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Beneath a Star-Lit Sky

By JL Crosswhite
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Level 2 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Moderate 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 #

9

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel
christian themescontemporary settingdangerforced proximitymysteryprotector heroscarred herosmall townteacher

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Audiobook Details

Narrators

Virtual Voice

Narration Type

Single

Synopsis

She came to the mountains to forget a broken engagement. He came home to outrun a bad reputation. Neither expected to stumble onto something worth killing for.

Ella Sommer has her life arranged exactly how she likes it: her fifth-grade classroom, her standing dinner with her best friend, her quiet routines in the little town of Holcomb Springs. The one snag is the ex-fiancé who teaches just down the hall. So when an overnight hike into the wilderness offers a weekend away from him and a chance to prove she’s more than the bookworm everyone takes her for, Ella laces up her boots and goes.

Reese Vega never planned to come back to Holcomb Springs. A former Army Ranger carrying an injury and a reputation he can’t shake, he’s home only to help his brother’s outdoor outfitter business and, maybe, to mend the family ties his enlistment tore apart. Guiding tourists up the mountain isn’t the fresh start he wanted. But it’s a start, and the hush of the high country is the closest thing to peace he’s felt in a long time.

When a routine trek strands Ella and Reese on the trail together, the awkwardness of their history becomes the least of their problems. They’ve witnessed something they were never meant to see, and now someone is determined to make sure they never come down off that mountain.

Miles from help, with night coming on and the temperature dropping, the careful teacher and the wary soldier will have to trust each other all the way and trust that the God who made these wild places hasn’t lost track of two people in trouble beneath the stars.

Tropes:

a reformed bad-boy hero
a wounded warrior with a Ranger past
opposites attract
forced proximity
small-town second chances
survival in the wild
and faith that meets you in the wilderness.
Beneath a Star-Lit Sky is sweet, clean Christian romantic suspense set in the mountain town of Holcomb Springs, and Book 9 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

Beneath a Star-Lit Sky

By JL Crosswhite

Genre

Christian Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Where Danger Finds You: a Southern California Romantic Suspense

Book #

9

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Virtual Voice

Narration Type

Single
christian themescontemporary settingdangerforced proximitymysteryprotector heroscarred herosmall townteacher

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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, Murder

Synopsis

She came to the mountains to forget a broken engagement. He came home to outrun a bad reputation. Neither expected to stumble onto something worth killing for.

Ella Sommer has her life arranged exactly how she likes it: her fifth-grade classroom, her standing dinner with her best friend, her quiet routines in the little town of Holcomb Springs. The one snag is the ex-fiancé who teaches just down the hall. So when an overnight hike into the wilderness offers a weekend away from him and a chance to prove she’s more than the bookworm everyone takes her for, Ella laces up her boots and goes.

Reese Vega never planned to come back to Holcomb Springs. A former Army Ranger carrying an injury and a reputation he can’t shake, he’s home only to help his brother’s outdoor outfitter business and, maybe, to mend the family ties his enlistment tore apart. Guiding tourists up the mountain isn’t the fresh start he wanted. But it’s a start, and the hush of the high country is the closest thing to peace he’s felt in a long time.

When a routine trek strands Ella and Reese on the trail together, the awkwardness of their history becomes the least of their problems. They’ve witnessed something they were never meant to see, and now someone is determined to make sure they never come down off that mountain.

Miles from help, with night coming on and the temperature dropping, the careful teacher and the wary soldier will have to trust each other all the way and trust that the God who made these wild places hasn’t lost track of two people in trouble beneath the stars.

Tropes:

a reformed bad-boy hero
a wounded warrior with a Ranger past
opposites attract
forced proximity
small-town second chances
survival in the wild
and faith that meets you in the wilderness.
Beneath a Star-Lit Sky is sweet, clean Christian romantic suspense set in the mountain town of Holcomb Springs, and Book 9 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.