Donna Jones Alward
4.39 · 10 ratings
slow burn · suicide · child-death · pregnancy · historical · found-family · marriage of convenience · mental-trauma · death · military · 20th century · friends to lovers · first-person-pov · war · length-medium · canada · mental illness
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Suzanne Collins
4.18 · 2808 ratings
young adult · dystopian · glimpses-kisses · science fiction · futuristic · torture-scs · suspense · mental-trauma · survival · torture-mcs · graphic-violence · death · usa · abuse · m-f · political-intrigue · angst · military · first-person-pov · war
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S.E. Hinton
4.02 · 262 ratings
usa · forbidden love · glimpses-kisses · sweet-hero · 20th century · class difference · male-pov · non-hea · north-america · young adult · vengeance · suspense · slow burn · tearjerkers · mystery · bad boys · rich heroine · angst · abuse · new adult
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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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Jack Campbell
4.17 · 213 ratings
strong heroine · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · science fiction · independent heroine · young adult · paranormal · m-f · dual-pov · military · witches · monsters · magic · length-medium · fantasy · steampunk · competent heroine · forbidden love · war · dystopian
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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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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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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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Yulin Kuang
4.04 · 98 ratings
competent heroine · suicide · new-jersey · sweet heroine · tortured hero · contemporary · north-america · multicultural · praise-kink · friends-benefits · hurt-comfort · third-person-pov · mental illness · sweet-hero · office · forbidden love · secret-relationship · forced proximity · grumpy sunshine · child-death
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Julie Belfield
4.17 · 94 ratings
misogyny · paranormal · fae · rape-non-mc · animal-death · non-human-hero · height-difference · royalty · sassy heroine · incest · child-sexual-abuse · torture-scs · suspense · religious-trauma · abuse-non-mc · working class heroine · disabilities and marks · fighters · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov
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Bree Wiley
4.18 · 92 ratings
forced proximity · hurt-comfort · contemporary · m-m · angst · queer · cold hero · caretaking · secret-relationship · sweet-hero · self harm · death · found-family · abuse · length-medium · from hate to love · lgbtqia hate · past-child-abuse · explicit-plentiful · mental illness
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Richard Roper
3.76 · 80 ratings
contemporary · length-medium · england · shy-hero · abuse · behind-doors · british-isles · slow burn · united-kingdom · tortured hero · friends to lovers · male-pov · single-mother · mental illness · third-person-pov · neurodivergent · working class hero · death · m-f · nerdy-hero
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F.E. Bryce
4.24 · 68 ratings
slow burn · vengeance · spanking · bad boys · high fantasy · mature couple · fighters · childfree-couple · suicide · tortured heroine · fantasy · from hate to love · independent heroine · war · military · queer · gifted heroine · magic · possessive hero · cold hero
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Suika
4.55 · 67 ratings
found-family · length-medium · angst · humor · grumpy sunshine · queer · m-m · fantasy · ancient times · friends to lovers · glimpses-kisses · second chances · tortured hero · legends & fairy tales · magic · death · asia · slow burn · sunny hero · historical
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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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Natalie Sue
3.95 · 46 ratings
slow burn · cold heroine · contemporary · mental-trauma · m-f · poor heroine · death · alcoholism · multicultural · career professional · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · first-person-pov · glimpses-kisses · canada · office · mental illness · length-medium · forced proximity · humor
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Jaysea Lynn
4.56 · 44 ratings
age difference · poor heroine · dual-pov · third-person-pov · paranormal · office · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · monsters · hurt-comfort · praise-kink · self harm · non-human-hero · strong heroine · height-difference · tortured hero · contemporary · royalty · sassy heroine · child-sexual-abuse
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Alice Winn
4.67 · 43 ratings
death · 20th century · jewish · alcoholism · male-pov · queer-awakening · friends to lovers · m-m · third-person-pov · mental illness · secret-relationship · suicide · grumpy sunshine · graphic-violence · slow burn · tortured hero · non-trad-hea · military · queer · lgbtqia hate
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Kara Reynolds
4.54 · 41 ratings
open-door · competent heroine · childfree-couple · working class heroine · slow burn · commander · strong heroine · curvy heroine · abduction · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · misogyny · forced proximity · exhibitionism · rape-non-mc · political-intrigue · found-family · past-sexual-abuse · magic · miscarriage
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Kit Grey
4.37 · 39 ratings
first-person-pov · new adult · lgbtqia hate · queer · caretaking · grovel · super rich hero · humor · florida · angst · shy-hero · athletes · bisexual · found-family · anal sex · basketball · usa · possessive hero · death · african-american
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Emerald_Slytherin
4.46 · 38 ratings
m-f · dark · mental-trauma · abuse-mc · magic · survival · torture-mcs · death · alcoholism · slavery · possessive hero · found-family · dual-pov · angst · disabilities and marks · fighters · england · abuse · abuse-non-mc · bad boys
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Laura Jordan
4.03 · 36 ratings
virgin heroine · cowboys · abduction · hurt-comfort · poor heroine · sweet-hero · multicultural · historical western · small town · bodyguard-hero · forced proximity · male-pov · third-person-pov · friends to lovers · fake relationship · animal-death · texas · dub-con · incest · vengeance
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S.F. Williamson
3.83 · 34 ratings
magic · urban fantasy · non-trad-hea · past-child-abuse · fantasy · sweet-hero · first-person-pov · war · class difference · friends to lovers · dystopian · forbidden love · hurt-comfort · multicultural · non-hea · glimpses-kisses · slow burn · high fantasy · young adult · length-long
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A. Rae Dunlap
3.98 · 27 ratings
forbidden love · secret-relationship · forced proximity · class difference · male-pov · m-m · friends to lovers · queer-awakening · sweet-hero · college · tortured hero · united-kingdom · suspense · slow burn · british-isles · behind-doors · england · length-medium · mystery · bad boys
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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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Mia Darling
3.69 · 21 ratings
dual-pov · found-family · torture-mcs · death · betrayal · russia · dark · new adult · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · from hate to love · cold hero · past-child-abuse · queer · abuse-non-mc · bad boys · bisexual · angst · disabilities and marks · abuse
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