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Standbyme

4.66 · 26 ratings
queer · m-m · tortured hero · 20th century · length-short · explicit-open-door · historical · non-hea · death · angst

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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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Tal Bauer

4.30 · 1867 ratings
queer · contemporary · m-m · explicit-open-door · angst · sweet-hero · tortured hero · standalone-first · suspense · friends to lovers · standalone · hurt-comfort · third-person-pov · secret-relationship · forced proximity · anal sex · men in uniform · dual-pov · mystery · age difference
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墨香铜臭

4.53 · 556 ratings
angst · queer · m-m · paranormal · fantasy · historical · magic · asia · high fantasy · glimpses-kisses · mystery · death · friends to lovers · virgin hero · tortured hero · grumpy sunshine · third-person-pov · legends & fairy tales · fighters · young adult
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S.E. Hinton

4.01 · 336 ratings
m-f · bad boys · glimpses-kisses · male-pov · sunny hero · 20th century · mystery · tearjerkers · working class hero · high-school · abuse-non-mc · torture-mcs · usa · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · nerdy-hero · shy-hero · death · first-person-pov · historical
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Mary Shelley

3.93 · 188 ratings
male-pov · length-short · urban fantasy · m-f · suicide · audiobook · contemporary · paranormal · third-person-pov · suspense · vengeance · dystopian · science fiction · angst · regency · tortured hero · historical · non-hea · death · magic
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Sylvia Plath

3.99 · 179 ratings
20th century · self harm · length-short · new adult · mental illness · angst · queer · abuse · mystery · christmas · suspense · dark · high-school · suicide · horror · audiobook · historical · death
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Gaston Leroux

4.00 · 137 ratings
dark · abduction · france · from hate to love · virgin hero · angst · working class heroine · sweet heroine · new adult · mental illness · mature couple · abuse · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · gifted heroine · mental-trauma · standalone · standalone-first · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero
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Suika

4.54 · 123 ratings
political-intrigue · cold hero · fantasy · humor · mystery · forced proximity · bodyguard-hero · male-pov · sunny hero · monsters · glimpses-kisses · war · standalone-first · legends & fairy tales · ancient times · death · historical · magic · length-medium · second chances
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Bea Northwick

4.12 · 102 ratings
standalone-first · mystery · forced proximity · m-f · suspense · first-person-pov · standalone · explicit-open-door · horror · death · historical · usa · fantasy · super rich hero · independent heroine · audiobook · miscarriage · paranormal · competent heroine · mental-trauma
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General Press

3.93 · 84 ratings
fantasy · other-man-woman · contemporary · dark · death · love triangle · vengeance · historical · high-school · young adult · mystery · 20th century · queer · male-pov · length-short
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Alice Winn

4.66 · 76 ratings
third-person-pov · forced proximity · anal sex · cold hero · belgium · non-trad-hea · alcoholism · war · super rich hero · male-pov · 20th century · europe · sunny hero · death · historical · animal-death · military · cruel hero · france · jewish
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Faelicy

4.28 · 75 ratings
forced proximity · humor · commander · third-person-pov · paranormal · grumpy sunshine · young adult · betrayal · sweet-hero · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · queer-awakening · m-m · angst · high fantasy · virgin hero · queer · abuse · boss & employee
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Lily

4.28 · 75 ratings
grumpy sunshine · young adult · commander · third-person-pov · paranormal · sweet-hero · betrayal · m-m · queer-awakening · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · boss & employee · abuse · queer · angst · high fantasy · virgin hero · asia · fighters
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Xiao Tong Kong (Velinxi)

4.28 · 75 ratings
betrayal · possessive hero · sweet-hero · paranormal · third-person-pov · commander · grumpy sunshine · virgin hero · angst · high fantasy · queer · young adult · abuse · boss & employee · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · queer-awakening · m-m · standalone-first
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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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Douglas Stuart

4.36 · 68 ratings
rape · scotland · historical · death · child-sexual-abuse · mental-trauma · dark · length-medium · graphic-violence · past-child-neglect · working class hero · open-door · non-trad-hea · alcoholism · betrayal · audiobook · sweet-hero · child-death · forbidden love · mental illness
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J.D. Frost

3.57 · 58 ratings
m-m · caretaking · cruel hero · standalone-first · first-person-pov · death · dark · abuse-mc · abuse-non-mc · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door · high-school · standalone · anal sex · grovel · super rich hero · possessive hero · alcoholism · alpha male · suicide
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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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Tessa Rain

3.70 · 53 ratings
m-m-f · shy heroine · standalone-first · fated-mates · poly · alpha male · contemporary · found-family · m-m · bisexual · m-m-m · queer · abuse · mental-trauma · dark · torture-mcs · explicit-open-door · caretaking · past-abuse · tortured heroine
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Tomasz Jedrowski

4.12 · 51 ratings
secret-relationship · lgbtqia hate · queer · forbidden love · poland · m-m · new adult · male-pov · length-short · europe · 20th century · first-person-pov · historical · non-hea · audiobook · other-man-woman · standalone-first · open-door · standalone
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Micah Nemerever

3.93 · 47 ratings
abuse-mc · lgbtqia hate · mental-trauma · secret-relationship · angst · mental illness · virgin hero · queer · standalone · new adult · m-m · tortured hero · self harm · disabilities and marks · class difference · neurodivergent · college · small town · suicide · contemporary
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Jennifer Giesbrecht

3.73 · 41 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · standalone · dark · behind-doors · non-human-hero · past-sexual-abuse · standalone-first · horror · audiobook · magic · historical · urban fantasy · death · tortured hero · class difference · length-short · m-m · monsters · dystopian
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Fallon English

3.80 · 39 ratings
fated-mates · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · europe · grumpy sunshine · somnophilia · secret-relationship · creative-anatomy · sweet heroine · angst · virgin hero · double-penetration · rich heroine · class difference · tortured hero · first-person-pov · aristocratic heroine · caretaking · working class hero
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Thomas Mallon

3.71 · 30 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · cruel hero · christian · sweet-hero · historical · non-hea · office · length-medium · usa · politician · political-intrigue · behind-doors · queer · forbidden love · cold hero · angst · lgbtqia hate · 20th century · m-m
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Mia Darling

3.67 · 26 ratings
mafia · disabilities and marks · first-person-pov · self harm · abuse · russia · past-child-abuse · death · united-kingdom · first-in-series · abuse-non-mc · torture-mcs · dark · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · open-door · forced proximity · standalone-first · cold hero · bad boys
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Gabriel (AO3)

4.66 · 26 ratings
20th century · death · historical · non-hea · queer · angst · m-m · length-short · explicit-open-door · tortured hero
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Akimi Yoshida

4.69 · 25 ratings
child-death · drug-abuse · human-trafficking · bad boys · glimpses-kisses · length-short · 20th century · death · non-hea · historical · abuse-non-mc · graphic-violence · fighters · child-sexual-abuse · lgbtqia hate · abuse · queer · angst · rape-non-mc · mental illness
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G.N. Chevalier

3.94 · 20 ratings
queer · usa · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door · historical · new-york-state · hurt-comfort · death · standalone · military · standalone-first · war · north-america · m-m · 20th century · disabilities and marks · length-short · lgbtqia hate · past-child-abuse · friends to lovers
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