Douglas Stuart
4.42 · 61 ratings
tortured hero · lgbtqia hate · queer · non-trad-hea · victim-blaming · past-child-neglect · open-door · abuse · length-medium · working class hero · historical · child-death · death · alcoholism · mental-trauma · dark · betrayal · scotland · m-m · friends to lovers
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Liv Zander
3.92 · 753 ratings
magic · from hate to love · spanking · sweet heroine · rape-mc · tortured hero · praise-kink · hurt-comfort · abduction · dual-pov · anal sex · miscarriage · dark · mental-trauma · abuse-mc · first-person-pov · cruel hero · abuse-non-mc · angst · non-human-hero
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Delia Owens
4.04 · 248 ratings
young adult · angst · open-door · abuse · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · mystery · past-child-abuse · non-trad-hea · independent heroine · new adult · m-f · betrayal · poor heroine · mental-trauma · survival · death · love triangle · usa · historical
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Emily Brontë
3.61 · 222 ratings
first-person-pov · tortured hero · united-kingdom · strong heroine · racism · slow burn · vengeance · suicide · substance abuse · dub-con · georgian · birth-control-non-con · forced proximity · class difference · multicultural · small town · self harm · hurt-comfort · friends to lovers · glimpses-kisses
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Alina May
4.12 · 218 ratings
contemporary · suspense · possessive hero · dark · forced proximity · rape · dub-con · rape-mc · from hate to love · past-child-abuse · explicit-plentiful · consensual-non-con · menage · bdsm · first-person-pov · cruel hero · body-betrayal · past-abuse · poly · mental-trauma
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Gail Honeyman
4.11 · 217 ratings
suspense · slow burn · competent heroine · working class heroine · suicide · past-child-neglect · fatphobia · contemporary · other-man-woman · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · glimpses-kisses · curvy-hero · office · mental illness · grumpy sunshine · cold heroine · child-death · working class hero · neurodivergent
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Erik J. Brown
4.19 · 108 ratings
m-m · young adult · contemporary · queer · glimpses-kisses · queer-awakening · male-pov · suspense · first-person-pov · florida · caretaking · georgia · angst · dual-pov · survival · mental-trauma · washington-dc · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · forced proximity
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Kate Chopin
3.65 · 106 ratings
secret-relationship · christian · usa · cheating · historical · himbo · sunny hero · m-f · mental-trauma · past-abuse · survival · slut-shaming · non-trad-hea · victorian · super rich hero · louisiana · tortured heroine · angst · rich heroine · religious-trauma
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Julie Belfield
4.16 · 93 ratings
past-sexual-abuse · dual-pov · political-intrigue · pregnancy · possessive hero · survival · dark · virgin heroine · mental-trauma · m-f · torture-mcs · past-abuse · first-person-pov · medieval · cold hero · religious-trauma · abuse-non-mc · fighters · explicit-open-door · disabilities and marks
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Bree Wiley
4.18 · 92 ratings
forced proximity · hurt-comfort · angst · queer · m-m · contemporary · abuse · length-medium · past-child-abuse · from hate to love · lgbtqia hate · death · found-family · secret-relationship · self harm · sweet-hero · past-child-neglect · caretaking · cold hero · first-person-pov
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Richard Roper
3.76 · 80 ratings
contemporary · angst · europe · shy-hero · abuse · slow burn · behind-doors · british-isles · united-kingdom · tortured hero · friends to lovers · male-pov · single-mother · mental illness · third-person-pov · working class hero · neurodivergent · death · mental-trauma · m-f
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Kylie Lee Baker
3.87 · 70 ratings
urban fantasy · fantasy · historical · magic · horror · paranormal · young adult · dark · monsters · glimpses-kisses · class difference · witches · dystopian · high fantasy · vengeance · graphic-violence · strong heroine · asia · independent heroine · china
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Jessamine Rue
4.09 · 65 ratings
forced proximity · betrayal · found-family · bisexual · fantasy · menage · boss & employee · paranormal · consensual-non-con · possessive hero · torture-mcs · sunny hero · m-f · queer · cold hero · tortured hero · m-f-m · fetish · reverse harem · praise-kink
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Zara Bell
4.23 · 55 ratings
class difference · slut-shaming · possessive hero · death · alcoholism · m-f · poor heroine · betrayal · mental-trauma · himbo · past-sexual-abuse · terminal-illness · shy heroine · cheerful heroine · humor · angst · victim-blaming · drug-abuse · england · first-person-pov
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Jaysea Lynn
4.56 · 44 ratings
mental-trauma · m-f · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · past-abuse · monsters · hurt-comfort · praise-kink · poor heroine · self harm · third-person-pov · paranormal · office · royalty · sassy heroine · child-sexual-abuse · competent heroine · slow burn · sweet heroine · non-human-hero
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Alice Winn
4.67 · 43 ratings
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Katie Moore
3.78 · 42 ratings
torture-mcs · male-pov · friends to lovers · m-m · hurt-comfort · queer-awakening · sweet-hero · slow burn · virgin hero · young adult · demi-sexual-hero · contemporary · tortured hero · height-difference · short-king · queer · caretaking · past-child-abuse · first-person-pov · new adult
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Micah Nemerever
3.99 · 39 ratings
behind-doors · length-long · virgin hero · suicide · suspense · non-hea · tortured hero · contemporary · college · m-m · self harm · 20th century · class difference · male-pov · small town · secret-relationship · mental illness · animal-death · neurodivergent · past-sexual-abuse
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Kit Grey
4.38 · 38 ratings
demi-sexual-hero · angst · shy-hero · bisexual · humor · basketball · florida · queer · caretaking · grovel · super rich hero · first-person-pov · new adult · lgbtqia hate · mental-trauma · alpha male · black-mc · possessive hero · sunny hero · african-american
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J.D. Frost
3.65 · 37 ratings
m-m · alpha male · abuse-mc · dark · mental-trauma · death · possessive hero · anal sex · found-family · dual-pov · athletes · high-school · angst · abuse · abuse-non-mc · grovel · caretaking · queer · cruel hero · super rich hero
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Chloe Michelle Howarth
4.22 · 36 ratings
small town · queer · 20th century · slut-shaming · friends to lovers · lgbtqia hate · first-person-pov · length-medium · drug-abuse · angst · queer-awakening · open-door · secret-relationship · f-f · religious-trauma · substance abuse · ireland · tortured heroine · christian · young adult
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Justinian Huang
3.48 · 34 ratings
non-hea · time travel · super rich hero · queer · fantasy · china · fated-mates · ancient times · length-medium · explicit-open-door · angst · mystery · usa · cheating · working class hero · historical · political-intrigue · california · love triangle · betrayal
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Five Star Designs
3.64 · 31 ratings
tortured hero · past-abuse · queer · super rich hero · lgbtqia hate · abduction · m-m · class difference · abuse · open-door · abuse-non-mc · past-child-neglect · mystery · age difference · suspense · dual-pov · neurodivergent · dub-con · boss & employee · alpha male
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A. Rae Dunlap
3.98 · 27 ratings
forbidden love · secret-relationship · forced proximity · class difference · male-pov · m-m · friends to lovers · queer-awakening · sweet-hero · college · tortured hero · united-kingdom · suspense · slow burn · british-isles · behind-doors · england · length-medium · mystery · bad boys
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Sky Blu
3.87 · 26 ratings
miscarriage · multicultural · torture-mcs · dual-pov · praise-kink · double-penetration · abduction · fetish · forced proximity · birth-control-non-con · graphic-violence · rape-mc · suicide · dub-con · somnophilia · tortured hero · rape · super rich hero · past-child-abuse · new adult
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Thea Verdone
4.34 · 25 ratings
mental illness · third-person-pov · anal sex · dual-pov · neurodivergent · cheating · death · mental-trauma · dark · betrayal · super rich hero · queer · caretaking · mystery · past-child-neglect · length-medium · bisexual · angst · explicit-open-door · substance abuse
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Glen Lloyd
3.96 · 22 ratings
menage · lgbtqia hate · war · military · queer · independent heroine · cheerful heroine · m-m-f · drug-abuse · bisexual · working class hero · found-family · anal sex · men in uniform · possessive hero · death · slut-shaming · mental-trauma · alpha male · poly
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Mia Darling
3.69 · 21 ratings
queer · cold hero · from hate to love · past-child-abuse · first-person-pov · new adult · abuse · angst · bisexual · disabilities and marks · bad boys · abuse-non-mc · found-family · dual-pov · dark · russia · mental-trauma · betrayal · death · torture-mcs
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Dani Francis
3.73 · 20 ratings
first-person-pov · fantasy · from hate to love · futuristic · military · cruel hero · abuse-non-mc · victim-blaming · angst · drug-abuse · science fiction · abuse · explicit-open-door · slut-shaming · possessive hero · death · alpha male · m-f · betrayal · dark
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