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- Content warnings: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexual content
Between Then and Now
by Zoe York
Book 1 in Wardham
A tiny marriage-in-trouble novella with grown-up stakes: resentment, exhaustion, old guilt, and two people who still want the life they built.
goodreads 3.74/5 1,733 ratings
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Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Series statusCompleted series · 10 books
Spice4/5 · Emotional / loving
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Established relationship
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- High
- Emotional / loving
- Romantic fulfillment
- Single dad
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- Hurt/comfort
- Passionate / intense
- Tension finally satisfied
- Secretly soft
- Mutual pining
- Healing / comfort intimacy
- Earned hope
- Vanilla with emotion
- Frequent explicit scenes
- Tension
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Contemporary romance
- Second chance
- Small town / village
- Contemporary
- Marriage of convenience
- Accidental pregnancy
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- One-night stand to lovers
- Healing romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Emotional
- Moderate
- Low
- Single mom
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- Heartwarming
- Warm
- Caretaker
- Romantic
- Earnest
- Baker / innkeeper
- Hopeful
- Conversational
- Healing
- Steamy
- Comfort read vibes
- Binge read
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Book details
- Publisher
- Zoe York
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book