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Treacherous Longings
288 pages
A high-angst, emotionally charged reunion romance where a decade-old secret threatens to upend a simmering, forbidden passion.
What it feels like
This classic category romance delivers a brisk, emotionally heightened reading experience built entirely around simmering tension and unresolved history. The atmosphere is thick with angst and guarded secrets, pulling the reader into a passionate tug-of-war between a brooding, determined hero and a fiercely protective heroine. The prose is direct and melodramatic, focusing intensely on the internal longings and sharp, friction-filled interactions of the central couple rather than external world-building. It is a story of reckoning with the past and the explosive consequences of hidden truths. Fans of vintage romance who crave the dramatic stakes of the secret baby trope and the intense, claustrophobic focus of a second-chance love story will find this an utterly absorbing read.
- Mood
- tense
- passionate
- emotionally charged
- guarded
- Tone
- angsty
- intense
- melodramatic
- earnest
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- burden of secrets · enduring desire · maternal protection · second chances · reckoning with the past
- The writing
- Direct and emotionally heightened, focusing heavily on internal longing, sharp dialogue, and interpersonal friction.
- The arc
- Moves from a tense, guarded reunion fraught with unspoken history to an explosive revelation and ultimately, passionate reconciliation.
- Who it's for
- Readers who devour classic, high-angst category romances featuring brooding heroes and the dramatic secret baby trope.
Content notes
- secret child
- past emotional trauma
About the book
‘You knew her, didn’t you?’
When Quinn Marriott is asked to track down reclusive Julia Stewart he knows it will mean trouble. Quinn once knew Julia more intimately than anyone realises and believes that he caused her to shun the limelight. Over the years Quinn’s treacherous longings for the one woman he shouldn’t love have never abated. But Julia has a very specific reason for avoiding Quinn...a ten-year-old secret he must never be allowed to guess. And the secret’s name is Jake!
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