Hana Meadows
3.84 · 50 ratings
dark · suspense · from hate to love · explicit-plentiful · abuse · contemporary · forced proximity · dual-pov · mental-trauma · alpha male · m-f · angst · vengeance · rape · hurt-comfort · dub-con · possessive hero · virgin heroine · graphic-violence · religious-trauma
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S.T. Abby
4.43 · 3103 ratings
disabilities and marks · outlaw-heroine · usa · childfree-couple · dangerous heroine · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · alpha male · suspense · lgbtqia hate · abuse · forbidden love · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · past-sexual-abuse · dark · possessive hero · men in uniform · dual-pov
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Jasmine Mas
3.98 · 2110 ratings
fantasy · forced proximity · paranormal · from hate to love · dark · audiobook · magic · bad boys · dangerous heroine · misogyny · poly · new adult · m-m · abuse · sassy heroine · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · past-child-neglect · past-abuse · tortured heroine
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Liv Zander
3.92 · 1493 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · commander · miscarriage · masc-dom · from hate to love · abuse · torture-scs · explicit-plentiful · magic · bad boys · spanking · male-pov · misogyny · strong heroine · dub-con · child-death · dual-pov · disabilities and marks · high fantasy
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Leigh Rivers
4.07 · 1337 ratings
dark · contemporary · first-person-pov · explicit-plentiful · bad boys · possessive hero · audiobook · m-f · death · dual-pov · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · cruel hero · suspense · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · abduction · substance abuse · angst · alpha male
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Marie Mackay
4.04 · 1134 ratings
childfree-couple · male-pov · paranormal · mental-trauma · dual-pov · m-f-m · angst · tortured hero · m-f · from hate to love · new adult · contemporary · tortured heroine · forced proximity · fantasy · super rich hero · death · alpha male · hurt-comfort · fated-mates
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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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Gigi Styx
4.05 · 284 ratings
m-f · dark · suspense · past-sexual-abuse · torture-mcs · hurt-comfort · audiobook · betrayal · bondage · bdsm · graphic-violence · dual-pov · contemporary · torture-scs · length-epic · possessive hero · abduction · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · forced proximity
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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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Drethi Anis
3.73 · 269 ratings
dark · rape · contemporary · dub-con · dual-pov · first-person-pov · m-f · explicit-plentiful · age difference · possessive hero · from hate to love · audiobook · alpha male · abuse · forbidden love · standalone-first · forced proximity · angst · rape-mc · virgin heroine
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Kelly Cove
4.15 · 150 ratings
dark · paranormal · magic · fantasy · dual-pov · cold hero · tortured heroine · past-abuse · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · from hate to love · abuse · height-difference · commander · tortured hero · possessive hero · explicit-open-door · audiobook · m-f · alpha male
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Nina Pennacchi
3.82 · 122 ratings
third-person-pov · competent heroine · suspense · strong heroine · dub-con · western-central-europe · alpha male · suicide · m-f · dual-pov · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · regency · rape · height-difference · angst · vengeance · abuse · england · from hate to love
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Elizabeth Stephens
3.80 · 96 ratings
virgin heroine · slut-shaming · alpha male · m-f · audiobook · political-intrigue · competent heroine · commander · royalty · abuse · working class heroine · torture-scs · height-difference · scandinavia · masc-dom · historical · slavery · death · in-his-30s · black-mc
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Poppy St. John
3.77 · 76 ratings
contemporary · alpha male · length-medium · dual-pov · m-f · audiobook · competent heroine · suspense · explicit-plentiful · abuse · mafia · standalone-first · age difference · forced proximity · super rich hero · spanking · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · tycoon · angst
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Naudii Nebula
3.89 · 76 ratings
vengeance · forbidden love · non-human-hero · warrior-heroine · dark · rape-non-mc · graphic-violence · torture-mcs · rape-mc · explicit-open-door · first-in-series · standalone-first · monsters · single-father · futuristic · independent heroine · forced proximity · aliens · pregnancy · forced-pregnancy
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Erin Doom
3.62 · 67 ratings
tortured hero · past-child-abuse · death · length-long · victim-blaming · angst · forbidden love · sweet heroine · mental illness · abuse · virgin hero · from hate to love · secret-relationship · slow burn · young adult · grumpy sunshine · alpha male · m-f · contemporary · audiobook
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Jacqueline White
4.11 · 67 ratings
mental-trauma · dark · graphic-violence · abuse-mc · rape-mc · explicit-open-door · arranged marriage · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · cruel hero · past-abuse · horror · past-child-neglect · love triangle · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · body-betrayal · death · standalone-first · independent heroine
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Blake Lawson
4.27 · 63 ratings
suspense · competent heroine · contemporary · audiobook · alpha male · betrayal · poly · m-f · found-family · masc-dom · torture-scs · rape-non-mc · sassy heroine · usa · m-f-m · death · reverse harem · bad boys · early-20s-fmc · strong heroine
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Kerri Andrews
3.61 · 53 ratings
horror · cliffhanger · aristocratic heroine · past-abuse · magic · first-person-pov · length-long · tortured heroine · dark · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · arranged marriage · shy heroine · torture-mcs · abuse-mc · cold hero · open-door · misogyny · fantasy · forced proximity
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Chelley St Clair
4.13 · 50 ratings
height-difference · bondage · bdsm · death · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · dark · usa · explicit-open-door · torture-mcs · past-child-neglect · cold hero · human-trafficking · mystery · forced proximity · famous heroine · male-pov · praise-kink · spanking
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WhatMurdah
4.19 · 49 ratings
m-f · alpha male · possessive hero · contemporary · urban fantasy · found-family · bad boys · hurt-comfort · competent heroine · third-person-pov · paranormal · slow burn · strong heroine · dual-pov · political-intrigue · suicide · bisexual · angst · tycoon · england
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C.A. Maura
4.10 · 41 ratings
hurt-comfort · fated-mates · male-pov · virgin heroine · body-betrayal · sunny hero · possessive hero · age difference · fantasy · forced proximity · length-medium · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door · arranged marriage · past-child-neglect · other-man-woman · cruel hero · aristocratic heroine · first-person-pov · magic
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Ariana Rivers
4.00 · 41 ratings
exhibitionism · consensual-non-con · dual-pov · neurodivergent · oregon · contemporary · slut-shaming · m-f · dub-con · suicide · somnophilia · hurt-comfort · suspense · abduction · substance abuse · abuse · mental illness · rape-non-mc · north-america · explicit-plentiful
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Laura Jordan
3.93 · 38 ratings
small town · historical · tortured hero · north-america · sweet heroine · angst · vengeance · western · friends to lovers · abduction · slow burn · third-person-pov · dub-con · multicultural · cowboys · suicide · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · dual-pov · virgin heroine
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K. Worthy
3.48 · 34 ratings
graphic-violence · mental-trauma · length-medium · shy-hero · nerdy-hero · high-school · insta-love · arranged marriage · cruel hero · abduction · caretaking · sports · non-human-hero · standalone-first · first-person-pov · first-in-series · male-pov · fated-mates · possessive hero · fantasy
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Summer O'Toole
4.09 · 32 ratings
hurt-comfort · independent heroine · sweet-hero · dual-pov · multicultural · ic-standalone · strong heroine · friends to lovers · abduction · angst · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · bdsm · disabilities and marks · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · career professional · caretaking · insta-love · fem-dom
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Reese Dante
3.36 · 30 ratings
north-america · victim-blaming · rich heroine · class difference · fetish · tortured hero · creative-anatomy · secret-relationship · abduction · sweet heroine · angst · birth-control-non-con · dub-con · grumpy sunshine · strong heroine · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · urban fantasy · multicultural · suicide
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L. Pierce
3.76 · 27 ratings
grumpy sunshine · cold hero · strong heroine · suspense · competent heroine · hurt-comfort · found-family · dual-pov · contemporary · audiobook · neurodivergent · m-f · alpha male · rich heroine · new adult · mafia · from hate to love · disabilities and marks · abuse · torture-scs
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Callie Hart
3.95 · 21 ratings
second chances · child-sexual-abuse · usa · incest · standalone-first · length-long · death · exhibitionism · super rich hero · bad boys · non-trad-hea · fantasy · paranormal · competent heroine · suspense · m-f · alpha male · audiobook · contemporary · college
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