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Falling Away

Penelope Douglas (2015)

SubgenreDark Romance
Age groupNew Adult
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SettingContemporary Urban
CSM age18+
Goodreads4.14/5 (48809)

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentExplicit
LanguageStrong

Synopsis

"From the New Adult sensation and New York Times bestselling author of Rival Jaxon is the guy she's supposed to avoid. K.C. is the girl he won't let get away.... K. C. Carter has always followed the rules-until this year, when a mistake leaves her the talk of her college campus and her carefully arranged life comes crashing to a halt. Now she's stuck in her small hometown for the summer to complete her court-ordered community service, and to make matters worse, trouble is living right next door. Jaxon Trent is the worst kind of temptation and exactly what K.C. was supposed to stay away from in high school. But he never forgot her. She was the one girl who wouldn't give him the time of day and the only one to ever say no. Fate has brought K.C. back into his life-except what he thought was a great twist of luck turns out to be too close for comfort. As they grow closer, he discovers that convincing K.C. to get out from her mother's shadow is hard, but revealing the darkest parts of his soul is nearly impossible..."--

Tags

Small Town RomanceSecond Chance RomanceNeighbors to Lovers

Falling Away: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

This dark romance contains explicit sexual content, strong language, and emotionally intense situations involving power dynamics and past trauma. Best for mature readers 18+.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, explicit sexual content, and strong language. Content notes include emotional abuse, manipulation, and power imbalance (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

College-age readers will relate to K.C.'s struggle to break free from her mother's expectations and find her own path, even if it leads to the bad boy next door.