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Enemies to Lovers
Mutual hostility that slowly, reluctantly becomes something else. The best tension in fiction.
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Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros · Fantasy
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
enemies to lovers · slow burn · forbidden romance · chosen one · found family · dragons · magic academy
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution.
enemies to lovers · slow burn · forbidden romance · dark romance · fae · magic academy
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To Cage a Wild Bird
Brooke Fast · Romance
Enter the brutal world of Endlock, a prison where the wealthy hunt the inmates for sport.
enemies to lovers · forbidden romance · found family · dystopian society · high stakes survival
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Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid · Romance
Pro hockey star Shane Hollander isn’t just crazy talented, he’s got a spotless reputation.
enemies to lovers · slow burn · sports romance · he falls first
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Daggermouth
H. M. Wolfe · Fantasy
He Is Her Ruin. She Is His Rebellion. The first thing you’ll learn in New Found Haven is mercy no longer exists. Showing mercy is a weakness, and…
dark romance · enemies to lovers · grimdark · dystopian society · trauma recovery · forced proximity
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen · Romance
Austen’s most celebrated novel tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet, a bright, lively young woman with four sisters, and a mother determined to marry…
enemies to lovers · slow burn · opposites attract · he falls first
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Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer · Romance
**ASSISTANT WANTED**: *Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random…
enemies to lovers · romantic comedy · workplace romance
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Quicksilver
Callie Hart · Fantasy
Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets.
enemies to lovers · slow burn · forced proximity · chosen one · quest
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This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me
Ilona Andrews · Fantasy
Outlander meets Game of Thrones in this blockbuster new epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews.
enemies to lovers · slow burn · forbidden romance · found family · quest
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Mistborn
Brandon Sanderson · Fantasy
For a thousand years ashes have fallen from the sky.
chosen one · heist · political intrigue · enemies to lovers · slow burn · found family · magic academy
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Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy
Lethal. Loyal. Legendary. Enter the world of Throne of Glass with the first book in the #1 bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas. In a land…
coming of age · chosen one · enemies to lovers · slow burn · found family · redemption arc
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The Cruel Prince
Holly Black · Fantasy
Jude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she and her…
enemies to lovers · fae · portal fantasy · chosen one
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Star Shipped
Cat Sebastian · Romance
Cat Sebastian’s long-awaited foray into contemporary romance!
enemies to lovers · slow burn · workplace romance · romantic comedy · he falls first
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If We Were Villains
M. L. Rio · Literary Fiction
Entreated to tell his side of the story to a detective who put him in prison a decade earlier for a murder he may not have committed, Oliver Marks…
enemies to lovers · friends to lovers · dark academia · obsessive love · found family · revenge plot
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Twisted Games
Ana Huang · Romance
She can never be his…but he’s taking her anyway.
dark romance · enemies to lovers · slow burn · bodyguard romance · possessive romance · forbidden romance
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Powerless
Lauren Roberts · Fantasy
Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites.
forbidden romance · dystopian society · chosen one · enemies to lovers · slow burn
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Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross · Fantasy
Eighteen-year-old Iris dreams that one day her writing will make a difference.
enemies to lovers · dark romance · forbidden romance · slow burn · high stakes survival
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Half City
Kate Golden · Fantasy
**Welcome to Harker Academy for Deviant Defense.
dark academia · enemies to lovers · slow burn · chosen one · magic academy · found family
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Phantasma
Kaylie Smith · Fantasy
Welcome to Phantasma. There are only two rules to the game. Stay alive. And don’t fall in love. When Ophelia’s sister disappears, there is only one…
enemies to lovers · dark academia · haunted setting · forbidden romance · quest · twist ending
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No Place Like You
Jillian Meadows · Romance
Childhood friends turned high school rivals fall into a small-town fake dating scheme in this sweet, spicy, and utterly irresistible romance from the…
friends to lovers · fake relationship · romantic comedy · small town · enemies to lovers
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His Empress
Emilia Rossi · Romance
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dark romance · enemies to lovers · mafia romance · possessive romance · slow burn
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Butcher & Blackbird
Brynne Weaver · Romance
Every serial killer needs a friend.
dark romance · enemies to lovers · friends to lovers · romantic comedy · morally grey character
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Red Rising
Pierce Brown · Sci-Fi
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future.
chosen one · dystopian society · high stakes survival · enemies to lovers · found family · revenge plot
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Shatter Me
Tahereh Mafi · Fantasy
Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in support of…
slow burn · enemies to lovers · dystopian society · forbidden romance · trauma recovery · high stakes survival
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A River Enchanted
Rebecca Ross · Fantasy
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A sparkling debut fantasy with Celtic tones set on the magical isle of Cadence where two childhood enemies must team…
paranormal romance · enemies to lovers · slow burn · fae · forced proximity · quest
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The Thorn Queen
Sasha Peyton Smith · Fantasy
Wed to one brother. In love with the other. Bridgerton, The Selection, and The Cruel Prince collide in this Victorian-inspired romantasy; the sequel…
enemies to lovers · forbidden romance · love triangle · political intrigue · fae
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Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo · Fantasy
Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who…
enemies to lovers · dark academia · chosen one · slow burn · love triangle
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Red City
Marie Lu · Fantasy
The Godfather meets The Magicians in the sweeping adult debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu.
dark romance · urban fantasy · enemies to lovers · political intrigue · morally grey character
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An Ember in the Ashes
Sabaa Tahir · Fantasy
"Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire.
enemies to lovers · slow burn · forbidden romance · coming of age
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Starside
Alex Aster · Fantasy
From Alex Aster, the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lightlark series, comes her first adult romantasy. Enter the world of Starside,…
slow burn · enemies to lovers · quest · magic academy
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke · Fantasy
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars.
historical fiction · slow burn · enemies to lovers
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Nightshade
Autumn Woods · Fantasy
“I’ll love you with the same intensity that you hate me.” At elite Sorrowsong University, hidden in the misty Scottish Highlands, Ophelia Winters…
dark academia · enemies to lovers · slow burn · forbidden romance · revenge plot · gothic atmosphere
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The Unicorn Hunters
Katherine Arden · Fantasy
Anne of Brittany was a child when her land was invaded, her castle besieged, and her royal father driven to his death.
forbidden romance · historical fiction · enemies to lovers · political intrigue
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From Blood and Ash
Jennifer L. Armentrout · Fantasy
A Maiden… Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own.
forbidden romance · chosen one · slow burn · enemies to lovers · quest
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A Darker Shade of Magic
V. E. Schwab · Fantasy
Welcome to Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, with one mad king―George III.
urban fantasy · enemies to lovers · magic academy · slow burn · portal fantasy
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Swordheart
T. Kingfisher · Fantasy
Halla has unexpectedly inherited the estate of the wealthy distant uncle she's been caring for for the past decade.
slow burn · forced proximity · enemies to lovers · paranormal romance
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The Jasad Crown
Sara Hashem · Fantasy
In the thrilling conclusion to the Egyptian-inspired Scorched Throne duology, a fugitive queen must risk everything and everyone she loves for the…
enemies to lovers · revenge plot · quest
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Heartless Hunter
Kristen Ciccarelli · Fantasy
On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets.
enemies to lovers · dark romance · cat and mouse · witches · slow burn
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Heartless
Marissa Meyer · Fantasy
Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland and a favorite of the unmarried King, but her interests lie elsewhere.
enemies to lovers · dark academia · slow burn · forbidden romance · redemption arc · morally grey character
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