This Stays With Us

A Dark Contemporary Romance Novel of Generational Trauma and Reckless Redemption.

von Patricia Vence

114 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In Oakhaven, they don't call it abuse. They call it the "Reed temper"-and it's a family heirloom no one can escape.This Stays With Us is a raw, gut-wrenching dark contemporary romance that plunges into the jagged depths of generational trauma, the suffocating weight of small-town silence, and the dangerous price of a second chance at love.Winona Reed spent years running from a monster, armed with nothing but a forged death certificate and a daughter who mirrors her every flinch. She thought she was free. She was wrong. Now, she's back in the valley, trapped by a rising river and a town that prefers a polite lie to a bloody truth.The man she left behind is now a stranger bound to another woman.The brother she trusted is blinded by a legacy of shadows.And the man she "buried" is coming to reclaim his property.As the spring floods cut off the only road out, the cycle of violence threatens to swallow a new generation. Winona must decide: keep running until she drops, or stand with the man who stayed behind and burn the Reed legacy to the ground.Prepare for a visceral, high-stakes journey of reckless redemption and heart-shattering tension. This is a story of scars that serve as maps and a love that refuses to be silenced by the ghosts of the past.Break the cycle. Read This Stays With Us today and witness the cost of a hard-won peace.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798174373082
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published