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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S.T. Abby
4.44 · 1932 ratings
vengeance · strong heroine · rape · outlaw-heroine · small town · men in uniform · alpha male · lgbtqia hate · abuse · suspense · childfree-couple · contemporary · dangerous heroine · forbidden love · working class hero · past-sexual-abuse · dual-pov · dark · m-f · tortured heroine
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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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Gail Honeyman
4.11 · 217 ratings
suspense · slow burn · competent heroine · working class heroine · suicide · past-child-neglect · fatphobia · contemporary · other-man-woman · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · glimpses-kisses · curvy-hero · office · mental illness · grumpy sunshine · cold heroine · child-death · working class hero · neurodivergent
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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 · from hate to love · new adult · shy heroine · sweet heroine · graphic-violence · fatphobia · tortured hero · north-america · praise-kink · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · forced proximity · insta-love
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Bryn Greenwood
4.10 · 119 ratings
contemporary · abuse · length-medium · mystery · past-child-abuse · independent heroine · new adult · death · usa · small town · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · strong heroine · north-america · substance abuse · angst · past-child-neglect · tortured heroine · poor heroine · m-f
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Katja Millay
4.28 · 107 ratings
contemporary · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · cold hero · cruel hero · florida · tearjerkers · mystery · bad boys · shy-hero · angst · open-door · abuse · dual-pov · high-school · usa · slut-shaming · death · m-f · virgin heroine
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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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Julie Belfield
4.16 · 93 ratings
past-sexual-abuse · dual-pov · political-intrigue · pregnancy · possessive hero · survival · dark · virgin heroine · mental-trauma · m-f · torture-mcs · past-abuse · first-person-pov · medieval · cold hero · religious-trauma · abuse-non-mc · fighters · explicit-open-door · disabilities and marks
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Geneva Lee Albin
3.72 · 77 ratings
slow burn · dub-con · graphic-violence · europe · humor · cheerful heroine · spanking · open-door · super rich hero · fated-mates · caretaking · cold hero · fantasy · new adult · first-person-pov · virgin heroine · dark · poor heroine · alpha male · m-f
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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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Zara Bell
4.23 · 55 ratings
class difference · slut-shaming · possessive hero · death · alcoholism · m-f · poor heroine · betrayal · mental-trauma · himbo · past-sexual-abuse · terminal-illness · shy heroine · cheerful heroine · humor · angst · victim-blaming · drug-abuse · england · first-person-pov
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Paisley Hope
4.05 · 54 ratings
dark · past-abuse · consensual-non-con · praise-kink · small town · male-pov · class difference · bikers · forced proximity · grumpy sunshine · bodyguard-hero · masc-dom · explicit-plentiful · exhibitionism · dub-con · sassy heroine · child-sexual-abuse · competent heroine · torture-scs · suspense
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Sierra Greer
3.92 · 49 ratings
independent heroine · futuristic · length-short · body-betrayal · non-trad-hea · new adult · lgbtqia hate · cruel hero · angst · cold hero · abuse · eating disorder · science fiction · open-door · victim-blaming · abuse-non-mc · super rich hero · shy heroine · usa · cheating
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Jessica Morgan
3.97 · 48 ratings
behind-doors · political-intrigue · europe · england · mental illness · humor · rich heroine · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · new adult · contemporary · aristocratic heroine · second chances · m-f · love triangle · mental-trauma · death · miscarriage · first-person-pov · british-isles
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Alexis Grace
4.07 · 41 ratings
length-medium · disabilities and marks · explicit-open-door · spanking · victim-blaming · abuse-non-mc · past-child-abuse · independent heroine · bdsm · from hate to love · new adult · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · mental-trauma · m-f · poly · cold hero · men in uniform · possessive hero · torture-mcs
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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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Kai Kennicott
4.02 · 34 ratings
dark · abduction · class difference · misogyny · grumpy sunshine · forbidden love · dub-con · suspense · mafia · other-man-woman · marriage of convenience · bondage · new adult · contemporary · bdsm · from hate to love · body-betrayal · arranged marriage · victim-blaming · mystery
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Wen Ross
4.02 · 34 ratings
class difference · abduction · forbidden love · grumpy sunshine · misogyny · suspense · dub-con · marriage of convenience · contemporary · mafia · other-man-woman · bondage · body-betrayal · bdsm · from hate to love · new adult · length-medium · abuse · angst · mystery
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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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Jacob Bascle
3.46 · 26 ratings
heroine sleuth · fantasy · young adult · first-person-pov · suspense · glimpses-kisses · competent heroine · mystery · death · urban fantasy · length-novella · contemporary · paranormal
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Sky Blu
3.87 · 26 ratings
suspense · working class heroine · spanking · shy heroine · victim-blaming · abuse · new adult · past-child-abuse · super rich hero · slut-shaming · death · alpha male · horror · usa · age difference · cheating · forced proximity · birth-control-non-con · fetish · double-penetration
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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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Kate Raven
3.62 · 25 ratings
height-difference · career professional · caretaking · rockstars · independent heroine · strong heroine · first-person-pov · cold hero · forced-pregnancy · body-betrayal · canada · super rich hero · spanking · siblings-bff · humor · arranged marriage · rape · cold heroine · insta-love · pregnancy
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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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Dani Francis
3.73 · 20 ratings
first-person-pov · fantasy · from hate to love · futuristic · military · cruel hero · abuse-non-mc · victim-blaming · angst · drug-abuse · science fiction · abuse · explicit-open-door · slut-shaming · possessive hero · death · alpha male · m-f · betrayal · dark
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