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How to Forget

Denise Robins (1944)

SubgenreContemporary Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SettingContemporary Urban
CSM age16
Goodreads2.33/5 (3)
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Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentMild
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Cheating/InfidelityEmotional Abuse

Positive tags

redemption archealing arc

Hero archetypes

Morally Gray HeroTortured Hero

Heroine archetypes

Fish out of WaterStrong Heroine

Tropes

Forbidden LoveLove TriangleMorally Gray HeroSlow BurnHEA (Happy Ever After)

Themes

IdentityLove & Redemptionlove vs dutyMoral ComplexityTrust and Betrayal

Synopsis

When Helen Verne went to Switzerland for a holiday, she little dreamed of the intricacies of love in which she soon found herself plunged. And yet when she first saw Simon Boyd, he was kissing another woman, Petal Philipson - and he was married...

Tags

Classic RomanceVintage Romance1940s SettingEuropean Setting

Is How to Forget appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

A 1944 romantic drama exploring adultery and forbidden love with period-appropriate restraint. Contains emotional complications from infidelity but no graphic content.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, mild sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include emotional abuse and cheating/infidelity.

Who'll love this

Teens interested in vintage romance will find a complex love story set in glamorous 1940s Switzerland.