Still Beating – Jennifer Hartmann

Cora Lawson expects nothing more than a hangover after her sister’s birthday party. Instead, she wakes up chained in a basement beside Dean Asher—her sister’s fiancé, her long-time enemy, and the last person she ever wanted to depend on.

Kidnapped and trapped together, Cora and Dean are forced to rely on each other to survive. Years of animosity blur under the weight of fear, vulnerability, and shared trauma. As survival turns into something deeper, the line between hate and love becomes dangerously thin—and neither of them will emerge unchanged.

Spice level: High
Still Beating is a dark, emotional romance featuring enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, captivity, and intense psychological and romantic tension.