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Just South of Faithful
Content levels
ViolenceNone
Sexual contentSteamy
LanguageMild
Trigger warnings
cheating/infidelitydeath of parent
Positive tags
slow burnhealing arcplatonic love
Tropes
Strangers to LoversForbidden LoveInstant AttractionAge GapHistorical Romance
Themes
love vs dutygriefmemoryregretidentity
Synopsis
Every so often, a love story captures our hearts so well that it becomes more than a story- it becomes an experience to remember forever. Just South Of Faithful is one of those stories. This novella explores themes of love, regret, and the choices we make in life.Set in Bermuda in the summer of 1985, the story revolves around the unexpected and passionate love affair between Laura Becker, a Bermudian housewife, and John Braeden, a New York Times journalist. The narrative unfolds through a series of flashbacks, as Laura’s adult children discover the love story after her funeral in 2021.
Tags
literary fictionepistolary/flashback narrativedomestic dramamultigenerational