Touch-Starved books

A character deeply deprived of touch and tenderness, undone by the smallest gentle contact.

32 books

Glint
by Raven Kennedy · 2022 · 336 pages
Captive & Captor Forbidden Love Slow Burn
God of Wrath
by Rina Kent · 2024 · 308 pages
Alpha & Possessive Hero Enemies to Lovers Forbidden Love
Gothikana
by RuNyx · 2024
Forbidden Love Enemies to Lovers Slow Burn
Held (a Steamy Monster Romance) HARDCOVER
by Isabelle Taylor · 2025
Captive & Captor Forbidden Love Slow Burn
Knotted by the Forest Beast
by VEXI. THORNE · 2026
Fated Mates & Mate Bond Forbidden Love Human x Supernatural
Mated
by JENIKA. SNOW · 2025
Fated Mates & Mate Bond Forced Proximity Forbidden Love
Monsters' Prize
by Alana Khan · 2023
Captive & Captor Forbidden Love Fated Mates & Mate Bond
Primal Lust
by Willow Winters · 2025
Alpha & Possessive Hero Forbidden Love Fated Mates & Mate Bond
Sweetling
by S E Wendel · 2024
Captive & Captor Forbidden Love Slow Burn
To Bleed a Crystal Bloom
by Sarah A. Parker · 2024
Captive & Captor Enemies to Lovers Forbidden Love
Water Bound
by Christine Feehan · 2010 · 482 pages
Fated Mates & Mate Bond Slow Burn Hurt & Comfort
Wolf's Mate
by Celia Kyle · 2018 · 270 pages
Fated Mates & Mate Bond Forced Proximity Human x Supernatural

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