Zaina Arafat
3.68 · 38 ratings
mental-trauma · muslim · kentucky · west-asia · lebanon · substance abuse · italy · working class heroine · racism · contemporary · first-person-pov · lgbtqia hate · tortured heroine · non-trad-hea · past-child-abuse · queer · religious-trauma · f-f · angst · bisexual
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S.T. Abby
4.44 · 1932 ratings
vengeance · outlaw-heroine · strong heroine · rape · small town · alpha male · men in uniform · lgbtqia hate · abuse · suspense · childfree-couple · contemporary · forbidden love · dangerous heroine · working class hero · dual-pov · past-sexual-abuse · dark · m-f · first-person-pov
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Jasmine Mas
4.07 · 1124 ratings
first-person-pov · dual-pov · poly · dangerous heroine · warrior-heroine · gifted heroine · from hate to love · reverse harem · tortured heroine · possessive hero · paranormal · sassy heroine · fantasy · bisexual · humor · alpha male · forced proximity · graphic-violence · strong heroine · cruel hero
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Delia Owens
4.04 · 248 ratings
young adult · angst · open-door · abuse · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · mystery · past-child-abuse · non-trad-hea · independent heroine · new adult · m-f · betrayal · poor heroine · mental-trauma · survival · death · love triangle · usa · historical
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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
gifted heroine · past-child-abuse · independent heroine · non-trad-hea · marriage of convenience · china · young adult · behind-doors · torture-scs · childfree-couple · competent heroine · east-asia · misogyny · dangerous heroine · fake relationship · survival · dark · torture-mcs · mental-trauma · m-f
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Bryn Greenwood
4.12 · 118 ratings
contemporary · strong heroine · north-america · substance abuse · small town · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · death · usa · length-medium · abuse · mystery · past-child-abuse · independent heroine · new adult · height-difference · poor heroine · m-f · mental-trauma · dual-pov
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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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Katja Millay
4.27 · 106 ratings
death · male-pov · friends to lovers · slow burn · suspense · young adult · sassy heroine · second chances · tortured hero · contemporary · length-long · strong heroine · north-america · cold hero · cruel hero · florida · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · angst · shy-hero
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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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Bree Wiley
4.18 · 92 ratings
queer · angst · m-m · contemporary · hurt-comfort · forced proximity · cold hero · caretaking · first-person-pov · past-child-neglect · anal sex · mental-trauma · dark · dual-pov · possessive hero · queer-awakening · sports · explicit-plentiful · mental illness · past-child-abuse
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Kate Goldbeck
3.82 · 90 ratings
working class heroine · slow burn · length-long · sassy heroine · contemporary · female-rake · tortured hero · second chances · other-man-woman · height-difference · friends to lovers · third-person-pov · usa · working class hero · dual-pov · mental-trauma · poor heroine · m-f · jewish · new-york-state
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Jen Lyon
4.68 · 84 ratings
abuse · contemporary · sports · heroine athlete · queer · f-f · class difference · misogyny · soccer · third-person-pov · dual-pov · usa · age difference · past-abuse · lgbtqia hate · famous heroine · religious-trauma · rich heroine · angst · open-door
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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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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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Jaysea Lynn
4.56 · 44 ratings
mental-trauma · m-f · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · past-abuse · monsters · hurt-comfort · praise-kink · poor heroine · self harm · third-person-pov · paranormal · office · royalty · sassy heroine · child-sexual-abuse · competent heroine · slow burn · sweet heroine · non-human-hero
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Katie Moore
3.78 · 42 ratings
torture-mcs · male-pov · friends to lovers · m-m · hurt-comfort · queer-awakening · sweet-hero · slow burn · virgin hero · young adult · demi-sexual-hero · contemporary · tortured hero · height-difference · short-king · queer · caretaking · past-child-abuse · first-person-pov · new adult
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Jen Beagin
3.88 · 41 ratings
non-trad-hea · north-america · queer · third-person-pov · bisexual · length-medium · drug-abuse · f-f · open-door · humor · mature couple · childfree-couple · usa · cheating · secret-relationship · anal sex · contemporary · past-abuse · new-york-state
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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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Kara Reynolds
4.54 · 41 ratings
independent heroine · medieval · strong heroine · curvy heroine · working class heroine · slow burn · commander · competent heroine · childfree-couple · forced proximity · misogyny · exhibitionism · rape-non-mc · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · abduction · death · silver-fox · magic · possessive hero
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Kate Avelynn
3.51 · 38 ratings
high-school · forbidden love · secret-relationship · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · tortured hero · contemporary · non-hea · incest · sweet heroine · behind-doors · young adult · dub-con · angst · disabilities and marks · length-medium · abuse · shy heroine · bad boys · siblings-bff
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Kit Grey
4.38 · 38 ratings
demi-sexual-hero · angst · shy-hero · bisexual · humor · basketball · florida · queer · caretaking · grovel · super rich hero · first-person-pov · new adult · lgbtqia hate · mental-trauma · alpha male · black-mc · possessive hero · sunny hero · african-american
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Chloe Michelle Howarth
4.22 · 36 ratings
small town · queer · 20th century · slut-shaming · friends to lovers · lgbtqia hate · first-person-pov · length-medium · drug-abuse · angst · queer-awakening · open-door · secret-relationship · f-f · religious-trauma · substance abuse · ireland · tortured heroine · christian · young adult
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Patricia Park
3.46 · 31 ratings
length-medium · historical · young adult · open-door · tortured heroine · usa · working class heroine · east-asian-mc · north-america · new-york-state · angst · m-f · contemporary
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Alex Adams
3.49 · 28 ratings
m-f · horror · mental-trauma · sunny hero · survival · usa · found-family · pregnancy · europe · science fiction · length-medium · abuse · south-europe · futuristic · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · strong heroine · north-america · competent heroine · italy
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Sky Blu
3.87 · 26 ratings
miscarriage · multicultural · torture-mcs · dual-pov · praise-kink · double-penetration · abduction · fetish · forced proximity · birth-control-non-con · graphic-violence · rape-mc · suicide · dub-con · somnophilia · tortured hero · rape · super rich hero · past-child-abuse · new adult
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Glen Lloyd
3.96 · 22 ratings
menage · lgbtqia hate · war · military · queer · independent heroine · cheerful heroine · m-m-f · drug-abuse · bisexual · working class hero · found-family · anal sex · men in uniform · possessive hero · death · slut-shaming · mental-trauma · alpha male · poly
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