Krystal Marquis
3.65 · 45 ratings
young adult · historical · length-medium · contemporary · black-mc · m-f · love triangle · african-american · racism · multicultural · class difference · 20th century · north-america · illinois · non-hea · non-trad-hea · new adult · glimpses-kisses · third-person-pov · forbidden love
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William Goldman
4.32 · 267 ratings
secret-relationship · third-person-pov · paranormal · forbidden love · abduction · friends to lovers · monsters · male-pov · class difference · pirates · witches · small town · tortured hero · other-man-woman · aristocratic heroine · royalty · sassy heroine · young adult · vengeance · high fantasy
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S.E. Hinton
4.02 · 262 ratings
usa · forbidden love · glimpses-kisses · sweet-hero · 20th century · class difference · male-pov · non-hea · north-america · young adult · vengeance · suspense · slow burn · tearjerkers · mystery · bad boys · rich heroine · angst · abuse · new adult
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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
angst · england · rich heroine · religious-trauma · caretaking · cold hero · victorian · cruel hero · grovel · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · m-f · dark · mental-trauma · abuse-mc · survival · possessive hero · torture-mcs · terminal-illness · cold heroine
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Natalie Babbitt
3.72 · 126 ratings
magic · urban fantasy · legends & fairy tales · north-america · m-f · contemporary · length-novella · found-family · historical · young adult · competent heroine · sweet heroine · mystery · third-person-pov · paranormal · abduction · fantasy · sweet-hero · non-trad-hea · glimpses-kisses
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Gaston Leroux
3.96 · 107 ratings
mature couple · childfree-couple · suspense · sweet heroine · working class heroine · virgin hero · actors · suicide · other-man-woman · tortured hero · abuse · non-hea · 20th century · abduction · hurt-comfort · monsters · paranormal · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · mental illness
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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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M.A. Carrick
4.28 · 97 ratings
found-family · historical · magic · independent heroine · fantasy · mystery · vengeance · outlaw-heroine · strong heroine · class difference · hurt-comfort · third-person-pov · political-intrigue · m-f · competent heroine · sassy heroine · men in uniform · gifted heroine · past-child-abuse · from hate to love
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Angeline Boulley
4.41 · 94 ratings
death · men in uniform · slut-shaming · mental-trauma · betrayal · m-f · michigan · mystery · victim-blaming · indigenous-mc · drug-abuse · new adult · first-person-pov · non-trad-hea · north-america · racism · hockey · rape · contemporary · young adult
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Martha Brockenbrough
3.67 · 76 ratings
fantasy · length-medium · paranormal · young adult · magic · contemporary · black-mc · war · multicultural · 20th century · mystery · high-school · forbidden love · historical · suspense · death · african-american · urban fantasy · male-pov · dual-pov
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Jessica George
4.05 · 67 ratings
african-american · racism · death · mental illness · humor · contemporary · black-mc · length-medium · new adult · young adult · multicultural
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Loan Le
3.68 · 47 ratings
dual-pov · high-school · young adult · length-long · racism · east-asian-mc · m-f · contemporary · glimpses-kisses · from hate to love · friends to lovers · multicultural · humor · forced proximity · secret-relationship · forbidden love
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Alice Winn
4.67 · 43 ratings
death · 20th century · jewish · alcoholism · male-pov · queer-awakening · friends to lovers · m-m · third-person-pov · mental illness · secret-relationship · suicide · grumpy sunshine · graphic-violence · slow burn · tortured hero · non-trad-hea · military · queer · lgbtqia hate
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Daveed Diggs
3.76 · 43 ratings
dystopian · young adult · historical · neurodivergent · high fantasy · urban fantasy · magic · african-american · dark · contemporary · horror · racism · fantasy · new adult · black-mc · queer · multicultural · post-apocalyptic · length-short · f-f
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William Hutson
3.76 · 43 ratings
f-f · dystopian · paranormal · new adult · fantasy · multicultural · queer · african-american · magic · urban fantasy · racism · horror · black-mc · contemporary · dark · neurodivergent · historical · young adult · post-apocalyptic · high fantasy
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Jonathan Snipes
3.76 · 43 ratings
high fantasy · historical · neurodivergent · young adult · black-mc · horror · post-apocalyptic · contemporary · magic · african-american · dark · urban fantasy · racism · queer · multicultural · new adult · length-short · fantasy · paranormal · dystopian
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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
3.96 · 39 ratings
forced proximity · historical · poor heroine · virgin heroine · length-novella · magic · love triangle · cold hero · independent heroine · super rich hero · tortured heroine · new adult · fantasy · from hate to love · angst · shy-hero · abuse-non-mc · virgin hero · childfree-couple · suspense
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Kate Avelynn
3.51 · 38 ratings
high-school · forbidden love · secret-relationship · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · tortured hero · contemporary · non-hea · incest · sweet heroine · behind-doors · young adult · dub-con · angst · disabilities and marks · length-medium · abuse · shy heroine · bad boys · siblings-bff
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Davis T. Bunn
4.06 · 38 ratings
israel · strong heroine · men in uniform · jewish · alpha male · m-f · racism · dual-pov · historical · young adult · political-intrigue · christian · slow burn · competent heroine · west-asia · arranged marriage · commander · third-person-pov · length-medium · clean
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Louise Kennedy
4.03 · 37 ratings
m-f · contemporary · other-man-woman · northern-ireland · united-kingdom · alcoholism · british-isles · teacher-heroine · age difference · ireland · cheating · behind-doors · historical · death · europe · forbidden love · length-medium · third-person-pov · secret-relationship · 20th century
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Cecilia Rabess
3.46 · 35 ratings
boss & employee · forbidden love · length-medium · office · drug-abuse · open-door · humor · non-trad-hea · independent heroine · multicultural · new adult · friends to lovers · from hate to love · second chances · black-mc · contemporary · bwwm · african-american · m-f · north-america
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Joy San
3.94 · 34 ratings
young adult · black-mc · length-novella · contemporary · f-f · african-american · north-america · queer · new-jersey · historical · usa · glimpses-kisses
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S.F. Williamson
3.83 · 34 ratings
magic · urban fantasy · non-trad-hea · past-child-abuse · fantasy · sweet-hero · first-person-pov · war · class difference · friends to lovers · dystopian · forbidden love · hurt-comfort · multicultural · non-hea · glimpses-kisses · slow burn · high fantasy · young adult · length-long
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Geoffrey Chaucer
3.84 · 31 ratings
medieval · non-trad-hea · ancient times · war · fighters · open-door · angst · length-medium · rich heroine · cheating · insta-love · historical · abuse-mc · love triangle · possessive hero · pagan · death · class difference · third-person-pov · forbidden love
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Jardine Libaire
3.31 · 28 ratings
length-medium · explicit-open-door · drug-abuse · shy-hero · third-person-pov · forbidden love · latinx-mc · multicultural · class difference · super rich hero · sweet-hero · new adult · contemporary · m-f · north-america · new-york-state · poor heroine · usa · cold heroine · substance abuse
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Regina Black
3.88 · 24 ratings
competent heroine · single-mother · cheating · age difference · dual-pov · black-mc · other-man-woman · contemporary · african-american · independent heroine · multicultural · tortured heroine · career professional · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · forbidden love · third-person-pov · angst · open-door · length-medium
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Lillian E. Smith
3.87 · 20 ratings
racism · f-f · 20th century · multicultural · military · queer · historical · contemporary · length-medium · black-mc · african-american
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