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A list of books in which the female lead is quiet, introverted, passive, reclusive, etc. NOTE: Please avoid characters who are described as "quiet, average" yet somehow attract a lot of suitors/attention (i.e. No Mary Sue's)
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Jane Eyre
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4.16 avg rating — 2,281,075 ratings
score: 582,
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Fangirl
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 775,345 ratings
score: 489,
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5 people voted
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New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
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3.61 avg rating — 2,095,228 ratings
score: 485,
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5 people voted
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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3.67 avg rating — 7,186,045 ratings
score: 399,
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4 people voted
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Rebecca
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4.25 avg rating — 707,656 ratings
score: 390,
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Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)
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3.74 avg rating — 1,963,908 ratings
score: 381,
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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4.30 avg rating — 504,214 ratings
score: 367,
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4 people voted
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Persuasion
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4.15 avg rating — 760,731 ratings
score: 298,
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3 people voted
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Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
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Charlaine Harris (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 557,998 ratings
score: 294,
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3 people voted
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I Capture the Castle
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3.99 avg rating — 113,985 ratings
score: 291,
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3 people voted
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Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3)
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Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 97,227 ratings
score: 275,
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3 people voted
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
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4.12 avg rating — 6,510 ratings
score: 199,
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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4.23 avg rating — 1,391,025 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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The Thorn Birds
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4.25 avg rating — 362,525 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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Finding Audrey
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Sophie Kinsella (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 84,233 ratings
score: 187,
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2 people voted
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Hereafter (Hereafter, #1)
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Tara Hudson (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 17,063 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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Runaway: Stories
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3.97 avg rating — 27,564 ratings
score: 182,
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2 people voted
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Jinx
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 27,452 ratings
score: 182,
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2 people voted
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Eleanor & Park
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 1,246,991 ratings
score: 180,
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2 people voted
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The Blue Castle
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4.31 avg rating — 53,866 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Golden Hour
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T. Greenwood (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 1,735 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Always with You
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Talia Hibbert (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 195 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Breeda Looney Steps Forth
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Oliver Sands (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 286 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Cupids Peak
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Lee Jacquot (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 7,602 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Dear Aaron
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Mariana Zapata (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 55,896 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Bookshop
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3.28 avg rating — 26,270 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 61,135 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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After Math (Off the Subject, #1)
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Denise Grover Swank (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 13,419 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Winning the Wallflower (Fairy Tales, #2.5)
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Eloisa James (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 5,250 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 433,577 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
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Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 399,510 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Librarian
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3.37 avg rating — 6,509 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Frigid (Frigid, #1)
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3.65 avg rating — 56,754 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Rock Hard (Rock Kiss, #2)
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Nalini Singh (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,853 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Charlotte Sometimes (Aviary Hall, #3)
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4.09 avg rating — 4,460 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
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3.97 avg rating — 8,294 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Simple Perfection (Perfection, #2; Rosemary Beach, #6)
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4.22 avg rating — 43,190 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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His Road Home
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Anna Richland (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 805 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1)
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4.29 avg rating — 93,253 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Artistic License
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3.88 avg rating — 2,938 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Convenience Store Woman
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3.67 avg rating — 358,021 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Miss Buncle's Book (Miss Buncle #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 13,583 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Jassy
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4.01 avg rating — 356 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Chocolate Temptation (Amour et Chocolat, #6)
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Laura Florand (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 1,296 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Brooklyn
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3.74 avg rating — 154,970 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Shy Bride (Traditional Greek Husbands #1; Greek Tycoons #6)
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Lucy Monroe (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 1,847 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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The Women in Black
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3.56 avg rating — 12,281 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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The Chocolate Heart (Amour et Chocolat, #5)
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Laura Florand (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 1,385 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Sad Janet
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3.32 avg rating — 2,823 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Bare It All (Love Undercover, #2)
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Lori Foster (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 7,766 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
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4.16 avg rating — 183,371 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Princess Jellyfish, Tome 1
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4.32 avg rating — 3,387 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Lover Undercover (McCade Brothers, #1)
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Samanthe Beck (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 4,669 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Old Heart
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3.95 avg rating — 543 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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After Hours
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Cara McKenna (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 6,856 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Seducing Cinderella (Fighting for Love, #1)
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Gina L. Maxwell (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 34,726 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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The Last Picture Show
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4.01 avg rating — 20,787 ratings
score: 87,
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Wait for You (Wait for You, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 168,976 ratings
score: 87,
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The Ivy Tree
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3.98 avg rating — 7,281 ratings
score: 86,
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Wild Invitation (Psy-Changeling, #0.5, #3.5, #9.5, #10.5)
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Nalini Singh (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 11,868 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Breathe (Colorado Mountain, #4)
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Kristen Ashley (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 38,782 ratings
score: 85,
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Rock Chick Rescue (Rock Chick, #2)
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Kristen Ashley (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 38,696 ratings
score: 84,
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Law Man (Dream Man, #3)
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Kristen Ashley (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 46,882 ratings
score: 83,
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White Hell of Pity
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3.81 avg rating — 54 ratings
score: 82,
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Sheltered (Deeper Than Desire, #2)
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Charlotte Stein (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 5,954 ratings
score: 82,
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Penmarric
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4.13 avg rating — 6,769 ratings
score: 81,
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Archangel's Storm (Guild Hunter, #5)
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Nalini Singh (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 28,893 ratings
score: 81,
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Hester Waring's Marriage
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3.80 avg rating — 392 ratings
score: 80,
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To See a Fine Lady
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4.05 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Entropy (Terran Times, #19)
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Viola Grace (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 317 ratings
score: 79,
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Silver Nutmeg
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3.78 avg rating — 162 ratings
score: 79,
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Whisper Falls (Destiny, #3)
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Toni Blake (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 2,986 ratings
score: 78,
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The Great Alone
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Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 1,115,332 ratings
score: 78,
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A Most Unconventional Match (Wellingfords, #3)
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Julia Justiss (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 394 ratings
score: 76,
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Lightning that Lingers
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3.77 avg rating — 350 ratings
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Big Bad Wolf (The Others, #2)
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4.06 avg rating — 7,665 ratings
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Body Language
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Suzanne Brockmann (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 1,991 ratings
score: 73,
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Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)
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Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 417,779 ratings
score: 72,
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Honor's Splendour
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4.23 avg rating — 34,585 ratings
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Saving Grace
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4.26 avg rating — 29,995 ratings
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A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #1)
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Kresley Cole (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 91,657 ratings
score: 69,
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The Demon You Know (The Others, #11)
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4.07 avg rating — 4,324 ratings
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