Elyssa Warkentin
4.19 · 8 ratings
slow burn · mystery · forced proximity · secret-relationship · forbidden love · angst · third-person-pov · mental illness · length-medium · m-m · queer · victorian · military · racism · death · love triangle · historical · behind-doors · boss & employee · childfree-couple
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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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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 · 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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Everina Maxwell
4.18 · 155 ratings
science fiction · new adult · forced proximity · third-person-pov · m-m · friends to lovers · multicultural · behind-doors · slow burn · mystery · from hate to love · queer · military · political-intrigue · dual-pov · grumpy sunshine · office · mental illness · hurt-comfort · class difference
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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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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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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 · misogyny · forbidden love · third-person-pov · friends-benefits · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · mental illness · self harm · north-america · strong heroine · non-hea · racism · contemporary · competent heroine · suicide · mature couple · bad boys · victim-blaming · rich heroine
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Bree Wiley
4.18 · 92 ratings
forced proximity · hurt-comfort · contemporary · m-m · angst · queer · cold hero · caretaking · secret-relationship · sweet-hero · self harm · death · found-family · abuse · length-medium · from hate to love · lgbtqia hate · past-child-abuse · explicit-plentiful · mental illness
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Sylvain Neuvel
3.83 · 86 ratings
mystery · forced proximity · humor · aliens · science fiction · length-medium · dystopian · third-person-pov · new adult · first-person-pov · military · futuristic · love triangle · magic · urban fantasy · contemporary · other-man-woman · young adult · behind-doors · dual-pov
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Richard Roper
3.76 · 80 ratings
contemporary · length-medium · england · shy-hero · abuse · behind-doors · british-isles · slow burn · united-kingdom · tortured hero · friends to lovers · male-pov · single-mother · mental illness · third-person-pov · neurodivergent · working class hero · death · m-f · nerdy-hero
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Nicola Tyche
4.11 · 69 ratings
historical · alpha male · magic · love triangle · death · new adult · fantasy · from hate to love · abuse · mystery · high fantasy · aristocratic heroine · third-person-pov · dual-pov · political-intrigue · m-f · cruel hero · war · angst · open-door
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F.E. Bryce
4.24 · 68 ratings
slow burn · vengeance · spanking · bad boys · high fantasy · mature couple · fighters · childfree-couple · suicide · tortured heroine · fantasy · from hate to love · independent heroine · war · military · queer · gifted heroine · magic · possessive hero · cold hero
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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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Penny Jessup
3.41 · 60 ratings
length-medium · fantasy · shapeshifters · queer · werewolves · contemporary · young adult · paranormal · nerdy-hero · alpha male · found-family · usa · shy-hero · from hate to love · lgbtqia hate · fated-mates · non-trad-hea · past-child-abuse · north-america · urban fantasy
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Faelicy
4.26 · 49 ratings
virgin hero · high fantasy · commander · slow burn · boss & employee · young adult · tortured hero · asia · legends & fairy tales · queer-awakening · m-m · sweet-hero · paranormal · third-person-pov · glimpses-kisses · grumpy sunshine · forced proximity · age difference · historical · demons
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Lily
4.26 · 49 ratings
age difference · historical · demons · betrayal · possessive hero · death · east-asian-mc · teacher-hero · queer · caretaking · past-child-abuse · fantasy · nerdy-hero · magic · fighters · length-medium · angst · disabilities and marks · humor · commander
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Xiao Tong Kong (Velinxi)
4.26 · 49 ratings
boss & employee · angst · young adult · length-medium · commander · slow burn · high fantasy · virgin hero · legends & fairy tales · asia · tortured hero · m-m · sweet-hero · queer-awakening · glimpses-kisses · grumpy sunshine · forced proximity · paranormal · third-person-pov · historical
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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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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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Laura Jordan
4.03 · 36 ratings
virgin heroine · cowboys · abduction · hurt-comfort · poor heroine · sweet-hero · multicultural · historical western · small town · bodyguard-hero · forced proximity · male-pov · third-person-pov · friends to lovers · fake relationship · animal-death · texas · dub-con · incest · vengeance
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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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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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Lauren McBrayer
3.84 · 29 ratings
queer · miscarriage · north-america · other-man-woman · contemporary · california · behind-doors · boss & employee · competent heroine · age difference · cheating · f-f · usa · forced proximity · secret-relationship · rich heroine · forbidden love · length-medium · bisexual · office
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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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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
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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Mia Darling
3.69 · 21 ratings
dual-pov · found-family · torture-mcs · death · betrayal · russia · dark · new adult · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · from hate to love · cold hero · past-child-abuse · queer · abuse-non-mc · bad boys · bisexual · angst · disabilities and marks · abuse
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