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Highly Recommended Risqué, Taboo and Forbidden Love Stories

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Who’s in the mood for a risqué read? I mean… risqué within reason, of course (although there are a few on here that I am WAY TOO SHY for, or scared of…) 😉 But there are all different levels of risqué on here.

Looking for something… scandalous? eek You know the kind. The ones that have you connecting to the characters and their plight, despite your initial reaction to the “subject matter”. Taboo stories, but within our genre. And sure… while these are not “romance” books, they are love stories (albeit… different). From Stockholm Syndrome “dark reads” to teacher-student love stories to problematic age differences to er… *other* stuff (along the lines of “Forbidden” <— the ultimate “our genre” taboo story, if you ask me ;)). read more

Reader Question – The age gap book where the ward can’t deal with grief so he leaves her at a friends house…

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Maria needs our book help!

She asks:

Hi Maryse!

I’ve been looking for this book I read a while ago but can’t find it anywhere.

It is an age gap romance in which the girl’s ward can’t deal with the grief of having lost her father (or mother?) so he leaves the girl in a friend’s house.

I believe he is a doctor or something of the sort and she’s going through serious trauma.

Maybe you could help!!

Anyone have a guess?

➔➔➔  Browse more reader questions (solved & unsolved) here. 😀 Maybe you’ll find a solved one to read or have a guess for us for one that’s still unsolved. read more

Jewel E. Ann – Life Series Duet Reading Order

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DUET CONCLUSION JUST WENT LIVE EARLY!! 😀

NEW DUET by Jewel E. Ann and book #1 is getting all sorts of love, and book #2 (duet conclusion) will be out in just a few days!! (LIVE NOW!!!)

Lisa A: Jewel E Ann’s Pieces of a Life was a great read. Very reminiscent of the feel of Transcend/Epoch. It’s a very lovely little romance and then all of a sudden it slams you upside the head and says “hey, remember who wrote this – don’t get so comfy!!!”.

Maryse: YAY Lisa!!! I KNEW someone would say that. It sounds like a second chance romance but yep… that author gets you every time!!! *happy dance* read more

Reader Question – The book about a young lady that fell in love with her adopted father…

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Cynthia needs our book help! Oh boy. This one sounds risqué and super-forbidden!! I feel like I’ve heard of this one before, but now I’m dying to know!

She asks:

Hi Maryse,

It’s me again. I would absolutely love it if you could help me find a book that has been on my mind for a few years now. I read it a few years ago and I just can’t seem to remember it.

It seemed like part of a trilogy or duet.

It’s about a young lady that fell in love with her adopted father. He didn’t do anything to encourage her but she was doing everything in her power to get his attention. I think there was social services involved and then they made him look like an abuser. read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book about the girl that is kidnapped, and the kidnapper’s son is also abused and helps her escape…

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Angie needs our book help! OH MY GOODNESS this one sounds so familiar to me!!! I’m sure I’ve read it too, or else it’s the blurb that caught me, but now I must know too!

If I haven’t read it yet, it sounds AMAZING and like a total must read!

She asks:

Need help finding a book

I’ve been looking for this for years and I would appreciate any help finding it. I don’t remember any of the characters names and the plot is a little dark.

So a young girl ends up being kidnapped by a man who so happens to also have a son that he abuses. The son knows of his father’s doings having seen it and he helps the girl escape. read more

JJ Knight’s “Royal Rebel” is LIVE, and she’s sent an excerpt, fun facts, PLUS A GIVEAWAY!!

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FORBIDDEN LOVE ALERT!!!! TOTAL BLURB JOLT!! Royal Rebel IS LIVE!!! Thank you to author J.J. Knight for sponsoring today’s newsletter, celebrating her latest standalone release!!

P.S. I can’t wait to try the glass-skin makeup routine in the fun facts below. YAY ME!!!! YAY US!!

A sheltered princess confesses her secret love through the hedge of the castle rose garden — to the wrong man.

And not just any man. The biggest playboy in the palace.

So what’s it about?

You’ve never made a mistake like mine. read more