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Shallow River

by H.D. Carlton

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy·spoiler
Available on Kindle Unlimited

Why Read This?

You'll experience a cathartic release through River's fierce survival and the intense, protective love that emerges from shared trauma.

Synopsis

Shallow Hill is where souls suffer slow and miserable deaths. When River McAllister escaped from Shallow Hill, she left her innocence behind--and some of her sanity, too. Now she's rebuilding her life with her dream man and life couldn't be better. Ryan Fitzgerald is everything you'd want in a man. Attractive, rich, an aspiring lawyer, and would do anything to keep River. But that's not the only thing that attracts her. It's his attentiveness, his possessiveness... maybe not so much his temper. When her relationship takes a dark turn, Ryan's estranged brother, Mako, is the only one who sees it. He knows exactly what Ryan is capable of, and it's not the first time he had to be a knight in shining armor. River came from Shallow Hill, though. She's never needed saving before. What Mako doesn't see, is that River is perfectly capable of taking care of herself. The only one who should be scared is Ryan. Trigger Warning: Shallow River is a dark romance that contains domestic violence, rape, violence, and sexual situations.

At a Glance

4.13 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingmedium burn

Top Tropes

dark romancerevenge romancesecond chance

Mood

darkintenseemotionalsuspensefulbrooding

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.13 ★

Page Count

437 pages

Published

2020

Primary Genre

Dark Romance

Pairing

M/F

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Medium Burn

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Jacob Morgan|Michelle Sparks

Narrator Count

Dual

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Spice Details 🌶️

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domestic violencerapesexual assaultchild abuse (referenced)incestabuseemotional abusesubstance abuseviolencemurdergaslighting

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