32 Books like Forbidden

The Sea of Tranquility

by Katja Millay • 2012

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

4.28

89k+

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Sea of Tranquility 94%

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

by Katja Millay 2012

4.28

89k+ ratings

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Boy & His Ribbon

by Pepper Winters • 2018

At ten, he fled captivity carrying an infant. At twenty-eight, he can't escape loving her.

4.40

11k+

🖤 Dark Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded

The Boy & His Ribbon 94%

At ten, he fled captivity carrying an infant. At twenty-eight, he can't escape loving her.

by Pepper Winters 2018

4.40

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded

Darling Venom

by Parker S. Huntington • 2021

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

4.25

84k+

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief

Darling Venom 93%

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

by Parker S. Huntington 2021

4.25

84k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief

A Thousand Perfect Notes

by C.G. Drews • 2018

Beck plays piano to survive his mother's rage. August teaches him to play for himself.

4.16

5k+

🎹 Musical Prodigy 😰 Abusive Parent 🩹 Child Abuse Recovery

A Thousand Perfect Notes 93%

Beck plays piano to survive his mother's rage. August teaches him to play for himself.

by C.G. Drews 2018

4.16

5k+ ratings

🎹 Musical Prodigy 😰 Abusive Parent 🩹 Child Abuse Recovery

The Fabric of Our Souls

by K.M. Moronova • 2023

She's suicidal. He's addicted to pain. Their rehab pact: keep each other alive, or burn together.

4.09

55k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🤝 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort

The Fabric of Our Souls 93%

She's suicidal. He's addicted to pain. Their rehab pact: keep each other alive, or burn together.

by K.M. Moronova 2023

4.09

55k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🤝 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Hopeless

by Colleen Hoover • 2012

Sky Davis meets Dean Holder, and the bracelet on her wrist reopens a past they share.

4.22

690k+

💞 Reunion Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero

Hopeless 93%

Sky Davis meets Dean Holder, and the bracelet on her wrist reopens a past they share.

by Colleen Hoover 2012

4.22

690k+ ratings

💞 Reunion Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero

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+

💔 Forbidden Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

One Small Thing 93%

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

by Erin Watt 2018

3.80

11k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Stay with Me

by Nicole Fiorina • 2019

At a reformatory, a numb girl and an intense boy collide, risking the only forbidden thing.

4.01

19k+

🩹 Trauma Healing 🖤 Damaged Hero 👥 Found Family

Stay with Me 93%

At a reformatory, a numb girl and an intense boy collide, risking the only forbidden thing.

by Nicole Fiorina 2019

4.01

19k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Healing 🖤 Damaged Hero 👥 Found Family

Torment

by Dylan Page • 2021

Her outlaw stepbrother saved her life. Now his obsession is a cage she can never escape.

3.95

25k+

🏍️ Outlaw Biker Romance 🖤 Stepbrother Obsession 💔 Rival Club Romance

Torment 92%

Her outlaw stepbrother saved her life. Now his obsession is a cage she can never escape.

by Dylan Page 2021

3.95

25k+ ratings

🏍️ Outlaw Biker Romance 🖤 Stepbrother Obsession 💔 Rival Club Romance

Yo te inventé

by Francesca Zappia • 2015

Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.

4.02

31k+

🧠 Mental Health Ya 💥 Enemies To Lovers 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Yo te inventé 92%

Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.

by Francesca Zappia 2015

4.02

31k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Health Ya 💥 Enemies To Lovers 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

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 🚫 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Love of My Next Life 92%

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

by Brit Benson 2022

4.12

20k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity

All Our Broken Pieces

by L.D. Crichton • 2019

Her OCD demands ritual. His scars hide the past. A school project cracks their walls.

4.10

3k+

🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🧠 Mental Health Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door

All Our Broken Pieces 92%

Her OCD demands ritual. His scars hide the past. A school project cracks their walls.

by L.D. Crichton 2019

4.10

3k+ ratings

🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🧠 Mental Health Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door

My Heart and Other Black Holes

by Jasmine Warga • 2015

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

3.95

63k+

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief

My Heart and Other Black Holes 92%

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

by Jasmine Warga 2015

3.95

63k+ ratings

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief

Close to You

by Nissa Renzo • 2026

A girl who cannot speak and the adoptive brother who becomes fluent in her silence.

3.74

9k+

🧸 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤫 Mute Heroine

Close to You 92%

A girl who cannot speak and the adoptive brother who becomes fluent in her silence.

by Nissa Renzo 2026

3.74

9k+ ratings

🧸 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤫 Mute Heroine

The Tearsmith

by Erin Doom • 2020

Two orphans adopted together share a dark past and a magnetic pull that defies every boundary.

3.58

71k+

🌑 Dark Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Tearsmith 92%

Two orphans adopted together share a dark past and a magnetic pull that defies every boundary.

by Erin Doom 2020

3.58

71k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity

Catch the Sun

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2024

Her brother the murderer. Her town the jury. And the boy next door, her only shelter.

4.24

39k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing

Catch the Sun 92%

Her brother the murderer. Her town the jury. And the boy next door, her only shelter.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2024

4.24

39k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing

So Damn Sketchy

by Bonnie Kent • 2020

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

3.93

218

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries

So Damn Sketchy 92%

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

by Bonnie Kent 2020

3.93

218 ratings

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries

Cruel King

by Rina Kent • 2019

An elite school's cruel king becomes obsessed with the one girl who wants to stay invisible.

3.89

103k+

🖤 Bully Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine

Cruel King 92%

An elite school's cruel king becomes obsessed with the one girl who wants to stay invisible.

by Rina Kent 2019

3.89

103k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine

Without the Moon

by Larissa C. Moyer • 2024

A burlesque dancer's childhood love reappears seven years after the trauma that shattered them both.

4.38

374

💔 Second Chance Romance 👧 Childhood Sweethearts 🪢 Trauma Bond

Without the Moon 92%

A burlesque dancer's childhood love reappears seven years after the trauma that shattered them both.

by Larissa C. Moyer 2024

4.38

374 ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 👧 Childhood Sweethearts 🪢 Trauma Bond

Five Brothers

by Penelope Douglas • 2024

Five brothers. One couch in the dark. The wrong side of the tracks just claimed her.

3.80

95k+

🚂 Wrong Side Of Tracks 📅 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Depressed Hero

Five Brothers 92%

Five brothers. One couch in the dark. The wrong side of the tracks just claimed her.

by Penelope Douglas 2024

3.80

95k+ ratings

🚂 Wrong Side Of Tracks 📅 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Depressed Hero

Without Merit

by Colleen Hoover • 2017

Wanting her twin's boyfriend is just the latest disappointment in Merit's collection.

3.66

330k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Sisters

Without Merit 92%

Wanting her twin's boyfriend is just the latest disappointment in Merit's collection.

by Colleen Hoover 2017

3.66

330k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Sisters

Wrecked

by Bree L. Mina • 2025

Stranded after a plane crash with the man who broke her heart: he's marrying her sister.

4.20

13k+

💔 Tragic Romance 🏝️ Survival Romance 🔄 Second Chance Love

Wrecked 92%

Stranded after a plane crash with the man who broke her heart: he's marrying her sister.

by Bree L. Mina 2025

4.20

13k+ ratings

💔 Tragic Romance 🏝️ Survival Romance 🔄 Second Chance Love

Sad Girls

by Lang Leav • 2017

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

3.33

12k+

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Sad Girls 92%

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

by Lang Leav 2017

3.33

12k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Kid

by Jescie Hall

An addict falls for his best friend's sister, and their bond threatens to destroy them both.

4.16

14k+

🧲 Toxic Love 💊 Addiction Struggle 🌱 Trauma Healing

Kid 92%

An addict falls for his best friend's sister, and their bond threatens to destroy them both.

by Jescie Hall

4.16

14k+ ratings

🧲 Toxic Love 💊 Addiction Struggle 🌱 Trauma Healing

The Problem with Forever

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2016

A near-mute survivor of abuse starts high school and finds her childhood protector in speech class.

3.96

66k+

🫂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Foster Care Survivors 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Problem with Forever 92%

A near-mute survivor of abuse starts high school and finds her childhood protector in speech class.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2016

3.96

66k+ ratings

🫂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Foster Care Survivors 🩹 Trauma Recovery

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

by Bryn Greenwood • 2016

A silent eight-year-old and a wounded ex-con form a bond the law cannot abide.

3.97

214k+

🚫 Forbidden Love ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Found Family

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Summary

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things 92%

A silent eight-year-old and a wounded ex-con form a bond the law cannot abide.

by Bryn Greenwood 2016

3.97

214k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Love ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Found Family

Boulevard

by Flor M. Salvador • 2020

Two damaged teens, one secret boulevard, and a love that can't stop the coming storm.

3.64

107k+

😢 Tragic Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 💔 Damaged Hero

Boulevard 92%

Two damaged teens, one secret boulevard, and a love that can't stop the coming storm.

by Flor M. Salvador 2020

3.64

107k+ ratings

😢 Tragic Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 💔 Damaged Hero

Until Friday Night

by Abbi Glines • 2015

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

3.86

69k+

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding

Until Friday Night 92%

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

by Abbi Glines 2015

3.86

69k+ ratings

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding

The Boy Who Steals Houses

by C.G. Drews • 2019

A homeless boy sleeps in empty houses until one family returns and mistakes him for a friend.

4.27

6k+

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Autistic Brother 🏚️ Homeless Teens

The Boy Who Steals Houses 92%

A homeless boy sleeps in empty houses until one family returns and mistakes him for a friend.

by C.G. Drews 2019

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Autistic Brother 🏚️ Homeless Teens

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira • 2014

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

3.78

93k+

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters

Love Letters to the Dead 92%

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

by Ava Dellaira 2014

3.78

93k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters

The Coldest Winter

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2023

After one reckless night, a student teacher finds her stranger sitting in her new classroom.

4.01

12k+

📝 Student Teacher 🖤 Damaged Hero 🌸 Good Girl

The Coldest Winter 91%

After one reckless night, a student teacher finds her stranger sitting in her new classroom.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2023

4.01

12k+ ratings

📝 Student Teacher 🖤 Damaged Hero 🌸 Good Girl

Kiss the Sky

by Krista Ritchie • 2014

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

4.19

94k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🏠 Forced Proximity

Kiss the Sky 91%

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

by Krista Ritchie 2014

4.19

94k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🏠 Forced Proximity

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