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DeathsDoll
4.45 · 165 ratings
spanking · age difference · alpha male · m-f · explicit-plentiful · dark · mental-trauma · abuse-mc · rape-mc · graphic-violence · bdsm · cruel hero · cold hero · angst · shy heroine · usa · super rich hero · forced proximity · competent heroine · contemporary
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Jodie King
4.22 · 131 ratings
explicit-plentiful · suspense · erotica · bad boys · contemporary · possessive hero · dark · primal-play · cruel hero · bdsm · vengeance · mystery · forced proximity · m-f · consensual-non-con · anal sex · graphic-violence · bondage · double-penetration · dub-con
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Jay Marie
4.20 · 144 ratings
dark · abduction · contemporary · suspense · cruel hero · rape · strong heroine · abuse · mafia · erotica · bdsm · explicit-plentiful · m-f · human-trafficking · angst · competent heroine · length-epic · abuse-mc · rape-mc · graphic-violence
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R.A. Smyth
4.18 · 811 ratings
reverse harem · contemporary · new adult · poly · dual-pov · from hate to love · dark · first-person-pov · competent heroine · audiobook · suspense · independent heroine · possessive hero · explicit-open-door · mental-trauma · cruel hero · m-f · alpha male · abuse · forced proximity
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Samantha Rue
4.15 · 2244 ratings
dark · cruel hero · contemporary · new adult · first-person-pov · dual-pov · from hate to love · poly · sports · possessive hero · forced proximity · m-f · audiobook · bad boys · college · explicit-plentiful · reverse harem · alpha male · graphic-violence · abuse-mc
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Sarah Puckett
4.15 · 149 ratings
audiobook · contemporary · new adult · dark · from hate to love · suspense · angst · high-school · standalone-first · cruel hero · first-in-series · strong heroine · football · young adult · alpha male · dual-pov · sports · cliffhanger · super rich hero · bad boys
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Leigh Rivers
4.07 · 1329 ratings
dark · contemporary · possessive hero · death · m-f · audiobook · first-person-pov · bad boys · explicit-plentiful · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · angst · substance abuse · abduction · mental illness · alpha male · betrayal · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · cruel hero
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Lola King
4.06 · 420 ratings
contemporary · new adult · dark · from hate to love · dual-pov · alpha male · bad boys · cruel hero · explicit-plentiful · bondage · bdsm · abuse · suspense · cold hero · dub-con · tortured hero · angst · length-long · first-person-pov · m-f
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Gigi Styx
4.05 · 283 ratings
m-f · dark · suspense · hurt-comfort · past-sexual-abuse · torture-mcs · audiobook · betrayal · dual-pov · graphic-violence · bdsm · bondage · contemporary · torture-scs · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · abduction · possessive hero · length-epic · alpha male
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Mariel Pomeroy
4.02 · 139 ratings
paranormal · fantasy · demons · angels · caretaking · shapeshifters · height-difference · masc-dom · from hate to love · religious-trauma · torture-scs · audiobook · alpha male · bad boys · exhibitionism · eating disorder · death · magic · tortured hero · third-person-pov
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Kyra Alessy
3.99 · 297 ratings
poly · reverse harem · fantasy · from hate to love · abuse · paranormal · length-medium · cruel hero · dark · explicit-plentiful · m-f · tortured heroine · forced proximity · dual-pov · magic · tortured hero · shapeshifters · cold hero · mental-trauma · past-abuse
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Eris Belmont
3.99 · 182 ratings
rape · dual-pov · cruel hero · non-hea · dark · rape-mc · abuse-mc · pregnancy · alpha male · abuse · fantasy · angst · abduction · tortured heroine · graphic-violence · non-human-hero · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door · forced-pregnancy · abuse-non-mc
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Jasmine Mas
3.98 · 2095 ratings
fantasy · forced proximity · humor · queer · bisexual · gifted heroine · audiobook · alpha male · menage · competent heroine · possessive hero · warrior-heroine · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · fighters · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · dangerous heroine · misogyny · bad boys
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Rina Kent
3.96 · 8781 ratings
contemporary · suspense · dark · from hate to love · new adult · alpha male · angst · bad boys · possessive hero · super rich hero · audiobook · dual-pov · first-person-pov · cruel hero · mafia · m-f · cold hero · abuse · strong heroine · mystery
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M. Pierce
3.93 · 127 ratings
erotica · contemporary · alpha male · suspense · angst · cliffhanger · new adult · cruel hero · bdsm · length-medium · dark · dual-pov · audiobook · m-f · cheating · paranormal · sweet heroine · tycoon · forbidden love · friends to lovers
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Eden O'Neill
3.92 · 547 ratings
new adult · from hate to love · contemporary · audiobook · dark · m-f · first-person-pov · dual-pov · cruel hero · college · high-school · super rich hero · length-medium · young adult · possessive hero · open-door · explicit-open-door · angst · mystery · death
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Liv Zander
3.92 · 1486 ratings
body-betrayal · consensual-non-con · cold hero · anal sex · mental-trauma · dark · graphic-violence · abuse-mc · abuse-non-mc · past-abuse · cruel hero · caretaking · bdsm · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · disabilities and marks · vengeance · high fantasy · child-death · dub-con
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B.B. Reid
3.89 · 1083 ratings
alpha male · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · new adult · dark · angst · dual-pov · bad boys · from hate to love · cruel hero · suspense · abuse · possessive hero · sassy heroine · first-person-pov · cold hero · strong heroine · standalone-first · super rich hero
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Raven Wood
3.87 · 112 ratings
suspense · contemporary · from hate to love · length-medium · dark · mafia · cruel hero · college · new adult · bad boys · alpha male · m-f · dual-pov · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov · young adult · erotica · standalone-first · independent heroine · super rich hero
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Blake Hensley
3.86 · 105 ratings
suspense · contemporary · m-f · mafia · from hate to love · super rich hero · spanking · forced proximity · dark · bdsm · audiobook · alpha male · length-medium · standalone-first · dub-con · vengeance · cruel hero · virgin heroine · slut-shaming · marriage of convenience
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Belladona Cunning
3.84 · 113 ratings
cruel hero · reverse harem · poly · young adult · new adult · m-f · standalone-first · first-in-series · high-school · length-short · dark · contemporary · other-man-woman · second chances · cheating · abuse · tortured heroine · curvy heroine · length-medium · standalone
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Vera Hollins
3.79 · 100 ratings
young adult · new adult · contemporary · from hate to love · cruel hero · length-medium · standalone-first · angst · cold hero · high-school · first-in-series · length-long · bad boys · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · open-door · suspense · m-f · forced proximity · suicide
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Julie Hockley
3.79 · 128 ratings
mystery · dark · mafia · suspense · contemporary · bad boys · possessive hero · cruel hero · cliffhanger · angst · m-f · alpha male · college · virgin heroine · glimpses-kisses · non-trad-hea · pregnancy · fantasy · shy heroine · length-medium
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Zara J. Black
3.75 · 139 ratings
bdsm · dark · m-f · dub-con · bondage · explicit-plentiful · masc-dom · slavery · from hate to love · length-medium · forced proximity · exhibitionism · spanking · vengeance · fetish · cruel hero · rape-mc · praise-kink · possessive hero · standalone-first
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Nikita.
3.61 · 124 ratings
from hate to love · dark · suspense · contemporary · cruel hero · standalone-first · new adult · dual-pov · incest · length-long · abuse · first-person-pov · rape · dub-con · length-medium · stepsibling · first-in-series · mafia · m-f · virgin heroine
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Kate Raven
3.48 · 201 ratings
first-person-pov · explicit-plentiful · dark · m-f · forced proximity · spanking · super rich hero · dub-con · cruel hero · graphic-violence · possessive hero · body-betrayal · alpha male · contemporary · arranged marriage · bad boys · dual-pov · anal sex · rape-mc · consensual-non-con
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Kate Raven
3.40 · 116 ratings
somnophilia · birth-control-non-con · rape · first-person-pov · dark · rape-mc · graphic-violence · cold hero · forced-pregnancy · pregnancy · breeding · body-betrayal · possessive hero · alpha male · m-f · height-difference · arranged marriage · super rich hero · spanking · bad boys
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Anne Hampson
3.07 · 223 ratings
length-short · contemporary · cruel hero · virgin heroine · from hate to love · m-f · super rich hero · tortured heroine · possessive hero · arranged marriage · marriage of convenience · vengeance · age difference · angst · alpha male · length-medium · multicultural · forced proximity · body-betrayal · open-door
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