The Most Taboo Romances You’ll Love (But Shouldn’t)
Taboo romance thrives on the forbidden stories that push boundaries, blur lines, and make you fall for the one person you’re not supposed to want. From step-sibling drama to dad’s best friend temptation, these books bring obsession, angst, and addictive passion front and center.
Credence by Penelope Douglas
Standalone
Blurb:
Tiernan de Haas has grown up surrounded by wealth and fame but never love. When her parents pass away, she’s sent to live in the remote mountains of Colorado with her step-uncle and his two sons. Isolated from the world, survival pulls them together, but blurred lines and broken rules turn her new life into something forbidden, dangerous, and addictive.
Tropes: Age gap, guardian/ward, taboo family dynamics, forced proximity
Torn by Carian Cole
Standalone
Blurb:
Toren Grace has always been her best friend, protector, and pseudo uncle. But when she turns eighteen, stolen glances and a single kiss change everything. Toren knows he’s too old, too close, and too loyal to her father to give in — but the heart wants what it wants, even when it shouldn’t.
Tropes: Age gap, dad’s best friend, forbidden romance, small town
Heavy by M. L. Burns
Standalone
Blurb:
Calista’s world collapses, forcing her to hide away in a remote cabin with her step-uncle — a convicted murderer with a dark past. Ronan is dangerous, brooding, and far too tempting for the niece who refuses to stay away. Two broken people trapped together, rebuilding a cabin and unraveling each other piece by piece.
Tropes: Step-uncle, age gap, forced proximity, ex-con hero
Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers
Book 1 in the Web of Silence Duet
Blurb:
Olivia thought she’d escaped her foster brother Malachi when he went to prison, but he never stopped wanting her. Now free, Malachi is back to reclaim everything he believes belongs to him — her body, her mind, her heart. Revenge and obsession collide in this dark, twisted forbidden romance.
Tropes: Foster siblings, obsession, revenge, dark romance
Praise by Sara Cate
Book 1 in the Salacious Players’ Club series
Blurb:
After a breakup leaves her searching for validation, she finds it in the last place she expects — her ex-boyfriend’s father. Emerson Grant is powerful, commanding, and willing to give her the praise she’s always craved. Drawn into his world and the Salacious Players’ Club, she discovers that sometimes the wrong man makes you feel more right than ever before.
Tropes: Dad’s best friend, boss/secretary, age gap, praise kink
Sabotage by Shantel Tessier
Book 4 in the L.O.R.D.S. series
Blurb:
Raylee and her stepbrother Colton have been locked in a toxic push-and-pull for years. Their twisted game of cat and mouse explodes when Colton decides to stake his claim, forcing Raylee to face their obsession in the harshest way possible. Jealous, possessive, and impossible to ignore.
Tropes: Step-siblings, enemies with benefits, dark college romance
The Wild by K. Webster
Book 1 in The Wild series
Blurb:
Seeking escape from heartbreak, a family isolates themselves deep in the wilderness. But the wild is brutal and unforgiving, forcing them to survive in ways no one could have predicted. The Wild is a confronting story about love in isolation that refuses to look away from the darkest edges.
Tropes: Extreme taboo, wilderness survival, isolation romance
Sicko by Amo Jones
Standalone
Blurb:
He was her foster brother, sworn to protect her — until he disappeared. Years later, he returns, no longer the boy she once knew but a ruthless outlaw known only as Sicko. Their reunion sparks a violent and consuming romance set against the gritty backdrop of an MC world.
Tropes: Foster brother, MC romance, protector turned ruthless
Torment: Part One by Dylan Page
Book 1 in the Bleeding Hearts Duet
Blurb:
Shay has always been her protector, her rock, and her stepbrother. But when the veil lifts on the outlaw world he belongs to, protection turns into obsession. Torment is a dark, taboo MC romance where family loyalty, danger, and forbidden desire collide in explosive ways.
Tropes: Stepbrother, MC romance, age gap, protector turned tormentor
Green Light by Jescie Hall
Standalone
Blurb:
When secrets and lies shatter everything, two step-siblings become locked in a dangerous online game of obsession and revenge. A hacker romance with sharp edges, Green Light is full of deception, intensity, and a love story that burns no matter how hard they try to fight it.
Tropes: Step-siblings, online obsession, revenge, OTT hero
Empire of Desire by Rina Kent
Standalone
Blurb:
Nathaniel Weaver was her father’s best friend, the man she should have never touched. But when circumstance forces them into marriage, forbidden attraction becomes unavoidable. Power, temptation, and undeniable chemistry collide in this passionate story of love that defies every rule.
Tropes: Father’s best friend, age gap, marriage of convenience, billionaire
Chasing the Wild by Elliott Rose
Book 1 in the Crimson Ridge series
Blurb:
Layla Birch has always been the good girl, but when she ends up snowed in with her ex-boyfriend’s father, temptation proves impossible to resist. Colton Wilder is rugged, older, and everything she shouldn’t want, but in the frozen mountains, lines blur and desires run wild.
Tropes: Ex’s father, cowboy romance, age gap, snowed in
Black Swan Affair by K. L. Kreig
Standalone
Blurb:
Shep was the boy she always loved, the man she thought she’d marry — until he betrayed her by choosing her sister. Heartbroken, she takes revenge in the most shocking way possible: marrying his brother. A twisted, emotional love triangle where family bonds and forbidden longing clash with devastating intensity.
Tropes: Love triangle, sister’s husband, marriage of revenge, brother’s best friend
Gratify by Katelyn Taylor
Standalone
Blurb:
He was always their best friend, the loyal godfather, the one who promised to hold everything together when tragedy struck. But grief changes things, and what begins as comfort turns into something far deeper. Gratify is a story of loyalty, loss, and love where desire refuses to stay in its lane.
Tropes: Godfather romance, best friends to lovers, grief
Your Dad Will Do by Katee Robert
Book 1 in the A Touch of Taboo series
Blurb:
After catching her fiancé cheating, she knows exactly how to get revenge — by seducing his father. Quick, dirty, and unapologetically forbidden, Your Dad Will Do is a fast-paced taboo romance full of heat and revenge-fueled passion.
Tropes: Dad’s best friend, revenge fling, forbidden romance
The Doctor by Nikki Sloane
Book 1 in the Nashville Neighborhood series
Blurb:
For years she’s admired Dr. Lowe, a confident and seductive surgeon who happens to be her ex-boyfriend’s father. Now that desire is too strong to resist, leading to a taboo romance filled with intensity, temptation, and sizzling encounters.
Tropes: Ex’s father, age gap, forbidden romance
For the Fans by Nyla K.
Standalone
Blurb:
Kyran Harbor and Avi Vega couldn’t be more different — a star athlete and a laid-back artist — except they share one thing: they’re new stepbrothers. Stuck together and forced into a compromising situation, their rivalry twists into something passionate, messy, and magnetic.
Tropes: Stepbrothers, rivals to lovers, MM romance, fake relationship
Voyeur by Fiona Cole
Standalone
Blurb:
When he first paid to watch her perform, he had no idea she was his student. Once she walks into his classroom, temptation becomes undeniable. Voyeur is a steamy professor-student romance where secrets, desire, and forbidden attraction collide behind closed doors.
Tropes: Professor/student, sex club, forbidden romance, secret identity
Taboo romance makes you fall for the people you shouldn’t — and that’s what makes it so addictive. Whether it’s a stepbrother, a best friend’s dad, or a forbidden marriage, these books prove that the most dangerous love stories are often the ones we can’t put down.
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