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墨香铜臭

4.53 · 556 ratings
fantasy · asia · historical · magic · m-m · queer · paranormal · angst · mystery · death · glimpses-kisses · high fantasy · humor · forced proximity · demons · standalone-first · first-in-series · young adult · fighters · legends & fairy tales
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Pierce Brown

4.47 · 436 ratings
science fiction · found-family · audiobook · male-pov · futuristic · death · vengeance · dystopian · survival · war · first-person-pov · military · post-apocalyptic · political-intrigue · contemporary · commander · m-f · betrayal · slavery · tortured hero
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Tracy Deonn

4.37 · 358 ratings
young adult · paranormal · contemporary · fantasy · magic · teenage-fmc · found-family · audiobook · alpha male · m-f · bad boys · misogyny · childfree-couple · demons · love triangle · death · black-mc · standalone-first · tortured hero · angst
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Morgan B. Lee

4.36 · 1222 ratings
death · usa · m-f-m · fantasy · early-20s-fmc · monsters · m-f · menage · fae · gifted heroine · shapeshifters · non-human-hero · late-20s-mmc · possessive hero · praise-kink · sweet-hero · past-child-abuse · north-america · magic · demons
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J.D. Evans

4.36 · 621 ratings
dual-pov · slow burn · third-person-pov · open-door · audiobook · m-f · competent heroine · political-intrigue · gifted heroine · magic · fantasy · strong heroine · high fantasy · tortured hero · independent heroine · class difference · military · caretaking · past-abuse · royalty
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Nora Sakavic

4.35 · 652 ratings
queer · m-m · sports · new adult · found-family · audiobook · contemporary · young adult · graphic-violence · college · usa · angst · north-america · tortured hero · athletes · slow burn · cold hero · mental-trauma · abuse · mafia
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Kara Voorhees Reynolds

4.35 · 115 ratings
independent heroine · misogyny · fantasy · magic · mature couple · competent heroine · m-f · found-family · medieval · tortured heroine · slow burn · curvy heroine · arranged marriage · standalone-first · historical · death · working class heroine · religious-trauma · lgbtqia hate · audiobook
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Demi Winters

4.33 · 557 ratings
high fantasy · vikings · third-person-pov · graphic-violence · audiobook · m-f · fantasy · early-20s-fmc · monsters · death · magic · historical · sweet heroine · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · dual-pov · grumpy sunshine · cold hero · late-20s-mmc · cheerful heroine
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Tal Bauer

4.29 · 1852 ratings
queer · m-m · contemporary · angst · explicit-open-door · sweet-hero · tortured hero · standalone-first · suspense · friends to lovers · secret-relationship · hurt-comfort · third-person-pov · standalone · forced proximity · anal sex · dual-pov · men in uniform · mystery · age difference
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Willa Rae

4.29 · 189 ratings
paranormal · magic · fantasy · friends to lovers · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · teacher-hero · warrior-heroine · cold hero · praise-kink · sunny hero · poly · fated-mates · dual-pov · super rich hero · hurt-comfort · grumpy sunshine · angst · vampires · sweet heroine
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Isla Davon

4.25 · 321 ratings
possessive hero · fae · shapeshifters · poly · paranormal · fantasy · reverse harem · fated-mates · vengeance · tortured hero · urban fantasy · dual-pov · strong heroine · tortured heroine · teacher-hero · past-abuse · non-human-hero · dark · graphic-violence · past-child-neglect
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Marie Mistry

4.24 · 1196 ratings
reverse harem · poly · fantasy · possessive hero · paranormal · first-person-pov · m-f · sweet-hero · found-family · non-human-heroine · cold hero · alpha male · non-human-hero · tortured hero · magic · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · gifted heroine · dual-pov · audiobook
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Suzanne Collins

4.23 · 4283 ratings
glimpses-kisses · survival · dystopian · futuristic · young adult · science fiction · abuse · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · torture-mcs · vengeance · death · teenage-mmc · usa · audiobook · suspense · torture-scs · teenage-fmc · military · tortured heroine
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Sidney Bell

4.22 · 138 ratings
m-m · queer · contemporary · explicit-open-door · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · usa · tortured hero · colorado · angst · dual-pov · age difference · forced proximity · suspense · cold hero · anal sex · graphic-violence · caretaking · friends to lovers · grumpy sunshine
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Jessica Joyce

4.20 · 547 ratings
sweet heroine · usa · explicit-open-door · humor · forced proximity · sweet-hero · m-f · california · contemporary · second chances · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · caretaking · standalone · standalone-first · grovel · slow burn · hurt-comfort · friends-benefits · new adult
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Rina Saint

4.20 · 401 ratings
found-family · erotica · alpha male · contemporary · suspense · queer · m-m · explicit-plentiful · mafia · masc-dom · usa · bad boys · super rich hero · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · angst · north-america · tortured hero · first-person-pov · caretaking
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Sara Hashem

4.16 · 115 ratings
fantasy · strong heroine · slow burn · survival · multicultural · suicide · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · high fantasy · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · aristocratic heroine · past-abuse · non-hea · war · virgin heroine · cold hero · young adult
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Kelly Cove

4.15 · 150 ratings
fantasy · dark · paranormal · magic · tortured hero · possessive hero · explicit-open-door · audiobook · m-f · alpha male · dual-pov · cold hero · tortured heroine · past-abuse · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · from hate to love · abuse · height-difference · commander
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Rebecca Ross

4.15 · 1333 ratings
fantasy · magic · strong heroine · sweet-hero · competent heroine · paranormal · audiobook · m-f · high fantasy · political-intrigue · length-long · historical · standalone-first · young adult · third-person-pov · dual-pov · tortured hero · friends to lovers · death · mystery
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Rebecca Quinn

4.10 · 752 ratings
sweet heroine · dystopian · angst · north-america · fetish · military · primal-play · queer · audiobook · alpha male · competent heroine · age difference · death · usa · men in uniform · survival · dual-pov · grumpy sunshine · strong heroine · cold hero
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David R. Slayton

4.07 · 201 ratings
queer · m-m · audiobook · contemporary · paranormal · fantasy · magic · tortured hero · urban fantasy · third-person-pov · mental-trauma · young adult · mystery · witches · male-pov · death · past-child-abuse · colorado · north-america · multicultural
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Mallory Dunlin

4.05 · 806 ratings
fantasy · non-human-hero · m-f · monsters · magic · forced proximity · hurt-comfort · slow burn · strong heroine · high fantasy · creative-anatomy · first-person-pov · tortured hero · competent heroine · shapeshifters · fae · caretaking · fated-mates · sweet-hero · explicit-open-door
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Victoria Aveline

4.03 · 2627 ratings
height-difference · aliens · fated-mates · dual-pov · alpha male · m-f · audiobook · science fiction · standalone-first · forced proximity · third-person-pov · standalone · non-human-hero · explicit-open-door · possessive hero · futuristic · male-pov · strong heroine · competent heroine · ic-standalone
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Dylan Page

4.00 · 405 ratings
possessive hero · suspense · dark · angst · tortured hero · new adult · alpha male · audiobook · contemporary · abuse · high-school · tortured heroine · m-f · mental illness · death · length-medium · age difference · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · rape
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Kayla Edwards

3.98 · 356 ratings
high fantasy · new adult · paranormal · fantasy · sweet heroine · vampires · tortured hero · hurt-comfort · urban fantasy · grumpy sunshine · third-person-pov · cold hero · audiobook · alpha male · bad boys · monsters · witches · death · magic · substance abuse
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Jasmine Mas

3.98 · 2095 ratings
fantasy · forced proximity · humor · queer · bisexual · gifted heroine · audiobook · alpha male · menage · competent heroine · possessive hero · warrior-heroine · torture-mcs · non-human-hero · fighters · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · dangerous heroine · misogyny · bad boys
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Lydia Hope

3.97 · 289 ratings
non-human-hero · third-person-pov · multicultural · hurt-comfort · disabilities and marks · sweet heroine · futuristic · aliens · m-f · science fiction · mental-trauma · cold hero · survival · tortured hero · dystopian · secret-relationship · length-long · bad boys · forced proximity · competent heroine
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Lily Gold

3.94 · 1049 ratings
sweet-hero · hurt-comfort · tortured hero · standalone · menage · m-f-m · standalone-first · humor · forced proximity · age difference · grumpy sunshine · dual-pov · double-penetration · first-person-pov · anal sex · cold hero · contemporary · poly · new adult · male-pov
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