Books like Forbidden touch by Paula Graves

Maggie Concannon, gifted Irish glass designer, lives in seclusion with her late father’s memories and her sister. A visionary gallery owner invites her to international markets, sparking a passionate, career‑driven romance set against the windswept hills of County Clare.

Megan's forbidden love story unfolds when she meets the man she once knew as her guardian, Justin Brant, and discovers she has a special connection to him that defies the boundaries of time and place.

After surviving a botched kidnapping, Emma McAvoy—faced with her father's secrets and a dangerous fame—must confront memories that threaten her life and love as a former idol’s new husband hides a deadly past.

Melody Evans, a plain and cautious woman, finds herself in the middle of a terrorist attack at the foreign embassy where she works. After being rescued by a daring navy SEAL, she must confront her feelings for an extraordinary hero and the future of their unborn child.

Lacey Kincaid, a self‑made New York entrepreneur, must outwit a treacherous uncle to reclaim her inherited fortune after her childhood sweetheart resurfaces with a secret plan.

A police detective falls for a matchmaking wedding planner, but their dangerous situation makes love an obsession.

After his wife’s mysterious disappearance, Clay LeGrand’s world is shattered again when she returns with no memory of the past two years. Faced with new scars and unspoken secrets, he must decide whether love can overcome the dark forces that keep her hidden.

Wes Holden, a bereaved army veteran, seeks meaning in West Virginia's mountains where he meets Ally Monroe, a young woman caring for her widower father. Their bond is tested as a lurking drug operation threatens their fragile peace.

Rafael Cheves wrestles with a haunted past and an impossible longing for the woman he envies, but when Sophie's return—confident, successful, and irresistibly beautiful—presenting a second chance, he must confront his dark obsession.

A diver running a resort on Seafire Isle can't escape the lure of a buried treasure. When her ex‑lover and mysterious guests arrive, she faces kidnapping, deception, and a deadly secret that may claim her life.

CRIMSON SPLENDOR The dangerously handsome stranger had haunted Monica's nights with dreams of intoxicating passion. Though the innocent beauty had seen him for only a moment, his glittering black eyes had boldly caressed her, sending ripples of desire coursing through her veins. Then he appeared in the shadows of her terrace, and she knew she should scream in alarm. Instead she could only moan in pleasure as she drank in the wild sweetness of his savage kiss and reveled in the exquisite rapture of his masterful embrace... SAVAGE AWAKENING Tawny-haired Monica had haunted Steven Hawke's days with fantasies of complete possession. Though he had seen her for only an instant, the fire in her jade-green eyes had fascinated him, arousing a fever of desire that he could not control. Then in the darkness of her room he risked death to steal one lingering kiss. But instead of fighting him, her arms tightened passionately around his neck; instead of fearing him, her satin flesh yielded to his sensuous touch. And he knew that love's endless ecstasy awaited them before the wild Forbidden Dawn.

Sergeant Gabriel Caruso arrives in the Yukon to erase the memory of a serial killer, only to find the murderer stalking him—while a local tracker, Silver Karvonen, partners with him to survive a deadly pursuit amid icy wilderness and growing attraction.

Chelsea Caldwell returns to her aunt’s Victorian bed‑and‑breakfast in Jenkins Cove, only to find a guest named Michael Bryant infiltrating her past and the house’s haunting mysteries during the Christmas season.

When Hank Tyler, a widowed former rancher, becomes the bodyguard for Melody Thompson, the two form a protective bond that turns into an unexpected romance while they hunt her sister’s killer.

After a desperate attack costs him his career, former cop Geoffrey Archer vows to protect the woman targeted by the same madman—an assignment that forces him to confront his own guarded heart.

After inheriting the coveted Silver Spurs Ranch, Kali Cooper must navigate new challenges with help from the daring cowboy Zach Collingsworth, whose protection turns their partnership into a risky, fiery romance.