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Keeping 13

Keeping 13

Contemporary RomanceYoung Adult
Pages
672
Published
2020
Language
English

Synopsis

Johnny Kavanagh is the golden boy of Tommen College, a rugby prodigy with the weight of everyone's expectations on his shoulders. Shannon Lynch is the quiet, anxious new girl carrying the scars of a home life defined by poverty, abuse, and fear. In the first book of their story they found each other; in Keeping 13, they fight to hold on.

As Johnny faces an injury that threatens the future the whole town has planned for him, Shannon must survive the ongoing dangers of her family and confront a past she has kept hidden. The secrets between and around them threaten the fragile safety they have built together, and both must decide how much they are willing to risk to keep it.

Keeping 13 is the second novel in Chloe Walsh's hugely popular Boys of Tommen series, an emotional, slow-burn Irish sports romance about first love, trauma, and the fierce, protective devotion of two teenagers refusing to let go of each other.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

EmotionalRomanticTenseDarkHopeful

Genres

Contemporary Romance Young Adult Romance New Adult Romance Sports Romance

About the author

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Chloe Walsh

​Chloe Walsh is the NYT and USA Today bestselling author of The Boys of Tommen series, which exploded in popularity on TikTok, Goodreads, and Amazon. She has been writing and publishing New Adult and Adult contemporary romance for mature audiences for over a decade. Her Tommen series has been translated into multiple languages around the world, finding bestselling success in several countries. Chloe focuses heavily on the mental health dynamics of her characters, shining a light on important, re...

Characters

Johnny KavanaghProtagonist

A rugby prodigy carrying his town's expectations, fiercely devoted to Shannon.

Shannon LynchProtagonist

A gentle, anxious girl surviving an abusive home and a hidden past.

All characters in Keeping 13

Frequently asked questions

  • Do I need to read the previous book in the series before starting this one?

    This book is a direct continuation of the story started in the first installment, and reading them in order is essential to understand the character arcs and the progression of the central relationship.

  • Does this book end on a cliffhanger?

    While the immediate narrative arc for the main couple reaches a satisfying resolution, the book maintains unresolved tensions and subplots that carry over into the subsequent books in the series.

  • How does this book fit into the wider series structure?

    It serves as the second entry in an interconnected series that follows a group of friends at the same school, with later books shifting focus to other characters within that same social circle.

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