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Jen Lyon

4.58 · 110 ratings
f-f · sports · queer · lgbtqia hate · third-person-pov · heroine athlete · dual-pov · usa · audiobook · contemporary · abuse · past-abuse · soccer · rich heroine · class difference · angst · length-long · famous heroine · misogyny · age difference
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Rachel Smythe

4.40 · 754 ratings
fantasy · young adult · behind-doors · height-difference · age difference · grumpy sunshine · sweet heroine · length-long · past-abuse · urban fantasy · m-f · contemporary · mental illness · magic · past-sexual-abuse · humor · new adult · friends to lovers · cheerful heroine · paranormal
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J.D. Evans

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

4.36 · 921 ratings
dragon shifter · competent heroine · paranormal · college · poly · m-f · shapeshifters · new adult · height-difference · sassy heroine · fae · mental illness · abuse · usa · demons · death · magic · monsters · super rich hero · witches
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Willa Rae

4.29 · 149 ratings
paranormal · fantasy · magic · warrior-heroine · poly · fated-mates · friends to lovers · cold hero · sunny hero · praise-kink · teacher-hero · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · sassy heroine · from hate to love · gifted heroine · royalty · shapeshifters · height-difference · alpha male
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Isla Davon

4.29 · 300 ratings
poly · paranormal · fae · shapeshifters · fantasy · fated-mates · reverse harem · dual-pov · monsters · tortured heroine · past-abuse · graphic-violence · possessive hero · college · audiobook · m-f · abuse · gifted heroine · magic · witches
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Kellen Graves

4.28 · 181 ratings
queer · m-m · fantasy · magic · third-person-pov · fae · new adult · past-abuse · abuse-non-mc · non-human-hero · graphic-violence · royalty · height-difference · from hate to love · audiobook · forced proximity · length-long · slavery · death · explicit-open-door
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S.M. Olivier

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

4.24 · 110 ratings
poor heroine · vengeance · outlaw-heroine · class difference · hurt-comfort · strong heroine · third-person-pov · fantasy · mystery · independent heroine · magic · historical · sassy heroine · found-family · m-f · political-intrigue · competent heroine · length-epic · aristocratic heroine · past-abuse
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Rina Saint

4.22 · 247 ratings
mental-trauma · dark · graphic-violence · first-person-pov · bdsm · past-abuse · caretaking · explicit-plentiful · possessive hero · anal sex · cold hero · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · north-america · tortured hero · vengeance · angst · usa · bad boys · super rich hero
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Kyra Parsi

4.18 · 1227 ratings
possessive hero · independent heroine · humor · canada · contemporary · m-f · cold hero · explicit-open-door · caretaking · class difference · angst · strong heroine · super rich hero · forced proximity · sassy heroine · competent heroine · praise-kink · cheerful heroine · mental-trauma · career professional
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Ames Mills

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

4.16 · 216 ratings
independent heroine · paranormal · young adult · audiobook · m-f · science fiction · military · third-person-pov · strong heroine · sweet-hero · dual-pov · length-medium · magic · witches · steampunk · monsters · fantasy · competent heroine · forbidden love · war
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Alexis Grace

4.12 · 120 ratings
dual-pov · sweet-hero · strong heroine · abduction · past-child-abuse · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · bdsm · bondage · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · dark · anal sex · possessive hero · praise-kink · found-family · alpha male · m-f · poly · audiobook
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Eliana Lee

4.11 · 484 ratings
poly · omegaverse · audiobook · alpha male · menage · east-asian-mc · m-f-m · forced proximity · humor · southeast-asian-mc · multicultural · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · praise-kink · contemporary · found-family · explicit-plentiful · male-pov · exhibitionism · reverse harem
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Alina May

4.10 · 313 ratings
forced proximity · abduction · possessive hero · contemporary · poly · suspense · from hate to love · dual-pov · dark · menage · past-child-abuse · rape · rape-mc · past-sexual-abuse · praise-kink · exhibitionism · spanking · dub-con · past-abuse · bondage
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Mariel Pomeroy

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

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

4.03 · 435 ratings
contemporary · omegaverse · mental illness · audiobook · alpha male · menage · fantasy · humor · super rich hero · m-f-m · sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · possessive hero · praise-kink · explicit-plentiful · sassy heroine · poly · found-family · reverse harem · fated-mates
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Melissa Blair

4.03 · 193 ratings
strong heroine · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · high fantasy · graphic-violence · open-door · warrior-heroine · non-human-hero · past-abuse · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · war · paranormal · audiobook · m-f · non-human-heroine · fae · death · magic · fantasy
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Peyton Corinne

4.01 · 233 ratings
new adult · sports · audiobook · contemporary · hockey · length-medium · friends to lovers · angst · north-america · tortured hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · sweet-hero · athletes · praise-kink · massachusetts · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · past-abuse · caretaking
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Hannah Nicole Maehrer

4.00 · 582 ratings
slow burn · humor · forced proximity · fantasy · magic · boss & employee · sassy heroine · working class heroine · new adult · m-f · audiobook · political-intrigue · office · cold hero · cheerful heroine · vengeance · high fantasy · tortured hero · grumpy sunshine · monsters
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Sarah Hawley

4.00 · 446 ratings
paranormal · non-human-hero · fantasy · magic · audiobook · m-f · tortured heroine · urban fantasy · strong heroine · age difference · independent heroine · height-difference · possessive hero · past-abuse · abuse-non-mc · explicit-open-door · mental-trauma · north-america · small town · dual-pov
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Jasmine Mas

3.98 · 1850 ratings
forced proximity · fantasy · humor · queer · bisexual · gifted heroine · alpha male · possessive hero · non-human-hero · torture-mcs · warrior-heroine · fighters · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · dangerous heroine · misogyny · bad boys · magic · from hate to love · sassy heroine
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Liv Zander

3.93 · 1267 ratings
hurt-comfort · sweet heroine · angst · abduction · tortured hero · rape-mc · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · praise-kink · possessive hero · breeding · audiobook · m-f · alpha male · betrayal · royalty · death · fantasy · forced proximity · animal-death
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Kate Golden

3.89 · 344 ratings
audiobook · new adult · fantasy · forced proximity · m-f · height-difference · death · age difference · strong heroine · hurt-comfort · past-child-abuse · disabilities and marks · vengeance · angst · abduction · mental-trauma · caretaking · past-abuse · first-person-pov · tortured heroine
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Emma R. Alban

3.80 · 100 ratings
audiobook · queer · new adult · length-long · historical · victorian · europe · dual-pov · third-person-pov · england · regency · past-abuse · united-kingdom · open-door · british-isles · humor · f-f · poor heroine · found-family · young adult
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Harper L. Woods

3.76 · 1057 ratings
fantasy · audiobook · dark · magic · from hate to love · paranormal · dual-pov · forced proximity · horror · alpha male · possessive hero · explicit-open-door · non-human-hero · fated-mates · witches · past-abuse · age difference · death · fae · gifted heroine
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