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Come Running
253 pages
A breathless, high-stakes plunge into the agonizing tension of a forbidden, impossible love.
What it feels like
Reading this novel feels like being swept up in a sudden, inescapable storm of emotion. It is a quintessential vintage category romance, delivering a brisk, intensely focused narrative that thrives on high-stakes angst and moral dilemmas. The atmosphere is thick with yearning and the claustrophobic tension of impossible choices, trapping the reader in the agonizing space between duty and overwhelming desire. The prose is unashamedly melodramatic, prioritizing breathless internal monologues and sharp, desperate dialogue over quiet reflection. It is a book designed for readers who love the messy, forbidden dynamics of classic romance, offering a turbulent emotional ride that leans fully into the pain, passion, and ultimate catharsis of a love that defies the rules.
- Mood
- yearning
- tense
- emotionally turbulent
- Tone
- earnest
- melodramatic
- intense
- angsty
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- forbidden desire · duty versus passion · inescapable attraction · the agony of the other woman
- The writing
- The prose is emotionally heightened and direct, prioritizing breathless internal monologues and dramatic, tension-filled dialogue over lush description.
- The arc
- The journey plunges from the dizzying heights of sudden infatuation into the suffocating depths of moral conflict and desperate longing.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave the unapologetic angst and messy, forbidden relationship dynamics of vintage category romance.
Content notes
- infidelity
- toxic relationship dynamics
- emotional distress
About the book
Matthew Lawford was quite the most attractive man that Darrell Anderson had ever met. Fairly soon, too, it became clear that she attracted him as much as he did her - and all too soon the two of them were deeply and disturbingly in love. But Matthew was married - unhappily, but married none the less. And although he had no love for his wife Celine, he had a duty to her which could not be ignored or abandoned. Darrell knew that whatever terms he wanted her on, she would still come running - but was there any chance of happiness for either of them, even if she did?
Description from Open Library.
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