Angeline Boulley
4.40 · 131 ratings
young adult · audiobook · contemporary · new adult · rape · victim-blaming · north-america · small town · mental illness · substance abuse · racism · rape-non-mc · competent heroine · suspense · fake relationship · slut-shaming · found-family · men in uniform · m-f · betrayal
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S.T. Abby
4.43 · 3102 ratings
strong heroine · dual-pov · men in uniform · disabilities and marks · outlaw-heroine · rape · north-america · vengeance · west-virginia · dark · past-sexual-abuse · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · possessive hero · suspense · m-f · alpha male · contemporary · audiobook · forbidden love
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Liv Zander
3.92 · 1490 ratings
disabilities and marks · high fantasy · vengeance · strong heroine · dub-con · child-death · dual-pov · consensual-non-con · body-betrayal · anal sex · cold hero · abuse-non-mc · dark · graphic-violence · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · mental-trauma · bdsm · caretaking · cruel hero
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Delia Owens
4.07 · 354 ratings
young adult · non-trad-hea · age difference · mystery · 20th century · independent heroine · poor heroine · other-man-woman · standalone-first · historical · death · love triangle · north-carolina · second chances · mental-trauma · usa · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · length-long · open-door
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Emily Brontë
3.67 · 336 ratings
england · torture-mcs · united-kingdom · insta-love · british-isles · torture-scs · dark · mental-trauma · abuse-mc · tortured heroine · non-hea · first-person-pov · caretaking · standalone · victorian · cruel hero · terminal-illness · possessive hero · glimpses-kisses · grovel
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Julie Belfield
4.14 · 279 ratings
past-abuse · height-difference · new adult · gifted heroine · lgbtqia hate · religious-trauma · from hate to love · sassy heroine · royalty · fae · torture-scs · rape-non-mc · mental illness · political-intrigue · abuse · paranormal · suspense · found-family · slut-shaming · miscarriage
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Gail Honeyman
4.12 · 269 ratings
survival · neurodivergent · sweet-hero · found-family · fatphobia · suicide · animal-abuse · contemporary · europe · audiobook · grumpy sunshine · competent heroine · child-death · suspense · slow burn · curvy-hero · office · cold heroine · friends to lovers · angst
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Amanda Moura
3.83 · 267 ratings
young adult · high-school · behind-doors · usa · mental-trauma · standalone · paranormal · competent heroine · death · beta-hero · tortured heroine · contemporary · oregon · first-person-pov · m-f · north-america · rockstars · audiobook · first-in-series · length-short
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Xiran Jay Zhao
4.09 · 204 ratings
torture-scs · torture-mcs · mental-trauma · dark · past-child-neglect · queer · east-asia · first-person-pov · past-abuse · military · tortured heroine · behind-doors · war · strong heroine · racism · slow burn · survival · ableism · suicide · past-child-abuse
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Yulin Kuang
3.90 · 186 ratings
friends-benefits · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · dual-pov · found-family · contemporary · m-f · suicide · multicultural · grumpy sunshine · california · independent heroine · office · audiobook · competent heroine · third-person-pov · secret-relationship · from hate to love · child-death · slow burn
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Natalie Babbitt
3.69 · 154 ratings
young adult · third-person-pov · paranormal · competent heroine · standalone · found-family · magic · urban fantasy · legends & fairy tales · historical · m-f · contemporary · length-novella · sweet-hero · audiobook · north-america · standalone-first · glimpses-kisses · small town · 100-plus-years-mmc
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Bryn Greenwood
4.03 · 139 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · friends to lovers · length-medium · usa · standalone-first · death · independent heroine · mystery · competent heroine · suspense · m-f · new adult · height-difference · abuse · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · standalone · tortured heroine · poor heroine
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Gaston Leroux
4.00 · 137 ratings
age difference · western-central-europe · racism · mystery · virgin heroine · poor heroine · 20th century · monsters · possessive hero · europe · glimpses-kisses · victorian · cruel hero · horror · other-man-woman · teacher-hero · love triangle · first-person-pov · historical · dark
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Katja Millay
4.29 · 131 ratings
mystery · tearjerkers · cold hero · bad boys · virgin heroine · male-pov · death · length-long · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · past-abuse · standalone-first · high-school · mental-trauma · usa · shy-hero · second chances · sassy heroine · friends to lovers · open-door
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V.E.S. Pullen
4.25 · 122 ratings
tortured heroine · first-person-pov · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · dystopian · angst · north-america · survival · past-child-abuse · strong heroine · forced proximity · reverse harem · death · independent heroine · usa · science fiction · abuse · found-family
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Liz Moore
4.09 · 110 ratings
audiobook · betrayal · cheating · third-person-pov · child-death · competent heroine · abuse · substance abuse · small town · north-america · cruel hero · other-man-woman · new-york-state · death · length-long · historical · usa · mental-trauma · standalone · standalone-first
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Zara Bell
4.17 · 79 ratings
strong heroine · racism · drug-abuse · cold hero · forced proximity · humor · super rich hero · poor heroine · grovel · cheerful heroine · independent heroine · possessive hero · south asian · standalone-first · death · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · mental-trauma · standalone · open-door
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Penny Jessup
3.54 · 74 ratings
non-hea · m-m · shapeshifters · queer-awakening · queer · bisexual · royalty · lgbtqia hate · forbidden love · suspense · paranormal · young adult · contemporary · audiobook · alpha male · found-family · male-pov · fated-mates · super rich hero · non-trad-hea
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Emma Törzs
4.09 · 65 ratings
tortured hero · length-long · past-child-abuse · death · gifted heroine · new adult · north-america · vengeance · england · queer · sweet heroine · abuse · third-person-pov · paranormal · competent heroine · suspense · western-central-europe · strong heroine · m-f · contemporary
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Frances White
3.98 · 51 ratings
urban fantasy · male-pov · mystery · fantasy · humor · second chances · standalone · graphic-violence · behind-doors · pirates · standalone-first · terminal-illness · magic · first-person-pov · death · length-long · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · shapeshifters · new adult
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Wallis Kinney
3.90 · 49 ratings
mystery · fantasy · forced proximity · humor · witches · independent heroine · monsters · death · magic · usa · demons · second chances · length-medium · working class heroine · rape-non-mc · forbidden love · mental illness · sassy heroine · from hate to love · gifted heroine
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Katie Ivey
3.90 · 48 ratings
dual-pov · male-pov · independent heroine · grovel · late-20s-mmc · forced proximity · iowa · usa · mental-trauma · second chances · standalone · working class hero · open-door · abuse-non-mc · past-child-neglect · past-abuse · other-man-woman · standalone-first · death · length-long
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Joey Parker
3.66 · 38 ratings
anal sex · north-america · illinois · explicit-plentiful · drug-abuse · alcoholism · sunny hero · body-betrayal · male-pov · first-person-pov · length-long · first-in-series · standalone-first · caretaking · past-abuse · past-child-neglect · hockey · torture-mcs · past-sexual-abuse · shy-hero
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Reese Dante
3.36 · 30 ratings
north-america · standalone-first · stepsibling · magic · first-in-series · death · incest · usa · shy heroine · werewolves · age difference · misogyny · fantasy · fated-mates · forced proximity · exhibitionism · super rich hero · monsters · m-f · alpha male
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Sandy Alvarez
3.98 · 26 ratings
slut-shaming · virgin heroine · poor heroine · montana · possessive hero · spanking · independent heroine · dual-pov · human-trafficking · misogyny · length-medium · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · explicit-open-door · working class hero · abuse-non-mc · torture-mcs · caretaking · standalone-first · death
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Hwang DoTol
4.11 · 26 ratings
contemporary · war · cheerful heroine · possessive hero · virgin heroine · cold hero · past-child-neglect · behind-doors · insta-love · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · first-person-pov · caretaking · career professional · aristocratic heroine · past-abuse · rich heroine · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · abduction
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Callie Hart
3.95 · 21 ratings
non-trad-hea · fantasy · exhibitionism · super rich hero · bad boys · standalone-first · length-long · death · usa · second chances · child-sexual-abuse · incest · abuse · sassy heroine · masc-dom · new adult · height-difference · contemporary · alpha male · m-f
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Sweet Cosette
4.05 · 21 ratings
independent heroine · friends-benefits · male-pov · exhibitionism · hurt-comfort · poor heroine · spanking · praise-kink · consensual-non-con · body-betrayal · eating disorder · famous heroine · second chances · shy-hero · nerdy-hero · usa · standalone · fem-dom · high-school · caretaking
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Allison Rogers
4.17 · 20 ratings
slut-shaming · found-family · first-person-pov · contemporary · m-f · suicide · high-school · young adult · past-sexual-abuse · standalone-first · standalone · length-medium · abuse · rape-non-mc · mental illness · glimpses-kisses · victim-blaming · rape · self harm
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