Akimi Yoshida
4.69 · 25 ratings
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Jasmine Mas
3.98 · 2102 ratings
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Liv Zander
3.92 · 1490 ratings
death · fantasy · forced proximity · animal-death · audiobook · m-f · alpha male · betrayal · royalty · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · rape-mc · praise-kink · possessive hero · hurt-comfort · breeding · abduction · sweet heroine · angst · tortured hero
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Morgan B. Lee
4.36 · 1224 ratings
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Rebecca Quinn
4.09 · 758 ratings
men in uniform · dual-pov · survival · grumpy sunshine · strong heroine · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · cold hero · sunny hero · found-family · contemporary · commander · masc-dom · male-pov · exhibitionism · sweet heroine · dystopian · angst · north-america
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Delia Owens
4.07 · 354 ratings
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S.E. Hinton
4.01 · 336 ratings
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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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Jaysea Lynn
4.17 · 164 ratings
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Rosaria Munda
4.18 · 139 ratings
dual-pov · class difference · tortured hero · friends to lovers · high fantasy · angst · warrior-heroine · graphic-violence · war · young adult · competent heroine · audiobook · m-f · royalty · death · length-long · fantasy · strong heroine · slow burn · child-death
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Gaston Leroux
4.00 · 137 ratings
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V.E.S. Pullen
4.25 · 122 ratings
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James Islington
4.56 · 94 ratings
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Alice Winn
4.66 · 76 ratings
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Faelicy
4.28 · 75 ratings
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Penny Jessup
3.54 · 74 ratings
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Douglas Stuart
4.36 · 68 ratings
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Katie Moore
3.73 · 56 ratings
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Frances White
3.98 · 51 ratings
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Emerald_Slytherin
4.32 · 50 ratings
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Joey Parker
3.66 · 38 ratings
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L. Pierce
3.76 · 27 ratings
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A. G. Wilde
3.75 · 26 ratings
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Mia Darling
3.67 · 26 ratings
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Michelle Wong
3.91 · 22 ratings
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Callie Hart
3.95 · 21 ratings
survival · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · super rich hero · grumpy sunshine · vengeance · angst · sweet heroine · rape · double-penetration · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · class difference · fetish · tortured heroine · actors · bdsm · past-abuse · military
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T.C. Anderson
4.65 · 21 ratings
cheerful heroine · suicide · poor heroine · f-f · human-trafficking · past-sexual-abuse · high-school · abuse-non-mc · torture-mcs · length-medium · usa · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · child-sexual-abuse · dark · shy heroine · tortured heroine · tall-heroine · past-abuse · caretaking
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