Slow Burn

Slow burn refers to a slow build up to a pivotal moment where the pent-up feelings or explosive emotions are released all at once. The type of feelings can be of different kinds, for example anger, romantic emotions or sexual chemistry.

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Slow-Burn Romance
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The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed, #2)
Into the Fading Twilight (Starlight Grove, #2)
Yes, Chef
Not that Kind of Proposal
The Roommate Rule
Return to Sender
Forsaking Midnight (Defying the Stars #2)
Married With Benefits
Vera Stein Is Fine
Fossil Feud
Book Club Boyfriend
Twilight Tides (Scottish Isles #3)
Falling Into You (Colburn Brothers #3)
Candy Apple Kisses
Just for the Season
The Love Hypothesis
Our Perfect Storm
The Night We Met (Say You'll Remember Me, #2)
People We Meet on Vacation
Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)
Daybreak (Sorrowsong University, #2)
Fever Dream (Emerald Lake, #1)
Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1)
Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2)
Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #1)
Saving 6 (Boys of Tommen, #3)
Love, Theoretically
Starside
In Her Own League
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Kulti
From Lukov with Love
All Rhodes Lead Here
Wait for It
Luna and the Lie
Under Locke
The Love Hypothesis
The Spanish Love Deception (Love Deception, #1)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Dear Aaron
Marriage for One
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
Hands Down
Leigh Bardugo
We were fools.” “You were children. Was there no one to protect you?” “Was there anyone to protect you?” “My father. My mother. They would have done anything to keep me from being stolen.” “And they would have been mowed down by slavers.” “Then I guess I was lucky I didn’t have to see that.” How could she still look at the world that way? “Sold into a brothel at age fourteen and you count yourself lucky.” “They loved me. They love me. I believe that.” He saw her draw closer in the mirror. ...more
Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

Sasha Clark
Most people I encounter know who I am before they speak to me. It arranges the conversation in a certain way. You spoke to me before you saw me
Sasha Clark, The Elegant Stranger: A Steamy Billionaire in Disguise Romance of Lies, Luxury, and One Unforgettable Week in Italy

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