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Romance · 2012 · R

Breathe

by Kristen Ashley

Josephine Alleyne has been invisible her whole life—Chace Keaton finally sees her.

There's nothing like the first time . . . In Carnal, Colorado, Faye Goodknight is the town's quiet, shy librarian. She may also be Carnal's last remaining virgin. For years, Faye has had a crush on Chace Keaton, but the gorgeous cop has always been unattainable. She's resigned to live contentedly with only her books for company-until Faye suddenly meets Chace alone in the woods . . . Chace doesn't think he's the good guy everyone believes him to be. He's made a lot of choices he regrets, including denying his feelings for Faye. Through his choices, he's come to believe the pretty librarian is

For17+GenreRomanceLength446 pagesRead time~12.4 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

Some

Small-town criminal elements; some violence

Language

A lot

Strong language throughout

Sexual Content

Very heavy

Explicit sexual content

Substance Use

Some

Social drinking; Carnal bar culture

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Chace's complicated past with his ex-wife creates psychological depth; Josephine's invisibility as learned behavior

What this book is about

Josephine works at the library in Carnal, Colorado, nearly invisible by nature and by choice. Chace Keaton, local cop and deeply complicated man, begins to notice her. Breathe is one of Ashley's most emotionally gentle of the Carnal series, with a genuinely shy heroine and a hero who has serious wounds of his own.

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Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Explicit sexual content

Strong language

Hero's complicated backstory

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