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The Tempest of the Pale Horseman

By Jess K Chavez
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Level 2 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Moderate Violence
Young Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Blood, Death of Parent, Grief, Infertility, Injury

Book Details

Genre

Dark Romance, Fantasy Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Tales of the Four Horsemen

Book #

4

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel
beauty and the beastchosen onechristian themesdystopianenemies to loversfated matesforced marriageforced proximityfound familyFriends to Lovershe falls firsthidden identityprotector heroredemptionrescueslow burntouch her and die

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Narration Type

Synopsis

A girl raised on lies.
A feared man desperate for her light.
Can hope and love survive the darkness determined to claim them both?

From the outside, Evathia’s life looks perfect.

Daughter of the Lord Sovereign—the most powerful man on the Northerly Coast—she lives safely within the clifftop Citadel, cherished by her mother, never without food or comfort, and protected from the deadly Horsemen she’s been taught to fear since childhood.

But nothing is ever as it seems.

Her father grows colder toward her with each passing day. Her mother is wasting away from a mysterious illness. And Evathia is little more than a prized trophy, sequestered away behind stone walls for some unknown purpose.

Drawn across The Wastes by the pull of his Core, Azmaveth arrives to find a flourishing community steeped in deceit, ruled by a man desperate to secure his power. When a high-stakes competition is announced with a rare prize—the silver-eyed daughter of the Lord Sovereign—men come from near and far to claim the reward. Azmaveth enters the competition for one purpose alone: to prove to Evathia he’s not the monster she’s been led to believe, and to protect her from the true darkness that seeks to claim her.

As secrets unravel and lies are exposed, Evathia’s world begins to fracture. With darkness closing in and her true purpose coming to light, she must decide what she believes, who she can trust, and if hope—and the seed of love growing in her heart—can survive the wreckage of everything she once knew.

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The Tempest of the Pale Horseman

By Jess K Chavez

Genre

Dark Romance, Fantasy Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Tales of the Four Horsemen

Book #

4

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

beauty and the beastchosen onechristian themesdystopianenemies to loversfated matesforced marriageforced proximityfound familyFriends to Lovershe falls firsthidden identityprotector heroredemptionrescueslow burntouch her and die

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Content Guide

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

Trigger Warnings

Blood, Death of Parent, Grief, Infertility, Injury

Synopsis

A girl raised on lies.
A feared man desperate for her light.
Can hope and love survive the darkness determined to claim them both?

From the outside, Evathia’s life looks perfect.

Daughter of the Lord Sovereign—the most powerful man on the Northerly Coast—she lives safely within the clifftop Citadel, cherished by her mother, never without food or comfort, and protected from the deadly Horsemen she’s been taught to fear since childhood.

But nothing is ever as it seems.

Her father grows colder toward her with each passing day. Her mother is wasting away from a mysterious illness. And Evathia is little more than a prized trophy, sequestered away behind stone walls for some unknown purpose.

Drawn across The Wastes by the pull of his Core, Azmaveth arrives to find a flourishing community steeped in deceit, ruled by a man desperate to secure his power. When a high-stakes competition is announced with a rare prize—the silver-eyed daughter of the Lord Sovereign—men come from near and far to claim the reward. Azmaveth enters the competition for one purpose alone: to prove to Evathia he’s not the monster she’s been led to believe, and to protect her from the true darkness that seeks to claim her.

As secrets unravel and lies are exposed, Evathia’s world begins to fracture. With darkness closing in and her true purpose coming to light, she must decide what she believes, who she can trust, and if hope—and the seed of love growing in her heart—can survive the wreckage of everything she once knew.

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The Thornwyck Rose

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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.