Kimberly A. Bettes
3.67 · 22 ratings
length-short · mystery · pregnancy · abduction · abuse · contemporary · horror · captive · bdsm · rape · dark · suspense · strong heroine
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S.T. Abby
4.45 · 2389 ratings
vengeance · rape · disabilities and marks · small town · outlaw-heroine · dual-pov · men in uniform · strong heroine · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · past-sexual-abuse · dark · lgbtqia hate · forbidden love · abuse · alpha male · contemporary · m-f · audiobook · suspense
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Liv Zander
3.93 · 1020 ratings
breeding · praise-kink · possessive hero · rape-mc · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · angst · sweet heroine · abduction · tortured hero · hurt-comfort · fantasy · forced proximity · animal-death · death · royalty · m-f · alpha male · betrayal · audiobook
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Sonja Grey
4.13 · 915 ratings
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The Real Virginia Andrews
3.75 · 490 ratings
horror · mystery · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · dark · length-long · abuse · m-f · open-door · incest · young adult · rape · historical · length-medium · high-school · fantasy · 20th century · slow burn · dub-con
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Delia Owens
4.05 · 288 ratings
survival · independent heroine · poor heroine · 20th century · age difference · non-trad-hea · mystery · usa · mental-trauma · second chances · north-carolina · open-door · shy heroine · past-child-neglect · other-man-woman · love triangle · death · length-long · historical · small town
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Alina May
4.12 · 265 ratings
spanking · forced proximity · from hate to love · suspense · contemporary · possessive hero · rape-mc · dark · rape · past-child-abuse · abduction · dub-con · abuse · explicit-plentiful · menage · poly · alpha male · consensual-non-con · body-betrayal · anal sex
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Gigi Styx
4.03 · 211 ratings
dark · bdsm · bondage · dual-pov · torture-scs · suspense · contemporary · torture-mcs · past-sexual-abuse · betrayal · m-f · audiobook · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · tortured heroine · cruel hero · past-abuse · spanking · possessive hero · length-epic
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Vashtan
4.40 · 194 ratings
historical · from hate to love · queer · abuse · m-m · contemporary · suspense · war · bdsm · military · dark · queer-awakening · alpha male · menage · angst · rape · m-m-m · poly · men in uniform · other-man-woman
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Mary Shelley
3.88 · 164 ratings
magic · scotland · regency · tortured hero · friends to lovers · science fiction · dystopian · vengeance · young adult · angst · suspense · third-person-pov · paranormal · urban fantasy · contemporary · suicide · m-f · monsters · steampunk · glimpses-kisses
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Sylvia Plath
4.18 · 139 ratings
high-school · mental illness · angst · suspense · dark · death · historical · audiobook · suicide · horror · new adult · length-short · 20th century · self harm · mystery · christmas · queer · abuse
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Julie Belfield
4.21 · 131 ratings
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Gaston Leroux
3.95 · 118 ratings
childfree-couple · shy-hero · dark · abuse · mental-trauma · arranged marriage · shy heroine · horror · other-man-woman · victorian · cruel hero · first-person-pov · teacher-hero · historical · love triangle · poor heroine · 20th century · death · virgin heroine · past-abuse
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Luke Jennings
3.61 · 110 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · dark · suspense · queer · f-f · from hate to love · mystery · horror · military · neurodivergent · length-short · suicide · first-person-pov · death · russia · length-medium · explicit-open-door · england · dangerous heroine
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Alexis Grace
4.14 · 97 ratings
praise-kink · m-f · contemporary · poly · found-family · alpha male · competent heroine · suspense · torture-scs · sassy heroine · nerdy-hero · length-medium · m-f-m · usa · virginia · forced proximity · heroine sleuth · reverse harem · independent heroine · spanking
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Kylie Lee Baker
3.89 · 73 ratings
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Julia Armfield
3.81 · 71 ratings
mental-trauma · f-f · mystery · fantasy · dark · mental illness · science fiction · queer · length-short · non-hea · dual-pov · death · first-person-pov · caretaking · horror · contemporary · terminal-illness · behind-doors · audiobook · grumpy sunshine
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Kelly Cove
4.07 · 69 ratings
first-person-pov · tortured heroine · dark · shapeshifters · past-abuse · non-human-hero · abuse-non-mc · past-sexual-abuse · mental-trauma · cold hero · graphic-violence · possessive hero · war · dual-pov · strong heroine · vengeance · tortured hero · rape · death · magic
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Naudii Nebula
3.99 · 57 ratings
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Elizabeth Wetmore
3.69 · 46 ratings
western · mystery · anthologies · historical · contemporary · abuse · length-long · audiobook · rape · racism · dark · suspense
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Chelley St Clair
4.15 · 43 ratings
tortured heroine · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · bdsm · m-f · bondage · first-person-pov · contemporary · audiobook · grumpy sunshine · suspense · dark · abduction · usa · mystery · forced proximity · vengeance · cold hero · explicit-open-door · abuse
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David Sodergren
4.27 · 40 ratings
dark · open-door · childfree-couple · british-isles · non-human-hero · horror · scotland · death · length-short · monsters · age difference · fantasy · mystery · forced proximity · suspense · third-person-pov · paranormal · strong heroine · contemporary · audiobook
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B.G. Harlen
3.62 · 38 ratings
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Tanya Thompson
3.66 · 38 ratings
contemporary · rape · age difference · young adult · mafia · dark · suspense · length-medium · humor · mystery · abuse
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Tara Langella
4.20 · 35 ratings
dark · contemporary · alpha male · paranormal · angst · mystery · new adult · abuse · suspense · fantasy · bdsm · primal-play
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Alyssa Avery
3.64 · 31 ratings
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Summer O'Toole
4.15 · 30 ratings
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Sarah Hollowell
3.92 · 20 ratings
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