Sustained
by Emma Chase
Cold, cutthroat defence attorney Jake Becker meets Chelsea and the six orphaned nieces and nephews she's suddenly raising. Complications follow.
- Spice
- 4/5
- Burn
- Medium
- Pages
- ~267
- Ending
- HEA
HEA means happily ever after: they end up together, for good.
How spicy is Sustained?
Sustained is a 4 out of 5 on our spice scale: spicy (explicit). Explicit, detailed scenes and several of them. The famous "perfect 4": real plot, real smut. Spice starts around the middle.
- Steam: Explicit open door
- Burn: Medium burn
- When: Spice starts around the middle
- Pairing: One man, one woman
- POV: Dual POV (both leads)
- Ending: Happily ever after
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- Death of a loved one
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How spicy is Sustained?
Sustained is a 4 out of 5 on our spice scale: spicy (explicit). Explicit, detailed scenes and several of them. The famous "perfect 4": real plot, real smut. Spice starts around the middle.
Is Sustained a standalone?
No. Sustained is book 2 in The Legal Briefs. Start with Sustained. The series is complete.
What tropes are in Sustained?
Sustained features single parent, grumpy hero. It is a medium burn M/F romance that ends with a happily ever after.
Does Sustained have content warnings?
Our notes for Sustained include: death of a loved one. 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 Sustained?
If you loved Sustained, try It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey, Wait for It by Mariana Zapata, A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn. They share its single parent and grumpy hero energy at a similar spice level.