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Fall Away
by Penelope Douglas
3.99 · 1343 ratings
contemporary · alpha male · m-f · new adult · bad boys · explicit-open-door · cheating · audiobook · second chances · angst · first-person-pov · cold hero · competent heroine · betrayal · from hate to love · sassy heroine · abuse · high-school · other-man-woman · independent heroine
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The Wicked Years
by Gregory Maguire
3.51 · 297 ratings
new adult · urban fantasy · audiobook · fantasy · dark · standalone-first · queer · high fantasy · dystopian · young adult · strong heroine · suspense · paranormal · contemporary · steampunk · witches · 20th century · mystery · humor · high-school
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Kingmakers
by Sophie Lark
3.93 · 422 ratings
new adult · mafia · from hate to love · suspense · contemporary · audiobook · alpha male · bad boys · standalone-first · dual-pov · multicultural · dark · young adult · college · fantasy · mystery · forced proximity · friends to lovers · angst · strong heroine
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Never Never
by Colleen Hoover
3.68 · 391 ratings
friends to lovers · new adult · contemporary · audiobook · young adult · paranormal · suspense · fantasy · mystery · high-school · cliffhanger · dual-pov · m-f · length-novella · male-pov · standalone-first · angst · forbidden love · college · first-in-series
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Flight & Glory
by Rebecca Yarros
4.21 · 312 ratings
strong heroine · hurt-comfort · men in uniform · dual-pov · disabilities and marks · north-america · angst · standalone · explicit-open-door · military · caretaking · first-person-pov · competent heroine · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · new adult · usa · standalone-first · slow burn
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Don't Let Me
by Kelsie Rae
3.99 · 291 ratings
explicit-open-door · hockey · contemporary · audiobook · new adult · sports · friends to lovers · forced proximity · found-family · from hate to love · first-person-pov · dual-pov · grumpy sunshine · length-medium · independent heroine · m-f · college · standalone · siblings-bff · possessive hero
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A Study in Drowning
by Ava Reid
3.86 · 156 ratings
tortured heroine · past-child-neglect · behind-doors · m-f · college · paranormal · young adult · new adult · magic · nerdy-hero · misogyny · sweet-hero · urban fantasy · dual-pov · past-abuse · past-sexual-abuse · 20th century · audiobook · suspense · fae
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Chances
by Brittainy C. Cherry
4.23 · 149 ratings
cold hero · single-father · first-in-series · standalone-first · second chances · boss & employee · friends to lovers · forbidden love · angst · new adult · dual-pov · audiobook · contemporary · grumpy sunshine · office · forced proximity · super rich hero · death · length-long · high-school
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Crooked Sinners
by Callie Hart
3.95 · 198 ratings
usa · standalone-first · length-long · super rich hero · bad boys · suspense · alpha male · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · new adult · abuse · mental-trauma · standalone · past-sexual-abuse · cruel hero · past-abuse · tortured heroine · possessive hero · praise-kink
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Welcome to the Point
by Jay Crownover
3.97 · 131 ratings
dark · length-medium · male-pov · bad boys · audiobook · contemporary · alpha male · dual-pov · suspense · young adult · new adult · standalone-first · standalone · mystery · poor heroine · college · competent heroine · angst · mafia · cruel hero
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Closer to You
by A.L. Jackson
4.01 · 107 ratings
second chances · alpha male · audiobook · contemporary · new adult · angst · explicit-open-door · length-long · standalone-first · bad boys · tattoos · virgin heroine · pregnancy · siblings-bff · young adult · college · m-f · friends to lovers · forbidden love · standalone
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The Wild Ones
by M. Leighton
4.04 · 162 ratings
college · contemporary · audiobook · alpha male · bad boys · standalone-first · young adult · forbidden love · new adult · cowboys · length-novella · possessive hero · love triangle · first-in-series · other-man-woman · standalone · length-medium · angst · rich heroine · dual-pov
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5th Street
by Elizabeth Reyes
3.93 · 159 ratings
contemporary · mma-boxing · latinx-mc · possessive hero · athletes · dual-pov · college · audiobook · alpha male · m-f · sports · new adult · sweet heroine · length-medium · fighters · standalone · standalone-first · bad boys · suspense · single-mother
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Guarded Hearts
by Kirsty Moseley
4.16 · 124 ratings
alpha male · contemporary · young adult · standalone-first · abuse · new adult · military · tortured heroine · first-in-series · length-long · standalone · dark · forbidden love · length-medium · abduction · rape · m-f · audiobook · college · men in uniform
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Vale Hall
by Kristen Simmons
3.91 · 24 ratings
fantasy · length-long · suspense · high-school · young adult · standalone-first · audiobook · contemporary · first-in-series · mystery
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Trace + Olivia
by Micalea Smeltzer
4.03 · 75 ratings
new adult · contemporary · college · m-f · standalone-first · humor · abuse · young adult · length-medium · standalone · length-long · secret child · bad boys · tattoos · virgin heroine · first-in-series
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PCU Storm
by Riley Paige
4.03 · 73 ratings
sports · new adult · contemporary · length-long · friends to lovers · found-family · college · football · athletes · forced proximity · angst · mental illness · from hate to love · north-america · california · m-f · audiobook · hurt-comfort · ic-standalone · early-20s-mmc
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The Hatley Family
by L.J. Evans
4.34 · 65 ratings
suspense · cowboys · length-long · mystery · forced proximity · contemporary · single-father · grumpy sunshine · dual-pov · found-family · alpha male · new adult · small town · friends to lovers · angst · explicit-open-door · first-in-series · standalone-first · age difference · doctors
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Absolute
by S.J. Hooks
3.74 · 64 ratings
humor · contemporary · new adult · college · audiobook · young adult · forbidden love · age difference · first-in-series · standalone-first · open-door · length-medium · sassy heroine · virgin hero · cliffhanger · length-short · exhibitionism · first-person-pov · sweet-hero · erotica
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Valentino Heirs
by Kylie Kent
4.29 · 78 ratings
dual-pov · super rich hero · mafia · contemporary · m-f · alpha male · possessive hero · new-york-state · first-person-pov · independent heroine · standalone-first · new adult · college · open-door · graphic-violence · insta-love · tortured heroine · class difference · vengeance · length-novella
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Hollows Garage
by Kate Crew
4.35 · 62 ratings
explicit-open-door · found-family · m-f · sports · new adult · bad boys · forced proximity · suspense · friends to lovers · dual-pov · contemporary · from hate to love · insta-love · standalone · length-medium · length-long · dark · standalone-first · poor heroine · grumpy sunshine
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Cult Campus
by Kitty King
4.18 · 38 ratings
suspense · new adult · mystery · explicit-plentiful · standalone-first · length-long · bad boys · spanking · competent heroine · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · college · sports · dark · standalone · first-person-pov · breeding · possessive hero · consensual-non-con
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The Vessel Games
by E.J. Eden
3.88 · 16 ratings
length-medium · contemporary · dystopian · fantasy · suspense · paranormal · young adult · standalone-first · first-in-series · new adult · fae · mystery · multicultural · other-man-woman · love triangle · cliffhanger
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Barrett Boys
by Jordan Ford
4.53 · 15 ratings
contemporary · christian · young adult · mystery · new adult · standalone-first · length-long · length-medium · suspense · fighters · death · mma-boxing · north-america · bad boys · m-f · multicultural · first-in-series · standalone · east-asian-mc · usa
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