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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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Robert Thier

4.54 · 596 ratings
historical · young adult · from hate to love · super rich hero · humor · strong heroine · possessive hero · m-f · cold hero · victorian · cheerful heroine · competent heroine · sassy heroine · alpha male · new adult · independent heroine · tycoon · grumpy sunshine · boss & employee · fantasy
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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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S.M. Olivier

4.35 · 312 ratings
poly · reverse harem · possessive hero · sunny hero · contemporary · alpha male · menage · strong heroine · past-abuse · explicit-plentiful · men in uniform · nerdy-hero · sweet-hero · past-sexual-abuse · competent heroine · independent heroine · friends to lovers · heroine athlete · tortured heroine · length-long
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Morgan B. Lee

4.33 · 329 ratings
teacher-hero · strong heroine · tortured hero · north-america · virgin hero · graphic-violence · reverse harem · vampires · praise-kink · monsters · sweet-hero · magic · death · demons · usa · abuse · fantasy · fated-mates · super rich hero · independent heroine
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Isla Davon

4.33 · 162 ratings
fated-mates · paranormal · possessive hero · poly · shapeshifters · reverse harem · fantasy · gifted heroine · sassy heroine · fae · dark · m-f · dual-pov · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · strong heroine · graphic-violence · monsters · witches · magic
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Drew Hayes

4.28 · 248 ratings
first-person-pov · urban fantasy · strong heroine · vampires · witches · sweet-hero · monsters · demons · nerdy-hero · magic · humor · gifted heroine · independent heroine · fantasy · non-human-heroine · competent heroine · warrior-heroine · paranormal · dangerous heroine · shapeshifters
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Sarah J. Maas

4.27 · 14607 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · magic · fae · strong heroine · m-f · high fantasy · new adult · from hate to love · young adult · third-person-pov · death · mystery · sassy heroine · royalty · war · dystopian · urban fantasy · alpha male · fated-mates
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J.D. Robb

4.26 · 4630 ratings
mystery · suspense · futuristic · heroine sleuth · super rich hero · strong heroine · m-f · tycoon · alpha male · length-medium · science fiction · open-door · fantasy · contemporary · urban fantasy · paranormal · length-long · independent heroine · third-person-pov · competent heroine
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Shelly Laurenston

4.23 · 1839 ratings
paranormal · fantasy · shapeshifters · urban fantasy · m-f · contemporary · strong heroine · alpha male · humor · competent heroine · werewolves · explicit-open-door · length-medium · sassy heroine · independent heroine · dual-pov · non-human-heroine · tall-heroine · suspense · non-human-hero
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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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Katherine Arden

4.20 · 475 ratings
third-person-pov · historical · magic · death · demons · fantasy · europe · paranormal · strong heroine · witches · independent heroine · mystery · competent heroine · east-europe · rape-non-mc · dual-pov · pagan · russia · cold hero · medieval
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Suzanne Collins

4.18 · 2801 ratings
young adult · science fiction · futuristic · dystopian · glimpses-kisses · abuse · death · usa · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · survival · torture-mcs · suspense · torture-scs · mystery · independent heroine · fantasy · alcoholism · child-death · forced proximity
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Ella Summers

4.18 · 619 ratings
urban fantasy · fantasy · paranormal · magic · vampires · demons · witches · strong heroine · shapeshifters · mystery · new adult · length-medium · fae · steampunk · alpha male · dark · werewolves · dystopian · young adult · length-short
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Sarah Puckett

4.15 · 147 ratings
contemporary · new adult · suspense · from hate to love · angst · dark · sports · football · young adult · strong heroine · cruel hero · dual-pov · high-school · alpha male · reverse harem · vengeance · super rich hero · bad boys · mystery · age difference
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Suzanne Wright

4.14 · 4143 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · strong heroine · alpha male · m-f · possessive hero · urban fantasy · suspense · contemporary · independent heroine · shapeshifters · non-human-heroine · sassy heroine · dual-pov · fated-mates · non-human-hero · erotica · humor · magic · explicit-plentiful
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Kresley Cole

4.14 · 5374 ratings
alpha male · fantasy · paranormal · possessive hero · magic · urban fantasy · m-f · contemporary · from hate to love · strong heroine · fated-mates · vampires · witches · demons · non-human-hero · suspense · tortured hero · forced proximity · shapeshifters · sassy heroine
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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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Pam Godwin

4.12 · 1561 ratings
dark · suspense · contemporary · alpha male · m-f · strong heroine · angst · forced proximity · abuse · possessive hero · erotica · rape · death · explicit-plentiful · bdsm · super rich hero · from hate to love · competent heroine · dual-pov · new adult
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Cassandra Gannon

4.09 · 902 ratings
fantasy · m-f · possessive hero · paranormal · fated-mates · humor · strong heroine · non-human-hero · magic · third-person-pov · dual-pov · contemporary · monsters · competent heroine · open-door · alpha male · length-medium · insta-love · tortured hero · cold hero
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Elsie Silver

4.09 · 2755 ratings
contemporary · western · m-f · small town · cowboys · new adult · dual-pov · first-person-pov · explicit-open-door · strong heroine · canada · north-america · forced proximity · found-family · age difference · friends to lovers · male-pov · grumpy sunshine · alpha male · competent heroine
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Melissa Blair

4.08 · 158 ratings
past-abuse · m-f · disabilities and marks · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · war · non-human-heroine · non-human-hero · warrior-heroine · paranormal · fae · death · magic · fantasy · tortured hero · strong heroine · high fantasy · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · open-door
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Diana Biller

4.08 · 107 ratings
victorian · dual-pov · m-f · competent heroine · historical · nerdy-hero · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · strong heroine · open-door · independent heroine · humor · tortured heroine · caretaking · insta-love · past-abuse · paranormal · length-long · fantasy · super rich hero
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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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Victoria Aveline

4.07 · 1673 ratings
fated-mates · aliens · abduction · forced proximity · third-person-pov · futuristic · science fiction · alpha male · non-human-hero · explicit-open-door · dual-pov · possessive hero · m-f · creative-anatomy · male-pov · multicultural · grumpy sunshine · strong heroine · from hate to love · fantasy
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Kimberly Lemming

4.06 · 958 ratings
m-f · fantasy · black-mc · humor · monsters · first-person-pov · non-human-hero · possessive hero · paranormal · insta-love · explicit-open-door · praise-kink · sassy heroine · alpha male · fated-mates · independent heroine · forced proximity · competent heroine · curvy heroine · magic
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Gwendolyn Harper

4.06 · 162 ratings
m-f · sweet-hero · third-person-pov · strong heroine · independent heroine · fantasy · competent heroine · friends to lovers · forced proximity · length-short · sassy heroine · contemporary · possessive hero · dystopian · graphic-violence · science fiction · horror · men in uniform · explicit-plentiful · caretaking
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Sarah MacLean

3.93 · 2510 ratings
historical · m-f · strong heroine · regency · england · possessive hero · independent heroine · humor · united-kingdom · british-isles · sassy heroine · super rich hero · alpha male · explicit-open-door · virgin heroine · class difference · third-person-pov · victorian · forced proximity · angst
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