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Lover by Deception
192 pages
A deliciously angsty, high-stakes romance built on a foundation of explosive secrets and undeniable chemistry.
What it feels like
This classic category romance delivers a deliciously tense and emotionally fraught reading experience, perfect for those who love their love stories steeped in high-stakes angst. The narrative moves at a brisk clip, driven entirely by the scorching, undeniable chemistry between the leads and the ticking time bomb of a massive secret. The prose is emotionally heightened, focusing intensely on internal turmoil, suspicion, and the vulnerability of a blank memory. You spend the entire book sitting in a mood of passionate suspense, waiting for the inevitable shoe to drop and the illusion to shatter. It is a deeply satisfying, slightly soapy indulgence for readers who crave the dramatic collision of hidden agendas, betrayal, and irresistible attraction.
- Mood
- emotionally fraught
- passionate
- tense
- secretive
- Tone
- melodramatic
- intense
- earnest
- angsty
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- vulnerability of memory · irresistible attraction · trust and betrayal · hidden agendas · forgiveness
- The writing
- Emotionally heightened and heavily focused on internal turmoil, driving the narrative through intense dialogue and palpable physical chemistry.
- The arc
- Moves from disorienting vulnerability and immediate, scorching attraction into a tense, agonizing wait for the truth to shatter the illusion, ending in hard-won forgiveness.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave classic, high-angst category romance where explosive secrets and undeniable chemistry collide.
Content notes
- amnesia
- deception
- emotional manipulation
About the book
Her lover -- until her memory returns?
When Anna woke up in hospital, the first person she saw was Ward Hunter. The chemistry between them was so intense, Anna was convinced he must be her lover!
Ward found Anna's sensuality hard to resist -- but was she the woman who had defrauded his brother? Ward fell for Anna anyway, though when she regained her memory would she feel betrayed... that Ward had become her lover by deception?
Description from Open Library.
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