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Older

Jennifer Hartmann (2025-05-06)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentExplicit
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

Child AbuseDomestic ViolenceEmotional AbuseAge GapPower ImbalanceTraumaMental Health Struggles

Positive tags

Found Familyhealing arcHigh AngstHurt/Comfortslow burn

Tropes

Age GapBest Friend's DadContemporaryForbidden LoveHealing JourneyOpposites AttractProtective HeroSecond ChanceSlow BurnTortured Heroine

Themes

Forbidden LoveFound FamilyHealingHealing from TraumaLove & Redemptionlove vs dutySelf-Discovery

Synopsis

From the USA Today bestselling author of Still Beating and The Wrong Heart comes a forbidden, slow-burn age gap romance with high angst and plenty of heat. *** Before he discovered my age, he uncovered my heart. Bruised, abused and victim to a loveless household, I shimmered with new life the moment he found me drowning my sorrows in a lake beneath the stars. A chance encounter. An unspoken connection. I was smitten; he was curious. But, as everyone knew, fate could be decidedly cruel. He called me Halley, like the comet. I called him Reed. And my best friend? Well...she called him Dad. Older is Jennifer Hartmann at her best, promising a compelling forbidden romance with gorgeous prose and an unconventional love story to savour. Tropes Age Gap Romance Forbidden Love Best Friend's Dad Taboo Contemporary Romance

Tags

Emotional DramaAngst Romance