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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Fire, Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks, Grief, Death, Death of a parent, Pregnancy, Vomiting / emesis, Chronic illness, Suicidal ideation, Trauma
The Paris Match
by Kate Clayborn
Clayborn lets the mess stay messy: divorce fallout, wedding pressure, Paris doing its worst, and two guarded adults finding the one person who does not ask them to pretend.
goodreads 3.76/5 8,929 ratings
storykind_community 4/5 1 rating
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length464 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
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
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Grumpy protector
- Grumpy sunshine
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Dark/tortured soul
- Slow seduction
- Earned hope
- Secretly soft
- Hurt/comfort
- Vanilla with emotion
- Damaged survivor
- Banter
- Tension / anticipation
- Only one who understands them
- Tension
- Longing glances
- Eye contact intensity
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Contemporary romance
- Divorce/separation romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Wedding setting
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- Luxury hotel
- Forced proximity
- Healing romance
- Opposites attract
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Romantic
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Career woman
- Disabled love interest (LI)
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- Yearning
- Warm
- Healer
- Scarred main character or love interest (MC/LI)
- Introspective
- Survivor
- Anxiety rep
- Swoony
- Character-driven
- Angsty
- Immersive
- Hopeful
- Literary
- Comfort read vibes
- Will make you cry
- Binge read
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Book details
- Length
- 464 pages
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book