Maria Susanna Cummins
4.08 · 34 ratings
young adult · christian · victorian · historical · length-long · north-america · mystery · sweet-hero · past-child-abuse · cold heroine · usa · past-child-neglect · glimpses-kisses
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Suzanne Collins
4.23 · 3840 ratings
glimpses-kisses · dystopian · survival · futuristic · abuse · science fiction · young adult · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · torture-mcs · vengeance · usa · death · torture-scs · suspense · audiobook · war · military · first-person-pov · tortured heroine
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Delia Owens
4.06 · 320 ratings
betrayal · 20th century · independent heroine · mystery · poor heroine · age difference · non-trad-hea · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · usa · north-carolina · second chances · death · love triangle · historical · length-long · open-door · other-man-woman · north-america
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S.E. Hinton
4.02 · 314 ratings
found-family · male-pov · 20th century · oklahoma · sunny hero · bad boys · glimpses-kisses · mystery · tearjerkers · mental-trauma · usa · nerdy-hero · shy-hero · high-school · working class hero · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · graphic-violence · death · non-hea
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Emily Brontë
3.64 · 293 ratings
historical · slavery · class difference · small town · tortured hero · self harm · rich heroine · victim-blaming · substance abuse · angst · vengeance · friends to lovers · slow burn · gambling · dub-con · birth-control-non-con · strong heroine · multicultural · ableism · racism
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Gail Honeyman
4.11 · 254 ratings
victim-blaming · rape · non-hea · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · curvy-hero · friends to lovers · angst · working class heroine · abuse · mental illness · substance abuse · england · grumpy sunshine · competent heroine · child-death · suspense · office · slow burn · neurodivergent
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Mathilde Tamae-Bouhon
4.09 · 238 ratings
queer-awakening · m-m · lgbtqia hate · secret-relationship · friends to lovers · angst · queer · young adult · slow burn · found-family · sweet-hero · audiobook · contemporary · multicultural · glimpses-kisses · male-pov · humor · christmas · mystery · high-school
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David R. Slayton
4.07 · 178 ratings
fantasy · magic · queer · m-m · audiobook · paranormal · mystery · male-pov · witches · death · contemporary · mental-trauma · tortured hero · urban fantasy · third-person-pov · length-medium · usa · fae · bisexual · new adult
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Meg Shaffer
4.07 · 156 ratings
paranormal · audiobook · mystery · fantasy · length-medium · past-child-abuse · north-america · young adult · contemporary · urban fantasy · found-family · usa · past-child-neglect · behind-doors · magic · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · new adult · m-m · bisexual
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Natalie Babbitt
3.71 · 146 ratings
paranormal · fantasy · third-person-pov · competent heroine · young adult · m-f · length-novella · contemporary · historical · found-family · magic · legends & fairy tales · urban fantasy · sweet-hero · audiobook · small town · glimpses-kisses · north-america · non-trad-hea · sweet heroine
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Bryn Greenwood
4.04 · 134 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · poor heroine · tortured heroine · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · friends to lovers · angst · substance abuse · north-america · past-child-abuse · small town · dual-pov · sweet-hero · strong heroine · mystery · independent heroine · death · length-medium · usa
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Tanja Hamer
4.00 · 121 ratings
gifted heroine · love triangle · shapeshifters · north-america · fae · vampires · dystopian · sassy heroine · paranormal · suspense · strong heroine · young adult · m-f · audiobook · contemporary · slut-shaming · urban fantasy · college · witches · glimpses-kisses
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Alexis Grace
4.12 · 120 ratings
bondage · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · bdsm · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · dark · anal sex · possessive hero · praise-kink · dual-pov · sweet-hero · strong heroine · abduction · past-child-abuse · nerdy-hero · length-medium · m-f-m · usa · virginia
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V.E.S. Pullen
4.30 · 116 ratings
strong heroine · survival · past-child-abuse · north-america · dystopian · angst · mental-trauma · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · past-child-neglect · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · competent heroine · contemporary · poly · found-family · science fiction · abuse · usa · death
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Kate Chopin
3.71 · 114 ratings
mature couple · christian · victorian · past-abuse · louisiana · tortured heroine · non-hea · historical · usa · mental-trauma · behind-doors · himbo · non-trad-hea · misogyny · sunny hero · super rich hero · bad boys · suicide · m-f · contemporary
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Liz Moore
4.17 · 100 ratings
20th century · audiobook · betrayal · cheating · third-person-pov · child-death · competent heroine · abuse · substance abuse · north-america · small town · new-york-state · length-long · death · historical · cruel hero · other-man-woman · past-child-neglect · usa · mental-trauma
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Penny Jessup
3.52 · 72 ratings
urban fantasy · sweet-hero · super rich hero · grumpy sunshine · angst · virgin hero · north-america · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · small town · class difference · first-person-pov · non-hea · new-york-state · non-human-hero · insta-love · past-child-neglect · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · cold hero
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Faelicy
4.27 · 65 ratings
young adult · age difference · fantasy · humor · forced proximity · possessive hero · glimpses-kisses · caretaking · teacher-hero · historical · east-asian-mc · legends & fairy tales · death · demons · fighters · nerdy-hero · magic · length-medium · asia · angst
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Jürgen Langowski
3.80 · 38 ratings
historical · magic · mystery · fantasy · urban fantasy · love triangle · dystopian · victorian · other-man-woman · length-long · steampunk · young adult · paranormal
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S.F. Williamson
3.75 · 38 ratings
historical · urban fantasy · magic · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · first-person-pov · class difference · war · hurt-comfort · non-hea · dystopian · high fantasy · fantasy · forbidden love · non-trad-hea · friends to lovers · slow burn · length-long · glimpses-kisses · young adult
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Venessa Vida Kelley
4.22 · 35 ratings
fantasy · monsters · latinx-mc · 20th century · length-long · new-york-state · historical · first-person-pov · working class hero · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · behind-doors · usa · shy-hero · secret-relationship · friends to lovers · abduction · lgbtqia hate · queer · abuse
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Catherine Jinks
3.42 · 34 ratings
cold heroine · length-medium · paranormal · usa · young adult · werewolves · non-human-hero · contemporary · m-f · audiobook · magic · non-human-heroine · urban fantasy · glimpses-kisses · north-america · shapeshifters · plain heroine · torture-scs · vampires · mystery
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Anna Day
3.57 · 30 ratings
glimpses-kisses · m-f · contemporary · betrayal · first-person-pov · urban fantasy · audiobook · length-long · sweet-hero · paranormal · usa · suspense · death · political-intrigue · young adult · working class hero · dystopian · angst · torture-scs · science fiction
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Diana Forbes
4.34 · 29 ratings
young adult · north-america · new adult · usa · length-medium · poor heroine · mystery · rhode-island · historical · victorian · contemporary · audiobook
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Ally North
4.59 · 29 ratings
victorian · past-abuse · historical · tortured heroine · length-long · usa · abuse-non-mc · past-sexual-abuse · f-f · forced proximity · independent heroine · animal-death · audiobook · found-family · teacher-heroine · competent heroine · slow burn · cold heroine · third-person-pov · grumpy sunshine
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Joey Parker
3.67 · 29 ratings
dark · lgbtqia hate · usa · friends to lovers · bisexual · mental illness · queer · substance abuse · sports · rape · m-m · new adult · past-child-abuse · self harm · angst · height-difference · college · found-family · hurt-comfort · dual-pov
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Hannah Capin
3.64 · 24 ratings
indiana · usa · length-long · high-school · young adult · tudors · north-america · audiobook · contemporary · mystery · humor · historical
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Aleksandra Ross
3.59 · 22 ratings
competent heroine · cold heroine · dangerous heroine · fantasy · forced proximity · monsters · bad boys · independent heroine · glimpses-kisses · super rich hero · magic · length-long · horror · death · aristocratic heroine · warrior-heroine · dark · graphic-violence · abduction · from hate to love
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I.V. Marie
3.75 · 21 ratings
cold hero · past-child-neglect · young adult · paranormal · slow burn · magic · tortured heroine · sweet-hero · non-hea · m-f · betrayal · audiobook · death · contemporary · length-long · m-m · glimpses-kisses · gifted heroine · tortured hero · sassy heroine
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