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Top authors writing slow burn romance

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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墨香铜臭

4.55 · 328 ratings
m-m · queer · asia · fantasy · historical · glimpses-kisses · magic · death · paranormal · legends & fairy tales · young adult · angst · grumpy sunshine · friends to lovers · high fantasy · slow burn · humor · demons · height-difference · length-long
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J.D. Evans

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

4.24 · 351 ratings
forced proximity · sweet-hero · contemporary · sweet heroine · humor · explicit-open-door · m-f · california · usa · friends to lovers · hurt-comfort · friends-benefits · north-america · tortured hero · sassy heroine · second chances · slow burn · angst · first-person-pov · new adult
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Megan Bannen

4.21 · 307 ratings
fantasy · humor · mature couple · slow burn · open-door · m-f · paranormal · length-long · independent heroine · tall-heroine · from hate to love · mystery · historical · magic · death · men in uniform · small town · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · friends to lovers
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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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Beck Michaels

4.19 · 109 ratings
fantasy · fated-mates · magic · third-person-pov · high fantasy · shapeshifters · fae · from hate to love · new adult · sweet heroine · paranormal · young adult · werewolves · found-family · class difference · forced proximity · grumpy sunshine · slow burn · tortured heroine · cold hero
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Everina Maxwell

4.18 · 155 ratings
new adult · science fiction · political-intrigue · dual-pov · from hate to love · queer · military · mystery · behind-doors · slow burn · m-m · friends to lovers · multicultural · forced proximity · third-person-pov · neurodivergent · mental illness · ableism · death · past-abuse
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Julianne Donaldson

4.14 · 181 ratings
historical · regency · clean · length-medium · slow burn · young adult · glimpses-kisses · europe · england · british-isles · united-kingdom · christian · found-family · length-novella · m-f · sunny hero · death · super rich hero · victorian · new adult
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Casey McQuiston

4.13 · 961 ratings
contemporary · queer · humor · found-family · childfree-couple · bisexual · from hate to love · new adult · usa · friends to lovers · multicultural · north-america · slow burn · open-door · england · angst · cold hero · mental-trauma · sunny hero · anal sex
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Penn Cole

4.13 · 445 ratings
paranormal · new adult · fantasy · magic · slow burn · high fantasy · royalty · strong heroine · from hate to love · disabilities and marks · war · mystery · angst · political-intrigue · found-family · m-f · death · fae · young adult · aristocratic heroine
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Mariana Zapata

4.11 · 3966 ratings
contemporary · m-f · slow burn · first-person-pov · friends to lovers · height-difference · sassy heroine · open-door · north-america · strong heroine · alpha male · humor · usa · cold hero · independent heroine · new adult · texas · cheerful heroine · forced proximity · grumpy sunshine
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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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Keith Thompson

4.02 · 191 ratings
fantasy · steampunk · magic · urban fantasy · slow burn · young adult · paranormal · royalty · dystopian · length-epic · mystery · futuristic · military · war · contemporary · male-pov · strong heroine · historical · dual-pov · third-person-pov
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Stephanie Archer

4.02 · 1433 ratings
contemporary · humor · dual-pov · forced proximity · m-f · canada · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov · competent heroine · north-america · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · height-difference · slow burn · praise-kink · sunny hero · possessive hero · sports · independent heroine · super rich hero
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Kristen Callihan

4.01 · 2004 ratings
m-f · dual-pov · alpha male · strong heroine · angst · competent heroine · independent heroine · explicit-open-door · slow burn · possessive hero · friends to lovers · contemporary · humor · super rich hero · new adult · sassy heroine · tortured hero · sweet heroine · steampunk · fantasy
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Lyla Sage

4.01 · 557 ratings
wyoming · contemporary · competent heroine · explicit-open-door · western · first-person-pov · m-f · dual-pov · forced proximity · small town · north-america · humor · cowboys · usa · found-family · grumpy sunshine · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · slow burn · independent heroine
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Tarah Dewitt

3.98 · 365 ratings
contemporary · m-f · friends to lovers · found-family · humor · dual-pov · slow burn · forced proximity · sweet-hero · death · competent heroine · sassy heroine · explicit-open-door · cheerful heroine · first-person-pov · north-america · usa · independent heroine · second chances · from hate to love
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Hannah Nicole Maehrer

3.96 · 345 ratings
fantasy · new adult · magic · paranormal · poor heroine · monsters · mental-trauma · glimpses-kisses · grumpy sunshine · forced proximity · slow burn · vengeance · high fantasy · sweet heroine · strong heroine · tortured hero · super rich hero · independent heroine · humor · mystery
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Erin Morgenstern

3.90 · 453 ratings
fantasy · magic · paranormal · mystery · found-family · historical · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · slow burn · urban fantasy · m-f · suspense · young adult · contemporary · futuristic · gifted heroine · independent heroine · steampunk · from hate to love · abuse
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Sally Thorne

3.88 · 1298 ratings
m-f · contemporary · caretaking · forced proximity · humor · sassy heroine · open-door · first-person-pov · slow burn · sweet-hero · length-medium · new adult · other-man-woman · working class heroine · strong heroine · sweet heroine · grumpy sunshine · height-difference · competent heroine · office
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Sophie Irwin

3.87 · 161 ratings
historical · humor · regency · glimpses-kisses · length-medium · slow burn · class difference · love triangle · death · poor heroine · virgin heroine · dual-pov · cheerful heroine · europe · mature couple · england · clean · new adult · from hate to love · independent heroine
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Ellie K. Wilde

3.87 · 206 ratings
contemporary · humor · m-f · dual-pov · explicit-open-door · new adult · slow burn · forced proximity · sweet-hero · sunny hero · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · cold hero · career professional · competent heroine · forbidden love · sports · death · length-medium · from hate to love
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Rosie Danan

3.82 · 506 ratings
strong heroine · third-person-pov · humor · contemporary · dual-pov · m-f · explicit-open-door · slow burn · north-america · class difference · forced proximity · usa · california · competent heroine · childfree-couple · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · hurt-comfort · nerdy-hero · slut-shaming
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Hannah F. Whitten

3.73 · 227 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · magic · new adult · royalty · dark · high fantasy · from hate to love · competent heroine · m-f · cold hero · slow burn · third-person-pov · death · non-human-hero · young adult · length-long · political-intrigue · angst · religious-trauma
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Elena Armas

3.68 · 829 ratings
contemporary · humor · m-f · explicit-open-door · slow burn · forced proximity · possessive hero · latinx-mc · usa · new adult · strong heroine · multicultural · sunny hero · athletes · insta-love · dual-pov · cheerful heroine · first-person-pov · career professional · grovel
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Sarah Morgenthaler

3.66 · 191 ratings
contemporary · christmas · m-f · small town · behind-doors · slow burn · first-person-pov · humor · usa · sweet-hero · alaska · north-america · competent heroine · cheerful heroine · working class hero · dual-pov · found-family · forced proximity · grumpy sunshine · length-long
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Alexandria Warwick

3.48 · 113 ratings
dark · horror · historical · fantasy · ancient times · height-difference · high fantasy · competent heroine · slow burn · paranormal · fae · magic · m-f · age difference · disabilities and marks · new adult · from hate to love · tortured heroine · non-human-hero · strong heroine
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