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- Content warnings: Attempted sexual assault, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Domestic violence, Human trafficking, Torture, Violence, Gore, Death of a parent, Misogyny
Lullaby Scars
by Hollee Mands
A scarred warrior who thinks he is unworthy of love and a fierce healer trapped on a prison island - their survival romance is dark, tender, and impossible to put down.
goodreads 4.05/5 860 ratings
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Length230 pages
Story statusCompleted
Spice3/5 · Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Hurt/comfort
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- Medium
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Protective love interest
- Possessive/protective
- Cathartic release
- Forbidden love
- Touch starvation
- Romantic fulfillment
- Warrior/fighter
- Slow burn
- Body worship
- Book boyfriend/girlfriend acquired
- Secretly soft
- Only soft for them
- Tension
- Class difference
- Longing glances
- Push and pull
- Reluctant allies to lovers
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Forced proximity
- Other
- High fantasy
- Fae
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
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- Hidden past revealed
- Rescue romance
- Survival romance
- Beauty and the beast
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Dark
- Lush
- Heavy
- High
- Healer
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- Intense
- Emotional
- Survivor
- Romantic
- Atmospheric
- Royalty
- Angsty
- Immersive
- Hopeful
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Forbidden desire
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Book details
- Length
- 230 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book