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- Content warnings: Grief, Terminal illness, Death of loved one, Trauma, Sexual content
Promise Me Sunshine
by Cara Bastone
It gives grief room to be ugly and ordinary, then lets the romance grow from actual care instead of easy fixes.
Goodreads 4.1/5 87,880 ratings
Quick fit
Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length416 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice4/5 · Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Grumpy sunshine
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Earned hope
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- Grumpy protector
- Friends to lovers
- Slow seduction
- Beautiful grief
- Secretly soft
- Hurt/comfort
- Healing / comfort intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Gentle / romantic
- Found family feels
- Longing glances
- Touch starvation
- Forehead touching
Fantasy promise
- Contemporary romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Caretaking romance
- Found family
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Emotional
- Warm
- Heavy
- Damaged survivor
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- Mental health rep
- Heartwarming
- Caretaker
- MC 20-30
- Healing
- Conversational
- Hopeful
- Introspective
- Romantic
- Will make you cry
- Comfort read vibes
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Book details
- Length
- 416 pages
- Publisher
- Dial Press Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book