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Blue Jeans and Lavender Gowns

By AW Anthony
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Level 1 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Mild Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Abuse (Past), Blood, Domestic Violence, Injury

Book Details

Genre

Christian Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Standalone

Book #

3

Point of View

Single First Person

Length

Novel
christian themeshidden pastprotector herorescueSecond Chancesmall town

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Synopsis

Terry Deitz is attracted to Debbie Douglas on his first day of high school. Some kids wonder why she always wears blue jeans but never a dress. Terry and Debbie start dating during their junior year when he takes her to the Homecoming dance. He discovers her main goal in life is to get married as soon as she graduates from high school. Terry wants to go to college and isn’t willing to commit to marrying right after high school, so Debbie breaks up with him before their senior year. He reaches out to her a few times and is rebuffed each time. She receives an engagement ring from someone else for Christmas and is married in June after graduation. Terry goes to college and graduates in three years. He meets Debbie by chance one day when she walks into the real estate office where he works. He reluctantly helps her and discovers she is divorced. He then discovers that her father beat her as a child, and that her husband has beaten her and committed adultery. When he threatens to beat their three-year-old daughter, she walks nearly twenty miles in the night to get away and protect her child. Eventually, they renew their relationship and marry.

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Blue Jeans and Lavender Gowns

By AW Anthony

Genre

Christian Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Standalone

Book #

3

Point of View

Single First Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

christian themeshidden pastprotector herorescueSecond Chancesmall town

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Content Guide

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

Trigger Warnings

Abuse (Past), Blood, Domestic Violence, Injury

Synopsis

Terry Deitz is attracted to Debbie Douglas on his first day of high school. Some kids wonder why she always wears blue jeans but never a dress. Terry and Debbie start dating during their junior year when he takes her to the Homecoming dance. He discovers her main goal in life is to get married as soon as she graduates from high school. Terry wants to go to college and isn’t willing to commit to marrying right after high school, so Debbie breaks up with him before their senior year. He reaches out to her a few times and is rebuffed each time. She receives an engagement ring from someone else for Christmas and is married in June after graduation. Terry goes to college and graduates in three years. He meets Debbie by chance one day when she walks into the real estate office where he works. He reluctantly helps her and discovers she is divorced. He then discovers that her father beat her as a child, and that her husband has beaten her and committed adultery. When he threatens to beat their three-year-old daughter, she walks nearly twenty miles in the night to get away and protect her child. Eventually, they renew their relationship and marry.

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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.