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The New Year’s Party

By Cynthia Gunderson
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Level 1 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Zero Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Death, Death of Loved One, Grief

Book Details

Genre

Contemporary Romance

Publisher

Button Press

Series

Standalone

Book #

Point of View

Multi Third Person POV

Length

Novel
christmasfound familyFriends to Loversslow burn

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Narrators

Cynthia Gunderson

Narration Type

Single

Synopsis

Eight friends. One holiday. A party that will change their lives forever.
Every New Year’s Eve, Karl and Nicole host the same group of college friends to ring in another year together. It’s a tradition filled with champagne, laughter, and memories.

Until the night everything changes.

When Karl’s brother Mike dies in a head-on collision on his way to the party, the group is shattered. In the aftermath, they make a pact: no matter where life takes them, they’ll reunite every New Year’s Eve to honor his memory.

Amanda Reynolds never imagined that getting into Mike’s car that night would cost her everything. The crash leaves her barely alive—and when she wakes in the hospital, the man she loved is gone.

The only person there is Evan.

He isn’t her boyfriend.
He isn’t her family.
He’s just the stranger who refused to leave her side during the longest night of their lives.

What begins as two people bound by grief slowly becomes something neither of them planned. But can a love born from tragedy survive the years, the distance, and the people they meet along the way?

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KINDLE UNLIMITED
AUDIOBOOK
KOBO
Amazon

*Affiliate link — I may earn a commission*

Author store
Audible
Kobo
Apple Books
Barnes and Noble
Youtube

The New Year’s Party

By Cynthia Gunderson

Genre

Contemporary Romance

Publisher

Button Press

Series

Standalone

Point of View

Multi Third Person POV

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Cynthia Gunderson

Narration Type

Single
christmasfound familyFriends to Loversslow burn

Found a trope you love? → Tap it to explore more ❤️

Content Guide

This guide helps readers understand the content of this book.
Click the ⓘ icons to see how each level is defined.

Level 1 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Zero Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Death, Death of Loved One, Grief

Synopsis

Eight friends. One holiday. A party that will change their lives forever.
Every New Year’s Eve, Karl and Nicole host the same group of college friends to ring in another year together. It’s a tradition filled with champagne, laughter, and memories.

Until the night everything changes.

When Karl’s brother Mike dies in a head-on collision on his way to the party, the group is shattered. In the aftermath, they make a pact: no matter where life takes them, they’ll reunite every New Year’s Eve to honor his memory.

Amanda Reynolds never imagined that getting into Mike’s car that night would cost her everything. The crash leaves her barely alive—and when she wakes in the hospital, the man she loved is gone.

The only person there is Evan.

He isn’t her boyfriend.
He isn’t her family.
He’s just the stranger who refused to leave her side during the longest night of their lives.

What begins as two people bound by grief slowly becomes something neither of them planned. But can a love born from tragedy survive the years, the distance, and the people they meet along the way?

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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.