Michelle Painchaud
3.72 · 29 ratings
high-school · mental illness · standalone · mystery · poor heroine · m-f · contemporary · standalone-first · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · death · length-medium · suspense · cold heroine · mental-trauma · young adult
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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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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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Glendy Vanderah
4.16 · 154 ratings
suspense · contemporary · audiobook · mystery · m-f · tortured hero · mental illness · behind-doors · length-medium · mental-trauma · standalone · magic · death · standalone-first · strong heroine · young adult · third-person-pov · competent heroine · dual-pov · sweet-hero
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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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Richard Roper
3.77 · 81 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · death · standalone-first · behind-doors · united-kingdom · nerdy-hero · british-isles · shy-hero · length-medium · working class hero · mental-trauma · mystery · humor · standalone · non-trad-hea · europe · male-pov · neurodivergent · m-f
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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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Erin Doom
3.62 · 67 ratings
forbidden love · angst · mental illness · sweet heroine · abuse · open-door · secret-relationship · from hate to love · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · virgin hero · standalone · victim-blaming · m-f · alpha male · audiobook · contemporary · college · dual-pov · slow burn
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Steven Levenson
3.85 · 60 ratings
mental illness · angst · male-pov · independent heroine · tortured hero · glimpses-kisses · contemporary · audiobook · suicide · m-f · standalone-first · tortured heroine · non-hea · length-medium · standalone · shy-hero · young adult · high-school
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Benj Pasek
3.85 · 60 ratings
mental illness · high-school · angst · tortured hero · independent heroine · male-pov · glimpses-kisses · suicide · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · standalone-first · tortured heroine · non-hea · shy-hero · length-medium · standalone · young adult
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Justin Paul
3.85 · 60 ratings
shy-hero · length-medium · standalone · young adult · high-school · suicide · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · standalone-first · tortured heroine · non-hea · tortured hero · independent heroine · male-pov · glimpses-kisses · mental illness · angst
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Katie Moore
3.73 · 56 ratings
anal sex · slow burn · early-20s-mmc · child-death · young adult · contemporary · audiobook · alpha male · men in uniform · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · dual-pov · found-family · short-king · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · disabilities and marks · m-m · demi-sexual-hero · height-difference
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Skyla Arndt
3.80 · 51 ratings
mystery · fantasy · death · magic · standalone-first · horror · high-school · length-medium · from hate to love · working class heroine · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · young adult · suspense · paranormal · poor heroine · first-person-pov · standalone · angst
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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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Kate Avelynn
3.54 · 43 ratings
non-trad-hea · siblings-bff · virgin heroine · possessive hero · bad boys · standalone-first · love triangle · first-person-pov · non-hea · dark · length-medium · incest · mental-trauma · tortured heroine · high-school · standalone · behind-doors · abuse · torture-mcs · angst
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A.J. Betts
3.63 · 39 ratings
forced proximity · friends to lovers · australia · angst · glimpses-kisses · non-trad-hea · mental illness · disabilities and marks · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · tortured heroine · dual-pov · audiobook · found-family · m-f · contemporary · terminal-illness · young adult · first-person-pov · standalone-first
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Elizabeth Aton
4.15 · 33 ratings
caretaking · rockstars · christian · standalone-first · tortured heroine · death · second chances · length-medium · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door · past-child-neglect · standalone · insta-love · pregnancy · independent heroine · poor heroine · grovel · super rich hero · virgin heroine · possessive hero
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Summer O'Toole
4.09 · 32 ratings
height-difference · mafia · masc-dom · from hate to love · sassy heroine · mma-boxing · explicit-plentiful · torture-scs · competent heroine · suspense · cold heroine · alpha male · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · spanking · bad boys · independent heroine · male-pov · misogyny
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Martina M. Oepping
3.65 · 30 ratings
contemporary · mystery · fantasy · mental illness · dystopian · abuse · high-school · young adult · paranormal · suspense · length-medium · urban fantasy · standalone · death · standalone-first · horror · suicide
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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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Lane Davis
3.81 · 23 ratings
contemporary · abuse · suicide · standalone-first · death · mystery · length-medium · suspense · standalone · young adult · high-school
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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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