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Books about Forbidden Love
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Tragic romance of two star-crossed lovers, torn apart by the feuding of their families.
In Romeo and Juliet , Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a ... (Goodreads)
A Hunger Like No Other
by Kresley Cole
A paranormal romance between a vampire and a shape-shifter, with a love that defies all odds.
In New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Kresley Cole’s sizzling series, a fierce werewolf and a bewitching vampire become unlikely soul mates whose passion will test the boundaries of life ... (Goodreads)
The Raven Prince
by Elizabeth Hoyt
A forbidden romance between a duke and a governess, set in the backdrop of Regency England.
There comes a time in a lady's life... Widowed Anna Wren is having a wretched day. After an arrogant male on horseback nearly squashes her, she arrives home to learn that she is in dire financial ... (Goodreads)
Wicked Ties
by Shayla Black
An erotic romance novel about a couple exploring the boundaries of their relationship.
She didn’t know what she wanted… Morgan O’Malley has seen a lot of kinky things as the hostess of a cable sex talk show. But she’s never met a man like Jack Cole before. A self-proclaimed dominant, ... (Goodreads)
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
A controversial tale of a man's forbidden love for a young girl.
The novel is prefaced by a fictitious foreword by John Ray Jr., an editor of psychology books. Ray states that he is presenting a memoir written by a man using the pseudonym "Humbert Humbert", who ... (Wikipedia)
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
A romantic drama set in the high society of 19th century New York, exploring the limits of love and longing.
Newland Archer, gentleman lawyer and heir to one of New York City's most illustrious families, happily anticipates his highly desirable marriage to the sheltered and beautiful May Welland. Yet he ... (Wikipedia)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D.H. Lawrence
A working-class man's affair with an aristocratic woman, and their coming to terms with the strictures of society.
Lawrence's frank portrayal of an extramarital affair and the explicit sexual explorations of its central characters caused this controversial book, now considered a masterpiece, to be banned as ... (Goodreads)
The Price of Salt
by Patricia Highsmith
Two women build a relationship against all odds, navigating a taboo romance.
Therese Belivet is a lonely young woman, just beginning her adult life in Manhattan and looking for her chance to launch her career as a theatre set designer . When she was a small girl, her widowed ... (Wikipedia)
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice
A vampire's musings on his existence, struggles with morality and his own immortality.
A vampire named Louis de Pointe du Lac tells his 200-year-long life story to a reporter referred to simply as " the boy ". In 1791, Louis is a young indigo plantation owner living in Louisiana . ... (Wikipedia)
A Discovery of Witches
by Deborah Harkness
An enchanted journey of forbidden love, as a witch and a vampire search for an ancient magical book.
Book one of the, New York Times,-bestselling All Souls trilogy—"a wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of, Harry Potter, and, Twilight,” (,People,). Look for the hit TV series ... (Barnes & Noble)
Lover Enshrined
by J.R. Ward
Vampire romance between a tortured soul and a warrior woman, filled with suspense and danger.
In this "frighteningly addictive" paranormal romance saga there's a war raging between vampires and their slayers. Here are the stories of a secret band of brothers like no other—six vampire ... (Goodreads)
The Shadows
by J.R. Ward
Vampire romance novel set in a hidden underworld of secrets and danger.
Two brothers bound by more than blood fight to change a brutal destiny in this novel in the #1, New York Times, bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Sold by his parents to the Queen of the ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Angel
by Tiffany Reisz
A young woman falls in love with an angel and must navigate the consequences of their forbidden relationship.
No safe word can protect the heart Infamous erotica author and accomplished dominatrix Nora Sutherlin is doing something utterly out of character: hiding. While her longtime lover, Søren—whose ... (Goodreads)
Priest
by Sierra Simone
A taboo romance between a priest and a woman seeking redemption. It explores the boundaries of faith, love, and desire.
There are many rules a priest can't break. A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. I've always been good at following rules. Until she came. My name ... (Goodreads)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
by Julia Quinn
A forbidden romance between a wealthy gentleman and a lower-class woman in Regency England.
,, From, New York Times, bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the fourth novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for ... (Barnes & Noble)
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan
A romantic story of love and tragedy, as a woman risks everything for her forbidden passion.
The book opens to notes written by Mamah Borthwick, reminiscing on her life and expressing her longing to tell her views of what happened. The story begins with an account of Mamah’s attendance, with ... (Wikipedia)
Brokeback Mountain
by Annie Proulx
Forbidden love between two cowboys exploring their sexuality and emotions in a hostile environment.
Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, "Brokeback Mountain" is her masterpiece. Ennis del Mar ... (Goodreads)
Love Bites
by Lynsay Sands
A forbidden love story between a vampire and a human, testing the boundaries of destiny.
True Love: Good From The First Bite... Etienne Argeneau's three hundred years of bachelorhood were at an end. Either that, or he'd be forever alone. He could only "turn" one human in his lifetime, ... (Goodreads)
A Bite to Remember
by Lynsay Sands
A vampire falls in love with his human captor, as they flee a powerful enemy.
Rule #1: Never get involved with someone who won't be there for you when the sun comes up. Once bitten, twice shy, and sexy PI Jackie Morrisey wasn't going there again. Vincent Argeneau may be the ... (Barnes & Noble)
When He Was Wicked
by Julia Quinn
A tale of forbidden love between a duke and a governess, testing societal conventions.
Everything was so much simpler... when he was wicked. In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one's life will never be the same. For ... (Goodreads)
Forbidden
by Tabitha Suzuma
A forbidden love story between siblings, challenging societal norms and morality.
She is pretty and talented - sweet sixteen and never been kissed. He is seventeen; gorgeous and on the brink of a bright future. And now they have fallen in love. But... they are brother and sister. ... (Goodreads)
The Chosen
by J.R. Ward
Vampire romance set in a secret underworld, as two star-crossed lovers battle against ancient forces.
NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER • A scorching forbidden love threatens to tear a rift through the Black Dagger Brotherhood in J. R. Ward’s newest novel in the #1, New York Times, bestselling series. Xcor, ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Beast
by J.R. Ward
A forbidden love story between a vampire and a human, testing their courage and loyalty.
Fan favorite couple Rhage and Mary return in this gripping novel in the #1, New York Times, bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood. ... (Barnes & Noble)
Like Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel
Magical tale of forbidden love, crossed by cultural and family traditions.
The book is divided into 12 sections named after the months of the year, starting in January and ending in December. Each section begins with a Mexican recipe . The chapters connect each dish to an ... (Wikipedia)
Brighter Than the Sun
by Julia Quinn
A forbidden romance between an English spy and a rebellious American heiress.
Charles Wycombe, the dashing - if incorrigible - Earl of Billington, needs a bride before his upcoming 30th birthday, if he hopes to earn his inheritance. The vicar's vivacious, determined daughter, ... (Barnes & Noble)
If There Be Thorns
by V.C. Andrews
A family drama exploring the dark corners of love, secrets, and forbidden passion.
The book is narrated by two half-brothers , Jory and Bart Sheffield. Jory is a handsome, talented fourteen-year-old boy who wants to follow his mother Cathy in her career in the ballet , while ... (Wikipedia)
Kushiel's Avatar
by Jacqueline Carey
A gripping fantasy saga of political intrigue, magic, and forbidden love.
The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It's inhabited by the race that rose from the seed of angels, and they live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phèdre nó ... (Goodreads)
Fallen
by Lauren Kate
An epic tale of love and redemption, as two star-crossed lovers battle forces of evil.
There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori. Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school ... (Goodreads)
Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
by Vladimir Nabokov
An epic novel of forbidden love between a brother and sister, set against a backdrop of family secrets.
Ada tells the life story of a man named Van Veen, and his lifelong love affair with his sister Ada. They meet when she is eleven (soon to be twelve) and he is fourteen, believing that they are ... (Wikipedia)
Unteachable
by Leah Raeder
High school student Maise falls for her teacher, but their forbidden romance is threatened by secrets from their pasts.
Maise O’Malley just turned eighteen, but she’s felt like a grown-up her entire life. The summer before senior year, she has plans: get into a great film school, convince her mom to go into rehab, and ... (Goodreads)
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
by Bryn Greenwood
A story of forbidden love, testing the boundaries of morality and redemption.
- A, New York Times, and, USA Today, bestseller - Book of the Month Club 2016 Book of the Year - Second Place Goodreads Best Fiction of 2016 A beautiful and provocative love story between two ... (Barnes & Noble)
Blood Wedding
by Federico García Lorca
A tragedy of forbidden love, exploring the power of fate and the consequences of passion.
As the play opens, The Mother speaks with her son, The Groom. Act I reveals that The Groom's father was killed a few years ago by men from the Felix family. When The Groom asks for a knife to cut ... (Wikipedia)
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night
by Kresley Cole
A dark romance between two unlikely lovers, exploring a forbidden love.
This seductive paranormal series continues with a brutal Highland werewolf and an exquisite young witch, adversaries with a blood vendetta between them. Her breathless kiss haunts him... Bowen ... (Goodreads)
The Wedding
by Julie Garwood
A romantic adventure of two star-crossed lovers, determined to be together despite all odds.
It's a classic plot: a marriage of convenience that lays the groundwork for true love. 1119. Journeying from England to Scotland to wed a highlander, Lady Brenna had resigned herself to the arranged ... (Goodreads)
Dark Desires After Dusk
by Kresley Cole
A paranormal romance about a woman's forbidden love for a vampire.
RITA Award-winning author Kresley Cole continues her bestselling, Immortals After Dark, series with this electrifying tale of a ruthless demon mercenary and the lovely young halfling who enchants ... (Goodreads)
Be Still My Vampire Heart
by Kerrelyn Sparks
A vampire discovers true love in the modern world, navigating a dangerous and forbidden romance.
One look at her was enough to stop his heart... If it was still beating. Angus MacKay has been undead for almost five hundred years, and it's not often something, or someone, surprises him. Until ... (Goodreads)
Kiss of Midnight
by Lara Adrian
A vampire warrior and a human woman fall in love, entangled in a dangerous and forbidden romance.
He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black-haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle Maxwell’s deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night—or this man—is what it seems. For when ... (Goodreads)
Gabriel's Inferno
by Sylvain Reynard
A passionate romance between a professor and a student, exploring the power of love and redemption.
Gabriel Owen Emerson is a brilliant and enigmatic professor of Dante studies at the University of Toronto . His cold, aloof exterior masks dark secrets he successfully hides, though he has never ... (Wikipedia)
Hush, Hush
by Becca Fitzpatrick
A supernatural romance, exploring the dangerous power of forbidden love.
Nora Grey is an average sophomore student living in Coldwater, Maine. Her life is largely uneventful until she is seated next to a mysterious senior named Patch Cipriano in biology class, who had ... (Wikipedia)
The Paying Guests
by Sarah Waters
A forbidden affair between two women in 1920s London, amidst an era of social change.
It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned; the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa—a large, silent house now ... (Goodreads)
Midnight Awakening
by Lara Adrian
A vampire and a human woman fight their forbidden attraction as they search for a missing girl.
With a dagger in her hand and vengeance on her mind, Darkhaven beauty Elise Chase prowls Boston’s streets in search of retribution against the Rogue vampires who took from her everything she ... (Goodreads)
Unravel Me
by Tahereh Mafi
A paranormal romance featuring a dangerous and forbidden love between a mortal and immortal.
The thrilling second installment in New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series. It should have taken Juliette a single touch to kill Warner. But his mysterious immunity to her ... (Barnes & Noble)
Lips Touch: Three Times
by Laini Taylor
Three tales of forbidden love spanning different times and places.
Three tales of supernatural love, each pivoting on a kiss that is no mere kiss, but an action with profound consequences for the kissers' souls: Goblin Fruit: In Victorian times, goblin men had only ... (Barnes & Noble)
Fallen Too Far
by Abbi Glines
A young woman's journey of self-discovery, navigating the complexities of love and life.
To want what you’re not supposed to have… She is only nineteen. She is his new stepfather’s daughter. She is still naïve and innocent due to spending the last three years taking care of her sick ... (Goodreads)
Rules of Attraction
by Simone Elkeles
A forbidden romance between two students from different worlds, overcoming obstacles of family and society.
Carlos Fuentes doesn't want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him in Boulder, Colorado. He wants to keep living on the edge, and carve his own path-just like Alex did. ... (Goodreads)
Demelza
by Winston Graham
A romantic tale of two lovers facing the challenges of society in 19th century Cornwall.
In the enchanting second novel in Winston Graham’s beloved Poldark series, Demelza Carne, an impoverished miner’s daughter Ross Poldark rescued from a fairground brawl, now happily finds herself his ... (Goodreads)
Stepbrother Dearest
by Penelope Ward
Forbidden love story between two step-siblings, Greta and Elec, who reunite after years apart.
You’re not supposed to want the one who torments you. When my stepbrother, Elec, came to live with us my senior year, I wasn’t prepared for how much of a jerk he’d be. I hated that he took it out on ... (Goodreads)
Kiss of Heat
by Lora Leigh
A passionate tale of forbidden love between two people from different worlds.
They've waited a decade to come together. Long years filled with unbearable pain and soul-wrenching torment that have changed them both and left wounds that have laid their souls bare. Wounds that ... (Barnes & Noble)
Bully
by Penelope Douglas
An unlikely romance between two high school students, challenging the social boundaries of their school.
My name is Tate. He doesn't call me that, though. He would never refer to me so informally, if he referred to me at all. No, he'll barely even speak to me. But he still won't leave me alone. We were ... (Goodreads)
Midnight Pleasures
by Amanda Ashley
A romantic vampire story featuring a dangerous love affair between a mortal woman and an immortal man.
Handsome and sensual, surrounded by an aura of danger, mystery, and the forbidden, a lover steps from the shadows. But is he mortal? Or is he an ancient god, a sorcerer, or a mythical beast who can ... (Goodreads)
Tempting the Beast
by Lora Leigh
A woman falls for a genetically altered man who is part animal, part human. They must navigate their attraction while facing danger and betrayal.
He's a genetic experiment. The merging of human and lion DNA his creators call a Breed. And they have no idea just what kind of the creature they brought into being., Callan Lyons wanted only to be ... (Barnes & Noble)
Rapture
by Lauren Kate
Teenage girl discovers her true destiny as a fallen angel caught in a struggle between good and evil.
When evil triumphs… when the world ends… trust your love.The sky is dark with wings… . Like sand in an hourglass, time is running out for Luce and Daniel. To stop Lucifer from erasing the past, they ... (Goodreads)
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