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 · fantasy · europe · historical · magic · rape-non-mc · m-f · competent heroine · paranormal · independent heroine · death · demons · third-person-pov · strong heroine · medieval · east-europe · pagan · mystery · witches · cold hero
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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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William Goldman
4.33 · 351 ratings
suspense · third-person-pov · paranormal · young adult · audiobook · suicide · m-f · dual-pov · found-family · class difference · sweet heroine · high fantasy · vengeance · royalty · friends to lovers · forbidden love · abduction · fighters · sassy heroine · childfree-couple
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Lindsay Straube
3.52 · 346 ratings
monsters · spanking · exhibitionism · independent heroine · forced proximity · fantasy · age difference · non-trad-hea · love triangle · magic · other-man-woman · shapeshifters · height-difference · new adult · royalty · sassy heroine · working class heroine · forbidden love · bisexual · explicit-plentiful
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Emily Brontë
3.67 · 335 ratings
independent heroine · super rich hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · male-pov · suicide · ableism · multicultural · strong heroine · racism · birth-control-non-con · dub-con · gambling · slow burn · friends to lovers · vengeance · angst · substance abuse · victim-blaming · rich heroine
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Leo Tolstoy
3.93 · 270 ratings
historical · fantasy · audiobook · victorian · standalone-first · death · standalone · other-man-woman · love triangle · high-school · length-epic · war · suspense · paranormal · young adult · russia · horror · christian · length-long · dark
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Gail Honeyman
4.12 · 269 ratings
curvy-hero · standalone · friends to lovers · angst · working class heroine · abuse · mental illness · victim-blaming · rape · substance abuse · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · england · self harm · survival · neurodivergent · sweet-hero · found-family · fatphobia · suicide
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Mary Ann Shaffer
4.19 · 188 ratings
historical · standalone-first · europe · 20th century · glimpses-kisses · war · new adult · friends to lovers · humor · mystery · length-medium · standalone · british-isles · young adult · united-kingdom · audiobook · m-f · love triangle · death · found-family
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Mary Shelley
3.93 · 188 ratings
male-pov · length-short · urban fantasy · m-f · suicide · audiobook · contemporary · paranormal · third-person-pov · suspense · vengeance · dystopian · science fiction · angst · regency · tortured hero · historical · non-hea · death · magic
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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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Gustave Flaubert
3.54 · 107 ratings
other-man-woman · france · audiobook · standalone-first · europe · fantasy · humor · mental illness · young adult · high-school · western-central-europe · dark · length-medium · standalone · love triangle · death · historical · contemporary · victorian · suicide
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James Islington
4.56 · 94 ratings
mystery · suspense · political-intrigue · strong heroine · m-f · betrayal · audiobook · found-family · survival · disabilities and marks · dystopian · angst · vengeance · science fiction · high fantasy · lgbtqia hate · friends to lovers · torture-scs · fighters · mental-trauma
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F.E. Bryce
4.22 · 89 ratings
gifted heroine · mature couple · queer · forbidden love · sassy heroine · from hate to love · royalty · cold heroine · commander · competent heroine · paranormal · political-intrigue · audiobook · m-f · alpha male · found-family · male-pov · independent heroine · spanking · bad boys
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Kathryn Colvin
3.92 · 67 ratings
witches · urban fantasy · pagan · alpha male · m-f · multicultural · audiobook · strong heroine · paranormal · slow burn · suspense · competent heroine · angst · forbidden love · vengeance · fae · england · height-difference · gifted heroine · late-20s-fmc
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Jacqueline White
4.11 · 66 ratings
past-child-neglect · death · rape-mc · rape · standalone-first · other-man-woman · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · from hate to love · first-in-series · aristocratic heroine · non-hea · abuse · victim-blaming · angst · vengeance · dub-con · explicit-open-door · slow burn · paranormal
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Emerald_Slytherin
4.32 · 50 ratings
strong heroine · non-hea · human-trafficking · explicit-open-door · paranormal · competent heroine · third-person-pov · slow burn · survival · found-family · commander · dual-pov · m-f · suicide · new adult · disabilities and marks · gifted heroine · standalone · abduction · from hate to love
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Kate Avelynn
3.54 · 43 ratings
young adult · dub-con · contemporary · audiobook · m-f · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · disabilities and marks · sweet heroine · abuse · angst · forbidden love · secret-relationship · dark · mental-trauma · length-medium · incest · standalone
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Billie Piper
3.57 · 32 ratings
outlaw-heroine · tortured hero · marriage of convenience · love triangle · rich heroine · vengeance · sassy heroine · suspense · cheating · cold heroine · m-f · betrayal · audiobook · contemporary · dual-pov · europe · male-pov · bad boys · cold hero · non-trad-hea
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Dan Stevens
3.57 · 32 ratings
tortured heroine · first-person-pov · non-hea · love triangle · other-man-woman · cruel hero · past-child-neglect · nerdy-hero · childfree-couple · shy-hero · abuse-mc · mystery · cold hero · non-trad-hea · bad boys · europe · male-pov · dual-pov · m-f · betrayal
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Shane Zaza
3.57 · 32 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · m-f · betrayal · dual-pov · suspense · cheating · cold heroine · vengeance · sassy heroine · marriage of convenience · outlaw-heroine · tortured hero · rich heroine · cruel hero · other-man-woman · love triangle · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · abuse-mc
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Avita Jay
3.57 · 32 ratings
abuse-mc · childfree-couple · nerdy-hero · shy-hero · past-child-neglect · cruel hero · other-man-woman · love triangle · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · male-pov · non-hea · europe · bad boys · non-trad-hea · cold hero · mystery · suspense · cheating · cold heroine
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Felicity Duncan
3.57 · 32 ratings
bad boys · m-f · audiobook · contemporary · betrayal · dual-pov · suspense · cheating · cold heroine · vengeance · sassy heroine · outlaw-heroine · tortured hero · marriage of convenience · rich heroine · other-man-woman · cruel hero · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · non-hea
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David Holt
3.57 · 32 ratings
dual-pov · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · betrayal · suspense · cheating · cold heroine · sassy heroine · vengeance · rich heroine · tortured hero · outlaw-heroine · marriage of convenience · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · love triangle · non-hea · other-man-woman · cruel hero
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Reese Dante
3.36 · 30 ratings
non-human-hero · abuse · forbidden love · abuse-non-mc · sassy heroine · royalty · explicit-plentiful · religious-trauma · shapeshifters · new adult · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · alpha male · height-difference · betrayal · slut-shaming · non-human-heroine · suspense · paranormal
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O.O. Sangoyomi
4.02 · 27 ratings
working class heroine · rape-non-mc · first-person-pov · behind-doors · vengeance · royalty · abduction · slavery · class difference · warrior-heroine · disabilities and marks · past-child-neglect · africa · audiobook · m-f · alpha male · mali · benin · miscarriage · betrayal
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Natasha Wild
3.85 · 25 ratings
historical · length-long · christian · other-man-woman · wales · aristocratic heroine · death · arranged marriage · united-kingdom · past-child-neglect · british-isles · standalone-first · explicit-open-door · standalone · pregnancy · misogyny · cold hero · age difference · medieval · war
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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
forbidden love · vengeance · pirates · arranged marriage · open-door · mental-trauma · love triangle · length-long · death · historical · military · non-hea · cruel hero · other-man-woman · slavery · war · europe · medieval · human-trafficking · harems
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