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Off the Map

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

Trigger Warnings

Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking

Book Details

Genre

Christian Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Where Danger Finds You: a Southern California Romantic Suspense

Book #

5

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel
christian themescontemporary settingdangermysteryprotector heroroad tripSecond Chanceslow burnvacation

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Audiobook Details

Narrators

Virtual Voice

Narration Type

Single

Synopsis

She thought it was the family road trip she’d always wanted. He saw the chance to win back the girl he never got over. Neither of them counted on the man following their every mile.

Allie Ellis likes her life neat, predictable, and under control, which is exactly what it stops being the night her high school crush walks back into it. Steve Collins is everything teenage Allie used to dream about, and now mutual friends have somehow recruited the handsome detective onto her family’s long-planned road trip. Weeks on the road. The same itinerary. Nowhere to hide. Allie isn’t sure her heart can survive that much time beside a man she never quite got over.

Collins let Allie slip away once. He’s regretted it ever since, and this trip is the second chance he doesn’t intend to waste. He just has to convince a woman who plans for everything that some risks are worth taking.

But the two of them aren’t the only ones with plans for this trip. A man with nothing left to lose has fixed on someone in their group, and he’s tracking their route mile by mile, patient, calculating, and certain this road ends right where he wants it. As the scenery turns wild and remote, the distance between Allie and Collins closes, and so does the gap between them and the danger at their backs.

Out here, far from home and farther from help, they’ll have to trust each other, and trust that God is still steering even when the road runs straight toward the edge.

Tropes:

second-chance romance
a road trip turned deadly
the one who got away
slow-burn romance
forced proximity
a stalker on their trail
and faith for the long road.
Off the Map is sweet, clean Christian romantic suspense set in sun-soaked Southern California and the wide-open West, and Book 5 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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KINDLE UNLIMITED
AUDIOBOOK
Amazon

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Barnes and Noble

Off the Map

By JL Crosswhite

Genre

Christian Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Where Danger Finds You: a Southern California Romantic Suspense

Book #

5

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Virtual Voice

Narration Type

Single
christian themescontemporary settingdangermysteryprotector heroroad tripSecond Chanceslow burnvacation

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Content Guide

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

Trigger Warnings

Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking

Synopsis

She thought it was the family road trip she’d always wanted. He saw the chance to win back the girl he never got over. Neither of them counted on the man following their every mile.

Allie Ellis likes her life neat, predictable, and under control, which is exactly what it stops being the night her high school crush walks back into it. Steve Collins is everything teenage Allie used to dream about, and now mutual friends have somehow recruited the handsome detective onto her family’s long-planned road trip. Weeks on the road. The same itinerary. Nowhere to hide. Allie isn’t sure her heart can survive that much time beside a man she never quite got over.

Collins let Allie slip away once. He’s regretted it ever since, and this trip is the second chance he doesn’t intend to waste. He just has to convince a woman who plans for everything that some risks are worth taking.

But the two of them aren’t the only ones with plans for this trip. A man with nothing left to lose has fixed on someone in their group, and he’s tracking their route mile by mile, patient, calculating, and certain this road ends right where he wants it. As the scenery turns wild and remote, the distance between Allie and Collins closes, and so does the gap between them and the danger at their backs.

Out here, far from home and farther from help, they’ll have to trust each other, and trust that God is still steering even when the road runs straight toward the edge.

Tropes:

second-chance romance
a road trip turned deadly
the one who got away
slow-burn romance
forced proximity
a stalker on their trail
and faith for the long road.
Off the Map is sweet, clean Christian romantic suspense set in sun-soaked Southern California and the wide-open West, and Book 5 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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Under an Indigo Moon
Beneath a Star-Lit Sky
Below Snow-Capped Mountains
Over Her Head
Out of Range
Special Assignment
Protective Custody

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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.