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Love Like Water

By DE Malone
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Level 2 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Zero Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

None

Book Details

Genre

Contemporary Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Hearts in Hendricks

Book #

1

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel
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Synopsis

Suddenly out of work, Darcy Conti takes a leap of faith and accepts a job as a tour guide for Sturgeon Widows Tours—a quirky, family-run business on the rugged shores of Lake Superior. As she settles into her new role leading North Shore history tours, Darcy is determined to focus on her fresh start. The only problem? She can’t ignore her growing attraction to the one man she absolutely shouldn’t fall for—the owner’s son.

Sean Stetman is still licking his wounds from a relationship gone wrong and has sworn off dating—and working for his parents’ business. He’d much rather spend his days fishing, hiking, and tinkering around his secluded cabin. But when the tour driver unexpectedly quits, Sean is pulled back into driving duties, reluctantly sharing long days on the road with Darcy and a busload of unpredictable tourists.

As Darcy and Sean navigate unruly guests, meddling mothers, and a scheming developer threatening the family business, sparks begin to fly. What starts as a test of patience slowly turns into something neither of them planned. Will their time on the tour bus drive them apart—or lead them toward a love as deep and steady as Lake Superior itself?

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Love Like Water

By DE Malone

Genre

Contemporary Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Hearts in Hendricks

Book #

1

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

boss employeecontemporary settingcoworkersenemies to loversfish out of waterforced proximitygrumpy sunshinesmall townworkplace

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

Trigger Warnings

None

Synopsis

Suddenly out of work, Darcy Conti takes a leap of faith and accepts a job as a tour guide for Sturgeon Widows Tours—a quirky, family-run business on the rugged shores of Lake Superior. As she settles into her new role leading North Shore history tours, Darcy is determined to focus on her fresh start. The only problem? She can’t ignore her growing attraction to the one man she absolutely shouldn’t fall for—the owner’s son.

Sean Stetman is still licking his wounds from a relationship gone wrong and has sworn off dating—and working for his parents’ business. He’d much rather spend his days fishing, hiking, and tinkering around his secluded cabin. But when the tour driver unexpectedly quits, Sean is pulled back into driving duties, reluctantly sharing long days on the road with Darcy and a busload of unpredictable tourists.

As Darcy and Sean navigate unruly guests, meddling mothers, and a scheming developer threatening the family business, sparks begin to fly. What starts as a test of patience slowly turns into something neither of them planned. Will their time on the tour bus drive them apart—or lead them toward a love as deep and steady as Lake Superior itself?

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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.