Forbidden Love, a romantic novel, grabs the attention of teens and young adults as well as the older generation who like to reminiscence about back when. Readers feel Olive Hollister’s heartbreak when her first love rejects her. They rejoice with her happiness when she marries the man she loves. Then they feel her loneliness and sadness after her divorce. Will Olive survive and find true love and happiness with a man she can trust? Some readers walk in Tom Bradford’s shoes; he likes to have a good time, never mentions love, and never makes a commitment to a relationship. After Tom finally marries, he still finds other women attractive and commits adultery. Most readers never experience Scott Porter’s heart breaking situation; but all readers feel compassion and sympathy for him. When he is arrested and charged with murder, readers search for clues to prove his innocence and set him free to marry the woman he loves.