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Birthday Girl

  • 2018 first published
  • 479 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (9 ratings)
  • 8 editions

Birthday Girl is a 2018 novel by Penelope Douglas. Key subjects include age gap, forbidden love, friends to lovers and Angst.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, and 753 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions across 3 languages.

It runs to roughly 479 pages — 8–9 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Birthday Girl

**JORDAN** He took me in when I had nowhere else to go. He doesn't use me, hurt me, or forget about me. He doesn't treat me like I'm nothing, take me for granted, or make me feel unsafe. He remembers me, laughs with me, and looks at me. He listens to me, protects me, and sees me. I can feel his eyes on me over the breakfast table, and my heart pumps so hard when I hear him pull in the driveway after work. I have to stop this. It can't happen. My sister once told me there are no good men, and if you find one, he's probably unavailable. Only Pike Lawson isn't the unavailable one. I am. **PIKE** I took her in, because I thought I was helping. She'd cook a few meals and clean up a little. It was an easy arrangement. As the days go by, though, it's becoming anything but easy. I have to stop my mind from drifting to her and stop holding my breath every time I bump into her in the house. I can't touch her, and I shouldn't want to. The more I find my path crossing hers, though, the more she's becoming a part of me. But we're not free to give into this. She's nineteen, and I'm thirty-eight. And her boyfriend's father. Unfortunately, they both just moved into my house. *BIRTHDAY GIRL is a stand-alone, contemporary romance suitable for ages 18+.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Tropes

Subjects

  • Age gap
  • Forbidden love
  • Contemporary slow burn
  • Friends to lovers
  • Angst
  • New adult
  • Alpha male
  • Love triangle
  • Single father
  • Dual pov
  • Grumpy-sunshine
  • Poor heroine
  • Forced proximity
  • Insta-love
  • Small town
  • Cheating

Quick answers

Who wrote Birthday Girl?

Birthday Girl was written by Penelope Douglas and first published in 2018.

How long is Birthday Girl?

The median edition has 479 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Birthday Girl?

Readers who like it often enjoy Gothikana, If the Sun Never Sets and My Dark Desire.

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