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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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Morgan B. Lee

4.41 · 636 ratings
past-abuse · shapeshifters · new adult · height-difference · sassy heroine · mental illness · fae · abuse · competent heroine · paranormal · dragon shifter · college · poly · m-f · monsters · reverse harem · fated-mates · independent heroine · super rich hero · witches
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Willa Rae

4.39 · 113 ratings
paranormal · magic · fantasy · dual-pov · grumpy sunshine · friends to lovers · angst · vampires · sweet heroine · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · past-abuse · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · cold hero · war · praise-kink · possessive hero
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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 · 1045 ratings
fantasy · independent heroine · death · magic · gifted heroine · audiobook · m-f · political-intrigue · competent heroine · cold hero · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · open-door · high fantasy · tortured hero · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · slow burn · forced proximity · mystery
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V.E.S. Pullen

4.34 · 107 ratings
north-america · past-child-abuse · dystopian · angst · strong heroine · survival · torture-mcs · abuse-non-mc · mental-trauma · past-child-neglect · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · sassy heroine · science fiction · abuse · competent heroine · found-family · contemporary · poly · reverse harem
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Marie Mistry

4.25 · 806 ratings
reverse harem · poly · fantasy · first-person-pov · paranormal · non-human-heroine · possessive hero · tortured hero · found-family · non-human-hero · sweet-hero · cold hero · magic · gifted heroine · mental-trauma · alpha male · m-f · dual-pov · fated-mates · fighters
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Rina Saint

4.23 · 131 ratings
erotica · alpha male · contemporary · m-m · mafia · queer · explicit-plentiful · bad boys · super rich hero · exhibitionism · dub-con · abduction · dark · bdsm · past-abuse · breeding · anal sex · cold hero · human-trafficking · suspense
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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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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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Sidney Bell

4.18 · 104 ratings
m-m · queer · contemporary · sweet-hero · usa · explicit-open-door · third-person-pov · age difference · suspense · tortured hero · colorado · angst · dual-pov · male-pov · forced proximity · length-long · abuse · cold hero · anal sex · friends to lovers
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Eliana Lee

4.13 · 397 ratings
praise-kink · alpha male · m-f · sunny hero · anal sex · omegaverse · caretaking · double-penetration · creative-anatomy · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · dual-pov · multicultural · male-pov · exhibitionism · reverse harem · humor · forced proximity · southeast-asian-mc · fated-mates
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Alina May

4.13 · 265 ratings
abduction · past-child-abuse · rape · dub-con · possessive hero · rape-mc · dark · from hate to love · contemporary · suspense · forced proximity · spanking · vengeance · tortured hero · dual-pov · anal sex · body-betrayal · consensual-non-con · bondage · past-abuse
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Mallory Dunlin

4.10 · 544 ratings
magic · fantasy · non-human-hero · forced proximity · m-f · first-person-pov · creative-anatomy · monsters · high fantasy · hurt-comfort · tortured hero · caretaking · fated-mates · possessive hero · competent heroine · fae · strong heroine · slow burn · sweet-hero · age difference
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Erin Russell

4.09 · 149 ratings
male-pov · m-m · mental illness · queer · contemporary · anal sex · first-person-pov · caretaking · grumpy sunshine · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · forced proximity · masc-dom · mafia · found-family · audiobook · praise-kink · possessive hero · sunny hero · past-child-neglect
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Brianna Flores

4.06 · 187 ratings
hurt-comfort · dual-pov · angst · caretaking · first-person-pov · past-child-neglect · anal sex · possessive hero · contemporary · queer · explicit-plentiful · m-m · new adult · usa · exhibitionism · california · sweet-hero · fetish · tortured hero · mental-trauma
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Lenore Rosewood

4.05 · 367 ratings
omegaverse · explicit-open-door · poly · dystopian · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · hurt-comfort · torture-mcs · past-sexual-abuse · himbo · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · fighters · from hate to love · bisexual · queer · m-m-m · m-m · alpha male · commander
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Leigh Rivers

4.05 · 673 ratings
possessive hero · dark · first-person-pov · explicit-plentiful · contemporary · substance abuse · mental illness · audiobook · m-f · dual-pov · suspense · abduction · death · alpha male · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · disabilities and marks · torture-mcs · tortured hero · past-child-abuse
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Jescie Hall

4.04 · 473 ratings
dark · first-person-pov · from hate to love · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · tortured hero · angst · abuse-non-mc · new adult · working class heroine · mental illness · alpha male · forced proximity · usa · north-america · substance abuse · secret-relationship · dub-con · dual-pov
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Gigi Styx

4.03 · 211 ratings
betrayal · m-f · past-sexual-abuse · torture-mcs · torture-scs · suspense · contemporary · dual-pov · dark · bdsm · bondage · audiobook · alpha male · forced proximity · past-child-abuse · abduction · hurt-comfort · possessive hero · length-epic · spanking
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Melissa Blair

4.03 · 175 ratings
magic · death · fantasy · paranormal · non-human-heroine · m-f · audiobook · fae · non-human-hero · warrior-heroine · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · graphic-violence · open-door · past-abuse · war · strong heroine · disabilities and marks · tortured hero · high fantasy
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Rebecca Quinn

4.03 · 539 ratings
age difference · death · queer · alpha male · competent heroine · military · primal-play · dystopian · found-family · first-person-pov · dual-pov · survival · forced proximity · usa · bisexual · m-m-m · slut-shaming · betrayal · audiobook · possessive hero
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Stephanie Garber

3.98 · 1491 ratings
magic · fantasy · paranormal · audiobook · young adult · glimpses-kisses · third-person-pov · tortured hero · angst · love triangle · death · independent heroine · mystery · from hate to love · possessive hero · strong heroine · slow burn · high fantasy · betrayal · m-f
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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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Dylan Page

3.96 · 303 ratings
suspense · dark · new adult · possessive hero · high-school · contemporary · abuse · tortured hero · angst · friends to lovers · length-medium · age difference · m-f · alpha male · mental illness · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · dual-pov · rape · death
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Liv Zander

3.93 · 1012 ratings
dual-pov · dub-con · child-death · vengeance · high fantasy · disabilities and marks · bdsm · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · past-abuse · cruel hero · caretaking · abuse-non-mc · mental-trauma · dark · graphic-violence · abuse-mc · anal sex · cold hero · consensual-non-con
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Grace Callaway

3.92 · 707 ratings
historical · regency · audiobook · m-f · victorian · tortured hero · england · dual-pov · third-person-pov · virgin heroine · strong heroine · independent heroine · super rich hero · possessive hero · explicit-plentiful · mystery · british-isles · class difference · competent heroine · length-medium
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