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The Target

By Cali Black
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Level 3 Intimacy
Moderate Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Mild Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Book Details

Genre

Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Bodyguard

Book #

1

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel
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Synopsis

Sweet With Suspense

Rising country music star Henley Riggs is being stalked. Concerning emails and a series of scary drive-bys convince her to hire a bodyguard for her upcoming national tour.

Before she can follow through, her father, a powerful United States Senator, hires a team of ex-Navy SEALs to protect her at a safe house on the central California coast.

Talon Jax and his team are fresh off a dicey firefight in the South Pacific. Guarding a singer seems beneath their qualifications, but when the Senator specifically requests Talon—the most elite personal protection agent in the industry—the team accepts.

From the first meeting on the picturesque seaside cliff, Talon feels something is off about the case. Henley’s strained relationship with her father, an NFL star ex-boyfriend who wants a second chance, and a new round of suspicious events put everyone on high alert. Once the tour begins, a harrowing string of dangerous cross-country encounters makes it clear things are not as they appear.

From a coup halfway around the world, to the false security of a safe house on a cliff, to the hard-won stage of Nashville and the woods outside Arlington, Virginia, the team uncovers fragments of a multi-layered deception that will bend and break relationships and send them all into a mad scramble to protect the target.

Warm up the edge of your seat and settle in for Book One of the Bodyguard Series. The Target is a happily ever after romance with a cliffhanger suspense.

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The Target

By Cali Black

Genre

Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Bodyguard

Book #

1

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

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Level 3 Intimacy
Moderate Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Mild Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Synopsis

Sweet With Suspense

Rising country music star Henley Riggs is being stalked. Concerning emails and a series of scary drive-bys convince her to hire a bodyguard for her upcoming national tour.

Before she can follow through, her father, a powerful United States Senator, hires a team of ex-Navy SEALs to protect her at a safe house on the central California coast.

Talon Jax and his team are fresh off a dicey firefight in the South Pacific. Guarding a singer seems beneath their qualifications, but when the Senator specifically requests Talon—the most elite personal protection agent in the industry—the team accepts.

From the first meeting on the picturesque seaside cliff, Talon feels something is off about the case. Henley’s strained relationship with her father, an NFL star ex-boyfriend who wants a second chance, and a new round of suspicious events put everyone on high alert. Once the tour begins, a harrowing string of dangerous cross-country encounters makes it clear things are not as they appear.

From a coup halfway around the world, to the false security of a safe house on a cliff, to the hard-won stage of Nashville and the woods outside Arlington, Virginia, the team uncovers fragments of a multi-layered deception that will bend and break relationships and send them all into a mad scramble to protect the target.

Warm up the edge of your seat and settle in for Book One of the Bodyguard Series. The Target is a happily ever after romance with a cliffhanger suspense.

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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.