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Touco Shino
4.56 · 346 ratings
young adult · mystery · fantasy · length-short · historical · glimpses-kisses · royalty · class difference · political-intrigue · slow burn · competent heroine · humor · plain heroine · m-f · grumpy sunshine · virgin heroine · poor heroine · east-asian-mc · height-difference · cold heroine
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Pierce Brown
4.47 · 436 ratings
science fiction · found-family · audiobook · male-pov · futuristic · death · vengeance · dystopian · survival · war · first-person-pov · military · post-apocalyptic · political-intrigue · contemporary · commander · m-f · betrayal · slavery · tortured hero
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J.D. Evans
4.36 · 621 ratings
dual-pov · slow burn · third-person-pov · open-door · audiobook · m-f · competent heroine · political-intrigue · gifted heroine · magic · fantasy · strong heroine · high fantasy · tortured hero · independent heroine · class difference · military · caretaking · past-abuse · royalty
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Joe Abercrombie
4.25 · 554 ratings
magic · fantasy · war · high fantasy · dark · audiobook · paranormal · humor · political-intrigue · military · length-long · horror · young adult · vengeance · historical · medieval · length-epic · mystery · survival · open-door
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M.A. Carrick
4.24 · 118 ratings
magic · historical · class difference · outlaw-heroine · vengeance · third-person-pov · strong heroine · hurt-comfort · poor heroine · competent heroine · political-intrigue · m-f · found-family · independent heroine · fantasy · mystery · past-child-abuse · high fantasy · secret-relationship · slow burn
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Suzanne Collins
4.23 · 4283 ratings
glimpses-kisses · survival · dystopian · futuristic · young adult · science fiction · abuse · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · torture-mcs · vengeance · death · teenage-mmc · usa · audiobook · suspense · torture-scs · teenage-fmc · military · tortured heroine
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Sai Yukino
4.21 · 110 ratings
length-short · east-asia · political-intrigue · young adult · asia · competent heroine · historical · east-asian-mc · m-f · royalty · boss & employee · contemporary · first-in-series · standalone-first · class difference · forced proximity · fantasy
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Kairi Yura
4.21 · 121 ratings
length-short · historical · east-asia · boss & employee · royalty · competent heroine · asia · young adult · political-intrigue · m-f · east-asian-mc · contemporary · fantasy · class difference · first-in-series · forced proximity · standalone-first
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Rosaria Munda
4.18 · 139 ratings
graphic-violence · warrior-heroine · war · dual-pov · high fantasy · angst · friends to lovers · class difference · tortured hero · death · length-long · fantasy · audiobook · m-f · competent heroine · young adult · royalty · military · first-person-pov · tortured heroine
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Robert Jackson Bennett
4.17 · 353 ratings
length-long · fantasy · paranormal · audiobook · high fantasy · dystopian · magic · mystery · urban fantasy · steampunk · young adult · queer · political-intrigue · war · death · suspense · dark · first-in-series · standalone-first · horror
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Sara Hashem
4.16 · 115 ratings
fantasy · strong heroine · slow burn · survival · multicultural · suicide · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · high fantasy · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · aristocratic heroine · past-abuse · non-hea · war · virgin heroine · cold hero · young adult
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Elisabeth Wheatley
4.16 · 201 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · strong heroine · m-f · political-intrigue · competent heroine · third-person-pov · magic · gifted heroine · aristocratic heroine · sweet-hero · demons · independent heroine · death · suspense · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · monsters · audiobook · royalty
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Jack Campbell
4.15 · 219 ratings
science fiction · audiobook · m-f · young adult · paranormal · independent heroine · sweet-hero · dual-pov · strong heroine · third-person-pov · military · forbidden love · fantasy · competent heroine · steampunk · monsters · witches · magic · length-medium · war
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Rebecca Ross
4.15 · 1333 ratings
fantasy · magic · strong heroine · sweet-hero · competent heroine · paranormal · audiobook · m-f · high fantasy · political-intrigue · length-long · historical · standalone-first · young adult · third-person-pov · dual-pov · tortured hero · friends to lovers · death · mystery
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Penn Cole
4.14 · 797 ratings
fantasy · magic · new adult · competent heroine · cold hero · war · first-person-pov · angst · high fantasy · disabilities and marks · strong heroine · slow burn · child-death · mystery · forced proximity · death · tall-heroine · from hate to love · royalty · gifted heroine
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Seth Dickinson
4.05 · 118 ratings
military · open-door · dark · f-f · fantasy · war · audiobook · political-intrigue · high fantasy · queer · length-long · dystopian · historical · non-hea · death · first-in-series · standalone-first · past-abuse · horror · abuse-non-mc
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Laurie Forest
4.05 · 302 ratings
fantasy · witches · magic · audiobook · young adult · paranormal · demons · fae · shapeshifters · racism · misogyny · werewolves · m-f · war · open-door · high fantasy · religious-trauma · torture-scs · new adult · political-intrigue
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Thea Guanzon
4.02 · 369 ratings
paranormal · magic · fantasy · political-intrigue · m-f · audiobook · new adult · arranged marriage · high fantasy · military · young adult · betrayal · gifted heroine · marriage of convenience · forbidden love · from hate to love · forced proximity · virgin hero · past-child-neglect · aristocratic heroine
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Hannah Nicole Maehrer
3.97 · 728 ratings
audiobook · humor · fantasy · magic · high fantasy · new adult · boss & employee · sassy heroine · working class heroine · political-intrigue · office · m-f · alpha male · monsters · super rich hero · independent heroine · forced proximity · early-20s-fmc · death · cliffhanger
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Mai Corland
3.96 · 113 ratings
fantasy · aristocratic heroine · m-m · royalty · queer · political-intrigue · found-family · m-f · betrayal · audiobook · length-long · survival · bodyguard-hero · forced proximity · east-asian-mc · high fantasy · vengeance · dual-pov · behind-doors · non-hea
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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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Evie Dunmore
3.90 · 733 ratings
victorian · explicit-open-door · dual-pov · third-person-pov · historical · super rich hero · independent heroine · audiobook · m-f · competent heroine · england · aristocratic heroine · possessive hero · virgin heroine · strong heroine · slow burn · tortured hero · misogyny · slut-shaming · political-intrigue
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Imani Erriu
3.83 · 138 ratings
audiobook · paranormal · from hate to love · magic · forced proximity · fantasy · found-family · alpha male · m-f · political-intrigue · commander · competent heroine · royalty · new adult · gifted heroine · death · length-long · famous heroine · dangerous heroine · independent heroine
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Lacey Lehotzky
3.81 · 162 ratings
past-child-abuse · dual-pov · angels · past-abuse · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · dark · graphic-violence · m-f · alpha male · competent heroine · political-intrigue · fantasy · independent heroine · fated-mates · high fantasy · strong heroine · possessive hero · tortured heroine · non-human-hero
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Hannah F. Whitten
3.74 · 316 ratings
magic · fantasy · paranormal · new adult · royalty · death · m-f · slow burn · high fantasy · love triangle · competent heroine · political-intrigue · gifted heroine · religious-trauma · dark · open-door · aristocratic heroine · cold hero · third-person-pov · strong heroine
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