By Your Side
by Kasie West
Autumn Collins doesn’t let anyone get close.
She can’t tell anyone about her anxiety, especially not Jeff—he’d never be her boyfriend if he knew.
But then she gets trapped in the library, instead of making it up the mountain to a bonfire with Jeff and her friends.
And she isn’t alone: Dax Miller got locked in, too.
With tattoos and a juvie record and a constant scowl, Dax isn’t exactly helping Autumn feel any better. She’s sure Jeff will realize that he left her behind and come racing back to rescue her, any minute now.
Only he doesn’t come. No one does—instead, a snowstorm blows into town and the temperature plummets. Autumn tries to stay calm. As she and Dax trade secrets, forage for vending machine food, and huddle together for warmth, Autumn realizes she may not survive the weekend if she doesn’t let Dax get close. And to her surprise, she may want him to.
- Spice
- 1/5
- Burn
- Medium
- Pages
- ~352
- Ending
- HEA
HEA means happily ever after: they end up together, for good.
How spicy is By Your Side?
By Your Side is a 1 out of 5 on our spice scale: sweet (kisses only). Kissing, longing looks, maybe a fade-to-black. Nothing on the page.
- Steam: Glimpses and kisses
- Burn: Medium burn
- Pairing: One man, one woman
- POV: First person, heroine's POV only
- Ending: Happily ever after
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- Mental illness / anxiety / depression
- Addiction / substance abuse
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By Your Side: quick answers
How spicy is By Your Side?
By Your Side is a 1 out of 5 on our spice scale: sweet (kisses only). Kissing, longing looks, maybe a fade-to-black. Nothing on the page.
Is By Your Side a standalone?
Yes, By Your Side is a standalone. You can read it on its own.
What tropes are in By Your Side?
By Your Side features forced proximity, bad boy. It is a medium burn M/F romance that ends with a happily ever after.
Does By Your Side have content warnings?
Our notes for By Your Side include: mental illness / anxiety / depression, addiction / substance abuse. This list may not be complete; check the author's own content notes if anything is a hard limit for you.
What should I read after By Your Side?
If you loved By Your Side, try Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert, Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer, Hopeless by Colleen Hoover. They share its forced proximity and bad boy energy at a similar spice level.