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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 ·
fantasy · book · fiction · audiobook · paranormal · supernatural · romance · horror · adult · dark · magic · vampires · action-adventure · shapeshifters · gothic · dark-fantasy · alpha-mc · steamy · suspense · 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 · coming-of-age · vigilante · justice · arranged-marriage · steamy · age-gap
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Michelle St. James
144 ratings 4.20 ·
adult · fiction · crime · organized-crime · book · suspense · romance · contemporary · gothic · action-adventure · steamy · urban · literary-fiction · epic · mystery · alpha-mc · new-adult · dark · abuse · female-mc
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Jaime Jo Wright
104 ratings 4.20 ·
adult · fiction · spirituality · christian · historical-fiction · romance · suspense · book · gothic · mystery · historical · audiobook · family · supernatural · religion · crime · ghosts · horror · contemporary · drama
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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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Bianca Cole
257 ratings 4.17 ·
book · fiction · adult · romance · organized-crime · crime · action-adventure · steamy · contemporary · suspense · dark · female-mc · gothic · poc-mc · age-gap · vigilante · justice · literary-fiction · alpha-mc · enemies-to-lovers
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Vi Carter
163 ratings 4.13 ·
fiction · contemporary · book · adult · crime · organized-crime · dark · romance · steamy · suspense · gothic · enemies-to-lovers · alpha-mc · multi-pov · action-adventure · female-mc · family · kidnapping · anti-hero · angst
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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 · crime · book · suspense · gothic · urban · adult · steamy · abuse · cruel-mc · enemies-to-lovers · new-adult · polyamory · reverse-harem · young-adult · angst · organized-crime
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Mary Stewart
466 ratings 4.00 ·
fiction · book · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · action-adventure · literary · classics · young-adult · 20th-century · female-author · romance · audiobook · suspense · gothic · literary-fiction · cozy · crime · fantasy · womens-fiction
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Kate Morton
246 ratings 3.99 ·
mystery · suspense · book · family · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · gothic · fiction · 20th-century · female-author · adult · crime · drama · romance · realistic · friendship · 21st-century
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Simon Schama
120 ratings 3.98 ·
romance · high-school · audiobook · horror · gothic · literary-fiction · adult · fantasy · university · psychological · fiction · literary · classics · anthologies · supernatural
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Lizzy Bequin
176 ratings 3.97 ·
book · paranormal · fiction · adult · romance · steamy · female-mc · aliens · gothic · sci-fi · dark · action-adventure · fated-mates · omegaverse · dystopia · reverse-harem · polyamory · multi-pov · genetic-engineering · humor
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Susanna Kearsley
306 ratings 3.93 ·
mystery · fiction · historical-fiction · romance · historical · book · adult · audiobook · paranormal · suspense · time-travel · womens-fiction · drama · gothic · female-author · magical-realism · supernatural · action-adventure · literary-fiction · 20th-century
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Shea Ernshaw
105 ratings 3.91 ·
young-adult · paranormal · book · fiction · fantasy · dark · contemporary · mystery · spooky · supernatural · gothic · magic · horror · audiobook · urban-fantasy · suspense · romance · magical-realism · family · myths
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Philippa Carr
180 ratings 3.85 ·
historical · book · fiction · historical-fiction · romance · adult · mystery · gothic · womens-fiction · action-adventure · sci-fi · industrial-era · female-mc · paranormal · early-modern · family · victorian · 20th-century · suspense · regency
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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 · book · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · literary · classics · suspense · adult · industrial-era · victorian · womens-fiction · young-adult · female-author · action-adventure · audiobook · 20th-century · horror
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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 · literary · classics · audiobook
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Dorothy Eden
126 ratings 3.76 ·
adult · gothic · romance · fiction · book · mystery · historical-fiction · historical · suspense · contemporary · victorian · horror · industrial-era · family · pulp · action-adventure · crime · female-author · cozy · classics
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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
224 ratings 3.72 ·
literary-fiction · historical-fiction · fiction · book · historical · female-author · wlw · lgbtq · mystery · adult · 20th-century · feminism · 21st-century · romance · gothic · drama · suspense · lesbian-mc · audiobook · industrial-era
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A.N. Roquelaure
135 ratings 3.61 ·
historical-fiction · historical · retellings · audiobook · lgbtq · fiction · romance · adult · drama · fantasy · medieval · womens-fiction · book · steamy · slavery · wlw · horror · dark · abuse · gothic
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