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Violence
Some
Shooting and PTSD recovery; some threat
Language
A lot
Strong language
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit-adjacent romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
PTSD from being shot—the novel is honest about what that does to someone; the person you fall for seeing you at your most broken
What this book is about
Nash Morgan, Knox's brother and Knockemout's chief of police, was shot and is dealing with PTSD. Lina is the deputy who keeps everything running while Nash falls apart—and falls for her. Things We Hide from the Light is the second Knockemout novel and deals more directly with trauma recovery than its predecessor.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
PTSD recovery as the hero's arc
Strong language
Explicit-adjacent romantic content
Companion to Things We Never Got Over—best read in order
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