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墨香铜臭

4.54 · 382 ratings
fantasy · asia · historical · m-m · queer · death · magic · paranormal · glimpses-kisses · high fantasy · angst · mystery · humor · forced proximity · demons · young adult · fighters · legends & fairy tales · tortured hero · virgin hero
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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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J.D. Evans

4.36 · 443 ratings
fantasy · magic · gifted heroine · m-f · audiobook · political-intrigue · open-door · dual-pov · third-person-pov · competent heroine · high fantasy · tortured hero · independent heroine · royalty · new adult · paranormal · military · class difference · lebanon · strong heroine
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Nora Sakavic

4.36 · 534 ratings
queer · m-m · contemporary · found-family · young adult · sports · audiobook · college · new adult · usa · slow burn · athletes · angst · tortured hero · north-america · past-abuse · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · cold hero · abuse
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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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Umebachi Yamanaka

4.30 · 102 ratings
contemporary · fake relationship · m-f · glimpses-kisses · length-short · slow burn · humor · new adult · love triangle · from hate to love · young adult · marriage of convenience · forced proximity · age difference
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Liz Tomforde

4.25 · 1875 ratings
usa · contemporary · m-f · sports · new adult · explicit-open-door · north-america · slow burn · athletes · dual-pov · super rich hero · forced proximity · humor · competent heroine · audiobook · found-family · mental-trauma · first-person-pov · possessive hero · illinois
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M.A. Carrick

4.25 · 105 ratings
third-person-pov · strong heroine · hurt-comfort · class difference · outlaw-heroine · vengeance · poor heroine · competent heroine · political-intrigue · m-f · found-family · sassy heroine · magic · historical · independent heroine · fantasy · mystery · slow burn · dangerous heroine · humor
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Keiko Iwashita

4.24 · 277 ratings
length-short · young adult · contemporary · japan · age difference · m-f · glimpses-kisses · slow burn · love triangle · humor · found-family · poly · christmas · queer · m-m-m · high-school
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Jessica Joyce

4.22 · 437 ratings
usa · explicit-open-door · forced proximity · humor · contemporary · m-f · california · sweet-hero · sweet heroine · second chances · caretaking · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · grovel · slow burn · audiobook · hurt-comfort · friends-benefits · tortured hero · north-america
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Megan Bannen

4.21 · 389 ratings
audiobook · fantasy · mature couple · m-f · competent heroine · paranormal · humor · length-long · slow burn · third-person-pov · open-door · from hate to love · working class heroine · young adult · mystery · independent heroine · death · magic · tall-heroine · historical
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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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Kyra Parsi

4.18 · 1015 ratings
possessive hero · canada · contemporary · m-f · humor · independent heroine · angst · class difference · strong heroine · cold hero · praise-kink · past-abuse · caretaking · explicit-open-door · sassy heroine · competent heroine · forced proximity · super rich hero · tycoon · north-america
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Everina Maxwell

4.16 · 173 ratings
science fiction · new adult · mystery · forced proximity · third-person-pov · military · behind-doors · friends to lovers · from hate to love · queer · m-m · dual-pov · multicultural · political-intrigue · slow burn · aliens · humor · war · male-pov · futuristic
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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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Casey McQuiston

4.11 · 1111 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · found-family · queer · humor · from hate to love · bisexual · new adult · usa · multicultural · slow burn · friends to lovers · north-america · young adult · paranormal · lgbtqia hate · cold heroine · england · length-long · childfree-couple
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Loren Leigh

4.11 · 172 ratings
contemporary · queer · m-m · bisexual · friends to lovers · first-person-pov · college · new adult · queer-awakening · sports · shy-hero · nerdy-hero · male-pov · mexico · sweet-hero · dual-pov · slow burn · athletes · angst · explicit-open-door
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Mariana Zapata

4.10 · 4476 ratings
friends to lovers · m-f · audiobook · first-person-pov · slow burn · contemporary · open-door · north-america · height-difference · usa · humor · alpha male · strong heroine · sassy heroine · texas · forced proximity · cold hero · grumpy sunshine · independent heroine · sweet-hero
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Ana Kirk Shaw

4.06 · 106 ratings
forced proximity · humor · contemporary · dual-pov · length-medium · usa · m-f · office · teacher-heroine · competent heroine · new-york-state · first-person-pov · secret-relationship · strong heroine · slow burn · southeast-asian-mc · spanking · forbidden love · masc-dom · found-family
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Victoria Aveline

4.06 · 2030 ratings
forced proximity · aliens · fated-mates · futuristic · m-f · science fiction · non-human-hero · explicit-open-door · possessive hero · dual-pov · third-person-pov · abduction · audiobook · alpha male · male-pov · height-difference · multicultural · creative-anatomy · arranged marriage · fantasy
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Carley Fortune

4.05 · 573 ratings
small town · canada · m-f · audiobook · contemporary · sweet-hero · death · new adult · friends to lovers · slow burn · forced proximity · open-door · first-person-pov · north-america · angst · sweet heroine · competent heroine · found-family · independent heroine · second chances
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Stephanie Archer

4.02 · 1832 ratings
contemporary · dual-pov · humor · forced proximity · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov · north-america · competent heroine · m-f · audiobook · canada · from hate to love · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · height-difference · praise-kink · possessive hero · slow burn · independent heroine · super rich hero
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Lyla Sage

4.02 · 806 ratings
western · cowboys · explicit-open-door · contemporary · audiobook · small town · north-america · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · wyoming · working class hero · first-person-pov · new adult · competent heroine · m-f · found-family · independent heroine · forced proximity · humor · usa
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Hannah Nicole Maehrer

4.00 · 474 ratings
fantasy · humor · forced proximity · magic · new adult · boss & employee · sassy heroine · political-intrigue · audiobook · m-f · cheerful heroine · cold hero · tortured hero · vengeance · slow burn · grumpy sunshine · super rich hero · independent heroine · monsters · bad boys
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Jasmine Mas

3.97 · 1451 ratings
paranormal · possessive hero · warrior-heroine · non-human-hero · fantasy · forced proximity · humor · queer · bisexual · m-m-m · gifted heroine · alpha male · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · graphic-violence · dual-pov · strong heroine · dangerous heroine · bad boys · m-m-f
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Vasilisa Drake

3.95 · 102 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · fated-mates · witches · m-f · audiobook · magic · shapeshifters · slow burn · forced proximity · from hate to love · sassy heroine · alpha male · possessive hero · high fantasy · historical · demons · werewolves · non-human-heroine · virgin heroine
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Erin Morgenstern

3.90 · 500 ratings
fantasy · magic · paranormal · mystery · historical · found-family · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · young adult · suspense · urban fantasy · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · slow burn · christmas · non-trad-hea · age difference · steampunk · futuristic
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Hannah F. Whitten

3.75 · 260 ratings
fantasy · magic · new adult · royalty · paranormal · death · high fantasy · gifted heroine · religious-trauma · political-intrigue · competent heroine · m-f · cold hero · dark · open-door · aristocratic heroine · tortured hero · angst · strong heroine · slow burn
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