Love Me Like You Shouldn't

Therapist. Client. Catastrophic chemistry.

Dr. Nicola Forbes has spent years building a life defined by boundaries—clinical, emotional, ethical. But when Avery Hall, a rising Hollywood star, walks into her therapy office, Nic feels something she hasn’t in years: want.

Avery is bold, brazen, and struggling under the weight of queer fame.

Nic is grieving her wife, hiding behind professionalism, and failing—spectacularly—not to fall for her client.

What begins with guarded glances and charged conversations becomes a line-crossing affair neither woman can walk away from.

Nic knows the consequences. Loving Avery could cost her her license, her reputation, everything she’s built.

But not loving her might be the greater loss.

Love Me Like You Shouldn’t is a forbidden sapphic romance about desire, fame, and the kind of love that’s absolutely, dangerously worth it.

©2026 Harper Bliss (P)2026 Harper Bliss

Great characters

I loved it. It was very easy to follow through Audible. The book is a very easy listen.

Yet another MUST READ

I really enjoyed this book, although it took me a while to get started. A large part of me wishes it were longer! Harper Bliss has such a way of peeling back the layers of messy human complexity to get to what matters most……love and connection.

Now I’m going back and re-reading the other books in the series!

Love

Loved that it was a story of an older woman. I liked that part a lot

Believable storyline

What I appreciate the most office title was relating to the uncontrollable passion that can exist between two womxn.

Great storyline

great storyline, really complex characters woven intricately together. spice be spicing. narrator did an amazing job