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Forbidden Love
Rules, duty, or war keep the leads apart.
96 books carry Forbidden Love on DaoReads. Readers rate the shelf 3.71 on average across 45 rated titles.
It shows up most often together with Strong Heroine, Angst, and Tortured Hero — pick a pairing below to narrow the shelf.
A well-reviewed place to start is The Songbird and the Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent.
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96 books · showing 25–48 · Most rated first
Forbidden Love by the numbers
Based on the 96 tagged books in this catalog · 45 have external ratings averaging 3.71/5.
Reader ratings
<3.753.75+4.0+4.25+
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