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Her Monstrous Beasts

by E.P. Bali

Her four mates are spelled into hunters. She was always the more dangerous one.

4.32

7k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 💫 Fated Mates 🐍 Villain Love Interest 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔥 Unhinged Heroine

Her Monstrous Beasts

Her four mates are spelled into hunters. She was always the more dangerous one.

by E.P. Bali 2025

4.32

7k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 💫 Fated Mates 🐍 Villain Love Interest 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔥 Unhinged Heroine

The Man Who Died Twice

by Richard Osman • 2021

A dead man's letter pulls four elderly sleuths into stolen diamonds and a mafia manhunt.

4.35

362k+

🕵️ Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Retired Spy 🏘️ Retirement Village 🎭 Cozy Thriller 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Village Mystery

The Man Who Died Twice

A dead man's letter pulls four elderly sleuths into stolen diamonds and a mafia manhunt.

by Richard Osman 2021

4.35

362k+ ratings

🕵️ Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Retired Spy 🏘️ Retirement Village 🎭 Cozy Thriller 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Village Mystery

A Time of Dread

by John Gwynne • 2018

Angels rule as tyrants, but a trapper's son finds a demonic evil stirring in the north.

4.29

16k+

🏛️ Ancient War Aftermath 👼 Angelic Tyranny 📚 Training Academy ⛓️ Political Hostage 🧬 Monstrous Creations

A Time of Dread

Angels rule as tyrants, but a trapper's son finds a demonic evil stirring in the north.

by John Gwynne 2018

4.29

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient War Aftermath 👼 Angelic Tyranny 📚 Training Academy ⛓️ Political Hostage 🧬 Monstrous Creations

Destined

by P.C. Cast • 2011

Her mother murdered, a fledgling priestess faces a dark creature that mirrors her own loss.

4.03

91k+

🦇 Vampire Boarding School 🪄 Elemental Magic 🕊️ Villain Redemption 🔗 Fated Connection 💘 Love Triangle

Destined

Her mother murdered, a fledgling priestess faces a dark creature that mirrors her own loss.

by P.C. Cast 2011

4.03

91k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Boarding School 🪄 Elemental Magic 🕊️ Villain Redemption 🔗 Fated Connection 💘 Love Triangle

The Anti-Hero

by Sara Cate • 2023

A pastor's son and a sex club dancer fake a romance to destroy his father's empire.

3.99

26k+

😇 Religious Trauma ⛪ Faith Deconstruction 💍 Fake Dating 🔥 Opposites Attract 🔞 Sex Club

The Anti-Hero

A pastor's son and a sex club dancer fake a romance to destroy his father's empire.

by Sara Cate 2023

3.99

26k+ ratings

😇 Religious Trauma ⛪ Faith Deconstruction 💍 Fake Dating 🔥 Opposites Attract 🔞 Sex Club

Sweet Revenge

by Fern Michaels • 2006

A disgraced architect joins a secret group of women to destroy the rival who framed her.

4.3

9k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Gaslighting 💼 Career Sabotage 👯 Girl Gang 🔥 Revenge Fantasy

Sweet Revenge

A disgraced architect joins a secret group of women to destroy the rival who framed her.

by Fern Michaels 2006

4.3

9k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Gaslighting 💼 Career Sabotage 👯 Girl Gang 🔥 Revenge Fantasy

The Haunted Mesa

by Louis L'Amour • 1987

A skeptic's search for a vanished friend leads through a desert kiva into a parallel world.

3.81

7k+

🤠 Weird West 🌀 Portal Fantasy 🏛️ Lost Civilization 🐍 Mesoamerican Mythology 🏜️ Atmospheric Desert

The Haunted Mesa

A skeptic's search for a vanished friend leads through a desert kiva into a parallel world.

by Louis L'Amour 1987

3.81

7k+ ratings

🤠 Weird West 🌀 Portal Fantasy 🏛️ Lost Civilization 🐍 Mesoamerican Mythology 🏜️ Atmospheric Desert

Embers

by Suzanne Wright • 2018

A shapeshifter tries to steal her demon child. The traitors who sent it are already inside her lair.

4.36

12k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💫 Psychic Bond 👑 Demon Politics 🌶️ High Heat

Embers

A shapeshifter tries to steal her demon child. The traitors who sent it are already inside her lair.

by Suzanne Wright 2018

4.36

12k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💫 Psychic Bond 👑 Demon Politics 🌶️ High Heat

A Tribute of Fire

by Sariah Wilson • 2024

In an ancient curse's tribute race, a princess fights monsters, hunters, and the prince she kissed.

4.09

17k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Deadly Trials 🔮 Chosen One

A Tribute of Fire

In an ancient curse's tribute race, a princess fights monsters, hunters, and the prince she kissed.

by Sariah Wilson 2024

4.09

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Deadly Trials 🔮 Chosen One

Naruto, Vol. 03

by Masashi Kishimoto • 2000

A forest exam becomes a hunt when a rogue ninja marks Sasuke with a consuming curse.

4.44

22k+

🏟️ Battle Tournament 🥷 Ninja Fantasy 💀 Cursed Transformation ⚔️ Rivals To Brothers 🍥 Underdog Hero

Naruto, Vol. 03

A forest exam becomes a hunt when a rogue ninja marks Sasuke with a consuming curse.

by Masashi Kishimoto 2000

4.44

22k+ ratings

🏟️ Battle Tournament 🥷 Ninja Fantasy 💀 Cursed Transformation ⚔️ Rivals To Brothers 🍥 Underdog Hero

A Thorn in Every Heart

by Kate King • 2025

A violinist's one-night stand lands her in a fae kingdom, forced to play the king's bride.

4.02

11k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧝‍♀️ Fae Romance 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💫 Fated Mates 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance

A Thorn in Every Heart

A violinist's one-night stand lands her in a fae kingdom, forced to play the king's bride.

by Kate King 2025

4.02

11k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧝‍♀️ Fae Romance 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💫 Fated Mates 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance

Cursed

by Benedict Jacka • 2012

A diviner tracks Dark mages draining magic from the living, his only ally a hunted enchantress.

4.08

21k+

⏳ Precognitive Hero 🏙️ Magic London 🐾 Wishes Gone Wrong ⚖️ Mage Politics 🌑 Cursed Apprentice

Cursed

A diviner tracks Dark mages draining magic from the living, his only ally a hunted enchantress.

by Benedict Jacka 2012

4.08

21k+ ratings

⏳ Precognitive Hero 🏙️ Magic London 🐾 Wishes Gone Wrong ⚖️ Mage Politics 🌑 Cursed Apprentice

Corpse Roads

by J. Rose • 2022

She escapes a killer's basement. Four broken men hunting him fall for his only living victim.

4.12

8k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 💔 Trauma Recovery 🦋 Survivor Heroine 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 😢 High Angst

Corpse Roads

She escapes a killer's basement. Four broken men hunting him fall for his only living victim.

by J. Rose 2022

4.12

8k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 💔 Trauma Recovery 🦋 Survivor Heroine 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 😢 High Angst

Drums of Autumn

by Diana Gabaldon • 1996

Land in the colonies gives the Frasers hope, until the pirate they saved demands his price.

4.36

271k+

🗺️ Colonial America ⏳ Time Travel Romance 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🕰️ Across Centuries 🌿 Healer Protagonist

Drums of Autumn

Land in the colonies gives the Frasers hope, until the pirate they saved demands his price.

by Diana Gabaldon 1996

4.36

271k+ ratings

🗺️ Colonial America ⏳ Time Travel Romance 🪓 Frontier Settlement 🕰️ Across Centuries 🌿 Healer Protagonist

The Reaper

by Melissa K. Roehrich • 2022

A Fae's failed rescue costs him his sisters, his memory, and his name. Only the Reaper remains.

4.26

6k+

🖤 Fae Dark Fantasy 📖 Fantasy Novella 🌑 Dark Fae Romance ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💔 Bittersweet Ending

The Reaper

A Fae's failed rescue costs him his sisters, his memory, and his name. Only the Reaper remains.

by Melissa K. Roehrich 2022

4.26

6k+ ratings

🖤 Fae Dark Fantasy 📖 Fantasy Novella 🌑 Dark Fae Romance ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Lover Boy

by Brianna Flores • 2024

Estranged stepbrothers become college roommates and find their hatred has always burned like need.

3.83

2k+

👥 Stepbrother Romance ⛓️ Power Play 💔 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🏫 College Campus

Lover Boy

Estranged stepbrothers become college roommates and find their hatred has always burned like need.

by Brianna Flores 2024

3.83

2k+ ratings

👥 Stepbrother Romance ⛓️ Power Play 💔 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🏫 College Campus

Return to the Isle of the Lost

by Melissa de la Cruz • 2016

Four villain kids race scheming parents to cursed talismans hidden beneath a prison island.

3.90

11k+

🏫 Magical Boarding School 💔 Villain Redemption ✨ Fairy Tale Crossover 🗡️ Quest For Artifacts 📱 Modern Fairy Tale

Return to the Isle of the Lost

Four villain kids race scheming parents to cursed talismans hidden beneath a prison island.

by Melissa de la Cruz 2016

3.90

11k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Boarding School 💔 Villain Redemption ✨ Fairy Tale Crossover 🗡️ Quest For Artifacts 📱 Modern Fairy Tale

Hero of the Imperium

by Sandy Mitchell • 2007

Every time Commissar Cain saves his own skin, the Imperium gives him a medal.

4.44

4k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😰 Reluctant Hero 💀 Grimdark Comedy ⚔️ Warhammer 40k 📜 War Memoir Satire

Hero of the Imperium

Every time Commissar Cain saves his own skin, the Imperium gives him a medal.

by Sandy Mitchell 2007

4.44

4k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😰 Reluctant Hero 💀 Grimdark Comedy ⚔️ Warhammer 40k 📜 War Memoir Satire

Long Way Down

by Krista Ritchie • 2015

A sixteen-year-old wild child and her brother's blunt, older best friend risk a forbidden fall.

4.41

39k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 🩹 Trauma Healing 📸 Media Scrutiny 🧗 Extreme Sports

Long Way Down

A sixteen-year-old wild child and her brother's blunt, older best friend risk a forbidden fall.

by Krista Ritchie 2015

4.41

39k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 🩹 Trauma Healing 📸 Media Scrutiny 🧗 Extreme Sports

Evil Star

by Anthony Horowitz • 2006

A hunted psychic chases a monk's diary across Peru toward a second gate about to crack.

3.97

19k+

🖤 Ancient Evil Awakening 🌩️ Reluctant Chosen One 🌙 Shared Dreams 📜 Prophecy-Driven Quest 🦙 Inca Mythology

Evil Star

A hunted psychic chases a monk's diary across Peru toward a second gate about to crack.

by Anthony Horowitz 2006

3.97

19k+ ratings

🖤 Ancient Evil Awakening 🌩️ Reluctant Chosen One 🌙 Shared Dreams 📜 Prophecy-Driven Quest 🦙 Inca Mythology

The Library at Hellebore

by Cassandra Khaw • 2025

A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.

3.07

7k+

📚 Dark Academia 🩸 Body Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🕯️ Gothic Dread 🏰 Magical Boarding School

The Library at Hellebore

A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.

by Cassandra Khaw 2025

3.07

7k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🩸 Body Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🕯️ Gothic Dread 🏰 Magical Boarding School

Beneath the Surface

by Emily McIntire • 2021

She trusts a tattooed stranger with her son. He was hired to find her.

4.23

9k+

🍼 Single Parent Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🏡 Small Town Romance

Beneath the Surface

She trusts a tattooed stranger with her son. He was hired to find her.

by Emily McIntire 2021

4.23

9k+ ratings

🍼 Single Parent Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🏡 Small Town Romance

Dance Butterfly Dance

by Reese Rivers • 2022

Shy by day, masked by night, she fake dates a quarterback, falling into four men's orbit.

4.30

21k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🦋 Dual Identity 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🏛️ College Campus

Dance Butterfly Dance

Shy by day, masked by night, she fake dates a quarterback, falling into four men's orbit.

by Reese Rivers 2022

4.30

21k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🦋 Dual Identity 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🏛️ College Campus

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant

by Drew Hayes • 2014

A vampire who'd rather do taxes than bite necks must save his girlfriend from his sire.

3.84

18k+

🦇 Vampire Comedy 💼 Reluctant Vampire ☕ Everyday Supernatural 📋 Supernatural Bureaucracy 🛋️ Cozy Paranormal

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant

A vampire who'd rather do taxes than bite necks must save his girlfriend from his sire.

by Drew Hayes 2014

3.84

18k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Comedy 💼 Reluctant Vampire ☕ Everyday Supernatural 📋 Supernatural Bureaucracy 🛋️ Cozy Paranormal

The Battle for Skandia

by John Flanagan • 2006

A Ranger, a knight, and a princess must unite Viking raiders against an unstoppable eastern army.

4.36

108k+

🎖️ Military Fantasy ✨ Low Magic Fantasy 🏹 Mentor Apprentice ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 🛡️ Makeshift Army

The Battle for Skandia

A Ranger, a knight, and a princess must unite Viking raiders against an unstoppable eastern army.

by John Flanagan 2006

4.36

108k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Fantasy ✨ Low Magic Fantasy 🏹 Mentor Apprentice ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 🛡️ Makeshift Army

Till Death

by Miranda Lyn • 2024

A killer marked by Death marries a dark king, and their union could destroy them both.

3.74

8k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🎭 Magical Theater 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Morally Grey Couple

Till Death

A killer marked by Death marries a dark king, and their union could destroy them both.

by Miranda Lyn 2024

3.74

8k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🎭 Magical Theater 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Morally Grey Couple

Winter

by Marissa Meyer • 2015

A cyborg princess invades the moon to end a mind-controlling queen's reign before both worlds fall.

4.41

313k+

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🚀 Sci-Fi Fairy Tale 🧠 Mind-Control Powers 👑 Reluctant Queen 💔 Forbidden Love

Winter

A cyborg princess invades the moon to end a mind-controlling queen's reign before both worlds fall.

by Marissa Meyer 2015

4.41

313k+ ratings

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🚀 Sci-Fi Fairy Tale 🧠 Mind-Control Powers 👑 Reluctant Queen 💔 Forbidden Love

Found

by Margaret Peterson Haddix • 2008

A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.

3.98

42k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔍 Kid Investigators 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⚖️ Impossible Choices

Found

A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2008

3.98

42k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔍 Kid Investigators 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⚖️ Impossible Choices

Found

by Harlan Coben • 2014

Father's grave: only ashes. Mickey Bolitar hunts a secret rescue network, a missing boy, a killer.

4.15

16k+

🔎 Teen Detective 👤 Missing Parent ⛹️ Sports Drama 🕵️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Found

Father's grave: only ashes. Mickey Bolitar hunts a secret rescue network, a missing boy, a killer.

by Harlan Coben 2014

4.15

16k+ ratings

🔎 Teen Detective 👤 Missing Parent ⛹️ Sports Drama 🕵️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

How to Say I Do

by Tal Bauer • 2023

A Texas rancher meets a jilted New Yorker. One week in Cancun turns strangers into soulmates.

4.42

9k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌃 Opposites Attract 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🏖️ Vacation Romance

How to Say I Do

A Texas rancher meets a jilted New Yorker. One week in Cancun turns strangers into soulmates.

by Tal Bauer 2023

4.42

9k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌃 Opposites Attract 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🏖️ Vacation Romance

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