💔 Forbidden Love

Desire that defies every boundary — social, moral, familial, or supernatural. These stories draw their power from the collision between what the heart wants and what the world allows.

The Wycherleys

by Annaliese Avery

Her curse poisons every magical bond, except with the rival she was raised to hate.

4.02

2k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎩 Regency Fantasy 🔮 Cursed Heroine 🎭 Fake Relationship 📚 Magical Library

The Wycherleys

Her curse poisons every magical bond, except with the rival she was raised to hate.

by Annaliese Avery 2025

4.02

2k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎩 Regency Fantasy 🔮 Cursed Heroine 🎭 Fake Relationship 📚 Magical Library

Faithbreaker

by Hannah Kaner • 2025

A scarred warrior's found family hunts a fire god whose war threatens to consume their world.

4.07

11k+

🕯️ Dying Gods 🙏 Faith As Magic System 🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Faithbreaker

A scarred warrior's found family hunts a fire god whose war threatens to consume their world.

by Hannah Kaner 2025

4.07

11k+ ratings

🕯️ Dying Gods 🙏 Faith As Magic System 🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

The Road to Jerusalem

by Jan Guillou • 1998

A warrior-monk loves the wrong woman. The church exiles him to the Crusades for twenty years.

4.02

9k+

🗡️ Warrior Monk 🏰 Family Saga 🛡️ Medieval Scandinavia ✝️ Crusader Epic 📿 Monastic Life

The Road to Jerusalem

A warrior-monk loves the wrong woman. The church exiles him to the Crusades for twenty years.

by Jan Guillou 1998

4.02

9k+ ratings

🗡️ Warrior Monk 🏰 Family Saga 🛡️ Medieval Scandinavia ✝️ Crusader Epic 📿 Monastic Life

Storm and Fury

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2019

A half-angel hiding among gargoyle shifters falls for the one guardian who could expose her secret.

4.03

72k+

🐺 Shifter Romance 😇 Angel-Demon Conflict 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⭐ Chosen One Destiny

Storm and Fury

A half-angel hiding among gargoyle shifters falls for the one guardian who could expose her secret.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2019

4.03

72k+ ratings

🐺 Shifter Romance 😇 Angel-Demon Conflict 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⭐ Chosen One Destiny

Lust

by Skyler Mason • 2023

A pastor promised to court the older sister burns for the younger one: an outspoken atheist.

3.65

2k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 😳 Father's Best Friend ⛪ Pastor Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Tension 👯 Sister Rivalry

Lust

A pastor promised to court the older sister burns for the younger one: an outspoken atheist.

by Skyler Mason 2023

3.65

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 😳 Father's Best Friend ⛪ Pastor Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Tension 👯 Sister Rivalry

Cursebound

by Saara El-Arifi • 2025

Exiled, bonded, captured: Yeeran must break a fae curse entwined with her sister's doomed romance.

3.80

7k+

👭 Sisters Divided 🔮 Prophecy 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Court Intrigue

Cursebound

Exiled, bonded, captured: Yeeran must break a fae curse entwined with her sister's doomed romance.

by Saara El-Arifi 2025

3.80

7k+ ratings

👭 Sisters Divided 🔮 Prophecy 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Court Intrigue

Elric of Melniboné

by Michael Moorcock • 1972

Drowned by his cousin, a frail sorcerer-emperor bargains with Chaos to reclaim his stolen throne.

3.88

31k+

⚔️ Sword And Sorcery 💀 Tragic Antihero 🗡️ Sentient Weapon 🏛️ Decadent Empire 🤝 Magical Bargains

Elric of Melniboné

Drowned by his cousin, a frail sorcerer-emperor bargains with Chaos to reclaim his stolen throne.

by Michael Moorcock 1972

3.88

31k+ ratings

⚔️ Sword And Sorcery 💀 Tragic Antihero 🗡️ Sentient Weapon 🏛️ Decadent Empire 🤝 Magical Bargains

Furysong

by Rosaria Munda • 2022

When dragonlords retake her city, a peasant dragon rider returns from exile to free her people.

4.38

16k+

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy ✊ Political Revolution ⚖️ Class Warfare 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Love Story 💕 Found Family

Furysong

When dragonlords retake her city, a peasant dragon rider returns from exile to free her people.

by Rosaria Munda 2022

4.38

16k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy ✊ Political Revolution ⚖️ Class Warfare 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Love Story 💕 Found Family

The Summer We Fell

by Elizabeth O'Roark • 2023

She was his teammate's girl. One forbidden summer changed everything. Now she's back.

4.00

40k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🎤 Musician Heroine ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Summer We Fell

She was his teammate's girl. One forbidden summer changed everything. Now she's back.

by Elizabeth O'Roark 2023

4.00

40k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🎤 Musician Heroine ⏳ Dual Timeline

City of Ashes

by Cassandra Clare • 2008

Clary loves Jace, who might be her brother, while her father kills to corrupt an angel's sword.

4.10

999k+

⚔️ Demon Hunting 💕 Love Triangle 🫂 Chosen Family 🌃 Hidden Magical World 🧛 Vampire Transformation

City of Ashes

Clary loves Jace, who might be her brother, while her father kills to corrupt an angel's sword.

by Cassandra Clare 2008

4.10

999k+ ratings

⚔️ Demon Hunting 💕 Love Triangle 🫂 Chosen Family 🌃 Hidden Magical World 🧛 Vampire Transformation

A Dark and Secret Magic

by Wallis Kinney • 2024

A hedge witch shelters the rival who betrayed her as a death god's pact comes due.

3.88

14k+

🔮 Gothic Witch Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📖 Magical Inheritance 🏡 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Magic

A Dark and Secret Magic

A hedge witch shelters the rival who betrayed her as a death god's pact comes due.

by Wallis Kinney 2024

3.88

14k+ ratings

🔮 Gothic Witch Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📖 Magical Inheritance 🏡 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Magic

That Green Eyed Girl

by Julie Owen Moylan • 2022

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

3.87

2k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Quiet Grief 🗽 Mid Century New York

That Green Eyed Girl

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

by Julie Owen Moylan 2022

3.87

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Quiet Grief 🗽 Mid Century New York

One Small Thing

by Erin Watt • 2018

After a reckless night with a stranger, seventeen-year-old Beth discovers he killed her sister.

3.80

11k+

🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🏘️ Small Town Gossip 🔒 Controlling Parents 😞 Survivor's Guilt

One Small Thing

After a reckless night with a stranger, seventeen-year-old Beth discovers he killed her sister.

by Erin Watt 2018

3.80

11k+ ratings

🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🏘️ Small Town Gossip 🔒 Controlling Parents 😞 Survivor's Guilt

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

by Sarah Waters • 2006

In postwar London, queer citizens carry forbidden loves and the weight of wartime secrets.

3.71

33k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family 🇬🇧 Postwar Britain 🌙 Atmospheric

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

In postwar London, queer citizens carry forbidden loves and the weight of wartime secrets.

by Sarah Waters 2006

3.71

33k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family 🇬🇧 Postwar Britain 🌙 Atmospheric

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

by Tahereh Mafi • 2018

A guarded hijabi teen and the basketball star determined to know her collide in post-9/11 America.

4.06

68k+

🧕 Hijabi Romance 🏙️ Post-9/11 Setting 🤝 Interracial Romance 😤 Angry Heroine 💬 Sarcastic Narrator

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

A guarded hijabi teen and the basketball star determined to know her collide in post-9/11 America.

by Tahereh Mafi 2018

4.06

68k+ ratings

🧕 Hijabi Romance 🏙️ Post-9/11 Setting 🤝 Interracial Romance 😤 Angry Heroine 💬 Sarcastic Narrator

Playing for Keeps

by Jennifer Dugan • 2024

A star pitcher's feud with an umpire sparks a secret romance that league rules could destroy.

3.51

3k+

⚾ Baseball Diamond 🏅 Women In Sports 🌈 Sapphic Sports Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship

Playing for Keeps

A star pitcher's feud with an umpire sparks a secret romance that league rules could destroy.

by Jennifer Dugan 2024

3.51

3k+ ratings

⚾ Baseball Diamond 🏅 Women In Sports 🌈 Sapphic Sports Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship

Feather

by Olivia Wildenstein • 2019

She must save a Paris crime lord to earn her wings; falling for him could lose them.

3.89

17k+

🖤 Redeeming The Villain 👼 Angelic Politics 🥀 Tragic Romance 🗼 Modern Paris 🤝 Chosen Family

Feather

She must save a Paris crime lord to earn her wings; falling for him could lose them.

by Olivia Wildenstein 2019

3.89

17k+ ratings

🖤 Redeeming The Villain 👼 Angelic Politics 🥀 Tragic Romance 🗼 Modern Paris 🤝 Chosen Family

Dark Skies

by Danielle L. Jensen • 2020

A disgraced commander. A hidden healer. A siege that traps them together and demands the impossible.

4.23

8k+

🗡️ Military Fantasy 🏛️ Political Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💚 Healer Heroine ✨ Divine Gifts

Dark Skies

A disgraced commander. A hidden healer. A siege that traps them together and demands the impossible.

by Danielle L. Jensen 2020

4.23

8k+ ratings

🗡️ Military Fantasy 🏛️ Political Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💚 Healer Heroine ✨ Divine Gifts

The Wolf and the Woodsman

by Ava Reid • 2021

A magicless woman betrayed by her village allies with the scarred prince sent to capture her.

3.50

33k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 👑 Political Intrigue

The Wolf and the Woodsman

A magicless woman betrayed by her village allies with the scarred prince sent to capture her.

by Ava Reid 2021

3.50

33k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 👑 Political Intrigue

Conflicted

by Lark Taylor • 2024

An angel commander and a demon share a fated bond Heaven forbids and neither can resist.

4.34

3k+

👼 Angel Demon Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Conflicted

An angel commander and a demon share a fated bond Heaven forbids and neither can resist.

by Lark Taylor 2024

4.34

3k+ ratings

👼 Angel Demon Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Flamefall

by Rosaria Munda • 2021

Her revolution is starving. The old regime is coming back. And they're bringing dragons.

4.22

18k+

🐉 Dragon Riding 🏛️ Political Fantasy 🔥 Revolution Fantasy 🤝 Enemies To Allies 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

Flamefall

Her revolution is starving. The old regime is coming back. And they're bringing dragons.

by Rosaria Munda 2021

4.22

18k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Riding 🏛️ Political Fantasy 🔥 Revolution Fantasy 🤝 Enemies To Allies 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

Only a Monster

by Vanessa Len • 2022

She steals time from the living. The boy she loves kills her kind.

3.86

32k+

🕰️ Time Travel Fantasy 🌃 Dark Urban Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🥀 Tragic Romance

Only a Monster

She steals time from the living. The boy she loves kills her kind.

by Vanessa Len 2022

3.86

32k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Fantasy 🌃 Dark Urban Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🥀 Tragic Romance

We Could Be So Good

by Cat Sebastian • 2023

A guarded reporter and his boss's gentle son risk everything for love in 1950s New York.

4.26

21k+

🕯️ Slow-Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 📰 Workplace Romance 🗽 1950s New York

We Could Be So Good

A guarded reporter and his boss's gentle son risk everything for love in 1950s New York.

by Cat Sebastian 2023

4.26

21k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow-Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 📰 Workplace Romance 🗽 1950s New York

Pure

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2012

A half-blood cadet loves a Sentinel she cannot have, but fate chains her to an Apollyon.

4.24

87k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 🏫 Paranormal Academy 🔮 Fated Mates 🖤 Angsty Romance 😢 Survivor's Guilt

Pure

A half-blood cadet loves a Sentinel she cannot have, but fate chains her to an Apollyon.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2012

4.24

87k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling 🏫 Paranormal Academy 🔮 Fated Mates 🖤 Angsty Romance 😢 Survivor's Guilt

Wicked

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2014

Her fae blood can unleash apocalypse. The man she loves is sworn to kill her.

3.93

62k+

🌑 Dark Fae Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family

Wicked

Her fae blood can unleash apocalypse. The man she loves is sworn to kill her.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2014

3.93

62k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Fae Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family

The Love of My Next Life

by Brit Benson • 2022

Hating her best friend's brother was easy until their parents got engaged.

4.12

20k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Bad Boy 😩 High Angst 😢 Tearjerker

The Love of My Next Life

Hating her best friend's brother was easy until their parents got engaged.

by Brit Benson 2022

4.12

20k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Bad Boy 😩 High Angst 😢 Tearjerker

Born into Sin

by Sonja Grey • 2024

The new Italian don promised his Russian allies he'd protect their daughter, not ruin her.

4.05

5k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⌛ Age Gap Romance 👑 Mafia Princess 🔪 Touch Her And Die ⛓️ Mafia Captive

Born into Sin

The new Italian don promised his Russian allies he'd protect their daughter, not ruin her.

by Sonja Grey 2024

4.05

5k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⌛ Age Gap Romance 👑 Mafia Princess 🔪 Touch Her And Die ⛓️ Mafia Captive

A Kingdom of Shadow and Ash

by J.F. Johns • 2025

A wyverian princess is forced to wed the Fire Prince she's been prophesied to murder.

4.08

2k+

🔥 Dragon Riders 💍 Arranged Marriage 🖤 Shadow Magic 🔮 Curse-Breaking 🥀 Dark Romantic Fantasy

A Kingdom of Shadow and Ash

A wyverian princess is forced to wed the Fire Prince she's been prophesied to murder.

by J.F. Johns 2025

4.08

2k+ ratings

🔥 Dragon Riders 💍 Arranged Marriage 🖤 Shadow Magic 🔮 Curse-Breaking 🥀 Dark Romantic Fantasy

A Storm in Every Heart

by Kate King • 2025

A siren's bargain saves her prince, but his memories of her are the price.

4.19

4k+

🧜‍♀️ Siren Romance ⚔️ Fae Politics 🧠 Memory Erasure 💞 Soul Bond 👑 Reluctant Queen

A Storm in Every Heart

A siren's bargain saves her prince, but his memories of her are the price.

by Kate King 2025

4.19

4k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Siren Romance ⚔️ Fae Politics 🧠 Memory Erasure 💞 Soul Bond 👑 Reluctant Queen

The Buccaneers

by Edith Wharton • 1938

Snubbed by New York, Nan St George sails to England to hunt a title, whatever the price.

3.85

9k+

🏙️ Gilded Age 🎭 Social Satire 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏰 Gilded Cage 👑 English Aristocracy

The Buccaneers

Snubbed by New York, Nan St George sails to England to hunt a title, whatever the price.

by Edith Wharton 1938

3.85

9k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age 🎭 Social Satire 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏰 Gilded Cage 👑 English Aristocracy

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