Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Sexual assault (referenced), Child abuse (referenced), Dubious consent, Violence, Stalking, Captivity, Abuse, Emotional abuse, Parental abuse, Manipulation, Trauma, Childhood trauma, Sexual content
Hideaway
by Penelope Douglas
Book 2 in Devil's Night
You will get a heroine who guards her wounds like weapons and a hero whose fixation earns every ounce of its intensity. If you want your dark romance to keep you guessing right up to the reveal, you'll close this one already reaching for the next.
goodreads 4/5 216,475 ratings
storykind_community 3.13/5 8 ratings
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Length466 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice5/5 · Rough / aggressive style
PacingMedium
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)
- Slow burn
- High
- Rough / aggressive style
- The angst delivered
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- Morally gray
- Forbidden love
- Intense / passionate
- Addictive read
- Dark/tortured soul
- Love/hate tension
- Possessive / claiming style
- Obsessed
- Possessive alpha
- Possessive love interest
- Slow burn with late spice
- Tension finally satisfied
- Anti-hero
- Hurt/comfort
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Book hangover
- Who did this to you
- Tension
- He falls first
- Anticipation
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Wall pinning
- Body worship
- Pinning hands above head
- Possessive/protective
- Eye contact intensity
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Degradation (light)
- Power exchange
- Possessive
- Dominance
- Voyeurism
- Dubious consent elements
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Manor house / estate
- Hidden identity
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- Hidden past revealed
- Revenge romance
- Secret relationship
- Forced proximity
- Brother's best friend
- Virgin x experienced
- Bully romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Intense
- Edgy
- Heavy
- Survivor
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- Dark
- Suspenseful
- Damaged survivor
- Brooding
- Emotional
- Innocent / sheltered
- Tense
- Atmospheric
- Seductive
- Gothic
- Angsty
- Dangerous
- Morally complex
- Forbidden desire
- Dark obsession
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Book details
- Length
- 466 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book