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- Content warnings: Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Graphic violence, Gore, Sexual content
Burning Daylight
by Emily McIntire
Book 1 in Defying the Stars
A modern Romeo and Juliet where the star-crossed lovers actually get to keep each other - rival mafia families, he-falls-first yearning, and enough small-town secrets to fuel the whole series.
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Length526 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Possessive / claiming
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Star-crossed
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Instant attraction
- High
- Possessive / claiming
- The angst delivered
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- Secretly soft
- Forbidden love
- Taboo / forbidden
- Tension finally satisfied
- Possessive alpha
- He falls first
- Tension / anticipation
- Addictive read
- Hidden royalty
- Possessive love interest
- Passionate / intense
- The swoon
- Protective love interest
- Possessive/protective
- Romantic fulfillment
- Enemies to lovers
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Tension
- Longing glances
- Mine declarations
- Possessive
- Claiming
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Star-crossed lovers
- Small town / village
- Contemporary
- Mafia romance
- Blood feud romance
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- Secret heir/royalty
- Touch her and die
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Intense
- Dramatic
- Moderate
- Mafia princess
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- Angsty
- Emotional
- Seductive
- Cinematic
- Suspenseful
- Dangerous
- Yearning
- Forbidden desire
- Page turner
- Morally complex
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 526 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book