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Elsie Silver
963 ratings 4.15 ·
contemporary · explicit-open-door · western · small town · dual-pov · strong heroine · grumpy sunshine · cowboys · alpha male · friends to lovers · first-person-pov · competent heroine · sports · age difference · from hate to love · independent heroine · forced proximity · cheerful heroine · angst · new adult
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Rachel Gibson
729 ratings 3.73 ·
contemporary · m-f · sports · small town · explicit-open-door · humor · alpha male · athletes · hockey · cruel hero · military · open-door · second chances · bad boys · from hate to love · fantasy · paranormal · single-mother · mystery · independent heroine
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Kristan Higgins
647 ratings 4.01 ·
contemporary · humor · small town · m-f · friends to lovers · open-door · behind-doors · betrayal · second chances · career professional · single-father · dual-pov · other-man-woman · sassy heroine · sweet-hero · class difference · possessive hero · poor heroine · working class hero · tearjerkers
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Jen DeLuca
274 ratings 3.77 ·
humor · open-door · contemporary · new adult · first-person-pov · small town · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · fantasy · from hate to love · teacher-hero · cold hero · himbo · grumpy sunshine · forced proximity · paranormal · friends-benefits · childfree-couple · western · shy-hero
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Barbara O'Neal
244 ratings 4.23 ·
contemporary · mystery · suspense · small town · heroine sleuth · usa · pregnancy · historical · second chances · california · north-america · death · new-zealand · abuse · oceania · humor
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Erin Sterling
169 ratings 3.73 ·
humor · new adult · fantasy · magic · paranormal · witches · contemporary · mystery · gifted heroine · from hate to love · dual-pov · small town · urban fantasy · bisexual · open-door · explicit-open-door · cold hero · independent heroine · sunny hero · m-f
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Lyla Sage
136 ratings 4.02 ·
contemporary · forced proximity · cowboys · western · competent heroine · grumpy sunshine · small town · m-f · dual-pov · explicit-open-door · found-family · humor · independent heroine · from hate to love · new adult · tall-heroine · first-person-pov · north-america · height-difference · strong heroine
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William Goldman
128 ratings 4.40 ·
love triangle · small town · death · magic · virgin heroine · sunny hero · m-f · dual-pov · historical · found-family · bad boys · humor · mystery · rich heroine · fighters · abuse-non-mc · fantasy · tortured heroine · medieval · legends & fairy tales
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MacLeod Andrews
104 ratings 3.93 ·
contemporary · fantasy · paranormal · m-f · small town · friends to lovers · mystery · cheerful heroine · single-mother · suspense · slow burn · alpha male · erotica · magic · open-door
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Kim Michele Richardson
82 ratings 4.20 ·
20th century · racism · death · historical · abuse · small town · north-america · rape · poor heroine · m-f · survival · contemporary · working class hero · young adult · suicide · competent heroine · usa · working class heroine · mystery · glimpses-kisses
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Laurie Gilmore
44 ratings 3.64 ·
dual-pov · small town · sweet-hero · friends to lovers · explicit-open-door · shy-hero · mystery · grumpy sunshine · working class heroine · sweet heroine · competent heroine · humor · insta-love · working class hero · contemporary · curvy heroine · death · new adult · paranormal · cheerful heroine
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Leif Enger
38 ratings 4.00 ·
fantasy · contemporary · paranormal · mystery · western · magic · small town · christian · 20th century · high-school · young adult · historical
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Jonathan Davis
32 ratings 3.34 ·
glimpses-kisses · paranormal · contemporary · fae · m-f · urban fantasy · magic · humor · small town · witches · shapeshifters · fantasy
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Micah Nemerever
22 ratings 4.08 ·
mental illness · past-sexual-abuse · neurodivergent · jewish · death · abuse-mc · dark · nerdy-hero · mental-trauma · new adult · lgbtqia hate · queer · cruel hero · cold hero · abuse-non-mc · disabilities and marks · angst · behind-doors · suspense · virgin hero
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TJ Klune
21 ratings 4.25 ·
humor · small town · queer · new adult · friends to lovers · m-m · asexual-hero · glimpses-kisses · contemporary · oregon · racism · north-america · usa · ableism · found-family · young adult
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David Sodergren
21 ratings 4.24 ·
open-door · third-person-pov · paranormal · forced proximity · mystery · mature couple · small town · self harm · fantasy · monsters · dark · contemporary · horror · death · non-human-hero · strong heroine · age difference · suspense · childfree-couple · vengeance
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Emily Rankin
20 ratings 3.70 ·
independent heroine · men in uniform · strong heroine · non-hea · virgin heroine · new-york-state · young adult · historical · pregnancy · suspense · behind-doors · usa · rape-non-mc · forbidden love · heroine sleuth · friends to lovers · war · first-person-pov · sweet-hero · small town
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