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Ruckus

by L. J. Shen

A forbidden second chance shaped by illness and old ties

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A forbidden second chance shaped by illness and old ties

Rosie LeBlanc’s cystic fibrosis informs how she thinks about love and the future, but the description makes clear that her life is not reducible to her diagnosis. Dean Cole’s return, eleven years after Rosie first loved him, brings their history into conflict with his past relationship with her sister. The central tension rests on a question of timing: Rosie is wary of beginning a romance she expects to end in loss, while Dean is determined to seek another chance and faces personal struggles of his own. The setup combines a second-chance romance with illness, family connections, and the limits each character places on intimacy.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in forbidden and second-chance romance.
  • Readers seeking a romance that addresses cystic fibrosis and uncertainty about the future.
  • Readers who enjoy stories involving complicated family ties and past relationships.

Themes

Cystic fibrosis and mortalityForbidden loveSecond chancesFamily tiesFear of loss

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Book overview

"...I live for you. I breathe for you. I will die for you. It. Has. Always. Been. You."

No one has ever made Rosie LeBlanc feel more alive than the man who serves as a constant reminder that her clock is ticking. Dean Cole is her forbidden, shiny apple. A stubborn fallacy against her blunt, raw truth. Because Rosie has an illness. Cystic fibrosis. Sometimes she conquers it, but sometimes it conquers her. She knows she's more than her diagnosis, but she also knows she will not live a long, happy life with it. And the last thing she wants to do is start a relationship she knows is doomed to end in tragedy.

Least of all with her sister's ex-boyfriend.

But the truth is, Rosie saw Dean first. She craved him first. She loved him first. And now, eleven years later, he's come waltzing back into her life, demanding a second chance. He sees her walls, and he's determined to smash them down, even with his own demons at play.

He wants to be Rosie's white knight, whatever it takes...but he might just be too late.

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