Slow Burn

Slow burn refers to a slow build up to a pivotal moment where the pent-up feelings or explosive emotions are released all at once. The type of feelings can be of different kinds, for example anger, romantic emotions or sexual chemistry.

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Slow-Burn Romance
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Seek the Traitor's Son (The Burning Empire, #1)
Because I Killed Him (The Nine Gentlemen, #1)
The Last Page
Behind Five Willows
Verity Guild
Hart's Landing
Burnout Summer
Strange Familiars (Seamere College, #1)
Death's Daughter (Children of the Old Ones, #1)
Frozen Heart (Perfectly Imperfect, #12)
A Curse of Beasts and Magic (Beautiful and Beastly, #1)
The Lake House (Firefly Summer)
The Dorians
Out of Her League
Love on the Line (Kluvberg, 3)
Our Perfect Storm
The Night We Met (Say You'll Remember Me, #2)
People We Meet on Vacation
The Love Hypothesis
Fever Dream (Emerald Lake, #1)
Crown Me Dead (Heartstring Duet, #1)
Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
Fury Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #2)
Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1)
Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #1)
Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)
In Her Own League
Rules for the Summer
Love Song
Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)
Throne in the Dark by A.K. CaggianoI Ran Away to Evil by Mystic NeptuneHeart's Prisoner by Olivia  RileyThat Time I Took Down A Cult by Rebel CarterMutant Mine by Venus Nox
Good Villains
58 books — 5 voters

Breaking Character by Lee  WinterAurora's Angel by Emily NoonAlone by E.J. NoyesGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey
Best Lesbian Stories
99 books — 34 voters


The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Kulti
From Lukov with Love
Wait for It
All Rhodes Lead Here
Luna and the Lie
Under Locke
The Love Hypothesis
The Spanish Love Deception (Love Deception, #1)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Dear Aaron
Marriage for One
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
Hands Down
Tricia Newlan
I can feel her pulse through our linked hands, steady and strong—matching mine.
Tricia Newlan, Echoes of One Night: Forbidden Love Romance

Sasha Clark
She went to Rome to forget her ex. Instead, she opened the wrong car door
Sasha Clark, The Elegant Stranger: A Steamy Billionaire in Disguise Romance of Lies, Luxury, and One Unforgettable Week in Italy

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