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Top authors writing forbidden love romance
Kylie Snow
4.22 · 233 ratings
fantasy · magic · paranormal · witches · fated-mates · other-man-woman · love triangle · abuse · forbidden love · from hate to love · new adult · audiobook · dark · explicit-open-door · friends to lovers · class difference · rape · strong heroine · forced proximity · mystery
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Frankie Diane Mallis
4.18 · 184 ratings
fantasy · magic · new adult · paranormal · high fantasy · ancient times · historical · forbidden love · audiobook · monsters · abuse · m-f · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · love triangle · death · height-difference · young adult · political-intrigue · virgin heroine
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Sara Hashem
4.16 · 115 ratings
fantasy · strong heroine · slow burn · survival · multicultural · suicide · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · high fantasy · mental-trauma · graphic-violence · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · aristocratic heroine · past-abuse · non-hea · war · virgin heroine · cold hero · young adult
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Jack Campbell
4.15 · 219 ratings
military · strong heroine · third-person-pov · sweet-hero · dual-pov · independent heroine · young adult · paranormal · audiobook · m-f · science fiction · war · length-medium · magic · steampunk · monsters · witches · fantasy · competent heroine · forbidden love
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Lauren Palphreyman
4.13 · 691 ratings
fantasy · paranormal · magic · audiobook · from hate to love · forbidden love · standalone-first · cold hero · young adult · suspense · alpha male · height-difference · shapeshifters · gifted heroine · sassy heroine · length-medium · love triangle · first-in-series · bad boys · mystery
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Tasha Suri
4.13 · 251 ratings
historical · audiobook · magic · south asian · fantasy · paranormal · class difference · forbidden love · aristocratic heroine · high fantasy · length-long · death · f-f · misogyny · young adult · from hate to love · abuse · queer · graphic-violence · standalone-first
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Leigh Rivers
4.07 · 1329 ratings
dark · contemporary · possessive hero · death · m-f · audiobook · first-person-pov · bad boys · explicit-plentiful · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · angst · substance abuse · abduction · mental illness · alpha male · betrayal · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · cruel hero
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Gail McHugh
4.03 · 234 ratings
young adult · alpha male · erotica · contemporary · audiobook · angst · other-man-woman · length-long · love triangle · bad boys · cheating · m-f · dual-pov · new adult · cliffhanger · forbidden love · abuse · insta-love · standalone-first · first-in-series
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Thea Guanzon
4.02 · 369 ratings
paranormal · magic · fantasy · political-intrigue · m-f · audiobook · new adult · arranged marriage · high fantasy · military · young adult · betrayal · gifted heroine · marriage of convenience · forbidden love · from hate to love · forced proximity · virgin hero · past-child-neglect · aristocratic heroine
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Alyson Archer
4.01 · 174 ratings
age difference · contemporary · m-f · insta-love · canada · length-novella · alpha male · praise-kink · daddy-kink · forbidden love · erotica · sweet heroine · virgin heroine · first-person-pov · dual-pov · height-difference · sweet-hero · forced proximity · new adult · explicit-plentiful
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Kayla Edwards
3.98 · 356 ratings
high fantasy · new adult · paranormal · fantasy · sweet heroine · vampires · tortured hero · hurt-comfort · urban fantasy · grumpy sunshine · third-person-pov · cold hero · audiobook · alpha male · bad boys · monsters · witches · death · magic · substance abuse
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Drethi A.
3.97 · 103 ratings
dark · super rich hero · contemporary · m-f · explicit-open-door · possessive hero · dual-pov · forced proximity · suspense · alpha male · height-difference · new adult · forbidden love · rape-mc · first-person-pov · dub-con · birth-control-non-con · multicultural · neurodivergent · rich heroine
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Lydia Hope
3.97 · 289 ratings
non-human-hero · third-person-pov · multicultural · hurt-comfort · disabilities and marks · sweet heroine · futuristic · aliens · m-f · science fiction · mental-trauma · cold hero · survival · tortured hero · dystopian · secret-relationship · length-long · bad boys · forced proximity · competent heroine
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Isabel Cañas
3.95 · 183 ratings
suspense · paranormal · audiobook · length-medium · death · historical · horror · fantasy · mystery · dual-pov · latinx-mc · m-f · religious-trauma · forbidden love · magic · mexico · male-pov · strong heroine · third-person-pov · sweet-hero
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Rosa Lucas
3.94 · 475 ratings
super rich hero · humor · contemporary · m-f · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov · class difference · secret-relationship · grumpy sunshine · dual-pov · europe · forced proximity · age difference · boss & employee · office · alpha male · possessive hero · tycoon · other-man-woman · cold hero
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Akwaeke Emezi
3.90 · 181 ratings
length-medium · audiobook · contemporary · standalone · dark · insta-love · multicultural · third-person-pov · fantasy · black-mc · standalone-first · african-american · death · queer · forbidden love · single-father · past-abuse · caretaking · tortured heroine · first-person-pov
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Dinah Harper
3.89 · 141 ratings
explicit-plentiful · possessive hero · military · dark · rape-mc · abuse-mc · angst · insta-love · secret-relationship · rape · third-person-pov · somnophilia · dub-con · forced proximity · christian · stepsibling · forbidden love · from hate to love · new adult · alpha male
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Estelle Maskame
3.86 · 418 ratings
young adult · contemporary · audiobook · from hate to love · stepsibling · forbidden love · high-school · new adult · length-medium · standalone-first · forbidden · bad boys · standalone · behind-doors · other-man-woman · first-in-series · love triangle · length-long · cliffhanger · abuse
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Lauren Roberts
3.84 · 983 ratings
fantasy · young adult · paranormal · death · magic · audiobook · m-f · first-person-pov · dual-pov · outlaw-heroine · betrayal · from hate to love · royalty · forbidden love · warrior-heroine · poor heroine · hurt-comfort · dystopian · past-child-abuse · disabilities and marks
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Emily McIntire
3.80 · 1902 ratings
explicit-open-door · contemporary · audiobook · dual-pov · m-f · forced proximity · standalone-first · forbidden love · new adult · possessive hero · age difference · first-person-pov · dark · from hate to love · secret-relationship · angst · tortured hero · standalone · death · usa
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Q.B. Tyler
3.75 · 977 ratings
contemporary · first-person-pov · m-f · standalone-first · explicit-plentiful · dual-pov · standalone · new adult · forbidden love · usa · age difference · secret-relationship · possessive hero · audiobook · anal sex · forced proximity · alpha male · daddy-kink · length-medium · angst
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Saffron A. Kent
3.71 · 1044 ratings
new adult · contemporary · alpha male · virgin heroine · age difference · m-f · angst · forbidden love · dual-pov · audiobook · first-person-pov · grumpy sunshine · possessive hero · sports · explicit-open-door · from hate to love · tortured hero · cold hero · dark · forced proximity
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Kate Rivenhall
3.69 · 148 ratings
incest · explicit-plentiful · dark · forbidden love · m-f · alpha male · spanking · dub-con · possessive hero · first-person-pov · rape-mc · contemporary · rape · cold hero · height-difference · dual-pov · anal sex · primal-play · insta-love · age difference
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Mercedes Ron
3.65 · 395 ratings
young adult · contemporary · audiobook · new adult · forbidden love · from hate to love · length-long · stepsibling · angst · m-f · age difference · forced proximity · standalone-first · first-in-series · other-man-woman · cheating · dual-pov · super rich hero · bad boys · open-door
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Rory Ireland
3.65 · 426 ratings
dark · contemporary · forbidden love · dual-pov · m-f · possessive hero · new adult · virgin heroine · alpha male · incest · first-person-pov · explicit-plentiful · explicit-open-door · suspense · erotica · standalone-first · age difference · from hate to love · somnophilia · length-novella
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Tate Monroe
3.54 · 305 ratings
contemporary · erotica · incest · possessive hero · dark · forbidden love · m-f · age difference · dual-pov · explicit-plentiful · alpha male · new adult · length-short · first-person-pov · suspense · standalone-first · length-novella · virgin heroine · explicit-open-door · daddy-kink
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Ivy Arnold
3.30 · 108 ratings
contemporary · age difference · m-f · new adult · dual-pov · first-person-pov · forbidden love · length-short · erotica · explicit-plentiful · standalone-first · length-novella · secret-relationship · bdsm · dark · standalone · single-father · slut-shaming · alpha male · suspense
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Lily Black
2.87 · 129 ratings
incest · contemporary · first-person-pov · m-f · forbidden love · age difference · anal sex · explicit-plentiful · dual-pov · dark · virgin heroine · possessive hero · rape · single-father · insta-love · bdsm · forced proximity · length-novella · rape-mc · somnophilia
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