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
men in uniform · dangerous heroine · childfree-couple · usa · forbidden love · abuse · lgbtqia hate · suspense · m-f · alpha male · audiobook · contemporary · possessive hero · dark · past-sexual-abuse · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · disabilities and marks · outlaw-heroine · rape
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Jasmine Mas
3.98 · 2102 ratings
fantasy · forced proximity · paranormal · audiobook · dark · from hate to love · possessive hero · warrior-heroine · non-human-hero · torture-mcs · fighters · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · humor · queer · bisexual · gifted heroine · alpha male · menage · competent heroine
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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 · 335 ratings
independent heroine · super rich hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · male-pov · suicide · ableism · multicultural · strong heroine · racism · birth-control-non-con · dub-con · gambling · slow burn · friends to lovers · vengeance · angst · substance abuse · victim-blaming · rich heroine
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Julie Belfield
4.14 · 279 ratings
first-person-pov · tortured heroine · past-abuse · abuse-non-mc · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · past-sexual-abuse · past-child-neglect · dark · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · bodyguard-hero · fighters · explicit-open-door · length-epic · cold hero · human-trafficking · medieval · possessive hero · poor heroine
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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
death · beta-hero · tortured heroine · contemporary · oregon · first-person-pov · m-f · young adult · high-school · rockstars · audiobook · usa · mental-trauma · first-in-series · paranormal · fantasy · competent heroine · standalone-first · standalone · behind-doors
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Yulin Kuang
3.90 · 186 ratings
angst · forbidden love · mental illness · substance abuse · high-school · explicit-open-door · from hate to love · secret-relationship · tortured hero · small town · north-america · suicide · m-f · contemporary · multicultural · dual-pov · found-family · california · friends-benefits · third-person-pov
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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
audiobook · bad boys · virgin heroine · male-pov · mystery · tearjerkers · cold hero · high-school · mental-trauma · usa · shy-hero · second chances · death · length-long · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · open-door · past-abuse · standalone · standalone-first
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V.E.S. Pullen
4.25 · 122 ratings
contemporary · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · north-america · past-child-abuse · dystopian · angst · strong heroine · survival · reverse harem · independent heroine · forced proximity · usa · death · science fiction · abuse
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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
grumpy sunshine · sweet-hero · urban fantasy · north-america · small town · class difference · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · angst · virgin hero · insta-love · non-human-hero · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · new-york-state · first-person-pov · non-hea · behind-doors · possessive hero
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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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David Sodergren
4.26 · 49 ratings
angst · vengeance · sweet heroine · torture-scs · mental illness · open-door · sassy heroine · self harm · small town · disabilities and marks · shapeshifters · mature couple · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · found-family · survival · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · paranormal
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Wallis Kinney
3.90 · 49 ratings
north-america · small town · disabilities and marks · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · sweet heroine · angst · vengeance · strong heroine · slow burn · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · urban fantasy · suicide · massachusetts · sunny hero · 20th century · grovel · bodyguard-hero
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Katie Ivey
3.90 · 48 ratings
late-20s-mmc · iowa · forced proximity · grovel · independent heroine · male-pov · other-man-woman · standalone-first · past-abuse · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · length-long · death · second chances · mental-trauma · usa · past-child-neglect · abuse-non-mc · standalone · working class hero
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Ariana Rivers
4.06 · 40 ratings
length-epic · forced proximity · body-betrayal · super rich hero · exhibitionism · possessive hero · alcoholism · spanking · massachusetts · praise-kink · past-abuse · consensual-non-con · bondage · caretaking · bdsm · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · usa · mental-trauma · dark
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Joey Parker
3.66 · 38 ratings
child-sexual-abuse · friends to lovers · torture-mcs · lgbtqia hate · queer · substance abuse · bisexual · mental illness · m-m · angst · sports · rape · new adult · height-difference · past-child-abuse · self harm · hurt-comfort · disabilities and marks · college · found-family
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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
mental-trauma · royalty · sassy heroine · mental illness · height-difference · new adult · found-family · alpha male · m-f · contemporary · betrayal · political-intrigue · young adult · paranormal · competent heroine · suspense · commander · fantasy · humor · forced proximity
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Callie Hart
3.95 · 21 ratings
survival · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · super rich hero · grumpy sunshine · vengeance · angst · sweet heroine · rape · double-penetration · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · class difference · fetish · tortured heroine · actors · bdsm · past-abuse · military
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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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