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- Content warnings: Parental abuse, Domestic violence, Childhood trauma, Abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Substance abuse, Self-harm, Suicidal ideation, Bullying, Toxic relationships, Sexual content
Falling Away
by Penelope Douglas
Book 4 in Fall Away
Two broken people trapped next door to each other for a summer - Jaxon's walls and K.C.'s rule-following collide in a cathartic, emotionally charged love story where healing comes through letting someone in.
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Length432 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice4/5 · Emotional / loving
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Emotional / loving
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Forbidden love
- Intense / passionate
- Cathartic release
- Morally gray
- Push and pull
- Rough / aggressive style
- Romantic fulfillment
- Anti-hero
- He falls first
- Possessive / claiming style
- Tension finally satisfied
- Possessive alpha
- Possessive love interest
- Desperate / urgent
- The grovel delivered
- Only soft for them
- Praise kink
- Who did this to you
- Dirty talk (sweet/playful)
- Hurt/comfort
- Wall pinning
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Body worship
- Clothes ripping
- Mine declarations
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
- Dominance
Fantasy promise
- New adult
- Second chance
- Small town / village
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Opposites attract
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- Forced proximity
- Bully romance
- Neighbors to lovers
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Intense
- Edgy
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Career woman
- Emotional
- Innocent / sheltered
- Angsty
- Conversational
- Survivor
- Dark
- Punchy
- Wallflower
- Romantic
- Dramatic
- Seductive
- Raw
- Cathartic
- Dangerous
- Page turner
- Redemption
- Battle of wills
- Emotional devastation
- Addictive pacing
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Book details
- Length
- 432 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book