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Circe

Madeline Miller

🌶️·first person
immortal/mortal romanceforbidden loveslow burn
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Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

🌶️·omniscient
mentor/student dynamicssecond chance
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer

🌶️
homecoming / small town returnpen pals / correspondence romancewedding setting
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Red Rising

Red Rising Saga, #1

Pierce Brown

🌶️·first person
games/trials romance
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The Alice Network

Kate Quinn

🌶️·dual POV
hidden past revealedaccidental pregnancyrescue romance
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Something Borrowed

Darcy & Rachel, #1

Emily Giffin

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person
secret relationshipsummer flingthe one that got away
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Legend

Legend, #1

Marie Lu

🌶️·dual POV·
forced proximityhidden identityundercover/spy romance
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Neverwhere

London Below, #1

Neil Gaiman

🌶️·third person
assassin romancefated matessurvival romance
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The Rose Code

Kate Quinn

🌶️·multi-POV
second chance
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The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon

🌶️·dual POV
insta-loveright person wrong timesecond chance
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Lilac Girls

Woolsey-Ferriday, #1

Martha Hall Kelly

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
second chance
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The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth, #1

N.K. Jemisin

🌶️🌶️🌶️·mixed POV styles
found familyforbidden lovesecret relationship
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A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (The Tithenai Chronicles, #1)

Sherlock Holmes, #1

Foz Meadows

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV·
arranged marriage
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Under the Whispering Door

T.J. Klune

🌶️·third person
forced proximityhidden identitysoulmate/destined bond
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Children of Blood and Bone

Legacy of Orïsha, #1

Tomi Adeyemi

🌶️·multi-POV
forced proximityblood feud romancegames/trials romance
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Every Day

Every Day, #1

David Levithan

🌶️·first person
hidden identityright person wrong timesecret relationship
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The Huntress

Kate Quinn

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
misunderstandingsecond chancesurvival romance
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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

Bryn Greenwood

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
caretaking romancerescue romancesecret relationship
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The Darkest Minds

The Darkest Minds, #1

Alexandra Bracken

🌶️·first person
forced proximitysurvival romanceon the run
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War Storm (Red Queen, #4)

Red Queen, #4

Victoria Aveyard

🌶️·multi-POV
blood feud romancegames/trials romancerivals competing
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Fire (Graceling Realm, #2)

Graceling Realm, #2

Kristin Cashore

🌶️·third person
forced proximityblood feud romancemonster romance
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Legendborn

The Legendborn Cycle, #1

Tracy Deonn

🌶️·first person
hidden identitybet/wager romanceblood feud romance
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The Snow Child

Eowyn Ivey

🌶️·third person
survival romancefairytale retelling
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Manacled

SenLinYu

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·third person·
captive romancedark romanceforced proximity
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Fairest

The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5

Marissa Meyer

🌶️·third person
forbidden lovevillain gets the girlfairytale retelling
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Alanna: The First Adventure

Song of the Lioness, #1

Tamora Pierce

🌶️·third person·
bet/wager romancementor/student dynamics
Cover of Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)

Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)

Strange the Dreamer, #1

Laini Taylor

🌶️·dual POV
hidden identityrevenge romancesecret relationship
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The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)

The Golem and the Jinni, #1

Helene Wecker

🥛·third person
immortal/mortal romanceopposites attractslow burn
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The Lost Sisters (The Folk of the Air, #1.5)

The Folk of the Air, #1.5

Holly Black

🌶️·first person
hidden identitybully romancesecret relationship
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The Girl in the Tower

The Winternight Trilogy, #2

Katherine Arden

🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
hidden identitymagic bondsecret relationship
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The Once and Future Witches

Alix E. Harrow

🥛·multi-POV
forbidden lovesecret relationshipfound family
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Carve the Mark

Carve the Mark, #1

Veronica Roth

🌶️·dual POV
captive romanceforced proximitysurvival romance
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The Sword of Kaigen

Theonite

M.L. Wang

🌶️·third person
marriage of conveniencemilitary romancereconnecting after tragedy
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She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor, #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
hidden identitymilitary romancesecret relationship
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Girls of Paper and Fire

Girls of Paper and Fire, #1

Natasha Ngan

🌶️·first person
princess x bodyguardsurvival romancehidden identity
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Clytemnestra

Costanza Casati

🌶️·third person
arranged marriageforced to marryrevenge romance
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The Gilded Ones

Deathless, #1

Namina Forna

🌶️·first person
captive romancecursed love interestmilitary romance
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Cruel Crown (Red Queen, #0.1-0.2)

Red Queen #0.1-0.2, #0.1

Victoria Aveyard

🌶️·dual POV
arranged marriageblood feud romancebully romance
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The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

The Burning Kingdoms, #1

Tasha Suri

🥛·multi-POV
forbidden loveslow burnsecret alliance
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Flawed

Flawed, #1

Cecelia Ahern

🌶️·first person
mentor/student dynamics
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Fireborne

The Aurelian Cycle, #1

Rosaria Munda

🌶️·dual POV
hidden identityblood feud romancegames/trials romance
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Atalanta

Jennifer Saint

🌶️·third person
fairytale retellingadventure romance
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Malice

Malice Duology, #1

Heather Walter

🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person
cursed love interestbeauty and the beastwho hurt you
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Cleopatra's Daughter

Michelle Moran

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person
arranged marriageblood feud romancecaptive romance
Cover of Another Day

Another Day

Every Day, #2

David Levithan

🌶️·first person
hidden identitysecret relationship
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Steel Scars

Red Queen, #0.2

Victoria Aveyard

🌶️·first person
survival romanceadventure romancestalker romance
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Witchmark

The Kingston Cycle, #1

C.L. Polk

🌶️·first person
hidden identitycelebrity / rockstar romancehidden past revealed
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Sorcerer to the Crown

Sorcerer Royal, #1

Zen Cho

🌶️·third person
hidden identityworkplace romancesecret relationship
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Mirage

Mirage, #1

Somaiya Daud

🌶️·first person
assassin romancebully romancecaptive romance
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The Unbroken

Magic of the Lost, #1

C.L. Clark

🌶️·third person
military romancesecret relationship
Cover of A Taste of Gold and Iron

A Taste of Gold and Iron

Mahisti Dynasty, #1

Alexandra Rowland

🌶️·third person
bodyguard/protection detailsecret relationship
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Forging Silver into Stars

Forging Silver into Stars, #1

Brigid Kemmerer

🥛·multi-POV·
slow burnforbidden lovehidden identity
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Among the Burning Flowers

The Roots of Chaos, #0.2

Samantha Shannon

🥛·multi-POV
arranged marriageforbidden loveslow burn
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The Darkangel

Darkangel Trilogy, #1

Meredith Ann Pierce

🥛·third person
beauty and the beastcaptive romanceredemption romance
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