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Premise labels used: amnesia, brainwashing, false identity, secret life, domestic facade, missing heroine, spy thriller, hero rescue, hidden conspiracy, revenge plot

Themes labels used: identity, autonomy, memory, family, happiness, trauma, revenge, choice, trust, loss, domesticity, freedom, selfhood

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Nine

Rachelle Dekker · 2020

An amnesiac teen and a guarded waitress race against a secret government program to uncover the truth and survive.

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Premise labels: amnesia · government experiment · fugitive chase · identity search · rescued runaway · protective ally · conspiracy · secret facility

Themes labels: identity · choice · freedom · trauma · past and present · programming · humanity · love · forgiveness · redemption · self-worth · agency · trust · good vs evil · transformation

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The Key to Midnight

Dean Koontz · 1995

A nightclub singer with no past and a private investigator chase a brainwashing conspiracy that may rewrite identity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: identity mystery · memory loss · brainwashing · missing person · hidden past · false identity · espionage conspiracy · secret program · nightmare mystery · investigation romance

Themes labels: identity · memory · control · free will · manipulation · trauma · deception · espionage · paranoia · love and recovery · political intrigue · self discovery

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Ruby City

Astrid Cole · 2024 · Diamond City

An amnesiac college student in a palace discovers she may be a legendary leader’s lost self as war closes in.

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Premise labels: amnesia · hidden identity · identity recovery · royal custody · family reunion · lost memory · chosen hero · city under attack

Themes labels: identity · self-discovery · memory loss · love · family · grief · trauma · hope · redemption · loyalty · trust · power · corruption · justice · survival · healing · parenthood · betrayal · devotion

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Boy 7

Mirjam Mous · 2009 · Best of YA | XS

An amnesiac teen follows clues in his backpack to uncover his identity, and a secret experiment tied to his forgotten past.

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Premise labels: amnesia · identity search · memory loss · secret experiment · trust no one · hidden past · escape plot

Themes labels: identity · memory · technology · trust · freedom · manipulation · brainwashing · secrecy · self-discovery · adolescence

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G.O.D.S: Gifted. Obedient. Deadly. Students.

Jaye Pratt · 2021 · G.O.D.S

A foster teen with missing memories is pulled into a secret program of weaponized students and a dangerous why-choose bond.

Why this is here

Premise labels: amnesia · memory loss · foster care · secret organization · genetically engineered humans · child soldiers · protective harem · lost identity · mystery note · revenge

Themes labels: identity · memory · truth and lies · secrets · betrayal · revenge · power · control · free will · loyalty · trust · trauma · fate · nature versus nurture · female empowerment (contested)

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Thin Air

Rachel Caine · 2007 · Weather Warden

An amnesiac weather warden must recover her identity while a demon steals her life and factions turn against her.

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Premise labels: amnesia · identity recovery · evil twin · memory theft · demon impersonation · weather control · Djinn conflict · power awakening

Themes labels: identity · memory · trust · grief · loss · agency · power · loyalty · betrayal · choice · sacrifice · family conflict · consequences · selfhood

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Erased

Jennifer Rush · 2014 · Altered

On the run and haunted by returning memories, Anna must uncover why her past was erased before trust breaks again.

Why this is here

Premise labels: on the run · memory loss · missing past · hidden identity · family mystery · conspiracy · survival in hiding · truth-seeking · betrayal · sister return

Themes labels: trust · identity · memory · family · loyalty · truth · survival · betrayal · choice · control · agency · past trauma · conspiracy

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Kidnapped By Her Husbands

Rebecca Royce · 2016 · Wings of Artemis

An amnesiac pregnant woman is rescued by five men claiming to be her husbands in a scarce-women future.

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Premise labels: amnesia · pregnancy · reprogramming · wife training · scarce women · reverse harem · rescued heroine · mystery identity · memory wipe · female scarcity

Themes labels: identity · memory · free will · conditioning · control · trust · loyalty · love after loss · self-reinvention · power imbalance · women’s autonomy · social hierarchy · rebellion · betrayal · moral ambiguity · social commentary

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Defy Me

Tahereh Mafi · 2019 · Shatter Me

After devastating secrets and memory gaps, Juliette, Warner, and Kenji confront hidden pasts, shifting loyalties, and a dangerous rescue.

Why this is here

Premise labels: identity secrets · buried past · memory loss · found family · rescue mission · romantic reunion · power struggle · political crisis · hostile takeover

Themes labels: identity · memory · trauma · healing · love as constant · power and control · tyranny · resilience · truth and secrets · family abuse · selfhood · betrayal · hope · survival · fate versus choice

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The Winter Soldier: Cold Front

Mackenzi Lee · 2023 · Marvel Press Novels

Two timelines trace Bucky Barnes’s rise from teen recruit to brainwashed Winter Soldier as a hidden mystery binds them.

Why this is here

Premise labels: dual timeline · identity mystery · spy mission · brainwashing · memory loss · secret program · covert operations · forbidden past · origin story · trauma recovery · mystery unraveling · sleeper agent · assassin program

Themes labels: identity · memory · trauma · brainwashing · dehumanization · free will · obedience · resistance · war · patriotism · sacrifice · loss · captivity · resilience · selfhood · grief

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Daughter of Darkness

Terry Brooks · 2022 · Viridian Deep

A young half-Fae heroine must unravel her hidden past to rescue her partner from a deadly magical ransom.

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Premise labels: missing memories · rescue quest · family threat · identity mystery · soul retrieval · impossible bargain · kidnapping

Themes labels: identity · self-discovery · belonging · memory · family · rescue · trust · love · power · responsibility · change · leadership · past secrets

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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.

Why this is here

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

Themes labels: trust · free will · identity · memory · trauma recovery · control · survival · sanity · love as healing · protection · torture aftermath · consent · emotion versus suppression · belonging · family legacy

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