Forbidden Romance in Teen Fiction

Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel 

• Pub Date: 2016
• High School Interest 
• See also: Marriage, Losing Virginity, Historical Fiction 
• Rachel and Samuel meet while in the Badlands searching for dinosaur bones. They have a secret relationship because their fathers are feuding, but they decide to get married despite their fathers' disapproval.

Like No Other by Una LaMarche

• Pub Date: 2014
• Middle and high school interest
• See also: Religion 
• A Jewish girl and an African-American boy meet and start a secret relationship. 
• On the blog: Talking about Religion 

Wait for Me by Carolina Leech

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school interest 
• See also: Historical, International Settings
• Lorna begins a romance with Paul, a German POW working on her family's farm in Scotland.

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

• Pub date: 2017
• High School Interest
• Diversity: Mexican teen
• See also: Finding Yourself through Travel, Grief/Loss, Mentors/Coaches, Post High School
• A teen working in a restaurant secretly dates the boss's daughter.

Mad Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller

• Pub Date: 2014
• High school interest 
• See also: Historical, Goal Oriented Girls, Marriage, International Settings, Artists
• Victoria Darling's parents have arranged an advantageous marriage for her, but she has other plans for her future, which include a handsome constable.

Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez

• Pub Date: 2015
• High school interest
• On the blog: Based on a True Story  
• See also: Historical, Based on Actual Events
• In a small Texas town in 1937, Naomi (Latina) and Wash (African-American) begin a secret romance.

No Shame No Fear by Ann Turnbull

• Pub Date: 2004 
• Middle/High School Interest 
• See also: Religion, Multiple Narrators, Historical Fiction, Making Decisions 
• William, a new convert to the Quaker religion, must keep his romance with Susanna, who was raised in a Quaker family, a secret from his father who would not approve.

The Secret of a Heart Note by Stacey Lee

• Pub Date: 2016
• Middle and high school interest
• See also: Coaches/Mentors, Mothers & Daughters 
• Mimosa is learning to be an aromateur, love witch, from her mother. She is forbidden to fall in love herself, which poses a problem when a cute guy seems to like her.

American Panda by Gloria Chao

• Pub Date: 2018
• High school interest
• See also: Mothers & Daughters, Making Decisions, Secrets, Siblings, Guilt
• Mei's strict parents would not approve of her interest in a Japanese boy. 

Furyborn by Claire Legrand

• Pub Date: 2018
• High school interest
• See also: Secrets 
• Rielle and Audric love each other, but Audric is betrothed to another.

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

• Pub Date: 2018
• Middle/high school interest
• Xiomara isn't allowed to date, but she and Aman meet secretly anyway. 

The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena

• Pub Date: 2019
• High school interest
• See also: Artists, BFF Trouble, Divorce
• Susan secretly dates a Parsi boy at school even though her parents would not approve.

Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks

• Pub date: 2019
• Middle or high school interest
• The Warrick family and the Kendrick family have history, so when Weldon Warrick is interested in Miriam Kendrick, everyone discourages the romance.