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Doc O’Brien Meets His Match

By Diana Reyes
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Level 2 Intimacy
Mild Innuendo
Mild Swearing
Mild Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Book Details

Genre

Historical Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Brides of Buckhorn Gap

Book #

2

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel
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Synopsis

Philadelphia journalist Maggie Sinclair arrives in Buckhorn Gap, Colorado Territory with one goal: prove that a woman can do serious work in a world determined to keep her writing about hat fashions and parlor teas. When her cousin falls gravely ill, she finds herself stranded in a small mountain town — and at the mercy of the most brilliant, infuriating, and unexpectedly decent man she has ever met.

Dr. Patrick O’Brien came to Buckhorn Gap to practice medicine on his own terms and document the Ute people’s medicinal knowledge before it disappears forever. He is not charmed by the sharp-tongued journalist asking inconvenient questions. He is not.
But when Maggie’s botanical illustration skills make her the ideal partner for his research, two people who never wanted to need anyone find themselves working side by side – and everything they thought they didn’t want starts to feel dangerously complicated. A slow-burn with a twist and a hard-earned HEA that has been called “amazing.” Second in the Brides of Buckhorn Gap series, but also reads as a standalone.

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Doc O’Brien Meets His Match

By Diana Reyes

Genre

Historical Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Brides of Buckhorn Gap

Book #

2

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

doctorfish out of waterforced proximityfrontiergrumpy sunshinehidden identityhistorical settingmedicalmountain townslow burnsmall townvictorianwestern

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Level 2 Intimacy
Mild Innuendo
Mild Swearing
Mild Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Synopsis

Philadelphia journalist Maggie Sinclair arrives in Buckhorn Gap, Colorado Territory with one goal: prove that a woman can do serious work in a world determined to keep her writing about hat fashions and parlor teas. When her cousin falls gravely ill, she finds herself stranded in a small mountain town — and at the mercy of the most brilliant, infuriating, and unexpectedly decent man she has ever met.

Dr. Patrick O’Brien came to Buckhorn Gap to practice medicine on his own terms and document the Ute people’s medicinal knowledge before it disappears forever. He is not charmed by the sharp-tongued journalist asking inconvenient questions. He is not.
But when Maggie’s botanical illustration skills make her the ideal partner for his research, two people who never wanted to need anyone find themselves working side by side – and everything they thought they didn’t want starts to feel dangerously complicated. A slow-burn with a twist and a hard-earned HEA that has been called “amazing.” Second in the Brides of Buckhorn Gap series, but also reads as a standalone.

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Physical Intimacy Levels

Level 1

  • Holding hands or affectionate touching
  • Compliments or confessing love
  • Low-description kissing
  • Tender embraces or cuddling
  • Blushing and sighing
  • Non-descriptive discussions of sex
  • Established relationships
  • Fade to black if married
  • Any sexual encounters are only referred to from the past, not described or shown on page
 

Level 2

  • Touch that signals attraction
  • No touching in the underwear zone
  • Long kisses, lightly descriptive
  • Deeper kisses, tongue implied but not described
  • Feeling warm or flushed
  • Gasping, deep sighs, light growls or groans
  • Thinking or speaking about desire in a non-descriptive way
  • Fade to black for established relationships after a scene that matches this level, though this may be unpopular if they are not married
 

Level 3

 

  • Hands moving, still not in the underwear zone
  • French kissing with tongue described
  • Make-out sessions that still follow these guidelines
  • Feeling hot or sweaty
  • Heavier gasping, groaning, deep growls, or panting
  • More frantic moments and some loss of control
  • Male shirt may come off, but nothing else
  • Leg may straddle waist, but no mention of arousal
  • If characters lie down together, there should be little description of contact or movement
  • May happen in a bedroom or on a bed, but should be interrupted or end with a fade to black scene
  • Focus stays on the emotion
  • Fade to black should still happen between married couples or at the end of the book between engaged or committed couples

Innuendo Levels

Level 0 — None

  • No sexual innuendo
  • No suggestive humor
  • No crude or sexual jokes

Level 1 — Minimal

  • Minimal innuendo or double meanings
  • Light teasing
  • Mild crude or dad humor
  • Not frequent or strong

Level 2 — Moderate

  • Moderate suggestive humor
  • Double meanings
  • Sexual tension
  • May include crude or sexual jokes

Level 3 — Heavy

  • Heavy innuendo
  • Strong suggestive dialogue
  • Frequent crude or sexual humor

Swearing Levels

Zero

  • No swearing

Mild

  • Up to 10 uses of “hel*” or “dam*”

Moderate

  • 10+ uses of “hel*” or “dam*”
  • And/or use of bodily swear words like “shi*,” “as*,” etc.

Severe

  • 30+ swear words
  • And/or any use of the F-word one or more times

Violence Levels

Zero

  • No on-page violence

Mild

  • Violence is present without detail or only referenced vaguely
  • May briefly mention blood or injuries
  • Comparable to a G-rated movie

Moderate

  • Violence is more frequent and/or more detailed
  • Can be more intense
  • Injuries may be lightly described
  • Comparable to a PG-rated movie

Severe

  • Violence is more detailed and frequent
  • Blood may be mentioned and injuries may be described in detail
  • Comparable to a PG-13-rated movie

Intimacy Levels

Level 1

  • Holding hands/Affectionate touching
  • Compliments/confessing love
  • Low-description kissing
  • Tender embraces/cuddling
  • Blushing and sighing
  • Non-descriptive discussions of sex
  • Established relationships
  • Fade to black if married
  • Any sexual encounters from past only referred to, not described or on-screen

Level 2

  • Touch that signals attraction
  • No touching in underwear zone
  • Long kisses, lightly descriptive
  • Deeper kisses, tongue implied not described
  • Feel warm/flushed
  • Gasping, deep sighs, light growls and groans
  • Thinking/speaking about desire non-descriptive
  • Fade to black for established relationships after a scene that matches this level – but may be unpopular if not married

Level 3

  • Hands moving, still not in underwear zone
  • French kiss with tongue described
  • Make-out sessions still follow guidelines
  • Feel hot, sweating
  • Heavier gasping, groaning, deep growls, panting
  • More frantic and lose some control
  • Male shirt may come off, but nothing else
  • Leg may straddle waist, but no mention of arousal
  • If they lay down together anywhere, use little description of contact/moving
  • May happen in a bedroom or on a bed, but should be interrupted or end with fade to black scene. Keep focus on the emotion.
  • Fade to black should still happen between married couples or at the end of the book between engaged/committed couples.