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Out of Nowhere
288 pages
A foggy, isolated manor sets the stage for a crackling battle of wills between a bruised runaway and a brooding artist.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like curling up on a rainy afternoon with a perfectly steeped cup of tea and a classic, unapologetically dramatic romance. The atmosphere is thick with the fog of the Dartmoor setting, perfectly mirroring the brooding, isolated tension inside the manor. It moves at a brisk, engaging pace, driven almost entirely by the crackling, combative dialogue between a fragile but defiant heroine and a classic grumpy hero. The emotional texture is heavily angsty, leaning into the delicious friction of forced proximity and the intimate vulnerability of the artist-and-muse dynamic. It will thoroughly delight fans of vintage category romance who love a fiery battle of wills that slowly melts into passionate, hard-won surrender.
- Mood
- brooding
- atmospheric
- fog-draped
- tense
- Tone
- earnest
- dramatic
- angsty
- romantic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- forced proximity · healing emotional wounds · artist and muse · reluctant attraction · battle of wills
- The writing
- Emotionally heightened and dialogue-driven, leaning into the dramatic internal monologues characteristic of vintage category romance.
- The arc
- The protagonist moves from a state of fragile defensiveness to passionate vulnerability as she learns to trust her own desires.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave old-school, angsty romances featuring isolated settings, brooding heroes, and a fiery clash of personalities.
Content notes
- past emotional abuse
- vintage romance gender dynamics
About the book
Emma Shaw had escaped an uncomfortable situation by fleeing to Credlestone Hall, her uncle's isolated home in Dartmoor. But when she arrived late one foggy night, her uncle wasn't there. Another man was. A man named Jake Garrani.
Jake, it turned out, was a friend of her uncle's and a well-known artist. He was living at the house because he needed a quiet place to work, and he didn't want Emma "hanging around," disrupting his concentration. If she stayed, she'd have to pose for him....
It was the last thing the shy and emotionally battered Emma wanted to do. But she refused to be scared off by this... this tyrant. And she refused to give in to the attraction that sprang up between them. An unwanted attraction -- no matter how exciting, how compelling, it might feel!
Description from Open Library.
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