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Not Your Match

By Lindzee Armstrong
AUDIOBOOK
KOBO
Level 2 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Zero Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Suicidal Thoughts

Book Details

Genre

Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy

Publisher

Self Published

Series

No Match for Love

Book #

2

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel
best friend’s brotherchristmascontemporary settingFriends to Lovershe falls firstlove triangleSecond Chanceteacherwinter

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Audiobook Details

Narrators

Tiffany Williams

Narration Type

Single

Synopsis

I swore I’d never risk my heart again and he’s spent years trying to save the wrong woman. But falling in love might be the scariest dance of all.

Andi
I have everything under control—my career, my future, and the carefully guarded walls around my heart.

At least, I thought I did.

First, my boyfriend dumps me after seven years because he’s fallen for someone else.

Then the career I worked so hard for turns out to be nothing like I imagined.

But when my best friend’s brother rolls back into town, I’m thrown into close quarters with the last man I expected to fall for.

We’re ballroom dance partners again.

But this time, my heart is the one in danger.

Ben
I’ve never forgotten Andi.

Not the way she felt in my arms as we danced together in high school.

Not the way she can light up a room with a single laugh.

And apparently my feelings for her were never really gone. Just buried.

But my life is beyond complicated.

My unstable ex-fiancée is desperate to win me back. Her tornado of chaos threatens any chance I have at a fresh start.

Falling for Andi feels reckless when my past refuses to let me go.

But somewhere between dance classes, old memories, and second chances, I start to wonder if the right partner has been beside me all along.

And this time, I’m not willing to let her go.

This all-new second edition of Not Your Match has been revised and expanded with 20% new content, a rewritten ending, and a never-before-seen epilogue!

If you love a best friend’s brother romance, sparkling chemistry, witty banter, and heartfelt emotion—without on-page steam—then you’ll love Not Your Match. Each book in the series can be read as a standalone, but readers will love returning to the interconnected world and characters.

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AUDIOBOOK
KOBO
Amazon

*Affiliate link — I may earn a commission*

Author store
Audible
Kobo
Apple Books
Barnes and Noble
Youtube

Not Your Match

By Lindzee Armstrong

Genre

Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy

Publisher

Self Published

Series

No Match for Love

Book #

2

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Tiffany Williams

Narration Type

Single
best friend’s brotherchristmascontemporary settingFriends to Lovershe falls firstlove triangleSecond Chanceteacherwinter

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

Content Guide

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

Trigger Warnings

Suicidal Thoughts

Synopsis

I swore I’d never risk my heart again and he’s spent years trying to save the wrong woman. But falling in love might be the scariest dance of all.

Andi
I have everything under control—my career, my future, and the carefully guarded walls around my heart.

At least, I thought I did.

First, my boyfriend dumps me after seven years because he’s fallen for someone else.

Then the career I worked so hard for turns out to be nothing like I imagined.

But when my best friend’s brother rolls back into town, I’m thrown into close quarters with the last man I expected to fall for.

We’re ballroom dance partners again.

But this time, my heart is the one in danger.

Ben
I’ve never forgotten Andi.

Not the way she felt in my arms as we danced together in high school.

Not the way she can light up a room with a single laugh.

And apparently my feelings for her were never really gone. Just buried.

But my life is beyond complicated.

My unstable ex-fiancée is desperate to win me back. Her tornado of chaos threatens any chance I have at a fresh start.

Falling for Andi feels reckless when my past refuses to let me go.

But somewhere between dance classes, old memories, and second chances, I start to wonder if the right partner has been beside me all along.

And this time, I’m not willing to let her go.

This all-new second edition of Not Your Match has been revised and expanded with 20% new content, a rewritten ending, and a never-before-seen epilogue!

If you love a best friend’s brother romance, sparkling chemistry, witty banter, and heartfelt emotion—without on-page steam—then you’ll love Not Your Match. Each book in the series can be read as a standalone, but readers will love returning to the interconnected world and characters.

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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.