Paula Hawkins
3.70 · 463 ratings
dark · mystery · fatphobia · contemporary · audiobook · suspense · abuse · first-person-pov · love triangle · death · length-long · other-man-woman · standalone-first · behind-doors · abuse-mc · pregnancy · standalone · length-medium · fantasy · alcoholism
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S.T. Abby
4.43 · 3102 ratings
men in uniform · dangerous heroine · childfree-couple · usa · forbidden love · abuse · lgbtqia hate · suspense · m-f · alpha male · audiobook · contemporary · possessive hero · dark · past-sexual-abuse · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · disabilities and marks · outlaw-heroine · rape
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Jasmine Mas
3.98 · 2099 ratings
fantasy · forced proximity · from hate to love · paranormal · dark · tortured heroine · gifted heroine · queer · bisexual · menage · competent heroine · audiobook · alpha male · humor · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · possessive hero · fighters · warrior-heroine · non-human-hero
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Liv Zander
3.92 · 1490 ratings
magic · misogyny · bad boys · spanking · male-pov · miscarriage · commander · from hate to love · abuse · torture-scs · explicit-plentiful · masc-dom · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · bdsm · caretaking · cruel hero · past-abuse · abuse-non-mc · dark
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Morgan B. Lee
4.36 · 1223 ratings
non-human-heroine · contemporary · poly · dragon shifter · paranormal · abuse · new adult · height-difference · magic · demons · male-pov · witches · fated-mates · reverse harem · dual-pov · vampires · virgin hero · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · past-abuse
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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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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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Julie Belfield
4.14 · 278 ratings
past-abuse · height-difference · new adult · gifted heroine · lgbtqia hate · religious-trauma · from hate to love · sassy heroine · royalty · fae · torture-scs · rape-non-mc · mental illness · political-intrigue · abuse · paranormal · suspense · found-family · slut-shaming · miscarriage
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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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Bryn Greenwood
4.03 · 139 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · slow burn · strong heroine · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · past-child-abuse · small town · north-america · angst · substance abuse · friends to lovers · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · standalone · tortured heroine · poor heroine · competent heroine · suspense
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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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Geneva Lee Albin
3.75 · 137 ratings
caretaking · france · north-america · standalone-first · first-person-pov · magic · first-in-series · length-long · death · cliffhanger · dark · usa · non-human-hero · graphic-violence · open-door · insta-love · cold hero · age difference · fantasy · humor
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Katja Millay
4.29 · 131 ratings
past-abuse · standalone-first · death · length-long · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · usa · shy-hero · second chances · high-school · open-door · standalone · cold hero · mystery · tearjerkers · virgin heroine · male-pov · bad boys · audiobook
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Tanja Hamer
3.99 · 124 ratings
strong heroine · young adult · paranormal · suspense · urban fantasy · college · slut-shaming · m-f · audiobook · contemporary · shapeshifters · north-america · gifted heroine · sassy heroine · teenage-fmc · fae · vampires · dystopian · werewolves · high-school
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Kelly Andrew
3.89 · 90 ratings
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Penny Jessup
3.54 · 74 ratings
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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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Frances White
3.98 · 51 ratings
urban fantasy · male-pov · mystery · fantasy · humor · second chances · standalone · graphic-violence · behind-doors · pirates · standalone-first · terminal-illness · magic · first-person-pov · death · length-long · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · shapeshifters · new adult
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A. Jade
4.27 · 50 ratings
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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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Wallis Kinney
3.90 · 49 ratings
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Joey Parker
3.66 · 38 ratings
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Summer O'Toole
4.09 · 32 ratings
hurt-comfort · dual-pov · sweet-hero · multicultural · ic-standalone · strong heroine · friends to lovers · abduction · angst · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · bdsm · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · career professional · caretaking · fem-dom · insta-love · working class 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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Hwang DoTol
4.11 · 26 ratings
mental-trauma · royalty · sassy heroine · mental illness · height-difference · new adult · found-family · alpha male · m-f · contemporary · betrayal · political-intrigue · young adult · paranormal · competent heroine · suspense · commander · fantasy · humor · forced proximity
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Natasha Wild
3.85 · 25 ratings
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Michelle Wong
3.91 · 22 ratings
horror · caretaking · new adult · gifted heroine · tortured hero · friends to lovers · abuse · vengeance · high fantasy · angst · grumpy sunshine · forbidden love · political-intrigue · suspense · slow burn · paranormal · competent heroine · cold heroine · sweet-hero · urban fantasy
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Callie Hart
3.95 · 21 ratings
survival · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · super rich hero · grumpy sunshine · vengeance · angst · sweet heroine · rape · double-penetration · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · class difference · fetish · tortured heroine · actors · bdsm · past-abuse · military
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M. S. Parker
4.22 · 20 ratings
rich heroine · rape · caretaking · death · new-york-state · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · length-medium · usa · age difference · humor · pregnancy · super rich hero · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · alpha male · sweet-hero · dual-pov
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