Kristi Copeland
4.44 · 9 ratings
abuse-mc · rape · tortured heroine · length-short · past-child-abuse · length-medium · drug-abuse · young adult · fatphobia · suspense · rape-mc · substance abuse · working class heroine · death · slut-shaming · miscarriage · mental-trauma · contemporary · dark
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S.T. Abby
4.44 · 1940 ratings
vengeance · outlaw-heroine · strong heroine · rape · small town · alpha male · men in uniform · lgbtqia hate · abuse · suspense · childfree-couple · contemporary · forbidden love · dangerous heroine · working class hero · past-sexual-abuse · dual-pov · dark · m-f · tortured heroine
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Liv Zander
3.91 · 759 ratings
miscarriage · dark · mental-trauma · dual-pov · anal sex · abuse-mc · abuse-non-mc · angst · first-person-pov · cruel hero · non-human-hero · magic · spanking · from hate to love · tortured hero · sweet heroine · rape-mc · abduction · praise-kink · hurt-comfort
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Delia Owens
4.04 · 248 ratings
sweet heroine · suspense · shy heroine · north-carolina · young adult · competent heroine · slow burn · past-child-neglect · contemporary · length-long · second chances · other-man-woman · north-america · racism · small town · class difference · 20th century · strong heroine · friends to lovers · sweet-hero
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Emily Brontë
3.61 · 223 ratings
dual-pov · georgian · birth-control-non-con · forced proximity · self harm · class difference · multicultural · small town · hurt-comfort · friends to lovers · glimpses-kisses · tortured hero · strong heroine · racism · united-kingdom · vengeance · suicide · slow burn · substance abuse · dub-con
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Alina May
4.12 · 218 ratings
past-child-abuse · from hate to love · forced proximity · rape-mc · dub-con · rape · dark · possessive hero · suspense · contemporary · abuse · spanking · alpha male · abduction · vengeance · tortured hero · cruel hero · first-person-pov · bdsm · body-betrayal
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Gail Honeyman
4.11 · 217 ratings
disabilities and marks · past-child-neglect · fatphobia · slow burn · working class heroine · suspense · competent heroine · suicide · contemporary · other-man-woman · friends to lovers · glimpses-kisses · sweet-hero · curvy-hero · grumpy sunshine · office · mental illness · working class hero · neurodivergent · found-family
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Xiran Jay Zhao
4.11 · 149 ratings
dark · past-abuse · dystopian · vengeance · high fantasy · suicide · strong heroine · racism · asia · new adult · lgbtqia hate · gifted heroine · past-child-abuse · futuristic · arranged marriage · aliens · independent heroine · from hate to love · bisexual · non-trad-hea
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Emilia Rossi
3.85 · 146 ratings
mafia · age difference · usa · found-family · alpha male · death · super rich hero · new adult · from hate to love · shy heroine · sweet heroine · fatphobia · graphic-violence · tortured hero · north-america · praise-kink · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · forced proximity · dual-pov
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Bryn Greenwood
4.10 · 119 ratings
contemporary · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · small town · strong heroine · north-america · substance abuse · mystery · length-medium · abuse · new adult · past-child-abuse · independent heroine · death · usa · height-difference · past-child-neglect · angst · tortured heroine · poor heroine
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Katja Millay
4.28 · 107 ratings
mental-trauma · past-abuse · friends to lovers · male-pov · sassy heroine · young adult · length-long · suspense · slow burn · strong heroine · north-america · second chances · tortured hero · contemporary · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · cold hero · cruel hero · florida · tearjerkers
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Angeline Boulley
4.41 · 94 ratings
young adult · indigenous-mc · victim-blaming · drug-abuse · mystery · non-trad-hea · new adult · first-person-pov · m-f · betrayal · mental-trauma · slut-shaming · death · men in uniform · michigan · mental illness · fake relationship · rape-non-mc · small town · heroine sleuth
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Julie Belfield
4.17 · 94 ratings
misogyny · paranormal · fae · rape-non-mc · animal-death · non-human-hero · height-difference · royalty · sassy heroine · incest · child-sexual-abuse · torture-scs · suspense · religious-trauma · abuse-non-mc · working class heroine · disabilities and marks · fighters · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov
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Nina Pennacchi
3.88 · 85 ratings
angst · dub-con · length-long · rape-mc · suspense · vengeance · competent heroine · suicide · british-isles · strong heroine · rape · height-difference · united-kingdom · graphic-violence · curvy heroine · tortured hero · child-sexual-abuse · historical · dual-pov · western-central-europe
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Douglas Stuart
4.42 · 61 ratings
length-medium · abuse · child-sexual-abuse · graphic-violence · rape · substance abuse · tortured hero · queer-awakening · m-m · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · class difference · secret-relationship · forbidden love · mental illness · rape-non-mc · historical · working class hero · child-death · death
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Zara Bell
4.23 · 55 ratings
drug-abuse · fatphobia · boss & employee · alcoholism · competent heroine · england · working class heroine · slow burn · height-difference · sweet heroine · strong heroine · racism · substance abuse · tortured hero · curvy heroine · contemporary · united-kingdom · open-door · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero
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I.V. Ophelia
3.81 · 49 ratings
suicide · graphic-violence · suspense · working class heroine · rape-mc · dub-con · creative-anatomy · non-human-hero · rape · non-hea · monsters · vampires · paranormal · rape-non-mc · animal-death · dangerous heroine · cold heroine · dual-pov · historical · primal-play
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Jaysea Lynn
4.56 · 44 ratings
age difference · poor heroine · dual-pov · third-person-pov · paranormal · office · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · monsters · hurt-comfort · praise-kink · self harm · non-human-hero · strong heroine · height-difference · tortured hero · contemporary · royalty · sassy heroine · child-sexual-abuse
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HC Dolores
4.19 · 42 ratings
north-america · strong heroine · contemporary · sassy heroine · dub-con · young adult · suspense · slow burn · virgin hero · working class heroine · graphic-violence · suicide · praise-kink · friends to lovers · connecticut · class difference · death · possessive hero · virgin heroine · dark
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Alexis Grace
4.07 · 41 ratings
suspense · graphic-violence · competent heroine · abuse-non-mc · m-f-m · dub-con · vengeance · torture-scs · contemporary · bondage · menage · praise-kink · heroine sleuth · abduction · double-penetration · sweet-hero · exhibitionism · reverse harem · forced proximity · usa
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Kate Avelynn
3.51 · 38 ratings
dark · virgin heroine · mental-trauma · m-f · love triangle · possessive hero · torture-mcs · high-school · abuse · length-medium · angst · disabilities and marks · bad boys · siblings-bff · shy heroine · non-trad-hea · past-child-abuse · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · contemporary
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Zaina Arafat
3.68 · 38 ratings
racism · queer · non-trad-hea · past-child-abuse · first-person-pov · lgbtqia hate · length-medium · eating disorder · angst · open-door · bisexual · jordan · f-f · religious-trauma · usa · tortured heroine · palestine · mental-trauma · france · m-f
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Chloe Michelle Howarth
4.22 · 36 ratings
drug-abuse · open-door · young adult · high-school · christian · substance abuse · ireland · slut-shaming · alcoholism · poor heroine · contemporary · mental-trauma · lgbtqia hate · first-person-pov · friends to lovers · queer-awakening · 20th century · tortured heroine · small town · queer
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Michelle Painchaud
3.75 · 28 ratings
m-f · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · mystery · length-medium · mental illness · high-school · young adult · suspense · cold heroine · death · mental-trauma · contemporary · poor heroine
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Sky Blu
3.87 · 26 ratings
slut-shaming · explicit-plentiful · mental illness · human-trafficking · misogyny · suspense · child-sexual-abuse · working class heroine · contemporary · other-man-woman · menage · forced-pregnancy · body-betrayal · cruel hero · cold hero · bdsm · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · daddy-kink · abuse-non-mc
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Alexis Grace
4.32 · 25 ratings
age difference · past-sexual-abuse · dual-pov · anal sex · dark · past-abuse · alpha male · poly · possessive hero · men in uniform · m-f · found-family · miscarriage · betrayal · independent heroine · past-child-abuse · mental-trauma · length-medium · spanking · torture-scs
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O.O. Sangoyomi
3.98 · 24 ratings
tortured heroine · first-person-pov · medieval · super rich hero · independent heroine · arranged marriage · africa · togo · western-africa · disabilities and marks · open-door · past-sexual-abuse · historical · political-intrigue · death · possessive hero · miscarriage · mental-trauma · dark · black-mc
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Dani Francis
3.70 · 23 ratings
from hate to love · non-hea · rape · graphic-violence · commander · working class heroine · dub-con · boss & employee · dystopian · paranormal · rape-non-mc · forbidden love · human-trafficking · misogyny · length-long · alpha male · m-f · dark · betrayal · mental-trauma
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Glen Lloyd
3.96 · 22 ratings
secret-relationship · reverse harem · office · explicit-plentiful · queer-awakening · mental illness · m-m · friends to lovers · hurt-comfort · third-person-pov · strong heroine · menage · contemporary · sassy heroine · working class heroine · slow burn · m-m-f · sweet heroine · substance abuse · cheerful heroine
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