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Beth Brower

4.62 · 274 ratings
young adult · paranormal · magic · christian · mystery · glimpses-kisses · historical · victorian · sassy heroine · competent heroine · slow burn · strong heroine · tortured hero · forced proximity · alpha male · m-f · regency · new adult · first-person-pov · independent heroine
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J.D. Evans

4.39 · 329 ratings
m-f · dual-pov · political-intrigue · fantasy · magic · third-person-pov · open-door · competent heroine · gifted heroine · lebanon · tortured hero · high fantasy · military · paranormal · royalty · new adult · independent heroine · class difference · strong heroine · slow burn
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Erin Langston

4.36 · 109 ratings
third-person-pov · forced proximity · historical · dual-pov · m-f · england · sweet-hero · found-family · independent heroine · competent heroine · virgin heroine · explicit-open-door · sweet heroine · strong heroine · united-kingdom · class difference · friends to lovers · praise-kink · hurt-comfort · regency
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Morgan B. Lee

4.33 · 329 ratings
teacher-hero · strong heroine · tortured hero · north-america · virgin hero · graphic-violence · reverse harem · vampires · praise-kink · monsters · sweet-hero · magic · death · demons · usa · abuse · fantasy · fated-mates · super rich hero · independent heroine
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Isla Davon

4.33 · 162 ratings
fated-mates · paranormal · possessive hero · poly · shapeshifters · reverse harem · fantasy · gifted heroine · sassy heroine · fae · dark · m-f · dual-pov · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · strong heroine · graphic-violence · monsters · witches · magic
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Ashley N. Rostek

4.30 · 757 ratings
dark · contemporary · poly · suspense · new adult · friends to lovers · reverse harem · first-person-pov · alpha male · independent heroine · abuse · m-f-m · arizona · tortured heroine · menage · usa · high-school · death · north-america · strong heroine
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Drew Hayes

4.28 · 248 ratings
first-person-pov · urban fantasy · strong heroine · vampires · witches · sweet-hero · monsters · demons · nerdy-hero · magic · humor · gifted heroine · independent heroine · fantasy · non-human-heroine · competent heroine · warrior-heroine · paranormal · dangerous heroine · shapeshifters
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Elizabeth Dear

4.23 · 393 ratings
new adult · dual-pov · first-person-pov · contemporary · independent heroine · possessive hero · found-family · length-medium · super rich hero · reverse harem · sunny hero · poly · m-f · competent heroine · dark · explicit-open-door · paranormal · slut-shaming · alpha male · fantasy
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Blake Black

4.22 · 235 ratings
reverse harem · sunny hero · contemporary · independent heroine · poly · dual-pov · suspense · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · m-f · found-family · super rich hero · new adult · explicit-open-door · abuse-non-mc · first-person-pov · friends to lovers · possessive hero · cold hero · tortured heroine
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Kyra Parsi

4.20 · 825 ratings
possessive hero · m-f · canada · contemporary · independent heroine · humor · past-abuse · cold hero · caretaking · explicit-open-door · angst · sassy heroine · competent heroine · super rich hero · strong heroine · praise-kink · class difference · forced proximity · first-person-pov · cheerful heroine
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Katherine Arden

4.20 · 475 ratings
third-person-pov · historical · magic · death · demons · fantasy · europe · paranormal · strong heroine · witches · independent heroine · mystery · competent heroine · east-europe · rape-non-mc · dual-pov · pagan · russia · cold hero · medieval
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Eliana Lee

4.19 · 309 ratings
alpha male · omegaverse · male-pov · explicit-plentiful · contemporary · menage · caretaking · anal sex · dual-pov · poly · praise-kink · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · double-penetration · multicultural · sunny hero · m-f · forced proximity · reverse harem · creative-anatomy
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Suzanne Collins

4.18 · 2801 ratings
young adult · science fiction · futuristic · dystopian · glimpses-kisses · abuse · death · usa · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · survival · torture-mcs · suspense · torture-scs · mystery · independent heroine · fantasy · alcoholism · child-death · forced proximity
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Rebecca Quinn

4.18 · 351 ratings
military · dystopian · competent heroine · dual-pov · primal-play · survival · poly · dark · first-person-pov · queer · forced proximity · reverse harem · found-family · age difference · alpha male · death · independent heroine · m-m-f · humor · commander
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Hannah Bonam-Young

4.17 · 639 ratings
contemporary · found-family · independent heroine · new adult · forced proximity · first-person-pov · humor · north-america · friends to lovers · m-f · mental-trauma · caretaking · canada · death · sweet heroine · class difference · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · grumpy sunshine · tortured heroine
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Hazel Mack

4.15 · 194 ratings
fantasy · humor · paranormal · monsters · fated-mates · independent heroine · dual-pov · small town · magic · alpha male · m-f · vampires · competent heroine · non-human-hero · witches · creative-anatomy · urban fantasy · strong heroine · length-medium · explicit-plentiful
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Suzanne Wright

4.14 · 4143 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · strong heroine · alpha male · m-f · possessive hero · urban fantasy · suspense · contemporary · independent heroine · shapeshifters · non-human-heroine · sassy heroine · dual-pov · fated-mates · non-human-hero · erotica · humor · magic · explicit-plentiful
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Reese Rivers

4.09 · 519 ratings
dual-pov · reverse harem · angst · first-person-pov · contemporary · independent heroine · poly · alpha male · insta-love · explicit-plentiful · explicit-open-door · friends to lovers · menage · m-f · death · humor · new adult · non-human-hero · second chances · dark
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Melissa Blair

4.08 · 158 ratings
past-abuse · m-f · disabilities and marks · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · war · non-human-heroine · non-human-hero · warrior-heroine · paranormal · fae · death · magic · fantasy · tortured hero · strong heroine · high fantasy · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · open-door
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Diana Biller

4.08 · 107 ratings
victorian · dual-pov · m-f · competent heroine · historical · nerdy-hero · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · strong heroine · open-door · independent heroine · humor · tortured heroine · caretaking · insta-love · past-abuse · paranormal · length-long · fantasy · super rich hero
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Becka Mack

4.07 · 702 ratings
contemporary · sports · m-f · hockey · new adult · competent heroine · first-person-pov · canada · explicit-open-door · dual-pov · athletes · possessive hero · sweet-hero · praise-kink · independent heroine · super rich hero · humor · found-family · death · sassy heroine
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Jasmine Mas

4.07 · 1124 ratings
paranormal · sassy heroine · tortured heroine · possessive hero · forced proximity · strong heroine · graphic-violence · bisexual · humor · fantasy · alpha male · dangerous heroine · warrior-heroine · first-person-pov · poly · dual-pov · reverse harem · gifted heroine · from hate to love · height-difference
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Kimberly Lemming

4.06 · 958 ratings
m-f · fantasy · black-mc · humor · monsters · first-person-pov · non-human-hero · possessive hero · paranormal · insta-love · explicit-open-door · praise-kink · sassy heroine · alpha male · fated-mates · independent heroine · forced proximity · competent heroine · curvy heroine · magic
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Gwendolyn Harper

4.06 · 162 ratings
m-f · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · strong heroine · independent heroine · fantasy · competent heroine · friends to lovers · forced proximity · length-short · sassy heroine · contemporary · possessive hero · dystopian · graphic-violence · science fiction · horror · men in uniform · explicit-plentiful · caretaking
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Ali Hazelwood

4.04 · 5071 ratings
contemporary · m-f · new adult · humor · competent heroine · from hate to love · north-america · independent heroine · forced proximity · first-person-pov · sweet-hero · height-difference · career professional · usa · nerdy-hero · friends to lovers · office · slow burn · explicit-open-door · insta-love
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Penelope Barsetti

4.02 · 388 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · m-f · explicit-open-door · dark · strong heroine · from hate to love · competent heroine · royalty · independent heroine · alpha male · possessive hero · vengeance · cold hero · war · angst · high fantasy · aristocratic heroine · height-difference · dual-pov
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Stephanie Garber

3.98 · 1247 ratings
fantasy · magic · paranormal · young adult · third-person-pov · glimpses-kisses · tortured hero · mystery · independent heroine · from hate to love · death · love triangle · angst · strong heroine · slow burn · high fantasy · m-f · possessive hero · hurt-comfort · aristocratic heroine
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Aydra Richards

3.92 · 414 ratings
dual-pov · m-f · regency · historical · england · third-person-pov · grovel · angst · super rich hero · class difference · strong heroine · virgin heroine · competent heroine · independent heroine · from hate to love · tortured heroine · sweet-hero · forced proximity · tortured hero · cold hero
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