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Just in Case: I have to fight for my life
138 pages, Paperback
Published November 7, 2025
About the author
J.R. Vieira
4 books6 followersJessica Vieira was born in Canada and has lived most of her life there. She also lived in Portugal for six years, until the age of 10. Her passion for languages persuaded her to become an ESL teacher and live in Spain for three years.
Jessica has always enjoyed writing, but her love for it really blossomed when she studied for her BA in English and minor in Spanish at the University of Ottawa. Jessica is a first-time author of Before the Sun Sets. She currently resides in Ottawa. She loves to spend her free time hiking outdoors and eating out with friends.
Jessica has always enjoyed writing, but her love for it really blossomed when she studied for her BA in English and minor in Spanish at the University of Ottawa. Jessica is a first-time author of Before the Sun Sets. She currently resides in Ottawa. She loves to spend her free time hiking outdoors and eating out with friends.
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December 29, 2025
✨ Rating: 5⭐️
🫧 Vibes: resilience of strong women
🎶 Song: fighter - christina aguilera
📖 Favourite Quote: "I don't want to be terrified anymore."
📚 Would I recommend? yes!
💬 tldr thoughts: a great story packed with women empowerment and resilience!
In the package:
📦 female friendships
📦 twisty ending
📦 survival and strength
Plot: After an attack leaves Evie traumatized and afraid to leave her apartment, she begins self-defence training with her best friend, Steph, in an effort to reclaim her sense of safety.
Thoughts: I really enjoyed this novella and I think a lot of women can related to this story, unfortunately. The portrayal of Evie and Steph's friendship was so sweet, and both characters felt genuine and deeply believable. This book explored the fear, isolation, and the exhausting work of survival after violence in a very realistic way. While it's a heartbreaking story, it dealt with the themes beautifully and I loved watching Evie evolve into a strong empowered woman. I had a theory about the ending and I was totally wrong, I didn't see it coming!
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🫧 Vibes: resilience of strong women
🎶 Song: fighter - christina aguilera
📖 Favourite Quote: "I don't want to be terrified anymore."
📚 Would I recommend? yes!
💬 tldr thoughts: a great story packed with women empowerment and resilience!
In the package:
📦 female friendships
📦 twisty ending
📦 survival and strength
Plot: After an attack leaves Evie traumatized and afraid to leave her apartment, she begins self-defence training with her best friend, Steph, in an effort to reclaim her sense of safety.
Thoughts: I really enjoyed this novella and I think a lot of women can related to this story, unfortunately. The portrayal of Evie and Steph's friendship was so sweet, and both characters felt genuine and deeply believable. This book explored the fear, isolation, and the exhausting work of survival after violence in a very realistic way. While it's a heartbreaking story, it dealt with the themes beautifully and I loved watching Evie evolve into a strong empowered woman. I had a theory about the ending and I was totally wrong, I didn't see it coming!
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November 10, 2025
A Powerful, Important Read
This book is an important, realistic read that will resonate with so many women. If you’ve ever sent your location to a friend before a date, or walked home at night with your keys between your fingers “just in case,” Just In Case by J.R. Vieira is one for you.
Jess has such a gift with words, her characters feel familiar, likeable, and painfully real. Despite being a short story, it carries so much weight. It’s packed with meaning, tension, and truths we rarely speak about out loud. The ending left me with a feeling I can’t fully describe… empty yet whole, satisfied yet aching. Because it really does make you think, and then rethink... It certainly stays with you.
This is absolutely a five-star read. We should all learn to channel our inner Lara Croft… and we should all be lucky enough to have a friend like Steph.
This book made me grateful for the incredible women in my own life, the ones who show up, lift me up, and protect me. My own Stephs. 💞
Highly recommended.
This book is an important, realistic read that will resonate with so many women. If you’ve ever sent your location to a friend before a date, or walked home at night with your keys between your fingers “just in case,” Just In Case by J.R. Vieira is one for you.
Jess has such a gift with words, her characters feel familiar, likeable, and painfully real. Despite being a short story, it carries so much weight. It’s packed with meaning, tension, and truths we rarely speak about out loud. The ending left me with a feeling I can’t fully describe… empty yet whole, satisfied yet aching. Because it really does make you think, and then rethink... It certainly stays with you.
This is absolutely a five-star read. We should all learn to channel our inner Lara Croft… and we should all be lucky enough to have a friend like Steph.
This book made me grateful for the incredible women in my own life, the ones who show up, lift me up, and protect me. My own Stephs. 💞
Highly recommended.
November 10, 2025
A thought-provoking story that dives into an unspoken truth most women experience daily. Such an important book!
December 25, 2025
Another great book by Jessica.
Great story, which I’m sure will resonate with a lot of women.
Loved the Lara Croft reference.
Great story, which I’m sure will resonate with a lot of women.
Loved the Lara Croft reference.
March 9, 2026
I could not put this down!
Steph is the kind of friend we all need to have and need to be.
Steph is the kind of friend we all need to have and need to be.
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