⚖️ Persecuted Woman

A woman targeted by institutional or personal cruelty, whose struggle against unjust forces illuminates the particular dangers of being female in hostile worlds.

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

4.27

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts

A Brief History of Misogyny 87%

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.27

49 ratings

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts

How to Kill a Witch

by Zoe Venditozzi • 2025

Witch hunts weren't about magic. They were about controlling women. And they haven't stopped.

3.81

18k+

🔥 Witch Trials 📚 Feminist History ⚡ Gender Based Violence

How to Kill a Witch 87%

Witch hunts weren't about magic. They were about controlling women. And they haven't stopped.

by Zoe Venditozzi 2025

3.81

18k+ ratings

🔥 Witch Trials 📚 Feminist History ⚡ Gender Based Violence

Wolfhunter River

by Rachel Caine • 2019

A serial killer's ex-wife is the only hope for women vanishing in a town built on secrets.

4.11

44k+

🖤 Serial Killer'S Wife 🛡️ Protective Mother 🕯️ Small Town Cult

Wolfhunter River 87%

A serial killer's ex-wife is the only hope for women vanishing in a town built on secrets.

by Rachel Caine 2019

4.11

44k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer'S Wife 🛡️ Protective Mother 🕯️ Small Town Cult

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

4.14

3k+

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts

A Brief History of Misogyny 87%

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.14

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts

The Last Witch

by C.J. Cooke • 2025

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

4.07

3k+

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine

The Last Witch 86%

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

by C.J. Cooke 2025

4.07

3k+ ratings

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine

Tick Tock

by Fern Michaels • 2022

After a car bomb leaves a Sister comatose, the vigilante group tracks down the ex-cons responsible.

4.36

6k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family 👩‍⚖️ Female Revenge

Tick Tock 86%

After a car bomb leaves a Sister comatose, the vigilante group tracks down the ex-cons responsible.

by Fern Michaels 2022

4.36

6k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family 👩‍⚖️ Female Revenge

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

3.85

3k+

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism

Off With Her Head 86%

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

by Eleanor Herman 2022

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism

Against Our Will

by Susan Brownmiller • 1975

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

4.05

4k+

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism

Against Our Will 86%

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

by Susan Brownmiller 1975

4.05

4k+ ratings

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism

Not Without My Daughter

by Betty Mahmoody • 1987

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

4.19

39k+

🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy

Not Without My Daughter 86%

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

by Betty Mahmoody 1987

4.19

39k+ ratings

🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy

Women of a Promiscuous Nature

by Donna Everhart • 2026

1931 North Carolina: solitary cells, forced sterilization. Three women in a reform colony resist.

3.89

8k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏛️ Institutional Horror ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Women of a Promiscuous Nature 86%

1931 North Carolina: solitary cells, forced sterilization. Three women in a reform colony resist.

by Donna Everhart 2026

3.89

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏛️ Institutional Horror ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Tears of the Desert

by Halima Bashir • 2008

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

4.24

4k+

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories

Tears of the Desert 86%

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

by Halima Bashir 2008

4.24

4k+ ratings

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories

Near the Bone

by Christina Henry • 2021

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

3.69

22k+

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

Near the Bone 86%

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

by Christina Henry 2021

3.69

22k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

She Made Herself a Monster

by Anna Kovatcheva • 2026

A cursed orphan allies with a vampire slayer to fake her death and flee her abuser.

3.57

2k+

✊ Feminist Horror 🧛‍♀️ Vampire Hunter 💀 Fake Death

She Made Herself a Monster 86%

A cursed orphan allies with a vampire slayer to fake her death and flee her abuser.

by Anna Kovatcheva 2026

3.57

2k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Horror 🧛‍♀️ Vampire Hunter 💀 Fake Death

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

In the Dream House 86%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

Hide and Seek

by Fern Michaels • 2007

A corrupt FBI director obsessively hunts seven fugitive women sheltered on a Spanish mountain.

4.33

8k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🫂 Found Family 🏃‍♀️ Women On The Run

Hide and Seek 86%

A corrupt FBI director obsessively hunts seven fugitive women sheltered on a Spanish mountain.

by Fern Michaels 2007

4.33

8k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🫂 Found Family 🏃‍♀️ Women On The Run

The Imam's Daughter

by Hannah Shah • 2009

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

4.15

2k+

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse

The Imam's Daughter 86%

An imam's abused daughter fled a forced marriage at sixteen. Her family hunted her for years.

by Hannah Shah 2009

4.15

2k+ ratings

🩸 Honor Killings 💍 Forced Marriage ⛪ Religious Abuse

The Housemaid's Secret

by Freida McFadden • 2023

A housemaid helps an abused wife escape, only to be framed for the husband's murder.

4.16

1.8M+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧹 Maid Thriller ⚖️ Framed For Murder

The Housemaid's Secret 86%

A housemaid helps an abused wife escape, only to be framed for the husband's murder.

by Freida McFadden 2023

4.16

1.8M+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧹 Maid Thriller ⚖️ Framed For Murder

Women & Power

by Mary Beard • 2017

Women have been silenced since Homer. The answer isn't fitting into power but redefining it.

4.02

40k+

🏛️ Women In Politics 🤫 Silencing Of Women 🏺 Myth And Misogyny

Women & Power 86%

Women have been silenced since Homer. The answer isn't fitting into power but redefining it.

by Mary Beard 2017

4.02

40k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Politics 🤫 Silencing Of Women 🏺 Myth And Misogyny

Prey

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali • 2021

Mass migration is eroding European women's safety, and liberal authorities refuse to name the cause.

4.13

1k+

⚠️ Sexual Violence 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏘️ Urban Segregation

Prey 86%

Mass migration is eroding European women's safety, and liberal authorities refuse to name the cause.

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2021

4.13

1k+ ratings

⚠️ Sexual Violence 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏘️ Urban Segregation

Seven Women

by Eric Metaxas • 2015

The seven women history admires had something in common that most accounts leave out.

4.18

7k+

🕊️ Christian Biography 🙏 Heroines Of Faith 🔥 Faith Under Fire

Seven Women 86%

The seven women history admires had something in common that most accounts leave out.

by Eric Metaxas 2015

4.18

7k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Biography 🙏 Heroines Of Faith 🔥 Faith Under Fire

Unbreakable

by Jenni Rivera • 2013

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

4.47

2k+

🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse

Unbreakable 86%

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

by Jenni Rivera 2013

4.47

2k+ ratings

🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse

Brutally Honest

by Melanie Brown • 2018

The world called her Scary Spice. One man called her his prisoner, for a decade.

4.05

6k+

🎤 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ⛓️ Coercive Control

Brutally Honest 86%

The world called her Scary Spice. One man called her his prisoner, for a decade.

by Melanie Brown 2018

4.05

6k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ⛓️ Coercive Control

Sex Object

by Jessica Valenti • 2016

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

3.66

14k+

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

Sex Object 86%

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

by Jessica Valenti 2016

3.66

14k+ ratings

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

The Battered Woman

by Lenore E. Walker • 1980

Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.

4.01

101

🏠 Domestic Violence 🧠 Trauma Psychology ⛓️ Power And Control

The Battered Woman 86%

Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.

by Lenore E. Walker 1980

4.01

101 ratings

🏠 Domestic Violence 🧠 Trauma Psychology ⛓️ Power And Control

Dirty Weekend

by Helen Zahavi • 1991

Her neighbor watches every move and threatens acid, so a Brighton woman reaches for a hammer.

3.72

1k+

🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🔥 Female Rage 🎯 Prey Becomes Hunter

Dirty Weekend 86%

Her neighbor watches every move and threatens acid, so a Brighton woman reaches for a hammer.

by Helen Zahavi 1991

3.72

1k+ ratings

🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🔥 Female Rage 🎯 Prey Becomes Hunter

A Well-Trained Wife

by Tia Levings • 2024

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

4.28

38k+

💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse

A Well-Trained Wife 86%

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

by Tia Levings 2024

4.28

38k+ ratings

💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse

Brave

by Rose McGowan • 2018

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

3.86

10k+

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Brave 86%

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

by Rose McGowan 2018

3.86

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

In Defense of Witches

by Mona Chollet • 2018

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

4.04

24k+

🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women

In Defense of Witches 86%

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

by Mona Chollet 2018

4.04

24k+ ratings

🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women

Song of the Nightingale

by Helen Berhane • 2009

Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.

4.35

173

✝️ Christian Persecution 🔥 Faith Under Fire 🇪🇷 Eritrean History

Song of the Nightingale 86%

Her captors beat her until the stick broke. She still refused to recant.

by Helen Berhane 2009

4.35

173 ratings

✝️ Christian Persecution 🔥 Faith Under Fire 🇪🇷 Eritrean History

The Librarian

by Valerie Keogh • 2023

Her stalker framed her for destroying a painting. Now he wants her to know why.

3.83

9k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👭 Sister Bond 🕯️ Gaslighting

The Librarian 86%

Her stalker framed her for destroying a painting. Now he wants her to know why.

by Valerie Keogh 2023

3.83

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👭 Sister Bond 🕯️ Gaslighting

Under the Radar

by Fern Michaels • 2009

When their leader disappears, women vigilantes race to rescue pregnant teens from a polygamous cult.

4.24

5k+

🎯 Vigilante Justice 🏚️ Polygamous Cult 🫂 Found Family

Under the Radar 86%

When their leader disappears, women vigilantes race to rescue pregnant teens from a polygamous cult.

by Fern Michaels 2009

4.24

5k+ ratings

🎯 Vigilante Justice 🏚️ Polygamous Cult 🫂 Found Family

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives

by Manon Garcia • 2018

Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.

3.90

890

🇫🇷 French Feminism ✊ Patriarchy Critique 👁️ Sexual Objectification

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives Summary

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives 86%

Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.

by Manon Garcia 2018

3.90

890 ratings

🇫🇷 French Feminism ✊ Patriarchy Critique 👁️ Sexual Objectification

Creep

by Emma van Straaten • 2025

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

3.47

6k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Creep 86%

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

by Emma van Straaten 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

A Certain Hunger

by Chelsea G. Summers • 2019

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

3.70

69k+

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror

A Certain Hunger 86%

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

by Chelsea G. Summers 2019

3.70

69k+ ratings

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror

The Last Thing to Burn

by Will Dean • 2021

A captive on a remote farm becomes a mother. Her child's survival demands the impossible.

3.96

30k+

🔒 Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👩‍👧 Maternal Survival

The Last Thing to Burn 86%

A captive on a remote farm becomes a mother. Her child's survival demands the impossible.

by Will Dean 2021

3.96

30k+ ratings

🔒 Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👩‍👧 Maternal Survival

1795

by Niklas Natt och Dag • 2021

1795. One woman's secret could topple Stockholm's rulers, if she lives long enough to use it.

3.46

4k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🏃‍♀️ Hunted Woman ⚖️ Systemic Corruption

1795 86%

1795. One woman's secret could topple Stockholm's rulers, if she lives long enough to use it.

by Niklas Natt och Dag 2021

3.46

4k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🏃‍♀️ Hunted Woman ⚖️ Systemic Corruption

Prisoners of Hope

by Dayna Curry • 2002

Arrested by the Taliban for their faith. Then the towers fell, and the bombing began.

3.99

2k+

🕊️ Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Captivity Narratives 🇦🇫 Women In Afghanistan

Prisoners of Hope 85%

Arrested by the Taliban for their faith. Then the towers fell, and the bombing began.

by Dayna Curry 2002

3.99

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Captivity Narratives 🇦🇫 Women In Afghanistan

God's Hostage

by Andrew Brunson • 2019

An American pastor arrested as a spy. Twenty-two months as Turkey's hostage. One faith to break.

4.41

810

✝️ Christian Persecution 🌍 Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Political Imprisonment

God's Hostage 85%

An American pastor arrested as a spy. Twenty-two months as Turkey's hostage. One faith to break.

by Andrew Brunson 2019

4.41

810 ratings

✝️ Christian Persecution 🌍 Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Political Imprisonment

Nightwatching

by Tracy Sierra • 2024

During a blizzard, a mother hides her children from an intruder who knows their names.

3.79

48k+

🏠 Home Invasion ❄️ Blizzard 🚪 Secret Room

Nightwatching 85%

During a blizzard, a mother hides her children from an intruder who knows their names.

by Tracy Sierra 2024

3.79

48k+ ratings

🏠 Home Invasion ❄️ Blizzard 🚪 Secret Room

Girls on Film

by Alicia Malone • 2022

Landing her dream job as a TCM host was only act one of her film education.

3.82

272

🎬 Film Criticism 🎞️ Classic Cinema ✊ Feminist Media Criticism

Girls on Film 85%

Landing her dream job as a TCM host was only act one of her film education.

by Alicia Malone 2022

3.82

272 ratings

🎬 Film Criticism 🎞️ Classic Cinema ✊ Feminist Media Criticism

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

by Delilah S. Dawson • 2024

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

3.65

2k+

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment 85%

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

by Delilah S. Dawson 2024

3.65

2k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum

The Five

by Hallie Rubenhold • 2019

Jack the Ripper killed five women. The label pinned on three of them was a lie.

4.09

69k+

🏙️ Victorian London 📖 Social History ✊ Feminist History

The Five 85%

Jack the Ripper killed five women. The label pinned on three of them was a lie.

by Hallie Rubenhold 2019

4.09

69k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian London 📖 Social History ✊ Feminist History

Mad, Bad, and Sad

by Lisa Appignanesi • 2007

Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.

3.70

957

🌀 Women And Madness 🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 📜 Feminist History

Mad, Bad, and Sad 85%

Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.

by Lisa Appignanesi 2007

3.70

957 ratings

🌀 Women And Madness 🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 📜 Feminist History

Don't Look Back

by Christine Caine • 2023

Pregnant, Lily flees her abuser and hides in a small town, but he is closing in.

4.32

2k+

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 🎭 New Identity

Don't Look Back 85%

Pregnant, Lily flees her abuser and hides in a small town, but he is closing in.

by Christine Caine 2023

4.32

2k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 🎭 New Identity

The Power of Women

by Denis Mukwege • 2021

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

4.71

2k+

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives

The Power of Women 85%

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

by Denis Mukwege 2021

4.71

2k+ ratings

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives

Do Not Disturb

by Freida McFadden • 2021

After killing her husband, she hides at a snowbound motel where the last guest was murdered.

3.89

388k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense ❄️ Snowbound Setting 🔪 Sister Betrayal

Do Not Disturb 85%

After killing her husband, she hides at a snowbound motel where the last guest was murdered.

by Freida McFadden 2021

3.89

388k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense ❄️ Snowbound Setting 🔪 Sister Betrayal

Eve Was Framed

by Helena Kennedy • 1992

British justice is blind, but not to a woman's marital status, sexual history, or race.

4.31

903

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 👩‍⚖️ Gender And Law ❌ Rape Myths

Eve Was Framed 85%

British justice is blind, but not to a woman's marital status, sexual history, or race.

by Helena Kennedy 1992

4.31

903 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 👩‍⚖️ Gender And Law ❌ Rape Myths

Ten Lies the Church Tells Women

by J. Lee Grady • 2000

Ten evangelical doctrines that silenced women, refuted by the same scriptures used to impose them.

4.13

261

⚖️ Christian Egalitarianism ⛪ Women In Ministry 🚫 Spiritual Abuse

Ten Lies the Church Tells Women 85%

Ten evangelical doctrines that silenced women, refuted by the same scriptures used to impose them.

by J. Lee Grady 2000

4.13

261 ratings

⚖️ Christian Egalitarianism ⛪ Women In Ministry 🚫 Spiritual Abuse

Asking for It

by Kate Harding • 2014

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

4.37

4k+

⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths

Asking for It 85%

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

by Kate Harding 2014

4.37

4k+ ratings

⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths

The Marriage Portrait

by Maggie O'Farrell • 2022

A Renaissance duchess, discovering her husband's intent to kill her, must flee his fortress by dawn.

4.01

206k+

🎨 Renaissance Italy 💔 Forced Marriage 🖤 Dangerous Marriage

The Marriage Portrait 85%

A Renaissance duchess, discovering her husband's intent to kill her, must flee his fortress by dawn.

by Maggie O'Farrell 2022

4.01

206k+ ratings

🎨 Renaissance Italy 💔 Forced Marriage 🖤 Dangerous Marriage

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