Following on from our post on Curses in Romance, here is a list of romance stories where the curse is the conflict, and the ticking clock, making love doomed from the start, or is it…
The List of Romance Novels Featuring Curses
Some curses are spells. Some carry a cursed bloodline or are cursed by blood. In romance fiction, a curse isn’t window dressing; it’s the magical lock on the door, and the impossible choice that forces love to feel doomed from the start. These are the stories where the lovers don’t just want each other; they’ll risk everything to try and save those cursed. So get ready to add to your TBR piles with this list of books featuring curses between their pages:
Heartless — Marissa Meyer
A queen is cursed to never fall in love… until she does, spectacularly. Filled with Wonderland’s magic, madness, and villains, this romance is a delight to read.
The Witch Collector — Charissa Weaks
A man cursed by the magic he once wielded, in this slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance powered by danger and consequence, with a glorious gothic edge to it.
Uprooted — Naomi Novik
In this fantasy novel with a Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale feel, you’ll find a village protected by magic, a man bound to it, and a love that grows wild and fearless.
Lover Eternal — J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood #2)
Rhage is one of the Brotherhood’s lethal vampires… Only, he’s cursed with a dragon-like beast. For Rhage, love becomes terrifying when the hero can’t risk closeness without endangering the woman he wants most. This is the perfect example of a romance where the curse isn’t just a plot point, it’s the reason the relationship must be earned.
The Bird and the Sword — Amy Harmon
A heroine is cursed into silence by her own mother, in a kingdom that is cursed by fear and enchantment. And yet love may be the only magic that matters…
Juniper & Thorn — Ava Reid
You’ll find a village soaked in old magic, a family bound by bargains and consequences, and a gruesome curse. Yet, romance braids its way through this dark folklore.
Daughter of the Forest — Juliet Marillier
A family is cursed by a sorceress in a land filled with ancient magic. What follows is impossible tasks, sacrifice, silence, and devotion in this historical fantasy that is rich and romantic, showing love is the strongest magic of all.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue — V.E. Schwab
A life-curse of immortality comes at a cost. And the cost of being forgotten by everyone. It’s a story of separation, longing, about personal identity, and love that becomes memory’s rebellion. Definitely a book to add to your TBR.
A curse in romance fiction is the great interrogator.
Even if the curse is broken or borne, the conflict of the threat to a couple’s happiness is doomed. And yet we love those impossible odds when it comes to love.
For readers who crave this kind of curse with consequence, silent battles, devotion, and the thrill of impossible odds, Forget Forever enters the conversation not as a retelling of past cursed romances, but as a new door in an old manor where the love story is bravely astonishing.
You can find Forget Forever here>>
