romance books where the female lead isn’t just horny or weak with an unbelievable amount of problems.

I'm looking for a book, or a series which I would prefer, with well written female leads that don't end up having sex at the beginning of the book which escalates to the main characters falling in love or whatever. I would prefer if the smut was minimal and that their love story would take it's time, not just them being physical.

I want the female lead to not just be this weak little bug who is found by this bulky, oak tree of a man (who is very dark and shady and loves killing anyone who glances at her for 2 seconds), and saved because she's too tiny and fragile to help herself. And I don't mean for the female lead to be a badass, masculine figure, just let her deal with her own problems.

I would ABSOLUTELY love if the main character was a complete sweetheart. Basically a green flag which I don't see much since booktok is completely obsessed with red flagged mafia men.

Another thing to add, I despise it when there are weird descriptions of the female lead. As: her tiny waist, her deep baby looking like eyes. Yeah, no.

Open for any genres, but would prefer for the book to have a proper romance plot.