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Top authors writing bad boys romance

D.B. West

4.35 · 571 ratings
bikers · contemporary · suspense · mafia · audiobook · bad boys · length-short · alpha male · m-f · dark · length-medium · length-epic · pregnancy · from hate to love · friends to lovers · vengeance · military · explicit-open-door · age difference · mystery
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Jodie King

4.32 · 121 ratings
suspense · erotica · mystery · explicit-plentiful · bdsm · dark · bad boys · contemporary · m-f · anal sex · possessive hero · cruel hero · bondage · primal-play · vengeance · forced proximity · mafia · consensual-non-con · mental-trauma · graphic-violence
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Rina Saint

4.22 · 246 ratings
past-abuse · m-m · mafia · masc-dom · queer · explicit-plentiful · erotica · alpha male · contemporary · bad boys · super rich hero · usa · north-america · tortured hero · angst · vengeance · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · possessive hero · anal sex
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Jamie Begley

4.22 · 1928 ratings
contemporary · alpha male · bikers · m-f · erotica · bad boys · possessive hero · audiobook · suspense · abuse · explicit-plentiful · dark · sweet heroine · independent heroine · other-man-woman · small town · explicit-open-door · virgin heroine · from hate to love · mystery
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Ames Mills

4.18 · 1208 ratings
dark · menage · poly · contemporary · queer · explicit-plentiful · m-m-f · bisexual · m-m-m · mafia · m-m · found-family · male-pov · dual-pov · anal sex · bodyguard-hero · mental-trauma · first-person-pov · praise-kink · torture-scs
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Samantha Rue

4.16 · 2098 ratings
dark · cruel hero · contemporary · new adult · first-person-pov · dual-pov · from hate to love · poly · bad boys · sports · college · explicit-plentiful · possessive hero · forced proximity · m-f · audiobook · dub-con · reverse harem · graphic-violence · abuse-mc
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Kate Crew

4.15 · 138 ratings
new adult · suspense · found-family · m-f · explicit-open-door · sports · contemporary · bad boys · forced proximity · from hate to love · friends to lovers · dual-pov · competent heroine · length-medium · length-long · dark · working class heroine · college · erotica · audiobook
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Tillie Cole

4.15 · 2140 ratings
contemporary · new adult · alpha male · m-f · bad boys · angst · abuse · dark · audiobook · tortured hero · suspense · dual-pov · erotica · explicit-open-door · tortured heroine · usa · forbidden love · vengeance · friends to lovers · possessive hero
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B.B. Easton

4.14 · 610 ratings
contemporary · new adult · bad boys · m-f · suspense · dark · angst · tortured hero · fantasy · alpha male · survival · dystopian · forced proximity · humor · length-medium · young adult · science fiction · length-short · graphic-violence · open-door
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T.J. Maguire

4.12 · 133 ratings
dark · strong heroine · dual-pov · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov · possessive hero · alpha male · m-f · contemporary · mafia · independent heroine · death · super rich hero · bad boys · humor · outlaw-heroine · from hate to love · usa · dangerous heroine · competent heroine
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Sonja Grey

4.10 · 1179 ratings
possessive hero · m-f · dual-pov · first-person-pov · contemporary · alpha male · super rich hero · mafia · sweet heroine · dark · graphic-violence · virgin heroine · suspense · male-pov · bad boys · sweet-hero · insta-love · height-difference · usa · abuse-non-mc
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Alina May

4.10 · 313 ratings
possessive hero · abduction · forced proximity · dark · dual-pov · from hate to love · poly · contemporary · suspense · praise-kink · rape-mc · past-sexual-abuse · past-child-abuse · rape · menage · anal sex · bondage · past-abuse · first-person-pov · dub-con
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Leigh Rivers

4.09 · 1079 ratings
audiobook · possessive hero · contemporary · bad boys · dark · m-f · mental illness · substance abuse · suspense · explicit-plentiful · dual-pov · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · first-person-pov · alpha male · death · super rich hero · tortured hero · abduction · torture-mcs
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Lauren Palphreyman

4.09 · 505 ratings
magic · fantasy · paranormal · young adult · audiobook · alpha male · height-difference · forbidden love · from hate to love · length-medium · love triangle · bad boys · forced proximity · angst · first-person-pov · possessive hero · political-intrigue · contemporary · m-f · betrayal
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Sienna Cross

4.09 · 109 ratings
m-f · possessive hero · dual-pov · forced proximity · mafia · suspense · contemporary · alpha male · dark · new-york-state · disabilities and marks · abduction · multicultural · bad boys · from hate to love · audiobook · praise-kink · cheerful heroine · graphic-violence · first-person-pov
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Gabrielle Sands

4.06 · 612 ratings
contemporary · explicit-open-door · m-f · forced proximity · dual-pov · first-person-pov · mafia · from hate to love · north-america · possessive hero · audiobook · alpha male · usa · super rich hero · dark · suspense · new adult · bad boys · tortured hero · mental-trauma
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Mariel Pomeroy

4.05 · 123 ratings
fantasy · demons · paranormal · angels · hurt-comfort · exhibitionism · bad boys · eating disorder · magic · death · masc-dom · shapeshifters · height-difference · religious-trauma · from hate to love · torture-scs · explicit-plentiful · alpha male · audiobook · possessive hero
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Rebecca Quinn

4.04 · 660 ratings
masc-dom · contemporary · found-family · men in uniform · survival · dual-pov · grumpy sunshine · first-person-pov · queer · audiobook · alpha male · competent heroine · age difference · death · dystopian · military · primal-play · explicit-plentiful · post-apocalyptic · m-m
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Gigi Styx

4.04 · 252 ratings
past-sexual-abuse · torture-mcs · audiobook · m-f · betrayal · dark · graphic-violence · bondage · bdsm · dual-pov · torture-scs · suspense · contemporary · possessive hero · length-epic · past-child-abuse · abduction · hurt-comfort · forced proximity · alpha male
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April Jade

4.02 · 131 ratings
hurt-comfort · insta-love · queer · height-difference · m-m · daddy-kink · contemporary · age difference · dual-pov · anal sex · possessive hero · praise-kink · first-person-pov · caretaking · dark · explicit-open-door · mafia · past-child-abuse · washington · past-child-neglect
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Shantel Tessier

4.00 · 2711 ratings
contemporary · new adult · bad boys · dark · alpha male · m-f · from hate to love · suspense · dual-pov · cruel hero · super rich hero · bdsm · angst · abuse · explicit-plentiful · first-person-pov · possessive hero · audiobook · forced proximity · mafia
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Kayla Edwards

3.99 · 321 ratings
new adult · paranormal · fantasy · high fantasy · alpha male · audiobook · bad boys · monsters · witches · magic · vampires · sweet heroine · grumpy sunshine · third-person-pov · urban fantasy · hurt-comfort · cold hero · height-difference · shapeshifters · forbidden love
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Jasmine Mas

3.98 · 1849 ratings
possessive hero · non-human-hero · torture-mcs · warrior-heroine · fighters · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · fantasy · humor · forced proximity · gifted heroine · bisexual · queer · alpha male · virgin heroine · cold hero · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · tortured heroine
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Rina Kent

3.97 · 7690 ratings
contemporary · suspense · from hate to love · dark · new adult · alpha male · angst · super rich hero · audiobook · possessive hero · bad boys · mafia · cruel hero · m-f · cold hero · dual-pov · strong heroine · abuse · first-person-pov · mystery
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Bethany Winters

3.95 · 369 ratings
contemporary · new adult · explicit-plentiful · dark · dual-pov · forced proximity · erotica · possessive hero · praise-kink · north-america · bad boys · first-person-pov · anal sex · usa · alpha male · found-family · from hate to love · death · super rich hero · m-f
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Liv Zander

3.93 · 1267 ratings
anal sex · cold hero · consensual-non-con · body-betrayal · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · bdsm · caretaking · past-abuse · cruel hero · abuse-non-mc · mental-trauma · dark · graphic-violence · abuse-mc · vengeance · high fantasy · disabilities and marks · dual-pov · strong heroine
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Francette Phal

3.81 · 187 ratings
dark · multicultural · alpha male · erotica · bad boys · contemporary · cruel hero · black-mc · african-american · mafia · abuse · pregnancy · angst · explicit-plentiful · college · possessive hero · bdsm · rape · super rich hero · new adult
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Blair Holden

3.71 · 138 ratings
contemporary · new adult · bad boys · young adult · humor · high-school · length-medium · from hate to love · love triangle · other-man-woman · audiobook · dark · super rich hero · marriage of convenience · male-pov · length-long · m-f · arranged marriage · betrayal · length-novella
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