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Haley Cass

4.41 · 609 ratings
queer · contemporary · audiobook · f-f · friends to lovers · explicit-open-door · sweet heroine · strong heroine · height-difference · third-person-pov · slow burn · competent heroine · independent heroine · usa · angst · cheerful heroine · career professional · queer-awakening · found-family · rich heroine
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J.D. Evans

4.38 · 556 ratings
third-person-pov · dual-pov · open-door · gifted heroine · competent heroine · political-intrigue · m-f · audiobook · fantasy · magic · tortured hero · high fantasy · class difference · slow burn · strong heroine · caretaking · military · past-abuse · new adult · royalty
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Morgan B. Lee

4.36 · 918 ratings
strong heroine · fantasy · dangerous heroine · male-pov · super rich hero · reverse harem · fated-mates · independent heroine · monsters · witches · death · magic · usa · demons · abuse · mental illness · fae · sassy heroine · shapeshifters · new adult
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Erin Langston

4.31 · 176 ratings
m-f · england · historical · forced proximity · third-person-pov · dual-pov · competent heroine · found-family · independent heroine · europe · strong heroine · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · united-kingdom · insta-love · virgin heroine · audiobook · regency · forbidden love · humor
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S.M. Olivier

4.27 · 390 ratings
contemporary · poly · reverse harem · alpha male · sunny hero · possessive hero · menage · strong heroine · men in uniform · competent heroine · explicit-plentiful · nerdy-hero · independent heroine · sweet-hero · past-abuse · m-f-m · heroine athlete · friends to lovers · tortured heroine · past-sexual-abuse
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R.A. Smyth

4.25 · 736 ratings
reverse harem · new adult · contemporary · poly · from hate to love · dark · dual-pov · first-person-pov · suspense · audiobook · competent heroine · independent heroine · m-f · possessive hero · cruel hero · mental-trauma · alpha male · abuse · forced proximity · super rich hero
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M.A. Carrick

4.24 · 110 ratings
strong heroine · third-person-pov · hurt-comfort · class difference · outlaw-heroine · vengeance · poor heroine · political-intrigue · competent heroine · found-family · m-f · sassy heroine · magic · historical · independent heroine · mystery · fantasy · racism · slow burn · sweet-hero
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Ashley N. Rostek

4.23 · 1010 ratings
suspense · contemporary · poly · new adult · reverse harem · dark · competent heroine · abuse · independent heroine · friends to lovers · alpha male · m-f-m · death · first-person-pov · found-family · high-school · strong heroine · abduction · possessive hero · menage
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Suzanne Collins

4.23 · 3828 ratings
futuristic · young adult · abuse · science fiction · glimpses-kisses · survival · dystopian · death · usa · audiobook · suspense · torture-scs · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · torture-mcs · vengeance · forced proximity · mystery · fantasy · independent heroine
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Megan Bannen

4.21 · 439 ratings
fantasy · audiobook · length-long · humor · independent heroine · m-f · competent heroine · paranormal · mature couple · open-door · slow burn · third-person-pov · death · magic · tall-heroine · historical · mystery · found-family · young adult · working class heroine
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Katherine Arden

4.20 · 548 ratings
magic · third-person-pov · paranormal · audiobook · europe · fantasy · demons · death · historical · strong heroine · glimpses-kisses · medieval · cold hero · russia · east-europe · rape-non-mc · competent heroine · pagan · witches · independent heroine
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Elisabeth Wheatley

4.19 · 167 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · magic · strong heroine · independent heroine · m-f · competent heroine · gifted heroine · third-person-pov · demons · political-intrigue · suspense · aristocratic heroine · mental-trauma · sweet-hero · death · found-family · audiobook · mental illness · abuse
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Kyra Parsi

4.18 · 1223 ratings
possessive hero · humor · independent heroine · canada · contemporary · m-f · cold hero · caretaking · explicit-open-door · angst · class difference · strong heroine · forced proximity · super rich hero · sassy heroine · competent heroine · praise-kink · cheerful heroine · career professional · past-abuse
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Julie Christianson

4.18 · 121 ratings
glimpses-kisses · humor · contemporary · length-medium · audiobook · m-f · dual-pov · sweet-hero · forced proximity · independent heroine · cheerful heroine · sweet heroine · small town · from hate to love · possessive hero · grumpy sunshine · strong heroine · clean · death · boss & employee
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Elizabeth Dear

4.14 · 573 ratings
contemporary · new adult · first-person-pov · dual-pov · audiobook · independent heroine · dangerous heroine · poly · usa · fighters · possessive hero · reverse harem · paranormal · found-family · length-medium · super rich hero · fantasy · competent heroine · alpha male · male-pov
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Hannah Bonam-Young

4.14 · 989 ratings
first-person-pov · caretaking · found-family · contemporary · audiobook · independent heroine · forced proximity · humor · north-america · friends to lovers · explicit-open-door · canada · new adult · m-f · sweet heroine · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · mental-trauma · height-difference · competent heroine
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Lenore Rosewood

4.13 · 499 ratings
omegaverse · from hate to love · poly · disabilities and marks · explicit-open-door · height-difference · reverse harem · independent heroine · fated-mates · m-m-f · cold hero · himbo · mental-trauma · queer-awakening · bisexual · alpha male · dystopian · hurt-comfort · possessive hero · m-m
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Alexis Grace

4.13 · 119 ratings
torture-scs · sassy heroine · competent heroine · suspense · m-f · poly · audiobook · contemporary · alpha male · found-family · reverse harem · independent heroine · spanking · heroine sleuth · forced proximity · nerdy-hero · m-f-m · length-medium · usa · virginia
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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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Eliana Lee

4.11 · 484 ratings
omegaverse · poly · anal sex · sunny hero · caretaking · creative-anatomy · double-penetration · dual-pov · grumpy sunshine · exhibitionism · male-pov · fated-mates · reverse harem · independent heroine · explicit-plentiful · contemporary · found-family · praise-kink · friends to lovers · multicultural
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B.K. Borison

4.10 · 1107 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · m-f · usa · maryland · humor · first-person-pov · found-family · independent heroine · forced proximity · dual-pov · sweet-hero · north-america · explicit-open-door · competent heroine · working class heroine · male-pov · grumpy sunshine · small town · friends to lovers
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Tarah Dewitt

4.07 · 589 ratings
m-f · contemporary · first-person-pov · dual-pov · sweet-hero · north-america · friends to lovers · death · forced proximity · humor · found-family · audiobook · explicit-open-door · slow burn · usa · independent heroine · competent heroine · sassy heroine · cheerful heroine · single-father
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Diana Biller

4.07 · 133 ratings
victorian · third-person-pov · strong heroine · dual-pov · sweet-hero · nerdy-hero · historical · competent heroine · m-f · open-door · tortured heroine · independent heroine · super rich hero · humor · death · audiobook · cheerful heroine · mental-trauma · torture-mcs · insta-love
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Becka Mack

4.05 · 1017 ratings
m-f · contemporary · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov · sunny hero · possessive hero · athletes · dual-pov · sweet-hero · north-america · hockey · super rich hero · competent heroine · audiobook · found-family · canada · new adult · sports · sassy heroine · mental-trauma
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Victoria Aveline

4.04 · 2382 ratings
dual-pov · height-difference · aliens · fated-mates · third-person-pov · possessive hero · non-human-hero · explicit-open-door · science fiction · alpha male · m-f · audiobook · forced proximity · futuristic · abduction · creative-anatomy · from hate to love · male-pov · angst · strong heroine
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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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Aydra Richards

3.97 · 597 ratings
historical · regency · dual-pov · m-f · england · strong heroine · third-person-pov · super rich hero · grovel · explicit-open-door · independent heroine · angst · from hate to love · competent heroine · sweet-hero · virgin heroine · forced proximity · tortured hero · class difference · tortured heroine
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Sarah MacLean

3.93 · 2973 ratings
audiobook · historical · m-f · england · strong heroine · regency · independent heroine · third-person-pov · possessive hero · super rich hero · class difference · europe · united-kingdom · humor · dual-pov · british-isles · explicit-open-door · alpha male · virgin heroine · sassy heroine
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