Glendy Vanderah
4.16 · 154 ratings
mystery · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · mental-trauma · length-medium · standalone · behind-doors · standalone-first · death · magic · m-f · tortured hero · mental illness · child-sexual-abuse · usa · past-child-neglect · career professional · terminal-illness · length-long
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Jasmine Mas
3.98 · 2095 ratings
fantasy · forced proximity · humor · queer · bisexual · gifted heroine · audiobook · alpha male · menage · competent heroine · possessive hero · warrior-heroine · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · fighters · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · dangerous heroine · misogyny · bad boys
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Delia Owens
4.07 · 353 ratings
contemporary · 20th century · independent heroine · poor heroine · mystery · non-trad-hea · age difference · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · north-carolina · second chances · mental-trauma · usa · historical · open-door · death · love triangle · other-man-woman · length-long · standalone
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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
paranormal · suspense · political-intrigue · m-f · betrayal · audiobook · slut-shaming · found-family · miscarriage · gifted heroine · height-difference · new adult · fae · mental illness · torture-scs · rape-non-mc · lgbtqia hate · sassy heroine · from hate to love · religious-trauma
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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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Yulin Kuang
3.90 · 186 ratings
angst · mental illness · shy heroine · high-school · mental-trauma · usa · length-medium · standalone · death · in-her-30s · tortured heroine · east-asian-mc · new-jersey · explicit-open-door · standalone-first · caretaking · praise-kink · in-his-30s · independent heroine · forced proximity
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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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Katja Millay
4.29 · 131 ratings
high-school · angst · mental-trauma · usa · shy-hero · second chances · death · length-long · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · open-door · past-abuse · standalone · standalone-first · bad boys · virgin heroine · male-pov · mystery · tearjerkers · cold hero
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Richard Roper
3.77 · 81 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · death · standalone-first · behind-doors · united-kingdom · nerdy-hero · british-isles · shy-hero · length-medium · working class hero · mental-trauma · mystery · humor · standalone · non-trad-hea · europe · male-pov · neurodivergent · m-f
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Martha Brockenbrough
3.68 · 77 ratings
fantasy · young adult · length-medium · paranormal · magic · contemporary · standalone-first · urban fantasy · black-mc · war · audiobook · 20th century · mystery · forbidden love · high-school · standalone · suspense · death · african-american · historical
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Penny Jessup
3.54 · 74 ratings
grumpy sunshine · sweet-hero · urban fantasy · north-america · small town · class difference · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · angst · virgin hero · insta-love · non-human-hero · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · new-york-state · first-person-pov · non-hea · behind-doors · possessive hero
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Peng Shepherd
3.63 · 72 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · standalone-first · death · length-long · urban fantasy · magic · suspense · standalone · paranormal · behind-doors · science fiction · fantasy · mystery
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Erin Doom
3.62 · 67 ratings
past-abuse · cruel hero · standalone-first · death · length-long · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · dark · open-door · standalone · high-school · torture-mcs · past-child-neglect · cold hero · forced proximity · virgin heroine · body-betrayal · grovel · bad boys
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Andrew Davidson
3.90 · 58 ratings
suspense · dark · paranormal · second chances · standalone · audiobook · contemporary · standalone-first · suicide · death · length-long · tortured heroine · magic · urban fantasy · historical · neurodivergent · tortured hero · medieval · mental illness · mystery
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Emily Habeck
4.10 · 54 ratings
magic · non-hea · death · m-f · contemporary · terminal-illness · audiobook · behind-doors · standalone-first · third-person-pov · paranormal · length-medium · standalone · fantasy · humor · non-trad-hea · angst · substance abuse · science fiction · shapeshifters
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Skyla Arndt
3.80 · 51 ratings
from hate to love · working class heroine · young adult · suspense · paranormal · contemporary · audiobook · m-f · fantasy · mystery · high-school · length-medium · death · magic · horror · standalone-first · tortured hero · angst · strong heroine · sweet-hero
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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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Micah Nemerever
3.93 · 47 ratings
suicide · audiobook · contemporary · college · neurodivergent · suspense · virgin hero · angst · mental illness · queer · lgbtqia hate · secret-relationship · self harm · tortured hero · class difference · disabilities and marks · new adult · small town · m-m · standalone-first
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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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Elizabeth Aton
4.15 · 33 ratings
rockstars · christian · standalone-first · new adult · class difference · disabilities and marks · single-mother · sweet heroine · working class heroine · angst · mental illness · slow burn · suspense · office · child-death · sweet-hero · dual-pov · contemporary · secret child · m-f
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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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Erin Dunn
4.00 · 31 ratings
contemporary · europe · super rich hero · male-pov · anal sex · mystery · standalone · length-medium · usa · open-door · death · new-york-state · rockstars · france · standalone-first · m-m · north-america · tortured hero · lgbtqia hate · queer
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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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Michelle Painchaud
3.72 · 29 ratings
length-medium · cold heroine · mental-trauma · mystery · standalone · mental illness · poor heroine · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · death · m-f · standalone-first · contemporary · high-school · young adult · suspense
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Hwang DoTol
4.11 · 26 ratings
career professional · aristocratic heroine · caretaking · past-abuse · new adult · height-difference · first-person-pov · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · insta-love · past-child-neglect · behind-doors · cold hero · virgin heroine · cheerful heroine · possessive hero · war · suicide · sweet-hero · grumpy sunshine
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Mae Bennett
3.37 · 22 ratings
tall-heroine · first-person-pov · death · new-york-state · standalone-first · caretaking · curvy heroine · standalone · length-medium · usa · mental-trauma · humor · forced proximity · cold hero · misogyny · late-20s-mmc · explicit-open-door · praise-kink · cheerful heroine · independent heroine
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Daria Lavelle
4.04 · 20 ratings
death · new-york-state · length-long · standalone-first · behind-doors · shy-hero · standalone · usa · mystery · fantasy · humor · non-trad-hea · independent heroine · male-pov · urban fantasy · found-family · m-f · suicide · audiobook · contemporary
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