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- Content warnings: Domestic violence, Abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of a partner, Stalking, Sexual content
Promise Me Always
by A.L. Jackson
Book 4 in Redemption Hills
A heart-wrenching single dad romance where two genuinely broken people heal each other - high angst, high steam, and the protective hero who only goes soft for one person.
goodreads 4.36/5 8,317 ratings
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Length436 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Grumpy sunshine
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The angst delivered
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- Grumpy protector
- Friends to lovers
- Possessive/protective
- The swoon
- Damaged survivor
- Hurt/comfort
- Slow burn with late spice
- Romantic fulfillment
- Single dad
- Protective love interest
- Passionate / intense
- Earned hope
- Secretly soft
- Mutual pining
- Book hangover
- Gentle giant
- Only soft for them
- Longing glances
- Beautiful grief
- Who did this to you
- Touch starvation
- Marking hickeys
- Mine declarations
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Bonding/claiming/marking
Fantasy promise
- Contemporary romance
- Fake engagement
- Small town / village
- Contemporary
- Single parent romance
- Forced proximity
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- Opposites attract
- Healing romance
- Guardian/protector
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Angsty
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Sunshine/optimist
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- Lush
- Survivor
- Romantic
- Dramatic
- Caretaker
- Dark
- Raw
- Swoony
- Atmospheric
- Healing
- Hopeful
- Heartbreaking
- Steamy
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Book details
- Length
- 436 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book