Leo Tolstoy
3.85 · 160 ratings
non-hea · suicide · audiobook · europe · m-f · standalone-first · war · east-europe · forbidden love · non-trad-hea · fantasy · cheating · dark · standalone · russia · victorian · other-man-woman · betrayal · death · love triangle
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Katherine Arden
4.19 · 605 ratings
audiobook · historical · magic · europe · fantasy · strong heroine · third-person-pov · medieval · paranormal · competent heroine · m-f · rape-non-mc · demons · death · independent heroine · russia · war · glimpses-kisses · cold hero · pagan
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Delia Owens
4.07 · 354 ratings
young adult · non-trad-hea · age difference · mystery · 20th century · independent heroine · poor heroine · other-man-woman · standalone-first · historical · death · love triangle · north-carolina · second chances · mental-trauma · usa · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · length-long · open-door
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William Goldman
4.33 · 351 ratings
medieval · humor · fantasy · mystery · male-pov · sunny hero · europe · bad boys · aristocratic heroine · other-man-woman · standalone-first · death · love triangle · magic · historical · tortured heroine · fighters · standalone · childfree-couple · torture-mcs
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Lindsay Straube
3.52 · 346 ratings
cheating · paranormal · competent heroine · political-intrigue · audiobook · poly · m-f · alpha male · non-human-heroine · shapeshifters · height-difference · working class heroine · forbidden love · royalty · new adult · sassy heroine · bisexual · explicit-plentiful · other-man-woman · love triangle
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Emily Brontë
3.67 · 336 ratings
england · torture-mcs · united-kingdom · insta-love · british-isles · torture-scs · dark · mental-trauma · abuse-mc · tortured heroine · non-hea · first-person-pov · caretaking · standalone · victorian · cruel hero · terminal-illness · possessive hero · glimpses-kisses · grovel
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Leo Tolstoy
3.93 · 270 ratings
audiobook · historical · fantasy · young adult · paranormal · suspense · death · standalone-first · victorian · other-man-woman · love triangle · high-school · standalone · length-epic · war · betrayal · suicide · contemporary · m-f · cheating
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Mary Shelley
3.93 · 188 ratings
historical · non-hea · death · horror · magic · victorian · scotland · dark · germany · mental-trauma · fantasy · mystery · monsters · glimpses-kisses · europe · switzerland · male-pov · length-short · urban fantasy · suicide
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Gaston Leroux
4.00 · 137 ratings
age difference · western-central-europe · racism · mystery · virgin heroine · poor heroine · 20th century · monsters · possessive hero · europe · glimpses-kisses · victorian · cruel hero · horror · other-man-woman · teacher-hero · love triangle · first-person-pov · historical · dark
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Kate Chopin
3.72 · 121 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · suicide · m-f · friends-benefits · sweet-hero · survival · slut-shaming · cheating · third-person-pov · competent heroine · strong heroine · racism · angst · forbidden love · mental illness · secret-relationship · friends to lovers · religious-trauma · self harm
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Gustave Flaubert
3.54 · 107 ratings
contemporary · france · audiobook · standalone-first · europe · fantasy · humor · mental illness · western-central-europe · young adult · high-school · dark · length-medium · standalone · historical · love triangle · death · suicide · other-man-woman · victorian
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James Islington
4.57 · 95 ratings
independent heroine · male-pov · war · cheerful heroine · glimpses-kisses · length-epic · human-trafficking · misogyny · fantasy · mystery · fighters · mental-trauma · abuse-non-mc · torture-mcs · working class hero · standalone-first · military · aristocratic heroine · first-person-pov · magic
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F.E. Bryce
4.22 · 89 ratings
standalone-first · death · first-in-series · magic · slavery · childfree-couple · fantasy · forced proximity · dangerous heroine · male-pov · independent heroine · spanking · bad boys · monsters · audiobook · alpha male · m-f · found-family · commander · cold heroine
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Alice Winn
4.66 · 76 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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Kathryn Colvin
3.92 · 67 ratings
age difference · strong heroine · paranormal · competent heroine · suspense · slow burn · urban fantasy · pagan · m-f · alpha male · audiobook · multicultural · height-difference · gifted heroine · late-20s-fmc · forbidden love · vengeance · fae · angst · england
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Jacqueline White
4.11 · 66 ratings
cold hero · dub-con · length-epic · explicit-open-door · slow burn · competent heroine · paranormal · child-death · survival · audiobook · suicide · betrayal · alpha male · rape · victim-blaming · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · from hate to love · abuse · angst
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Emerald_Slytherin
4.32 · 50 ratings
mental-trauma · dark · fighters · graphic-violence · abuse-mc · warrior-heroine · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · dystopian · military · cruel hero · abduction · death · explicit-open-door · magic · tortured heroine · slavery · animal-death · grovel · independent heroine
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Billie Piper
3.57 · 32 ratings
dual-pov · contemporary · audiobook · m-f · betrayal · suspense · cheating · cold heroine · sassy heroine · vengeance · rich heroine · marriage of convenience · tortured hero · outlaw-heroine · love triangle · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · cruel hero · non-hea · other-man-woman
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Dan Stevens
3.57 · 32 ratings
betrayal · bad boys · male-pov · europe · mystery · cold hero · non-trad-hea · past-child-neglect · abuse-mc · nerdy-hero · childfree-couple · shy-hero · love triangle · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · non-hea · cruel hero · other-man-woman · rich heroine · marriage of convenience
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Shane Zaza
3.57 · 32 ratings
cheating · cold heroine · suspense · dual-pov · m-f · betrayal · audiobook · contemporary · rich heroine · outlaw-heroine · tortured hero · marriage of convenience · sassy heroine · vengeance · past-child-neglect · nerdy-hero · childfree-couple · shy-hero · abuse-mc · tortured heroine
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Felicity Duncan
3.57 · 32 ratings
childfree-couple · shy-hero · sassy heroine · vengeance · rich heroine · marriage of convenience · outlaw-heroine · tortured hero · dual-pov · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · betrayal · suspense · cheating · cold heroine · mystery · cold hero · non-trad-hea · bad boys
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Sarah Whitehouse
3.57 · 32 ratings
m-f · contemporary · audiobook · betrayal · dual-pov · suspense · cheating · cold heroine · vengeance · sassy heroine · tortured hero · outlaw-heroine · marriage of convenience · rich heroine · other-man-woman · cruel hero · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · love triangle · non-hea
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Madeline Taylor
4.39 · 31 ratings
audiobook · m-f · betrayal · hurt-comfort · survival · cold heroine · slow burn · paranormal · competent heroine · political-intrigue · strong heroine · abuse · fae · rape-non-mc · sassy heroine · from hate to love · forbidden love · royalty · torture-scs · gifted heroine
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Reese Dante
3.36 · 30 ratings
north-america · standalone-first · stepsibling · magic · first-in-series · death · incest · usa · shy heroine · werewolves · age difference · misogyny · fantasy · fated-mates · forced proximity · exhibitionism · super rich hero · monsters · m-f · alpha male
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Hwang DoTol
4.11 · 26 ratings
contemporary · war · cheerful heroine · possessive hero · virgin heroine · cold hero · past-child-neglect · behind-doors · insta-love · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · first-person-pov · caretaking · career professional · aristocratic heroine · past-abuse · rich heroine · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · abduction
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Natasha Wild
3.85 · 25 ratings
audiobook · war · possessive hero · europe · virgin heroine · pregnancy · misogyny · super rich hero · body-betrayal · cold hero · age difference · medieval · arranged marriage · united-kingdom · past-child-neglect · british-isles · explicit-open-door · standalone · historical · length-long
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L. K. Steven
3.94 · 24 ratings
cold hero · f-f · dangerous heroine · fantasy · forced proximity · independent heroine · fated-mates · bad boys · caretaking · bondage · cruel hero · standalone-first · first-in-series · magic · tortured heroine · length-long · non-hea · nerdy-hero · dark · graphic-violence
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José Ferrer
4.01 · 23 ratings
abduction · mental-trauma · forbidden love · vengeance · torture-scs · rape · slut-shaming · survival · betrayal · m-f · secret child · multicultural · audiobook · child-death · cheating · harems · human-trafficking · medieval · war · europe
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Lexi Hodges
3.49 · 20 ratings
death · gifted heroine · class difference · new adult · high fantasy · fae · abuse · forbidden love · sweet heroine · royalty · sassy heroine · from hate to love · friends to lovers · slow burn · political-intrigue · alpha male · m-f · audiobook · non-human-heroine · fated-mates
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