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Faith Summers
264 ratings 4.33 ·
fiction · book · new-adult · adult · contemporary · organized-crime · gothic · romance · crime · dark · suspense · steamy · enemies-to-lovers · billionaire · alpha-mc · kidnapping · age-gap · action-adventure · mystery · anti-hero
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Tessa Dawn
167 ratings 4.26 ·
paranormal · audiobook · fiction · book · fantasy · romance · dark · adult · horror · supernatural · action-adventure · vampires · magic · shapeshifters · suspense · steamy · alpha-mc · dark-fantasy · gothic · urban-fantasy
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M. James
130 ratings 4.21 ·
organized-crime · fiction · gothic · adult · crime · book · romance · epic · contemporary · suspense · action-adventure · family · dark · heist · vigilante · justice · coming-of-age · age-gap · poc-mc · steamy
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Michelle St. James
144 ratings 4.20 ·
fiction · adult · crime · organized-crime · book · suspense · romance · contemporary · gothic · action-adventure · steamy · urban · epic · literary-fiction · alpha-mc · mystery · new-adult · dark · billionaire · abuse
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Jaime Jo Wright
104 ratings 4.20 ·
fiction · adult · historical-fiction · christian · spirituality · book · suspense · romance · mystery · gothic · historical · audiobook · family · religion · supernatural · contemporary · ghosts · crime · horror · anthologies
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Bianca Cole
245 ratings 4.18 ·
fiction · book · adult · romance · action-adventure · steamy · organized-crime · crime · contemporary · suspense · female-mc · dark · poc-mc · gothic · vigilante · justice · age-gap · literary-fiction · alpha-mc · enemies-to-lovers
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Piper Stone
560 ratings 4.17 ·
adult · fiction · book · suspense · action-adventure · steamy · romance · contemporary · gothic · dark · crime · organized-crime · alpha-mc · enemies-to-lovers · paranormal · audiobook · reverse-harem · billionaire · military · polyamory
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Vi Carter
163 ratings 4.13 ·
fiction · contemporary · book · adult · organized-crime · crime · dark · romance · suspense · steamy · gothic · enemies-to-lovers · alpha-mc · multi-pov · action-adventure · female-mc · family · anti-hero · kidnapping · forced-proximity
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Marlee Wray
106 ratings 4.08 ·
adult · fiction · romance · book · steamy · gothic · dark · action-adventure · contemporary · suspense · crime · organized-crime · paranormal · sci-fi · new-adult · age-gap · sexual-assault · enemies-to-lovers · reverse-harem · aliens
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Madeleine Brent
107 ratings 4.08 ·
fiction · romance · gothic · mystery · historical-fiction · historical · book · suspense · action-adventure · adult · industrial-era · victorian · literary · classics · young-adult · 20th-century · womens-fiction · male-author · anthologies · friends-to-lovers
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Charlotte Byrd
410 ratings 4.06 ·
fiction · contemporary · adult · romance · steamy · anthologies · suspense · family · kidnapping · action-adventure · dark · crime · gothic · epic · organized-crime · literary-fiction · mystery · billionaire · book · psychological
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Logan Fox
161 ratings 4.06 ·
fiction · romance · dark · contemporary · book · crime · suspense · gothic · adult · urban · steamy · enemies-to-lovers · abuse · cruel-mc · new-adult · reverse-harem · polyamory · young-adult · angst · organized-crime
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Mary Stewart
466 ratings 4.00 ·
book · fiction · mystery · historical · literary · classics · historical-fiction · action-adventure · 20th-century · young-adult · romance · female-author · gothic · audiobook · suspense · literary-fiction · cozy · fantasy · crime · magic
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Kate Morton
246 ratings 3.99 ·
mystery · fiction · womens-fiction · gothic · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · family · book · suspense · female-author · adult · crime · drama · 20th-century · romance · murder · secrets · friendship
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Lizzy Bequin
176 ratings 3.97 ·
book · paranormal · adult · fiction · romance · steamy · female-mc · aliens · gothic · sci-fi · dark · action-adventure · fated-mates · omegaverse · dystopia · reverse-harem · polyamory · multi-pov · genetic-engineering · fantasy
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Susanna Kearsley
306 ratings 3.93 ·
historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · adult · book · historical · romance · suspense · paranormal · audiobook · time-travel · female-author · magical-realism · womens-fiction · gothic · drama · action-adventure · supernatural · 20th-century · literary-fiction
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Shea Ernshaw
105 ratings 3.91 ·
dark · fiction · fantasy · book · young-adult · paranormal · magic · horror · audiobook · spooky · mystery · supernatural · gothic · contemporary · magical-realism · romance · suspense · urban-fantasy · season-autumn · death
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Philippa Carr
180 ratings 3.85 ·
fiction · book · historical · historical-fiction · adult · romance · mystery · gothic · womens-fiction · sci-fi · action-adventure · industrial-era · female-mc · early-modern · paranormal · family · victorian · suspense · 20th-century · violent-conflict
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Phyllis A. Whitney
496 ratings 3.82 ·
fiction · mystery · gothic · romance · book · suspense · adult · cozy · contemporary · historical-fiction · historical · young-adult · classics · literary · female-author · middle-grade · children · audiobook · family · amateur-sleuth
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Victoria Holt
505 ratings 3.82 ·
gothic · romance · fiction · mystery · book · historical · historical-fiction · classics · literary · adult · suspense · industrial-era · victorian · womens-fiction · female-author · young-adult · audiobook · action-adventure · horror · 20th-century
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V.C. Andrews
1707 ratings 3.80 ·
fiction · young-adult · book · family · suspense · gothic · horror · contemporary · drama · romance · mystery · womens-fiction · abuse · psychological · epic · dark · realistic · classics · literary · audiobook
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Dorothy Eden
126 ratings 3.76 ·
romance · fiction · adult · gothic · book · mystery · historical-fiction · suspense · historical · contemporary · family · industrial-era · victorian · horror · pulp · action-adventure · crime · classics · literary · female-author
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Barbara Michaels
385 ratings 3.76 ·
fiction · gothic · romance · suspense · mystery · book · adult · paranormal · supernatural · historical-fiction · fantasy · horror · ghosts · historical · psychological · audiobook · contemporary · literary-fiction · crime · vampires
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Jane Aiken Hodge
113 ratings 3.74 ·
book · adult · romance · fiction · historical-fiction · industrial-era · suspense · regency · historical · gothic · mystery · classics · literary · action-adventure · contemporary · pulp · audiobook · violent-conflict · 20th-century · crime
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Sarah Waters
223 ratings 3.72 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · female-author · historical · book · adult · lgbtq · mystery · wlw · audiobook · lesbian-mc · suspense · romance · drama · gothic · 21st-century · 20th-century · feminism · industrial-era
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A.N. Roquelaure
135 ratings 3.61 ·
adult · drama · fantasy · medieval · fiction · lgbtq · womens-fiction · romance · historical · retellings · audiobook · historical-fiction · steamy · book · gothic · female-author · abuse · slavery · wlw · horror
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