Mary Webb
4.18 · 98 ratings
length-medium · audiobook · historical · disabilities and marks · victorian · sweet-hero · 20th century · glimpses-kisses · sweet heroine · fantasy · shy-hero · strong heroine · abuse-non-mc · working class hero · m-f · scotland · pagan · witches · regency · misogyny
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Edith Wharton
3.80 · 785 ratings
historical · 20th century · audiobook · victorian · length-medium · high-school · love triangle · other-man-woman · contemporary · young adult · forbidden love · humor · glimpses-kisses · length-short · length-novella · black-mc · suicide · female-rake · length-long · horror
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Elizabeth Gaskell
3.97 · 608 ratings- North and South - Unabridged by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Cranford: Illustrated edition with notes by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Cranford: Illustrated edition with notes by Elizabeth Gaskell
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- Cranford: Illustrated edition with notes by Elizabeth Gaskell
historical · victorian · audiobook · length-long · glimpses-kisses · length-medium · death · length-novella · young adult · standalone · christmas · love triangle · standalone-first · other-man-woman · from hate to love · length-epic · united-kingdom · british-isles · small town · angst
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Thomas Hardy
3.77 · 436 ratings
historical · audiobook · victorian · length-long · length-medium · military · europe · united-kingdom · british-isles · england · 20th century · m-f · young adult · humor · length-epic · love triangle · other-man-woman · standalone-first · working class hero · high-school
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Delia Owens
4.07 · 354 ratings
standalone-first · new adult · north-america · rape · past-child-abuse · small town · class difference · friends to lovers · angst · abuse · sweet heroine · rape-non-mc · racism · young adult · strong heroine · third-person-pov · competent heroine · slow burn · suspense · dual-pov
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S.E. Hinton
4.01 · 336 ratings
m-f · bad boys · glimpses-kisses · male-pov · sunny hero · 20th century · mystery · tearjerkers · working class hero · high-school · abuse-non-mc · torture-mcs · usa · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · nerdy-hero · shy-hero · death · first-person-pov · historical
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Kate Alcott
3.51 · 179 ratings
audiobook · historical · length-medium · 20th century · mystery · class difference · standalone-first · other-man-woman · contemporary · standalone · young adult · famous heroine · secret-relationship · actors · super rich hero · alpha male · california · m-f · love triangle · victorian
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Elena Ferrante
4.10 · 162 ratings
audiobook · historical · 20th century · length-epic · contemporary · first-person-pov · first-in-series · europe · glimpses-kisses · mystery · lgbtqia hate · length-medium · south-europe · length-novella · italy · standalone-first
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Gaston Leroux
4.00 · 137 ratings
dark · abduction · france · from hate to love · virgin hero · angst · working class heroine · sweet heroine · new adult · mental illness · mature couple · abuse · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · gifted heroine · mental-trauma · standalone · standalone-first · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero
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Ann Howard Creel
3.89 · 108 ratings
length-medium · historical · audiobook · 20th century · war · sweet-hero · military · m-f · north-america · alcoholism · marriage of convenience · virgin heroine · western · dual-pov · contemporary · young adult · strong heroine · open-door · mental-trauma · competent heroine
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Dodie Smith
3.99 · 95 ratings
humor · fantasy · british-isles · england · glimpses-kisses · 20th century · europe · historical · first-person-pov · audiobook · contemporary · young adult · united-kingdom · length-medium
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Elizabeth Stephens
3.83 · 95 ratings
vikings · sweet heroine · virgin hero · vengeance · victim-blaming · class difference · disabilities and marks · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · multicultural · bwwm · dub-con · racism · anal sex · cold hero · possessive hero · virgin heroine · poor heroine · breeding
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Pete Hamill
3.84 · 85 ratings
audiobook · historical · length-medium · vengeance · length-epic · contemporary · magic · erotica · fantasy · paranormal · 20th century · western · war
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Alice Winn
4.66 · 76 ratings
third-person-pov · forced proximity · anal sex · cold hero · belgium · non-trad-hea · alcoholism · war · super rich hero · male-pov · 20th century · europe · sunny hero · death · historical · animal-death · military · cruel hero · france · jewish
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Xiao Tong Kong (Velinxi)
4.28 · 75 ratings
betrayal · possessive hero · sweet-hero · paranormal · third-person-pov · commander · grumpy sunshine · virgin hero · angst · high fantasy · queer · young adult · abuse · boss & employee · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · queer-awakening · m-m · standalone-first
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William Boyd
3.91 · 61 ratings
length-medium · audiobook · historical · mystery · suspense · new adult · war · military · contemporary
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Wallis Kinney
3.90 · 49 ratings
north-america · small town · disabilities and marks · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · sweet heroine · angst · vengeance · strong heroine · slow burn · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · urban fantasy · suicide · massachusetts · sunny hero · 20th century · grovel · bodyguard-hero
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A.J. Betts
3.63 · 39 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · m-f · terminal-illness · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · tortured heroine · found-family · dual-pov · length-medium · cold heroine · first-person-pov · standalone · young adult · standalone-first · angst · non-trad-hea · forced proximity · friends to lovers · australia
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R. D. Blackmore
3.72 · 37 ratings
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Lara S. Ormiston
4.12 · 32 ratings
virgin heroine · possessive hero · super rich hero · audiobook · dual-pov · historical · glimpses-kisses · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · m-f · slow burn · length-medium · height-difference · shy-hero · grumpy sunshine · alpha male · male-pov · cold hero · standalone · standalone-first
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Ana Juan
4.02 · 28 ratings
fae · fantasy · 20th century · glimpses-kisses · m-f · audiobook · contemporary · magic · historical · found-family · sweet-hero · paranormal · competent heroine · shy-hero · length-medium · third-person-pov · non-human-hero
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