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Gnome Sweet Home

By Tia Marlee
Level 2 Intimacy
Mild Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Zero Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

None

Book Details

Genre

Contemporary Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Standalone

Book #

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novella
brother’s best friendchristmascontemporary settingfound familyhe falls firstneighborslow burnsmall town

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Synopsis

Noelle Winters spent ten years building her dream life as a travel photographer. Millions of followers, exotic locations, the career she always wanted. So why does coming home to Firelight Falls, Texas feel less like failure and more like relief?

Cole Brennan never left his hometown. As a firefighter, he’s exactly where he wants to be—serving his community and helping organize the town’s beloved twelve days of Christmas festival. His life is simple, steady, and full.

When Noelle’s mother volunteers her to photograph all twelve festival events, Cole does what he does best—he helps. Gnome scavenger hunts, sprinkler mishaps, and stolen moments over firehouse coffee weren’t part of the plan. Neither was seeing his best friend’s little sister as the guarded, talented woman who might need Firelight Falls as much as it needs her.

But Noelle’s only home for two weeks. Two weeks to figure out what comes next. Two weeks to remember what home feels like. And two weeks to fall for a man who makes her smile like she means it.

In a town where everyone knows your name and garden gnomes mysteriously appear in unexpected places, two people will discover that sometimes the best adventures happen when you stop running.

A sweet, small-town Christmas romance about coming home and learning that the greatest journey is the one that leads you back to where you belong.

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Gnome Sweet Home

By Tia Marlee

Genre

Contemporary Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Standalone

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novella

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

brother’s best friendchristmascontemporary settingfound familyhe falls firstneighborslow burnsmall town

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Content Guide

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

Trigger Warnings

None

Synopsis

Noelle Winters spent ten years building her dream life as a travel photographer. Millions of followers, exotic locations, the career she always wanted. So why does coming home to Firelight Falls, Texas feel less like failure and more like relief?

Cole Brennan never left his hometown. As a firefighter, he’s exactly where he wants to be—serving his community and helping organize the town’s beloved twelve days of Christmas festival. His life is simple, steady, and full.

When Noelle’s mother volunteers her to photograph all twelve festival events, Cole does what he does best—he helps. Gnome scavenger hunts, sprinkler mishaps, and stolen moments over firehouse coffee weren’t part of the plan. Neither was seeing his best friend’s little sister as the guarded, talented woman who might need Firelight Falls as much as it needs her.

But Noelle’s only home for two weeks. Two weeks to figure out what comes next. Two weeks to remember what home feels like. And two weeks to fall for a man who makes her smile like she means it.

In a town where everyone knows your name and garden gnomes mysteriously appear in unexpected places, two people will discover that sometimes the best adventures happen when you stop running.

A sweet, small-town Christmas romance about coming home and learning that the greatest journey is the one that leads you back to where you belong.

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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.