Forbidden Love

Book Trope

You always want what you can’t have. Watching star-crossed lovers find one another never gets old. It’s a timeless theme exploring how far one will go for love. With the forces stacked against them and tension bearing down on the characters, there’s a captivating magic in these paramours trumping adversity. When love is under pressure in these romantic relationships, we’re all just waiting with bated breath for the passion to be freed.

7th Circle

Tate James

An Offer From a Gentleman

Julia Quinn

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Art of Scandal

Regina Black

Bittersweet Memories by Catharine Maura

Bittersweet Memories

Catharina Maura

Brutal Bargain by Laurelin Paige

Brutal Bargain

Laurelin Paige

Desperate Measures

Katee Robert

Divine Rivals

Rebecca Ross

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend

Emma R. Alban

Dream Girl Drama by Tessa Bailey

Dream Girl Drama

Tessa Bailey

Fang Fiction

Kate Stayman-London

Filthy Rich Fae

Geneva Lee

For the Fans

Nyla K.

Gothic Grove

JA George

Grave Matter by Karina Halle

Grave Matter

Karina Halle

Here There Be Monsters

EC Garrett

Hexed

Emily McIntire

How to Face Eternity: Part 1

SH Classen

How to Help a Hungry Werewolf

Charlotte Stein

In Memoriam

Alice Winn

Like Water for Chocolate

Laura Esquivel

Long Live Evil

Sarah Rees Brennan

Mine for a Moment by Catharina Maura

Mine For a Moment

Catharina Maura

Not In Love

Ali Hazelwood

One Dark Window

Rachel Gillig

One For My Enemy by Olivie Blake

One For My Enemy

Olivie Blake

Pas de Don't by Chloe Angyal

Pas de Don't

Chloe Angyl

Pen Pal

J.T. Geissinger

Praise

Sara Cate

Promise Me Not by Meagan Brandy

Promise Me Not

Meagan Brandy

Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

Reel by Kennedy Ryan

Reel

Kennedy Ryan

Scream For Us

Molly Doyle

Skyshade

Alex Aster

Spark of the Everflame

Penn Cole

Spookily Yours

Jennifer Chipman

Teach the Torches to Burn

Caleb Roehrig

The Dead Romantics

Ashley Poston

The Fall That Saved Us

Tamara Jerée

The Last Raven

Helen Glynn Jones

The Nightmare Before Kissmas

Sara Raasch

The Other Side

AJ Wynn

The Poisoner

I.V. Ophelia

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Songbird and the Heart of Stone

Carissa Broadbent

The Starlight Heir

Amalie Howard

The Stars Are Dying

Chloe C. Peñaranda

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

This Summer Will Be Different

Carley Fortune

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Twilight

Stephenie Meyer

When He Was Wicked

Julia Quinn

When the Moon Hatched

Sarah A. Parker

Wild & Free

K Webster

Wildfire

Hannah Grace

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Yours, Finally

Leonor Soliz

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