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Protective Custody

By JL Crosswhite
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Level 2 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Mild Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Death, Murder

Book Details

Genre

Christian Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Where Danger Finds You: a Southern California Romantic Suspense

Book #

2

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel
beach townchristian themescontemporary settingdangerdetectiveforced proximitymysteryorganized crimeprotector heroredemptionrescuesmall town

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Narrators

Narration Type

Synopsis

She saw something she wasn’t supposed to see.

Now keeping her alive is his job.

Heather McAlistair plays it safe. She edits a magazine, sings in the church choir, and likes her life orderly and predictable, right down to the stack of bracelets she fidgets with when her nerves get the better of her.

Then she lands in the wrong place at the wrong time, and doing the one right thing turns her into a witness somebody wants silenced. Safe is over. Staying alive is the new goal.

Detective Kyle Taylor is already having the worst kind of Sunday. The car chase he just ended pulled a boy from his Sunday school class out of a wrecked SUV, and the case spinning out from it could cost him the career he’s poured everything into. The last thing he needs is to fall for a witness.

But Heather’s in real danger, the threat is closer than either of them realizes, and Kyle isn’t the kind of man who walks away.

To get through this, Heather has to tell betrayal from trust and image from truth, and lean on a God who keeps putting one stubborn detective in her path. Kyle has to decide what matters more: clearing his name or protecting the woman who’s gotten under his skin.

Tropes:

Forced proximity
A detective hero sworn to protect
A witness in danger
A career woman who never planned for this
A redemption arc
And faith tested under pressure.
Protective Custody is sweet, clean Christian romantic suspense set in Southern California, and Book 2 of the Where Danger Finds You series. If you love Lynette Eason, Dee Henderson, or Susan May Warren, you’ll feel right at home.

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Protective Custody

By JL Crosswhite

Genre

Christian Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Where Danger Finds You: a Southern California Romantic Suspense

Book #

2

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

beach townchristian themescontemporary settingdangerdetectiveforced proximitymysteryorganized crimeprotector heroredemptionrescuesmall town

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

Trigger Warnings

Death, Murder

Synopsis

She saw something she wasn’t supposed to see.

Now keeping her alive is his job.

Heather McAlistair plays it safe. She edits a magazine, sings in the church choir, and likes her life orderly and predictable, right down to the stack of bracelets she fidgets with when her nerves get the better of her.

Then she lands in the wrong place at the wrong time, and doing the one right thing turns her into a witness somebody wants silenced. Safe is over. Staying alive is the new goal.

Detective Kyle Taylor is already having the worst kind of Sunday. The car chase he just ended pulled a boy from his Sunday school class out of a wrecked SUV, and the case spinning out from it could cost him the career he’s poured everything into. The last thing he needs is to fall for a witness.

But Heather’s in real danger, the threat is closer than either of them realizes, and Kyle isn’t the kind of man who walks away.

To get through this, Heather has to tell betrayal from trust and image from truth, and lean on a God who keeps putting one stubborn detective in her path. Kyle has to decide what matters more: clearing his name or protecting the woman who’s gotten under his skin.

Tropes:

Forced proximity
A detective hero sworn to protect
A witness in danger
A career woman who never planned for this
A redemption arc
And faith tested under pressure.
Protective Custody is sweet, clean Christian romantic suspense set in Southern California, and Book 2 of the Where Danger Finds You series. If you love Lynette Eason, Dee Henderson, or Susan May Warren, you’ll feel right at home.

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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.