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Falls Boys

Penelope Douglas (2022)

SubgenreFantasy
Age groupNew Adult
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.87/5 (28781)

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentExplicit
LanguageStrong

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / Partners

Synopsis

The HELLBENT Series—a spin-off to the Fall Away series—is coming! “The kids are growing up—different from their parents but the same in so many ways…” **ARO** Hawken Trent. So polite. So sweet. Such an upstanding young man. A virgin, too, I hear. He never gets naughty with a girl. Probably because Jesus told him not to. And now here he is, trying to be the hero by protecting another girl from me. He calls me a bully. Irrational. Unreasonable. A criminal. He can call me anything he wants, I’ve heard worse. And he can try to stand between me and my money, but he’s never had to fight for food. That rich, clean, school boy doesn’t have what it takes. **HAWKE** I surprised her. You should’ve seen her face. Just because I don’t have a record, honey, doesn’t mean I’m clean. It just means I’m better at not getting caught. That is until I realize I might’ve actually gone too far this time. She’s there. I’m there. The scene of the crime. It’s dark. The police show up. We have no choice. We run. Down High Street, into Quinn’s bake shop, and I pull her through the entrance to the old speakeasy that everyone forgot was here decades ago. The door locks, the cops circle the building, never knowing we’re right here, and I’m hidden in plain sight, indefinitely, with someone’s who’s awful. Mean. Rough. Dirty. A thief. A delinquent. Until one night, lost in all of these rooms together, I don’t see any of those things anymore. She’s smart. Daring. Soft. Hot... Everything’s changing. It’s this place. It does something to people. We have a silly urban legend in Shelburne Falls about mirrors. They’re a gateway. Don’t lean back into them. But we came through front first. I don’t care what the county records say. This was never a speakeasy. It’s Carnival Tower. *FALLS BOYS is a standalone New Adult romance suitable for readers 18+. Reading the Falls Away series first is helpful but not necessary.

Falls Boys: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

This New Adult romance contains explicit sexual content, strong language, and themes of criminal activity. The supernatural elements (mysterious speakeasy/Carnival Tower) frame an enemies-to-lovers romance with significant steam.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, explicit sexual content, and strong language. Content notes include class struggle, criminal activity, and on-page sex.

Who'll love this

Older readers will be drawn to the intense enemies-to-lovers dynamic and the mysterious supernatural setting where two opposites are forced together.

Tags

Contemporary RomanceUrban FantasyNew Adult Romance