Leo Tolstoy
3.86 · 152 ratings
suicide · other-man-woman · victorian · russia · betrayal · historical · love triangle · non-hea · death · audiobook · dark · cheating · m-f · non-trad-hea · forbidden love · fantasy · europe · east-europe · war
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Madeline Miller
4.27 · 861 ratings
historical · fantasy · audiobook · first-person-pov · war · sweet-hero · angst · rape · ancient times · death · magic · misogyny · non-trad-hea · europe · greece · secret child · betrayal · abuse · gifted heroine · non-hea
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Robin LaFevers
4.03 · 353 ratings
young adult · fantasy · historical · magic · royalty · audiobook · paranormal · medieval · war · france · dark · urban fantasy · strong heroine · dangerous heroine · mystery · europe · death · length-long · abuse · gifted heroine
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William Goldman
4.34 · 321 ratings
class difference · sassy heroine · friends to lovers · abduction · royalty · sweet heroine · forbidden love · high fantasy · vengeance · young adult · suspense · paranormal · third-person-pov · dual-pov · found-family · audiobook · m-f · suicide · bad boys · male-pov
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Emily Brontë
3.64 · 293 ratings
historical · slavery · class difference · small town · tortured hero · self harm · rich heroine · victim-blaming · substance abuse · angst · vengeance · friends to lovers · slow burn · gambling · dub-con · birth-control-non-con · strong heroine · multicultural · ableism · racism
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Julie Belfield
4.16 · 228 ratings
poor heroine · found-family · slut-shaming · miscarriage · audiobook · m-f · betrayal · political-intrigue · suspense · cold heroine · paranormal · from hate to love · sassy heroine · lgbtqia hate · religious-trauma · royalty · torture-scs · rape-non-mc · fae · mental illness
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Mary Shelley
3.92 · 174 ratings
young adult · third-person-pov · paranormal · suspense · urban fantasy · suicide · m-f · contemporary · betrayal · regency · audiobook · tortured hero · friends to lovers · dystopian · vengeance · angst · science fiction · dark · germany · mental-trauma
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Gaston Leroux
3.99 · 129 ratings
age difference · mystery · 20th century · poor heroine · virgin heroine · europe · glimpses-kisses · monsters · other-man-woman · horror · possessive hero · victorian · historical · cruel hero · teacher-hero · love triangle · first-person-pov · childfree-couple · shy-hero · dark
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Kaliane Bradley
3.64 · 125 ratings
military · lgbtqia hate · friends to lovers · forbidden love · dystopian · science fiction · england · time travel · mental illness · racism · bisexual · paranormal · queer · suspense · slow burn · commander · found-family · survival · urban fantasy · m-f
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Kate Chopin
3.71 · 114 ratings
non-hea · historical · tortured heroine · christian · victorian · past-abuse · louisiana · behind-doors · himbo · usa · mental-trauma · misogyny · non-trad-hea · bad boys · sunny hero · super rich hero · survival · slut-shaming · friends-benefits · sweet-hero
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Gustave Flaubert
3.55 · 101 ratings
other-man-woman · suicide · france · victorian · historical · contemporary · death · love triangle · audiobook · dark · western-central-europe · length-medium · high-school · young adult · mental illness · humor · fantasy · europe
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F.E. Bryce
4.29 · 89 ratings
class difference · magic · tortured heroine · slavery · death · bondage · military · cruel hero · non-human-hero · past-child-neglect · warrior-heroine · childfree-couple · fighters · dark · graphic-violence · dangerous heroine · fantasy · forced proximity · explicit-open-door · cold hero
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Alice Winn
4.62 · 64 ratings
disabilities and marks · death · historical · military · cruel hero · france · jewish · high-school · torture-mcs · dark · mental-trauma · length-medium · graphic-violence · forced proximity · open-door · anal sex · belgium · non-trad-hea · cold hero · alcoholism
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Johanna van Veen
3.91 · 60 ratings
non-trad-hea · netherlands · f-f · fantasy · mystery · europe · horror · historical · magic · death · non-hea · dark · length-medium · open-door · tortured heroine · mental illness · queer · audiobook · paranormal · suspense
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Kalie Cassidy
4.14 · 47 ratings
politician · forbidden love · strong heroine · dark · length-medium · cheating · competent heroine · slow burn · open-door · first-person-pov · survival · magic · aristocratic heroine · horror · m-f · other-man-woman · audiobook · non-human-heroine · new adult · war
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Louise Kennedy
4.04 · 39 ratings
ireland · cheating · third-person-pov · secret-relationship · forbidden love · age difference · new adult · war · alcoholism · europe · 20th century · historical · death · m-f · contemporary · other-man-woman · northern-ireland · behind-doors · united-kingdom · audiobook
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S.F. Williamson
3.75 · 38 ratings
m-f · black-mc · audiobook · multicultural · historical · urban fantasy · magic · sweet-hero · death · first-person-pov · hurt-comfort · slow burn · non-hea · length-long · young adult · forbidden love · dystopian · high fantasy · non-trad-hea · fantasy
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Sarah A. Denzil
3.57 · 32 ratings
suspense · dual-pov · cheating · cold heroine · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · betrayal · rich heroine · tortured hero · outlaw-heroine · marriage of convenience · sassy heroine · vengeance · past-child-neglect · childfree-couple · nerdy-hero · shy-hero · abuse-mc · first-person-pov
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Billie Piper
3.57 · 32 ratings
tortured hero · outlaw-heroine · non-hea · marriage of convenience · rich heroine · vengeance · sassy heroine · suspense · cheating · cold heroine · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · dual-pov · betrayal · europe · male-pov · bad boys · non-trad-hea · cold hero
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Dan Stevens
3.57 · 32 ratings
suspense · cheating · cold heroine · m-f · betrayal · audiobook · contemporary · dual-pov · outlaw-heroine · tortured hero · marriage of convenience · rich heroine · vengeance · sassy heroine · nerdy-hero · childfree-couple · shy-hero · abuse-mc · past-child-neglect · other-man-woman
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Shane Zaza
3.57 · 32 ratings
audiobook · betrayal · bad boys · europe · male-pov · mystery · non-trad-hea · cold hero · past-child-neglect · childfree-couple · nerdy-hero · shy-hero · abuse-mc · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · love triangle · non-hea · other-man-woman · cruel hero · rich heroine
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Avita Jay
3.57 · 32 ratings
past-child-neglect · childfree-couple · nerdy-hero · shy-hero · abuse-mc · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · love triangle · non-hea · other-man-woman · cruel hero · bad boys · europe · male-pov · mystery · non-trad-hea · cold hero · suspense · cheating · cold heroine
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Felicity Duncan
3.57 · 32 ratings
rich heroine · marriage of convenience · outlaw-heroine · tortured hero · sassy heroine · vengeance · cold heroine · suspense · cheating · dual-pov · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · betrayal · bad boys · male-pov · europe · mystery · cold hero · non-trad-hea
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David Holt
3.57 · 32 ratings
tortured heroine · marriage of convenience · tortured hero · outlaw-heroine · non-hea · rich heroine · vengeance · sassy heroine · suspense · cheating · cold heroine · contemporary · audiobook · betrayal · m-f · dual-pov · male-pov · europe · bad boys · non-trad-hea
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Sarah Whitehouse
3.57 · 32 ratings
other-man-woman · rich heroine · marriage of convenience · tortured hero · outlaw-heroine · sassy heroine · vengeance · suspense · cheating · cold heroine · dual-pov · contemporary · audiobook · m-f · betrayal · bad boys · male-pov · europe · mystery · non-trad-hea
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Marina Scott
3.66 · 24 ratings
fantasy · non-trad-hea · class difference · length-short · 20th century · gifted heroine · death · historical · magic · first-person-pov · audiobook · m-f · horror · betrayal · working class hero · dark · paranormal
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Natasha Wild
3.88 · 23 ratings
length-long · death · historical · wales · aristocratic heroine · christian · other-man-woman · united-kingdom · arranged marriage · past-child-neglect · explicit-open-door · british-isles · pregnancy · misogyny · age difference · medieval · cold hero · possessive hero · war · virgin heroine
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José Ferrer
3.97 · 22 ratings
secret child · audiobook · betrayal · multicultural · m-f · slut-shaming · survival · cheating · child-death · torture-scs · forbidden love · vengeance · abduction · rape · military · other-man-woman · cruel hero · length-long · love triangle · non-hea
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L. K. Steven
3.98 · 22 ratings
cold hero · forced proximity · fantasy · f-f · dangerous heroine · fated-mates · independent heroine · bad boys · cruel hero · bondage · caretaking · length-long · death · magic · tortured heroine · non-hea · dark · nerdy-hero · graphic-violence · mental-trauma
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