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Premise labels used: monster girlfriend, eldritch horror, witch scientist, portal fantasy, interdimensional romance, first contact, identity formation, autonomy, forbidden attraction, survival mission

Setting labels used: alternate dimension, parallel world, interdimensional setting, portal travel, magic-and-science blend, cosmic horror setting, university city, New Zealand, Earth, alien world

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Dream Mates

Jane Handler · 2025 · Into the Parallel Omegaverse

A memory-lost woman returns to her fated pack, only to uncover hidden truths that could reshape their bond.

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Premise labels: fated mates · portal romance · parallel worlds · amnesia · memory loss · secret identity · found family · polyamorous pack · second chance romance · mate bonds · interdimensional travel · mystery reveal

Setting labels: parallel universe · alternate world · interdimensional travel · portal setting · omegaverse society · designation system · police surveillance · science-inflected fantasy · world with designations

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Distance: 0.1770

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The Silent Tower

Barbara Hambly · 2011 · Windrose Chronicles

A kidnapped programmer and an eccentric mage must cross worlds to stop a hidden force tearing reality apart.

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Premise labels: interdimensional portal · world-crossing · wizard and programmer · magic and technology · murder mystery · world-saving quest · kidnapped heroine · magical conspiracy · cross-world alliance

Setting labels: alternate world · parallel worlds · interdimensional · magic world · industrializing society · preindustrial society · contemporary Earth · 1980s technology · urban setting · fantasy realm

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Distance: 0.1901

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Realm of the Blue Mist

Amy Kim · 2021 · The Rema Chronicles

A grieving girl follows a mysterious boy through a portal into a magical other world, uncovering secrets about her father.

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Premise labels: missing parent · portal adventure · other world · mystery quest · homeward journey · destined heroine · light romance · interplanetary travel

Setting labels: Earth to other world · another planet · magical world · portal world · forest setting · mythic world · interplanetary setting · fantastical reality · parallel worlds

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Distance: 0.2048

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Dangerous Talents

Frankie Robertson · 2012 · Vinlanders' Saga

A stranded modern woman enters a mythic Viking world of magic, war, and romance, and must choose between home and love.

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Premise labels: portal transport · stranded heroine · culture clash · mistaken identity · war threat · magic system · homecoming dilemma · forbidden attraction

Setting labels: another world · parallel world · portal fantasy world · Viking-inspired world · medieval setting · desert setting · castle setting · alternative reality · mythic world

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Distance: 0.2097

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Suck

Cora Rose, E.M. Lindsey · 2026 · Feed and Feast

A human volunteer and a monster commander form a contract that becomes far more than a transaction as secrets surface.

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Premise labels: monster-human contact · cross-dimensional contact · survival exchange · treaty arrangement · government program · forced intimacy · resource extraction

Setting labels: near future · Earth · other dimension · cross-dimensional setting · monster world · alien culture · portal fantasy · post-contact Earth

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Distance: 0.2125

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The Legacy of the Key

S.L. Morgan · 2012 · Ancient Guardians,

A grieving college student discovers she’s a hidden key to other worlds—and to a dangerous, fated romance.

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Premise labels: chosen one · hidden destiny · parallel dimensions · alien guardians · artifact quest · portal adventure · secret heritage · protective romance · end-of-world stakes

Setting labels: Earth · alternate dimension · multiple dimensions · parallel universe · off-world setting · historical-flavored world · 17th century vibe · 18th century vibe · Earth as hub · fantasy realm · alien world

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Distance: 0.2127

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The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor

Shaenon K. Garrity · 2021 · Willowweep Manor

A gothic-obsessed teen tumbles into a trope-filled manor-world and must help save two universes from encroaching evil.

Why this is here

Premise labels: gothic spoof · portal fantasy · alternate universe · save the world

Setting labels: gothic manor · pocket universe · parallel universe · alternate dimension · historic-ish setting · contemporary frame · world between dimensions

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Distance: 0.2138

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Black Science, Vol. 2: Welcome, Nowhere

Rick Remender · 2015 · Black Science

A stranded team of scientists and family members fights through hostile realities as the multiverse keeps shifting under them.

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Premise labels: dimension hopping · multiverse · scientists · family in danger · survival quest · alternate realities · hostile worlds · science and magic

Setting labels: alternate realities · multiverse · eververse · alien worlds · one-universe stretch · science-fantasy world · hostile landscape · constructed reality

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Distance: 0.2153

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The Silver Dream

Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves · 2013 · InterWorld

A multiverse teen team faces sabotage, a mysterious outsider, and rising war between magic and science.

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Premise labels: multiverse mission · dimension walking · parallel worlds · magic versus science · traitor hunt · mysterious outsider · time travel

Setting labels: multiverse · parallel worlds · alternate Earths · interdimensional base · space-time · science-fantasy world · time travel

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Distance: 0.2155

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InterWorld

Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves · 2007 · InterWorld

A directionless teen stumbles into a multiverse war and joins alternate versions of himself to defend reality.

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Premise labels: multiverse war · alternate selves · world walking · balance keeping · science vs magic · chosen one · parallel worlds · dimension travel · secret war · training academy

Setting labels: multiverse · alternate Earths · parallel worlds · in-between realm · dimension travel · science-based worlds · magic-based worlds · modern Earth · school setting · alternate reality

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Distance: 0.2173

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I Married a Dragon

Regine Abel · 2022 · Prime Mating Agency

A human peacekeeper is forced into a temporary alien marriage that could avert war and heal a lonely dragon lord.

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Premise labels: forced marriage · alien mate bond · touch heals · cultural clash · intergalactic stakes · temporary alliance · search for mate · protective hero · undercover mission · portal crisis

Setting labels: interplanetary · alien world · portal fantasy · shadow realm · research facility · research accident · political realm · cultural unfamiliarity · science-fantasy world

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Distance: 0.2193

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Savage City

L. Penelope · 2021 · The Bliss Wars

After dying, a lonely woman wakes in a war-torn parallel city where she must pose as a missing princess to survive.

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Premise labels: portal fantasy · parallel world · mistaken identity · fake princess · shifter clans · war between factions · forbidden romance · captivity · survival · royalty · multiverse

Setting labels: parallel Earth · alternate San Francisco · post-apocalyptic city · dystopian world · multiverse · fantasy city · warring clans · urban setting

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Distance: 0.2202

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