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- Content warnings: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationships, Sexual content
My Darling Arrow
by Saffron A. Kent
Book 1 in St. Mary's Rebels
For readers who want their forbidden romance soaked in angst and a possessive grump who melts only for one girl.
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Length504 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Taboo / forbidden
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Taboo / forbidden
- The angst delivered
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- Possessive alpha
- Age gap romance
- Possessive / claiming
- Obsessed
- Dark/tortured soul
- Possessive love interest
- First time/virgin romance
- The swoon
- Grumpy protector
- Protective love interest
- Intense / passionate
- Romantic fulfillment
- Athlete
- Mutual pining
- Possessive/protective
- Power imbalance
- Touch starvation
- Experienced x innocent
- Praise kink
- Possessive
- Dominance
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Academy / campus
- Contemporary
- Coach/athlete
- Sports world / training facility
- Athlete romance
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- Virgin x experienced
- Sports romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Angsty
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Outcast/loner
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- Yearning
- Lush
- Survivor
- Seductive
- Introspective
- Innocent / sheltered
- Dramatic
- Romantic
- Forbidden desire
- Star-crossed lovers
- Emotional devastation
- Slow start explosive finish
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Book details
- Length
- 504 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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