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Top authors writing tortured hero 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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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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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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Demi Winters

4.31 · 178 ratings
vikings · fantasy · historical · m-f · death · grumpy sunshine · high fantasy · sweet heroine · substance abuse · graphic-violence · tortured hero · new adult · scandinavia · cheerful heroine · europe · found-family · magic · betrayal · virgin heroine · survival
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Marie Mistry

4.28 · 602 ratings
reverse harem · poly · fantasy · paranormal · possessive hero · first-person-pov · tortured hero · cold hero · non-human-heroine · found-family · non-human-hero · fated-mates · dual-pov · gifted heroine · fighters · shapeshifters · mental-trauma · magic · political-intrigue · alpha male
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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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Rosaria Munda

4.22 · 105 ratings
young adult · class difference · war · friends to lovers · fantasy · tortured hero · death · high fantasy · behind-doors · dual-pov · length-long · from hate to love · competent heroine · warrior-heroine · animal-abuse · animal-death · shy heroine · found-family · male-pov · first-person-pov
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Julie Mannino

4.21 · 268 ratings
fantasy · queer · m-m · medieval · anal sex · new adult · sweet-hero · magic · historical · dark · paranormal · alpha male · class difference · tortured hero · bondage · non-human-hero · possessive hero · fetish · bdsm · explicit-plentiful
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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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Mallory Dunlin

4.15 · 397 ratings
magic · forced proximity · fantasy · m-f · non-human-hero · monsters · creative-anatomy · first-person-pov · high fantasy · hurt-comfort · tortured hero · caretaking · slow burn · fated-mates · fae · paranormal · possessive hero · sweet-hero · competent heroine · strong heroine
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Alina May

4.12 · 218 ratings
rape · rape-mc · dub-con · forced proximity · past-child-abuse · from hate to love · contemporary · suspense · dark · possessive hero · tortured hero · vengeance · abduction · alpha male · abuse · spanking · menage · explicit-plentiful · consensual-non-con · past-abuse
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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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Erin Russell

4.08 · 127 ratings
m-m · grumpy sunshine · hurt-comfort · anal sex · queer · contemporary · mental illness · found-family · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · forced proximity · small town · dual-pov · past-child-neglect · caretaking · mafia · usa · abuse · length-medium · new adult
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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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Emilia Emerson

4.04 · 283 ratings
contemporary · sassy heroine · mental illness · explicit-plentiful · omegaverse · poly · sunny hero · past-abuse · mental-trauma · possessive hero · dual-pov · anal sex · disabilities and marks · tortured heroine · bdsm · m-f-m · creative-anatomy · reverse harem · sweet-hero · praise-kink
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Lydia Hope

4.01 · 206 ratings
third-person-pov · secret-relationship · multicultural · hurt-comfort · tortured hero · sweet heroine · science fiction · aliens · non-human-hero · competent heroine · disabilities and marks · m-f · pregnancy · dystopian · forced proximity · grumpy sunshine · friends to lovers · racism · strong heroine · suicide
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Kayla Edwards

4.01 · 190 ratings
fantasy · new adult · paranormal · high fantasy · urban fantasy · alpha male · demons · monsters · witches · male-pov · hurt-comfort · grumpy sunshine · vampires · third-person-pov · sweet heroine · tortured hero · cold hero · mystery · bad boys · dual-pov
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Dylan Page

4.01 · 260 ratings
suspense · dark · possessive hero · new adult · tortured hero · abuse · high-school · contemporary · angst · friends to lovers · rape · length-medium · age difference · alpha male · mental illness · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · dual-pov · bikers · dub-con
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Peyton Corinne

3.99 · 174 ratings
contemporary · college · sports · dual-pov · hockey · forced proximity · friends to lovers · hurt-comfort · found-family · new adult · young adult · competent heroine · mental illness · massachusetts · past-abuse · m-f · athletes · angst · explicit-open-door · tortured heroine
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Stephanie Garber

3.98 · 1247 ratings
fantasy · magic · paranormal · young adult · third-person-pov · glimpses-kisses · tortured hero · mystery · independent heroine · from hate to love · death · love triangle · angst · strong heroine · slow burn · high fantasy · m-f · possessive hero · hurt-comfort · aristocratic heroine
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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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Lily Gold

3.95 · 757 ratings
anal sex · dual-pov · poly · first-person-pov · angst · tortured hero · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · hurt-comfort · reverse harem · sunny hero · cold hero · contemporary · menage · age difference · new adult · strong heroine · double-penetration · grumpy sunshine · forced proximity
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Lauren Roberts

3.94 · 515 ratings
dual-pov · young adult · fantasy · political-intrigue · survival · m-f · past-abuse · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · angst · fighters · sassy heroine · royalty · competent heroine · commander · warrior-heroine · height-difference · male-pov · dangerous heroine · forbidden love
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Thea Guanzon

3.93 · 133 ratings
fantasy · magic · virgin heroine · paranormal · new adult · from hate to love · past-child-abuse · gifted heroine · independent heroine · arranged marriage · betrayal · dystopian · virgin hero · strong heroine · urban fantasy · asia · tortured hero · aristocratic heroine · war · tortured heroine
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Liv Zander

3.92 · 752 ratings
rape-mc · sweet heroine · tortured hero · praise-kink · hurt-comfort · abduction · magic · from hate to love · spanking · non-human-hero · anal sex · dual-pov · miscarriage · mental-trauma · dark · abuse-mc · first-person-pov · cruel hero · abuse-non-mc · angst
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Evie Dunmore

3.89 · 581 ratings
male-pov · dual-pov · m-f · victorian · third-person-pov · historical · independent heroine · possessive hero · virgin heroine · england · explicit-open-door · aristocratic heroine · tortured hero · from hate to love · super rich hero · bisexual · british-isles · competent heroine · other-man-woman · scotland
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Emilia Rossi

3.85 · 145 ratings
mafia · contemporary · curvy heroine · competent heroine · suspense · human-trafficking · male-pov · possessive hero · m-f · poor heroine · dark · mental-trauma · insta-love · dual-pov · new-york-state · past-child-neglect · explicit-open-door · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · caretaking
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Harper L. Woods

3.77 · 780 ratings
paranormal · fantasy · forced proximity · horror · fated-mates · dark · explicit-open-door · magic · from hate to love · fae · past-abuse · possessive hero · tortured heroine · age difference · alpha male · independent heroine · new adult · non-human-hero · dual-pov · tortured hero
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