If you loved Credence, the taboo, the crazy, the tension, the everything, you are in the right place. Every single book on this list is somehow related to that in some beautiful, but twisted way. Just like we love our books.
Just a warning, though. Some of these books are in some senses even more taboo (or better 😏 depending on your viewpoint) than Credence. So, be careful what you wish for and proceed with caution.
1. Gravity by Sara Cate
Zara’s sister and said sister’s boyfriend died in a plane crash. Now, two years later, she is approached by his dad with an offer. Be his other son’s girlfriend for three months and get a million dollars. Oh, and did I mention she gets to live with them on their private island?
But that is where the trouble is at… two men plus a private island equates to no rules and an insane amount of tension.
This is an MFM romance and probably the closest thing you’ll get to Credence.
2. Free Fall by Sara Cate
** Contains spoilers for Gravity **
After Gravity comes Free Fall. Technically, I guess it is a standalone, but there is an overarching plot between it and Gravity, so I’d read Gravity first.
Anyhow, some time after Gravity, Nash moves on. When in Amsterdam, he meets an old colleague and friend of his dad’s, Ellis. But things go wrong and Nash walks away without a backward glance.
Three years later, Ellis is shoved back into Nash’s life along with a friend of Zara’s (from Gravity) and together they are stuck in a web of forbidden chemistry.
3. For the Fans by Nyla K.
For the Fans is a roller coaster ride like I haven’t experienced with many books before.
I don’t slow burn or a book that takes half the book to get somewhere. I need fast paced and that is this book.
At some point I’ll admit I thought it lost that fire, about three quarters of the way in. It was one of those places where you think everything has happened that can happen and then the author is like, hell no you’ve seen nothing yet.
This book gives us classic step-sibling haters-to-lovers, but the rest is not conventional in the least.
But that’s all I’ll say. I went in blind and I’m so happy that I did. I really recommend doing the same. Just make sure you are okay with the taboo factor, of course.
4. Five Brothers by Penelope Douglas
She slept with one brother, but she cannot remember which one… Somehow she has to figure it out.
That’s all I’m going to say, the rest I’ll leave for you to find out. I will mention, though that there is no biological family relations, just the tabooness (is that even a word?) of one woman and five brothers, at different times.
5. Sabotage by Shantel Tessier
Of all the Lords books, this one is the only one that I’d really shelf as taboo. While the others are the definition of dark and unhinged, the taboo factors are not quite there.
The reason why I put Sabotage under taboo romance is the fact that Tyson is Laikyn’s sister’s ex. Furthermore, I think Tyson is the most manipulative of all the Lords.
While this post is about taboo books and you are looking for that specifically, I’d still recommend your reading the other books too. They are crazy unhinged and even though this is technically an interconnected standalone without an overarching plot between the books, some of the books do contain minor spoilers for the others.
6. Older by Jennifer Hartman
He is your best friend’s dad, but in your defence, you didn’t know that when you met him… but then again, you are 17 when you met him, but you said that you were 21.
With this book you can expect severe emotional turmoil as the FMC comes from an abusive foster home. You can also expect delicious slow burn and I say that with much honesty since I hate slow burn. And of course, the classic push and pull of a forbidden age gap romance.
7. Double Edged by Nyla K.
This one is not for everyone, but if you loved Credence. If at some point your mind might have gone to a place that was like… this isn’t so bad, why do they call this taboo? Then you’ll love Double Edged.
But read the trigger warnings. I know we book bloggers always say that, but I mean it. But if you are open-minded enough to tackle this book, it will blow your mind.
It is about twins and their stepfather and all the crazy things they have to endure on their journey.
8. Praise by Sara Cate
He’s a ten, but he’s your ex’s father…
You think you are going to pick up a cheque from him, he thinks you are interviewing to be his secretary with “special duties”. Oh, and did I mention he owns a kink club?
Praise is a complete standalone, but the first book in the Salacious Players Club series that has no overarching plot.
9. Eyes on Me by Sara Cate
Eyes on Me is the second book in the Salacious Players Club series.
In it the MMC is a voyeur and stumbles upon his step-sister’s cam girl account. He starts pretending to be an admirer, but she has no idea. Because see, they hate each other and well she is his step-sister.
10. Give me More by Sara Cate
Next up in the Salacious Players Club series is Give Me More. I ate this book up.
Drake goes on a cross-country road trip with his best friend, Hunter, and Hunter’s wife, Isabel to look at some other kink clubs. But then Hunter asks Drake to sleep with his wife while he watches… And while he should say no he simply cannot because it is not Isabel that he wants.
11. The Doctor by Nikki Sloane
He’s your ex boy-friend’s father, but the only man that you want. When you are near him, the lust consumes you, but can you guys overcome the one obstacle that might cost him something he worked so hard to achieve?
12. The Pool Boy by Nikki Sloane
When you find your husband in bed with his male boss on your birthday of all days, you decide to reinvent yourself. You decide to live your life like you want and that includes lying by the swimming pool with your swimsuit in the house. But then your hot twenty-something pool boy comes by to clean the pool because you are supposed to be at work and sees something he shouldn’t have.
But he did.
And he liked it.
A lot.
And he wants more.
But did I mention that he is also your best friend’s son?
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