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Julie Mannino
215 ratings 4.44 ·
fantasy · queer · medieval · m-m · new adult · historical · dark · paranormal · magic · sweet-hero · anal sex · alpha male · tortured hero · class difference · bondage · possessive hero · non-human-hero · bdsm · fetish · fae
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Rachel Gillig
263 ratings 4.37 ·
paranormal · fantasy · cold hero · independent heroine · height-difference · tortured hero · sassy heroine · royalty · competent heroine · high fantasy · suspense · forced proximity · hurt-comfort · friends to lovers · monsters · sweet-hero · magic · death · m-f · past-abuse
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Jessica Joyce
169 ratings 4.34 ·
sweet-hero · california · forced proximity · sweet heroine · contemporary · humor · explicit-open-door · usa · m-f · friends to lovers · hurt-comfort · sassy heroine · slow burn · north-america · tortured hero · new adult · first-person-pov · caretaking · tortured heroine · friends-benefits
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Eliana Lee
104 ratings 4.31 ·
humor · southeast-asian-mc · independent heroine · fated-mates · east-asian-mc · alpha male · found-family · reverse harem · friends to lovers · praise-kink · sweet-hero · multicultural · double-penetration · creative-anatomy · m-f-m · tortured heroine · sunny hero · poly · breeding · dual-pov
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J.D. Evans
130 ratings 4.31 ·
dual-pov · political-intrigue · fantasy · magic · third-person-pov · length-long · gifted heroine · high fantasy · military · explicit-open-door · m-f · paranormal · competent heroine · new adult · independent heroine · historical · class difference · slow burn · strong heroine · tortured hero
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Mallory Dunlin
211 ratings 4.28 ·
m-f · magic · non-human-hero · fantasy · monsters · tortured hero · forced proximity · creative-anatomy · high fantasy · first-person-pov · fated-mates · fae · royalty · strong heroine · paranormal · hurt-comfort · sweet-hero · competent heroine · fem-dom · explicit-open-door
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Ellen O'Connell
443 ratings 4.23 ·
western · historical · historical western · cowboys · open-door · tortured hero · tortured heroine · m-f · abuse · length-medium · shy heroine · alpha male · usa · third-person-pov · friends to lovers · sweet-hero · strong heroine · slow burn · cheerful heroine · angst
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L.J. Hayward
104 ratings 4.21 ·
queer · contemporary · m-m · mystery · suspense · south asian · tortured hero · multicultural · explicit-open-door · bad boys · third-person-pov · military · length-medium · abuse · past-abuse · cold hero · death · from hate to love · slow burn · angst
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Rebecca Quinn
206 ratings 4.16 ·
queer · bodyguard-hero · grumpy sunshine · forced proximity · reverse harem · dystopian · praise-kink · friends to lovers · class difference · tortured hero · dub-con · sweet heroine · shy heroine · m-m-f · m-f-m · spanking · bisexual · bad boys · victim-blaming · abuse
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Suzanne Collins
1831 ratings 4.16 ·
young adult · suspense · dystopian · futuristic · torture-scs · competent heroine · other-man-woman · political-intrigue · survival · torture-mcs · mental-trauma · m-f · war · tortured heroine · military · angst · graphic-violence · vengeance · strong heroine · tortured hero
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Kayla Edwards
104 ratings 4.14 ·
fantasy · paranormal · third-person-pov · dual-pov · death · alpha male · new adult · cold hero · bad boys · sweet heroine · high fantasy · urban fantasy · tortured hero · monsters · male-pov · grumpy sunshine · length-epic · forbidden love · magic · demons
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Jasmine Mas
573 ratings 4.14 ·
from hate to love · paranormal · humor · fantasy · poly · reverse harem · sassy heroine · possessive hero · queer · shapeshifters · strong heroine · graphic-violence · forced proximity · alpha male · bisexual · fated-mates · warrior-heroine · dangerous heroine · dual-pov · first-person-pov
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C.L. Wilson
683 ratings 4.10 ·
fantasy · paranormal · length-long · magic · royalty · possessive hero · fated-mates · alpha male · death · third-person-pov · gifted heroine · erotica · fae · medieval · war · m-f · strong heroine · commander · tortured hero · historical
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Lydia Hope
151 ratings 4.08 ·
tortured hero · sweet heroine · third-person-pov · secret-relationship · multicultural · hurt-comfort · science fiction · aliens · non-human-hero · competent heroine · length-long · m-f · disabilities and marks · open-door · strong heroine · racism · suicide · creative-anatomy · dystopian · grumpy sunshine
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Victoria Aveline
1077 ratings 4.08 ·
fated-mates · aliens · science fiction · explicit-open-door · abduction · forced proximity · alpha male · non-human-hero · dual-pov · possessive hero · third-person-pov · futuristic · m-f · slow burn · strong heroine · tortured hero · grumpy sunshine · erotica · from hate to love · cold hero
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Jescie Hall
227 ratings 4.07 ·
from hate to love · contemporary · length-long · angst · dark · forced proximity · tortured hero · new adult · first-person-pov · m-f · friends to lovers · substance abuse · graphic-violence · dub-con · abuse · bad boys · erotica · death · slut-shaming · alpha male
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Mia Vincy
252 ratings 4.06 ·
strong heroine · historical · regency · humor · dual-pov · m-f · open-door · tortured hero · third-person-pov · length-medium · competent heroine · british-isles · angst · england · sassy heroine · other-man-woman · marriage of convenience · sunny hero · virgin heroine · cold hero
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Elizabeth Helen
261 ratings 4.03 ·
poly · dual-pov · shapeshifters · queer · royalty · paranormal · fae · magic · m-m-f · bisexual · fantasy · fated-mates · reverse harem · dark · anal sex · cheerful heroine · angst · first-person-pov · cold hero · non-human-hero
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Dylan Page
176 ratings 4.02 ·
dark · suspense · possessive hero · high-school · contemporary · mental illness · angst · tortured hero · friends to lovers · new adult · abuse · length-medium · dual-pov · dub-con · rape · bikers · age difference · alpha male · bad boys · torture-scs
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Liv Zander
409 ratings 3.94 ·
possessive hero · m-f · cold hero · dub-con · forced proximity · death · alpha male · fantasy · abuse · anal sex · dual-pov · miscarriage · dark · cruel hero · angst · rape-mc · tortured hero · praise-kink · hurt-comfort · abduction
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Stephanie Garber
706 ratings 3.94 ·
fantasy · magic · paranormal · young adult · glimpses-kisses · third-person-pov · from hate to love · death · love triangle · length-long · angst · high fantasy · slow burn · tortured hero · independent heroine · mystery · possessive hero · hurt-comfort · urban fantasy · strong heroine
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Evie Dunmore
416 ratings 3.91 ·
male-pov · victorian · explicit-open-door · dual-pov · third-person-pov · independent heroine · historical · competent heroine · england · virgin heroine · possessive hero · aristocratic heroine · tortured hero · super rich hero · from hate to love · slut-shaming · length-long · cold hero · m-f · class difference
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Mila Finelli
242 ratings 3.87 ·
from hate to love · super rich hero · contemporary · mafia · praise-kink · bad boys · age difference · alpha male · explicit-plentiful · first-person-pov · cold hero · dual-pov · possessive hero · dark · tortured hero · spanking · length-medium · erotica · suspense · competent heroine
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Hannah Nicole Maehrer
152 ratings 3.85 ·
fantasy · new adult · magic · paranormal · boss & employee · length-medium · sweet heroine · humor · cheerful heroine · bad boys · medieval · angst · cold hero · caretaking · non-hea · past-abuse · mental-trauma · m-f · alpha male · competent heroine
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