Loyalty and damage sit close together in this Boys of Tommen novel, where the romance grows out of two people already carrying a great deal.
Chloe Walsh writes at length and in close perspective, giving room to hardship, family instability and the slow repair that follows. The Irish setting, the sporting routine and the rhythm of the school year keep the story grounded, and the emotional beats land because the characters are allowed to fail before they recover.
A note on tone and content:
• Part of the Boys of Tommen series, read alongside the earlier books
• Contemporary romance dealing directly with hardship and recovery
• Close narration sustained across a long page count
• Irish small-town and school setting
For adult and older teenage readers of emotionally heavy contemporary romance, and for readers following the series, available at Boipoka.