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Cover of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

🌶️🌶️·third person
hidden identitybet/wager romancecursed love interest
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Circe

Madeline Miller

🌶️·first person
immortal/mortal romanceforbidden loveslow burn
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games, #0

Suzanne Collins

🌶️·third person
games/trials romancementor/student dynamicssurvival romance
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The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern

🌶️·omniscient
competition romanceforbidden lovestar-crossed lovers
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Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

🌶️🌶️·first person
love trianglesacrifice/martyrdom
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Matched

Matched, #1

Ally Condie

🌶️·first person·
dystopian romancelove trianglesecret relationship
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Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

🌶️·first person
marriage of conveniencehidden past revealed
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Uglies

Uglies, #1

Scott Westerfeld

🥛·third person
survival romanceadventure romanceblood feud romance
Cover of Interview with the Vampire

Interview with the Vampire

The Vampire Chronicles, #1

Anne Rice

🌶️·first person·
captive romancedark romanceforced proximity
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Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
second chance
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Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

🥛·first person·
hidden identityhidden past revealed
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Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

🥛·omniscient
first lovecaptive romancehidden past revealed
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Ninth House

Alex Stern, #1

Leigh Bardugo

🌶️🌶️·dual POV
dark academia romancerescue romance
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The Raven Boys

The Raven Cycle, #1

Maggie Stiefvater

🌶️·multi-POV
blood feud romancefirst lovementor/student dynamics
Cover of This Is How You Lose the Time War

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

🌶️·multi-POV
hidden identitysecret relationshipbet/wager romance
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Warbreaker

The Cosmere, #5

Brandon Sanderson

🌶️·multi-POV
arranged marriageforced to marryhidden identity
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Pretties

Uglies, #2

Scott Westerfeld

🥛·third person
forced proximitysurvival romancerebellion romance
Cover of The Atlas Six

The Atlas Six

Olivie Blake

🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
enemies to loversforced proximitylove triangle
Cover of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Strange & Norrell, #1

Susanna Clarke

🥛·omniscient
rivals competingopposites attract
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Every Day

Every Day, #1

David Levithan

🌶️·first person
hidden identityright person wrong timesecret relationship
Cover of A Deadly Education

A Deadly Education

The Scholomance, #1

Naomi Novik

🥛·first person
forced proximityhidden identityadventure romance
Cover of The Ministry of Time

The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley

🌶️🌶️·first person
forced proximityworkplace romancehidden past revealed
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The Huntress

Kate Quinn

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
misunderstandingsecond chancesurvival romance
Cover of All the Ugly and Wonderful ThingsKU

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

Bryn Greenwood

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
caretaking romancerescue romancesecret relationship
Cover of The Alchemyst

The Alchemyst

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1

Michael Scott

🥛·third person
mentor/student dynamicshidden identityfound family
Cover of The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

The Daevabad Trilogy, #1

S.A. Chakraborty

🥛·multi-POV·
forbidden lovehidden identitylove triangle
Cover of Spinning Silver

Spinning Silver

The Mortal Instruments

Naomi Novik

🥛·multi-POV
arranged marriageenemies to loversbeauty and the beast
Cover of The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)

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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Katabasis

R.F. Kuang

🥛·dual POV·
rivals competingforced proximityslow burn
Cover of The Lost Sisters (The Folk of the Air, #1.5)

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
Cover of She Who Became the Sun

She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor, #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
hidden identitymilitary romancesecret relationship
Cover of The Atlas Paradox

The Atlas Paradox

The Atlas, #2

Olivie Blake

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
dark academia romanceforced proximity
Cover of A Memory Called Empire

A Memory Called Empire

Teixcalaan, #1

Arkady Martine

🌶️·third person
political intrigue
Cover of Foundryside

Foundryside

The Founders Trilogy, #1

Robert Jackson Bennett

🥛·multi-POV
forbidden loveheist romanceforced alliance
Cover of A Marvellous LightKU

A Marvellous Light

The Last Binding, #1

Freya Marske

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV
cursed love interestforced proximityhidden identity
Cover of SkinwalkerKU

Skinwalker

Jane Yellowrock, #1

Faith Hunter

🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person
survival romance
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Flawed

Flawed, #1

Cecelia Ahern

🌶️·first person
mentor/student dynamics
Cover of Vision in Silver (The Others, #3)

Vision in Silver (The Others, #3)

The Others, #3

Anne Bishop

🌶️·multi-POV
forced proximityrescue romanceroad trip romance
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Dime Store Magic

Otherworld, #3

Kelley Armstrong

🌶️·first person
forbidden loveopposites attractslow burn
Cover of The Raven Scholar

The Raven Scholar

Eternal Path Trilogy, #1

Antonia Hodgson

🥛·multi-POV
second chancerivals competinggames/trials romance
Cover of The Atlas Complex

The Atlas Complex

The Atlas, #3

Olivie Blake

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
adventure romancecontract/transactional romance
Cover of Chosen Ones (The Chosen Ones, #1)

Chosen Ones (The Chosen Ones, #1)

The Chosen Ones, #1

Veronica Roth

🌶️🌶️·third person
forced proximityprophecy / chosen one
Cover of BellesKU

Belles

The Belles, #1

Dhonielle Clayton

🌶️·first person
hidden identitysecret heir/royaltyblood feud romance
Cover of The Ragpicker King

The Ragpicker King

The Chronicles of Castellane, #2

Cassandra Clare

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV
secret relationship
Cover of We Set the Dark on FireKU

We Set the Dark on Fire

We Set the Dark on Fire, #1

Tehlor Kay Mejia

🌶️·first person
forced proximityhidden identitysecret relationship
Cover of A Language of Dragons

A Language of Dragons

A Language of Dragons, #1

S.F. Williamson

🥛·first person
captive romancedark academia romancesecret relationship
Cover of Long Live EvilKU

Long Live Evil

Time of Iron, #1

Sarah Rees Brennan

🌶️·multi-POV
hidden identityvillain gets the girlbodyguard/protection detail
Cover of Witchmark

Witchmark

The Kingston Cycle, #1

C.L. Polk

🌶️·first person
hidden identitycelebrity / rockstar romancehidden past revealed
Cover of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night

Song of Silver, Flame Like Night

Song of the Last Kingdom, #1

Amélie Wen Zhao

🌶️·third person
hidden identityblood feud romancementor/student dynamics
Cover of The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)

The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)

Rook & Rose, #1

M.A. Carrick

🌶️·third person
hidden identitysecret relationshipslow burn
Cover of The Unbroken

The Unbroken

Magic of the Lost, #1

C.L. Clark

🌶️·third person
military romancesecret relationship
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