person-pov
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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
miscarriage · multicultural · torture-mcs · dual-pov · praise-kink · double-penetration · abduction · fetish · forced proximity · birth-control-non-con · graphic-violence · rape-mc · suicide · dub-con · somnophilia · tortured hero · rape · super rich hero · past-child-abuse · new adult
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