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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language in a contemporary romance register
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit romantic and sexual content in the romance-novel standard
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
The grief of a medical diagnosis that shapes every relationship; vulnerability and self-protection; a woman who has decided she is not allowed to be loved
What this book is about
Kristen Petersen is living with a secret: a medical condition means she can't have children, and she refuses to be a liability to anyone who wants a family. When she falls for Josh Copeland — her best friend's brother — she knows she has to end it before it starts. Josh, who has no idea why she keeps pulling away, can't figure out what he's done wrong. Abby Jimenez's debut romance is funny and fast-paced, but its emotional core is a woman who loves someone too much to let herself be loved back — and the slow demolition of that wall.
Notes for sensitive readers
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explicit sexual content
infertility and medical themes
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