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墨香铜臭

4.54 · 379 ratings
m-m · queer · fantasy · asia · historical · high fantasy · angst · glimpses-kisses · paranormal · magic · death · tortured hero · friends to lovers · virgin hero · grumpy sunshine · third-person-pov · slow burn · fighters · legends & fairy tales · young adult
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Connilyn Cossette

4.53 · 160 ratings
historical · christian · audiobook · first-person-pov · m-f · ancient times · israel · new adult · length-medium · death · west-asia · dual-pov · survival · young adult · male-pov · strong heroine · sweet-hero · child-death · behind-doors · glimpses-kisses
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Charlie Adhara

4.42 · 649 ratings
shapeshifters · m-m · queer · paranormal · suspense · fantasy · werewolves · explicit-open-door · audiobook · mystery · urban fantasy · contemporary · north-america · third-person-pov · death · small town · sweet-hero · men in uniform · cold hero · anal sex
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Morgan B. Lee

4.41 · 636 ratings
past-abuse · shapeshifters · new adult · height-difference · sassy heroine · mental illness · fae · abuse · competent heroine · paranormal · dragon shifter · college · poly · m-f · monsters · reverse harem · fated-mates · independent heroine · super rich hero · witches
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Sarah Lyons Fleming

4.41 · 256 ratings
audiobook · dystopian · science fiction · contemporary · horror · death · survival · found-family · fantasy · friends to lovers · slow burn · behind-doors · m-f · first-person-pov · suspense · paranormal · competent heroine · humor · forced proximity · futuristic
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Jonathan Stroud

4.36 · 307 ratings
paranormal · young adult · fantasy · mystery · urban fantasy · magic · suspense · humor · dark · audiobook · death · dystopian · steampunk · historical · length-long · third-person-pov · m-f · contemporary · length-novella · strong heroine
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Andrew Joseph White

4.36 · 127 ratings
fantasy · horror · queer · audiobook · paranormal · young adult · neurodivergent · mystery · death · length-medium · abuse · mental illness · m-f-x · found-family · suspense · glimpses-kisses · dark · dystopian · trans-hero · urban fantasy
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Rachel Gillig

4.34 · 1043 ratings
fantasy · high fantasy · tortured hero · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · slow burn · cold hero · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · open-door · gifted heroine · m-f · audiobook · competent heroine · political-intrigue · independent heroine · magic · death · vengeance · angst
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V.E.S. Pullen

4.34 · 107 ratings
north-america · past-child-abuse · dystopian · angst · strong heroine · survival · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · sassy heroine · science fiction · abuse · competent heroine · found-family · contemporary · poly · reverse harem
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R. Raeta

4.33 · 129 ratings
fantasy · sweet-hero · sweet heroine · magic · death · paranormal · m-f · working class heroine · non-human-hero · behind-doors · abuse-non-mc · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · open-door · third-person-pov · survival · california · tortured hero · friends to lovers · usa
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Kellen Graves

4.23 · 146 ratings
queer · m-m · magic · fantasy · third-person-pov · fae · new adult · past-abuse · abuse-non-mc · non-human-hero · from hate to love · royalty · height-difference · slavery · death · length-long · forced proximity · graphic-violence · audiobook · paranormal
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T. Kingfisher

4.22 · 2080 ratings
fantasy · audiobook · magic · humor · mystery · paranormal · death · third-person-pov · horror · m-f · mature couple · fighters · sweet-hero · historical · bodyguard-hero · high fantasy · childfree-couple · monsters · competent heroine · tortured hero
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Suzanne Collins

4.21 · 3440 ratings
young adult · futuristic · dystopian · suspense · abuse · science fiction · survival · glimpses-kisses · audiobook · torture-scs · usa · death · fantasy · torture-mcs · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · political-intrigue · m-f · alcoholism · independent heroine
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Frankie Diane Mallis

4.20 · 129 ratings
new adult · magic · fantasy · audiobook · forbidden love · high fantasy · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · ancient times · historical · m-f · paranormal · abuse · military · aristocratic heroine · height-difference · first-person-pov · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · torture-mcs
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Katherine Arden

4.19 · 522 ratings
paranormal · audiobook · demons · magic · historical · death · europe · fantasy · third-person-pov · medieval · competent heroine · pagan · east-europe · rape-non-mc · independent heroine · witches · mystery · strong heroine · russia · glimpses-kisses
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Penn Cole

4.15 · 609 ratings
new adult · paranormal · fantasy · magic · gifted heroine · from hate to love · royalty · competent heroine · political-intrigue · audiobook · m-f · betrayal · found-family · mystery · forced proximity · death · tall-heroine · disabilities and marks · high fantasy · angst
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Emily Henry

4.14 · 3758 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · usa · friends to lovers · north-america · sweet-hero · first-person-pov · open-door · m-f · competent heroine · humor · forced proximity · death · angst · slow burn · independent heroine · small town · grumpy sunshine · cold hero · from hate to love
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G.A. Mazurke

4.14 · 149 ratings
contemporary · m-f · super rich hero · audiobook · canada · dual-pov · death · forced proximity · humor · suspense · new adult · sports · friends to lovers · disabilities and marks · length-long · hockey · usa · curvy heroine · second chances · male-pov
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Bree Wiley

4.14 · 137 ratings
forced proximity · m-m · queer · audiobook · contemporary · angst · hurt-comfort · length-medium · death · sports · queer-awakening · lgbtqia hate · from hate to love · mental illness · abuse · explicit-plentiful · found-family · possessive hero · anal sex · cold hero
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Fae Quin

4.14 · 457 ratings
queer · m-m · contemporary · anal sex · first-person-pov · forced proximity · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · height-difference · audiobook · humor · death · possessive hero · paranormal · male-pov · small town · sweet-hero · praise-kink · explicit-open-door · sunny hero
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Sonja Grey

4.13 · 912 ratings
contemporary · dual-pov · first-person-pov · m-f · alpha male · possessive hero · mafia · super rich hero · male-pov · dark · sweet heroine · suspense · bad boys · virgin heroine · insta-love · graphic-violence · abuse · explicit-plentiful · abuse-non-mc · sweet-hero
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Alina May

4.13 · 265 ratings
abduction · past-child-abuse · rape · dub-con · possessive hero · rape-mc · dark · from hate to love · contemporary · suspense · forced proximity · spanking · vengeance · tortured hero · dual-pov · anal sex · body-betrayal · consensual-non-con · bondage · past-abuse
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Becka Mack

4.06 · 845 ratings
contemporary · m-f · hockey · new adult · sports · found-family · athletes · super rich hero · independent heroine · humor · death · canada · sassy heroine · competent heroine · audiobook · praise-kink · possessive hero · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov
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Erin A. Craig

4.04 · 285 ratings
historical · horror · fantasy · mystery · m-f · young adult · paranormal · length-long · magic · death · dark · sweet-hero · audiobook · competent heroine · suspense · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · glimpses-kisses · high fantasy · substance abuse
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Krystal Sutherland

4.00 · 219 ratings
death · mystery · contemporary · audiobook · young adult · fantasy · paranormal · length-medium · high-school · mental illness · horror · magic · length-long · misogyny · europe · humor · witches · suspense · british-isles · dark
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Stephanie Garber

3.98 · 1491 ratings
magic · fantasy · paranormal · audiobook · young adult · glimpses-kisses · third-person-pov · tortured hero · angst · love triangle · death · independent heroine · mystery · from hate to love · possessive hero · strong heroine · slow burn · high fantasy · betrayal · m-f
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Alison Espach

3.96 · 151 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · length-medium · death · miscarriage · suicide · m-f · young adult · betrayal · tortured heroine · behind-doors · mental-trauma · usa · child-death · third-person-pov · mystery · humor · rhode-island · mental illness · non-trad-hea
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Liv Zander

3.93 · 1012 ratings
dual-pov · dub-con · child-death · vengeance · high fantasy · disabilities and marks · bdsm · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · past-abuse · cruel hero · caretaking · abuse-non-mc · mental-trauma · dark · graphic-violence · abuse-mc · anal sex · cold hero · consensual-non-con
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