Ava Reid
3.74 · 150 ratings
young adult · paranormal · magic · historical · fantasy · past-abuse · dark · m-f · tortured heroine · mystery · length-medium · new adult · independent heroine · monsters · witches · mental-trauma · past-sexual-abuse · disabilities and marks · angst · first-person-pov
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Jasmine Mas
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Liv Zander
3.94 · 409 ratings
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Rachel Gillig
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Rebecca Quinn
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3.85 · 152 ratings
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3.53 · 150 ratings
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Hannah F. Whitten
3.68 · 143 ratings
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4.58 · 120 ratings
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Melissa Blair
4.13 · 82 ratings
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Katja Millay
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4.00 · 65 ratings
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M.A. Carrick
4.21 · 65 ratings
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F.E. Bryce
4.47 · 46 ratings
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Andrew Davidson
3.82 · 39 ratings
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3.95 · 28 ratings
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David Leslie Johnson
3.44 · 27 ratings
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3.44 · 27 ratings
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3.94 · 25 ratings
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A.B. Poranek
4.17 · 25 ratings
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Mai Corland
4.03 · 25 ratings
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Micah Nemerever
4.08 · 22 ratings
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Jennifer Giesbrecht
3.60 · 21 ratings
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Emerald_Slytherin
4.50 · 20 ratings
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Sara Fields
3.58 · 20 ratings
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