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Captive Prince

by C.S. Pacat

4.34 · 1513 ratings

betrayal · alpha male · audiobook · political-intrigue · suspense · commander · early-20s-mmc · royalty · from hate to love · bisexual · forbidden love · abuse · height-difference · queer · m-m · rape-non-mc · slavery · historical · child-sexual-abuse · mystery

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The Plated Prisoner

by Raven Kennedy

4.00 · 2685 ratings

high fantasy · dark · mental-trauma · past-abuse · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · war · new adult · from hate to love · magic · male-pov · possessive hero · political-intrigue · audiobook · m-f · gifted heroine · fae · royalty · death · fantasy

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The Shadow and Bone Trilogy

by Leigh Bardugo

3.79 · 1380 ratings

dystopian · high fantasy · young adult · paranormal · fantasy · magic · teenage-mmc · teenage-fmc · glimpses-kisses · witches · mystery · military · tortured hero · friends to lovers · royalty · science fiction · political-intrigue · strong heroine · found-family · m-f

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Cruel Shifterverse

by Jasmine Mas

3.98 · 1640 ratings

survival · dual-pov · slow burn · grumpy sunshine · strong heroine · high fantasy · disabilities and marks · past-abuse · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · past-child-neglect · cold hero · anal sex · virgin heroine · war · contemporary · poly · paranormal

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An Ember in the Ashes

by Sabaa Tahir

4.17 · 796 ratings

young adult · fantasy · high fantasy · dystopian · war · paranormal · competent heroine · male-pov · magic · class difference · strong heroine · dual-pov · dark · military · new adult · royalty · from hate to love · suspense · political-intrigue · m-f

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The First Law

by Joe Abercrombie

4.23 · 310 ratings

magic · military · audiobook · political-intrigue · dark · fantasy · humor · high fantasy · war · horror · open-door · length-epic · length-long · first-in-series · standalone-first · young adult · suspense · behind-doors · paranormal · mystery

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Empire of the Vampire

by Jay Kristoff

4.46 · 212 ratings

abuse · torture-scs · political-intrigue · paranormal · found-family · suspense · m-f · betrayal · audiobook · monsters · alcoholism · fantasy · drug-abuse · magic · death · horror · disabilities and marks · vengeance · vampires · high fantasy

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Compelling Fates Saga

by Sophia St. Germain

4.02 · 252 ratings

high fantasy · magic · length-long · fantasy · fated-mates · audiobook · paranormal · from hate to love · fae · dark · war · love triangle · other-man-woman · forced proximity · found-family · m-f · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door · open-door · cold hero

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The Knight and the Necromancer

by A.H. Lee

4.19 · 208 ratings

fantasy · magic · queer · m-m · audiobook · paranormal · misogyny · witches · death · demons · forbidden love · from hate to love · royalty · lgbtqia hate · height-difference · commander · political-intrigue · medieval · cold hero · war

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The Burning Kingdoms

by Tasha Suri

4.28 · 156 ratings

high fantasy · class difference · self harm · aristocratic heroine · graphic-violence · from hate to love · queer · forbidden love · audiobook · paranormal · fantasy · misogyny · f-f · death · magic · historical · south asian · slow burn · war · royalty

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The Halfling Saga

by Melissa Blair

4.03 · 202 ratings

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

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Nightrunner

by Lynn Flewelling

4.21 · 429 ratings

fantasy · high fantasy · paranormal · m-m · queer · magic · audiobook · length-long · mystery · age difference · behind-doors · political-intrigue · fae · dark · contemporary · war · young adult · death · slow burn · friends to lovers

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The Aurelian Cycle

by Rosaria Munda

4.18 · 139 ratings

friends to lovers · angst · high fantasy · tortured hero · class difference · dual-pov · war · warrior-heroine · graphic-violence · royalty · m-f · audiobook · young adult · competent heroine · fantasy · death · length-long · past-child-abuse · strong heroine · child-death

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Empirium

by Claire Legrand

3.74 · 184 ratings

dark · high fantasy · fantasy · new adult · royalty · young adult · legends & fairy tales · dystopian · other-man-woman · magic · historical · love triangle · time travel · paranormal · from hate to love · audiobook · war · open-door · friends to lovers · urban fantasy

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The Black Witch Chronicles

by Laurie Forest

4.02 · 277 ratings

fae · shapeshifters · audiobook · paranormal · young adult · fantasy · witches · magic · racism · m-f · misogyny · demons · werewolves · high fantasy · virgin heroine · war · open-door · torture-scs · religious-trauma · new adult

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The Masquerade

by Seth Dickinson

4.05 · 118 ratings

war · f-f · fantasy · dark · open-door · military · high fantasy · queer · political-intrigue · audiobook · length-long · dystopian · hurt-comfort · urban fantasy · steampunk · non-trad-hea · length-epic · mystery · humor · graphic-violence

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The Divine Cities

by Robert Jackson Bennett

4.23 · 118 ratings

suspense · dark · paranormal · young adult · audiobook · length-long · urban fantasy · magic · steampunk · war · high fantasy · mystery · fantasy · dystopian · political-intrigue · horror · death · contemporary · standalone-first · historical

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Esprithean Trilogy

by Parker Lennox

4.07 · 172 ratings

fantasy · military · length-long · magic · from hate to love · new adult · other-man-woman · dark · forced proximity · war · found-family · paranormal · high fantasy · standalone-first · first-in-series · open-door · love triangle · horror · age difference · cold hero

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The Shadow Campaigns

by Django Wexler

4.18 · 170 ratings

war · fantasy · queer · high fantasy · paranormal · length-long · magic · historical · military · steampunk · f-f · political-intrigue · audiobook · horror · dark · demons · urban fantasy · glimpses-kisses · behind-doors · first-in-series

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Magic of the Lost

by C.L. Clark

3.98 · 84 ratings

military · length-long · fantasy · f-f · audiobook · queer · high fantasy · warrior-heroine · aristocratic heroine · black-mc · death · magic · historical · young adult · political-intrigue · racism · disabilities and marks · from hate to love · lgbtqia hate · graphic-violence

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The Ending Fire Trilogy

by Saara El-Arifi

4.20 · 95 ratings

fantasy · audiobook · high fantasy · queer · f-f · young adult · black-mc · magic · length-long · paranormal · open-door · standalone-first · military · first-in-series · third-person-pov · from hate to love · found-family · historical · urban fantasy · glimpses-kisses

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The World of Reforged

by Seth Haddon

3.77 · 75 ratings

fantasy · queer · m-m · magic · death · mystery · war · audiobook · political-intrigue · third-person-pov · high fantasy · class difference · historical · military · standalone-first · open-door · forced proximity · anal sex · standalone · length-medium

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The Risen Kingdoms

by Curtis Craddock

4.13 · 52 ratings

sweet-hero · dual-pov · third-person-pov · strong heroine · abduction · disabilities and marks · past-child-abuse · aristocratic heroine · past-abuse · tortured heroine · war · audiobook · m-f · found-family · paranormal · competent heroine · political-intrigue · gifted heroine · shapeshifters · length-long

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The Gods of Men

by Barbara Kloss

4.25 · 50 ratings

young adult · paranormal · audiobook · fantasy · length-long · tortured hero · dystopian · high fantasy · sweet heroine · racism · third-person-pov · child-death · slow burn · dual-pov · war · virgin heroine · human-trafficking · torture-mcs · dark · fighters

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