Forged

• Explicit sexual content, on-page, scorching heat level
• Organized crime and criminal-enterprise settings
• Morally gray to morally black heroes
• Possessive and protective hero dynamics
• Power imbalance handled within the fantasy
• Guns, physical violence, or threat of violence, varying by title
• Death and grief, on-page and referenced
• Heavy alcohol use
• Adult language throughout
• Catholic religious content and imagery
• Family dysfunction and estrangement

Every Cara Hollis book ends with a Happily Ever After. That is a promise.

FORGED is a dark romance with a guaranteed Happily Ever After. The darkness lives in the world and the stakes, never in how the hero treats the heroine. These notes are intentionally spoiler-light.

On the page

• Explicit open-door sexual content, strong language, and alcohol use, including heavy drinking
• Organized crime and criminal activity, including financial crime
• The sudden death of a family member, followed by grief, a wake, and funeral content
• One scene of physical violence
• A broken engagement involving secondary characters
• Emotional withdrawal during a crisis and betrayals of trust involving family and longtime friends

Referenced or in the background

• A manipulative parent and adult-child estrangement
• A historical killing in the family’s past
• Catholic faith, ritual, and guilt

If you have a specific concern that is not answered here, email author-cara@carahollis.com and I’ll tell you plainly.

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