Forbidden Trilogy Books in Order
Part ofSR Watson Books in OrderThis page lists the Forbidden Trilogy books by SR Watson in order, with short summaries, series background, and easy help choosing where to start.
Last updated: July 9, 2026
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Forbidden Trilogy books in publication order
3 books
Forbidden Attraction
by SR Watson
2014
USC senior Siobhan Gallagher is reeling after her boyfriend's betrayal when she falls for Professor Grayson Michaels. Their chemistry is instant, but school rules, his secrets, and their bruised views of love make the affair dangerous.
Forbidden Love
by SR Watson
2014
Siobhan heads into her last semester determined to avoid Grayson and finish school. Grayson is finally ready to own his feelings, but buried secrets, outside pressure, and real danger keep driving them apart.
Unforbidden
by SR Watson
2018
With graduation close, Grayson and Siobhan are running out of time to fix what broke between them. Old secrets and new complications force them to decide whether their love can survive outside the shadows.
Forbidden Trilogy books in chronological order
Series background & context
The Forbidden Trilogy is a taboo college romance built around bad timing, strong chemistry, and rules that are there for a reason. It starts with Siobhan Gallagher at USC, just as her long relationship falls apart and she finds herself pulled toward Professor Grayson Michaels, the one man she absolutely should not want.
What makes the setup work is the mix of campus pressure and Los Angeles glamour. Siobhan is trying to keep her life together after a painful betrayal, while Grayson moves through the story as a professor, a wealthy heir, and a man with a private life he does not explain easily. The rule against fraternization is not a small obstacle. It is the thing that turns every meeting, every glance, and every choice into a gamble.
In Forbidden Attraction, the bond between them is immediate, but the series never treats that attraction like something simple or sweet. Siobhan and Grayson both come into the story carrying a pretty cynical view of love, and that gives the books a tense, guarded feel. The romance runs on secrecy, mixed signals, bruised pride, and the question of whether either of them can tell the truth before the situation spins past their control.
This is not a quiet romance.
Forbidden Love widens the pressure around them. Siobhan is trying to survive her last semester, Grayson's secrets push closer to the surface, and the practical cost of being involved becomes harder to ignore. Friends, reputation, and the campus setting all matter, because these books keep asking what happens when a private relationship starts colliding with public consequences.
By the time you reach Unforbidden, the main question is not whether these two still want each other. It is whether they can survive the fallout from everything they have hidden, avoided, or misunderstood. Past pain refuses to stay buried, and the trilogy leans hard into trust, jealousy, shame, and the fear of being hurt all over again.
If you like new adult romance with a forbidden setup, a powerful hero, and a heroine who has to figure out where her boundaries really are, this is the lane. The books are fast, steamy, and dramatic, with the kind of chapter endings that make it very easy to keep going.
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