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M.K. Harkins

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Premise labels used: amnesia, mind readers, chosen one, secret compound, prophecy, supernatural society, forbidden trust, love triangle, war between factions, identity mystery

Setting labels used: Pacific Northwest, deserted beach, mountain compound, hidden community, futuristic, paranormal world, secret society

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Blaze of Memory

Nalini Singh, Angela Dawe · 2009 · Psy-Changeling

A memory-scrambled Psy woman lands on a guarded leader’s doorstep, and both must decide whether she’s a threat or salvation.

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Premise labels: amnesia heroine · protector romance · sleeper agent · enemy attraction · secret organization · memory erasure · ticking time bomb

Setting labels: near-future · urban fantasy world · New York · Vermont · Alaska · hidden network · secret facility · post-Silence society · psychic society

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Distance: 0.2060

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The Intruders

Michael Marshall · 2007

An ex-cop-turned-writer searches for his missing wife and uncovers a sinister supernatural conspiracy.

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Premise labels: missing spouse · missing child · murder mystery · supernatural conspiracy · body takeover · secret society · ex-cop protagonist · dark secret

Setting labels: Seattle · Oregon · Pacific Northwest · contemporary setting · dark realistic supernatural

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Distance: 0.2140

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Pivot Point

Kasie West · 2013 · Pivot Point

A teen with the power to preview choices must pick between two futures after her parents' divorce—while danger closes in.

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Premise labels: alternate futures · choice dilemma · supernatural abilities · secret community · divorce decision · love triangle · murder mystery · hidden world

Setting labels: secret compound · norm world · modern day · high school setting · walled community · hidden society · technologically advanced community · school community

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Distance: 0.2171

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مملكة الكوابيس والضباب

سما سامي · 2025 · أنا هي الحرب

After a war, Kiara uncovers buried family secrets, rising powers, and new threats in a world of magic and monsters.

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Premise labels: hidden past · family secrets · supernatural powers · postwar aftermath · mystery investigation · chosen one · protective allies · inter-faction conflict

Setting labels: fantasy world · postwar setting · multiple kingdoms · vampire kingdom · sorcerer world · hidden supernatural world · small-town mystery

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Distance: 0.2283

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A Wilderness of Stars

Shea Ernshaw · 2022

A sheltered teen astronomer leaves her valley to follow a star omen and find the cure before a deadly sickness claims everyone.

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Premise labels: quest · plague cure · chosen one · fated pair · survival journey · secret identity · found family · hidden knowledge

Setting labels: isolated valley · the wilds · plains · the sea · post-apocalyptic world · dystopian world · western-like setting · Earth-like world · low-tech world · unclear timeline

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Distance: 0.2298

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It Takes a Psychic

Jayne Castle · 2025 · Harmony

A psychic artifact expert and a hidden-talent museum director join forces after a gala murder and an alien relic clue.

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Premise labels: unlikely allies · artifact authentication · on the run · investigation duo · secret societies · hidden powers · mystery romance

Setting labels: planet Harmony · alien world · future setting · lost colony · underworld tunnels · small-town conspiracy · secretive society · cult town

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Distance: 0.2305

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The Change

Teyla Branton · 2016 · Unbounded

After a deadly accident, Erin discovers a hidden immortal gene and is dragged into a war for her life and loyalty.

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Premise labels: immortal gene · hidden supernaturals · faction war · chosen by rivals · forced allegiance · secret society · family in danger · superhuman abilities

Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · secret world · hidden society · near-present day · supernatural reality

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Distance: 0.2316

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Die Verratenen

Ursula Poznanski · 2012 · Die Verratenen

In a climate-battered future, an elite student is accused of betrayal and forced to flee a tightly controlled society.

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Premise labels: wrongly accused · survival chase · fugitive group · betrayal mystery · controlled society · elite student

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic future · ice age · dome cities · outside wilderness · surveillance state · clan society

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Distance: 0.2369

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Arclight

Josin L. McQuein · 2013 · Arclight

An amnesiac teen surviving in a light-protected refuge must unravel the truth about herself and the creatures beyond the dark.

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Premise labels: amnesia · survival · identity search · human enclave · light barrier · darkness threat · hidden truth · outsider heroine · creature threat · rescue survivor · love triangle · alienated outcast

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic world · fortified compound · light-and-dark divided world · no-man's-land · Grey zone · Dark zone · human refuge · closed community

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Distance: 0.2375

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Requiem

Lauren Oliver · 2013 · Delirium

Two girls on opposite sides of a divided society navigate rebellion, love, and a cure that changed everything.

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Premise labels: resistance · revolution · love triangle · fugitive survival · cure conflict · forbidden love · dual allegiances · fractured society

Setting labels: dystopian future · Wilds · Portland · borderlands · rebellion territory · controlled society · post-cure world

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Distance: 0.2388

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The Call of Cthulhu

H.P. Lovecraft · 2011

A scholar pieces together documents and testimonies that reveal a sleeping cosmic entity and the cult awaiting its return.

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Premise labels: forbidden knowledge · ancient deity · cult investigation · cosmic threat · eldritch being · sleeping monster · mystery unraveling · apocalyptic awakening · research-led horror · secret society

Setting labels: New England · Boston · Pacific Ocean · undersea city · sunken city · remote island · dark places · ancient ruins · dream realm · pre-human past · cosmic reality · occult world

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Distance: 0.2393

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Alan Wake

Rick Burroughs · 2010

A blocked novelist’s cabin retreat turns into a nightmare when his wife vanishes and his own words seem to come alive.

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Premise labels: missing spouse · writer's block · cabin getaway · small-town mystery · dark force · possessed townspeople · reality warp · manuscript clues · writer protagonist · search for clues · memory loss · light vs darkness

Setting labels: Pacific Northwest · small town · rural town · lakeside town · dark woods · cabin · lake setting · nighttime setting · isolated community · supernatural reality · cosmic horror · small-town unease · Pacific Northwest spookiness

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Distance: 0.2396

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