Dennis Hayes knows all too well that his life is no place for a relationship. He’s at Chastity Falls Academy to play football and do his job. Not meet girls or have fun. But some rules are meant to broken, and the second his lips touch hers, Dennis knows he’s going to break his most sacred one: never let your heart rule.Cassie Malson watched her friend’s life fall apart at the hands of The … hands of The Fallen—Chastity Falls Academy’s football team. She never expected to end up in the same position. The lies. The sneaking around. Telling herself it’ll all work out in the end. Because deep down, Cassie knows if she isn’t careful, he’ll bury himself so far in her heart she might never recover.
They’re from different worlds.
They want different things.
It can never work.
Can it?
Affliction is a spin-off novella from the Chastity Falls world. It can be read as a standalone.
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Although this is a spin off you met Dennis and Cassie in the previous books, which lets you get to know them a little before this.
Cassie and Dennis have so many obstacles in their way. Dennis does what he has to enjoy himself while he’s been sent to find out all he can about Marcus and hopefully get him to trust him.
Then he meets Cassie, he knows they come from different worlds, but he can’t help being drawn to her.
What Cassie and Dennis have neither can deny, but Cassie is tired of keeping things a secret even though she knows it’s because it could put her in danger and best friend won’t like it. Dennis knows that Cassie doesn’t like not being public, but he’s doing it to protect her, but how long will she let them keep the secret.
Can wait to read more about these two and see if they can make things work.
As I was reading the Chasity Falls box set it was always in the back of mind i really want to know about Dennis and Cassie. You always knew that there was something going on but you never knew how they started thier relationship or if they were together at all.
Well this novella was excatly what i needed. No more guessing all the answers were here. I smashed this book in one go and was so excited for this story.
Cassie was such a quiet character in the box set and i wanted to know more about here and she was such a beautiful character and loved her a lot. She was passionate and loved with all that she was and i really felt for her.
Dennis was such a closed book in all the stories he never spoke much and he was such a loyal guy who just needed a happy ending but you weren’t sure if he was going to get it.
I loved how this book fell in line with the other books and reminded us of Ana and Jackson’s stories and you got to know a little more of what was happening behind the scenes.
Absolutely fantastic novella loved every bit of it and now i can’t wait until Dennis full novel coming out.
A big 5 stars from me
I really enjoyed catching up with the characters from Chastity Falls series again. It was great to see what happened with Dennis and Cassie. I really hope there is more to come with Cassie and Dennis. They work well together.
Affliction was a great short story. We finally got to read about Dennis and Cassie and the love that they have for each other. These two didn’t have it any easier than Jackson and Ana had it, but we only get a shortened version of their love story, which in my opinion is still okay. Dennis’ life isn’t any easier than Jackson’s, though he tries to hide it from everyone. He was sent to Chastity Falls to try and get an in with Marcus for his father. But he’s not happy about it. So he abides his time in college by playing ball, doing what he needs to do for Jackson (his best friend) and enjoying himself when he can. Then along come Cassie, a good friend of Jackson’s girlfriend Ana. Dennis knows things are different and can’t stay away. He tries to not bring her into his world but love has a way of changing all of our plans. I loved seeing these two fall in love and seeing their sides. It falls right in line with some of the scenes from Tribulation and Truths that I remember reading. And it helps me understand those scenes a little better. Wish their story had been a little longer but beggars can’t be choosers and I’ll willingly take what I can get