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Older (Standard Edition)

By Jennifer Hartmann
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The deluxe limited edition comes with printed edges A forbidden, age-gap romance and instant USA Today bestseller from Jennifer Hartmann, author of Still Beating. The emotionally devastating and wildly beloved TikTok sensation readers are calling "heart-wrenching, beautiful, and completely unforgettable." Halley is living a lie...and falling... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The deluxe limited edition comes with printed edges

A forbidden, age-gap romance and instant USA Today bestseller from Jennifer Hartmann, author of Still Beating.

The emotionally devastating and wildly beloved TikTok sensation readers are calling "heart-wrenching, beautiful, and completely unforgettable."

Halley is living a lie...and falling for someone she never should have met.

By day, she's just a girl trying to survive an emotionally barren home. But by night, she escapes to the quiet solitude of a lake beneath the stars. That's where she meets Reed, a brooding, kind stranger who offers her the sort of safety she's never known.

There's an unspoken connection. A shared ache neither of them can name.

But when Halley's best friend introduces her new stepdad, everything shatters.

Because that stepdad is Reed.

With a love as equally forbidden as it is all-consuming, Halley and Reed are forced to navigate a storm of secrets, guilt, and longing. As years go by and lines blur, they must decide if love is worth the risk—especially when it could destroy the only family either of them has ever known.

A haunting and hopeful story of healing, desire, and a love that refuses to be ignored.

Tropes:

  • Age-gap romance
  • Best friend's dad
  • Forbidden love
  • Grumpy/sunshine
  • Slow burn
  • Found family
  • Healing from trauma

Readers have fallen hard for Older—will you?

"This is, in every way, my perfect read—flawed characters you can't help but root for, a love story that is as broken as it is beautiful, and a book that will stay with you long after you've read the final page." -- Goodreads

"Older had me feeling all the feels—swooning, holding my breath, sweating, aching, basking in the 90s nostalgia, and sighing in relief as the epilogue closed." -- Amazon

"And that, my friends, is how you write age gap romance!!!!" -- Goodreads

"This book ripped my heart out and then put all the pieces back together again." -- Amazon

Older is a standalone romance ending in an HEA. Prepare your heart—and bring tissues.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781464246609

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 May 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 226.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 416

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Contemporary Romance Fiction General Fiction Jennifer Hartmann Romance

About the Author

Jennifer Hartmann resides in northern Illinois with her devoted husband and three hooligans. When she is not writing angsty love stories, she is likely thinking about writing them. She enjoys sunsets (because mornings are hard), bike riding, traveling, binging Buffy the Vampire Slayer reruns, and that time of day when coffee gets replaced by wine. Jennifer is a wedding photographer with her husband. She is also excellent at making puns and finding inappropriate humor in mundane situations. She loves tacos. She also really, really wants to pet your dog.

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