Part of Jake
First published 2022
Jake is not expecting much when his roommates announce a new addition to the house. Then Nina walks through the door, her hand shaking in his, her eyes wide with something close to fear, and his whole world shifts. She is small-town and cautious. He is tattooed, pierced, and carrying secrets he keeps locked away every weekend. To stay close to her without losing control, Jake proposes a deal: he will tutor her in math and help her work through her phobias. It sounds clean and manageable. It is neither. He gets addicted to her company faster than he can build walls against it. But those weekends away are a double life he has never shown anyone, and if Nina ever learns the truth, she will leave. Jake tells himself the solution is simple: do not fall in love. He is wrong about how simple it is. Penelope Ward retells key scenes from Jake Undone through Jake's eyes, adds brand-new material, and carries the story past where the first book ended. Fans of My Skylar also get a fresh look at Mitch and Skylar's life together.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: angsty, emotional, intense, intimate, slow-burn
Tropes: forced-proximity, secret-identity, slow-burn-romance, tutoring-relationship
267 pages · Kindle Edition · Penelope Ward
Content warnings: anxiety, mental-illness