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Running to the Rescue

By Dianne Oren
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Level 3 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Zero Violence
Adult
LGBTQ Side Character

Trigger Warnings

Injury

Book Details

Genre

Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy

Publisher

Self Published

Series

San Francisco Hearts

Book #

3

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel
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Narrators

Narration Type

Synopsis

Scarlet
I have six weeks to win the Home Network’s Decorator’s Showcase and the $250,000 grand prize. I’ve entered this contest three years running. This year, I’m living in an abandoned warehouse in a sketchy neighborhood just to make it happen.
I don’t do distractions. I don’t do spontaneous. I schedule everything—including my love life.

So when I meet Andrew, a firefighter with an annoyingly perfect smile, I feel the attraction. But I shut it down immediately. I ask him if he’d like to have coffee. In six weeks. When the contest is over.

He laughs. Says he’ll wait. Then a fire destroys my project three weeks before the deadline.

Andrew is the one who pulls me from the blaze. A news photographer catches the moment—my face lit by flames, half-covered in ash, Andrew carrying me out. The headline: “The Phoenix and the Fireman.”

I tell everyone I’m done. There’s no time to start over.

Andrew—and my meddling friends—disagree. They replace my equipment, rally support, and offer up the fire station as my new location. I can redesign their kitchen and living room. It’s perfect. It’s also impossible to keep things professional when Andrew is there. Every. Single. Day.

Andrew
I used to be like Scarlet—career-obsessed, scheduling life down to the minute. Then I lost a friend. He died while I was too busy climbing ladders to pick up the phone.

I won’t make that mistake again.

When Scarlet asks me out for coffee in six weeks, I know exactly what she’s doing. Putting life on hold for ambition. I’ve been there. It doesn’t end well.

Then I pull her from a fire and everything changes.

She wants to give up. I won’t let her. My crew and I offer her the fire station, and she throws herself into the rebuild with the same relentless focus that’s going to burn her out.

I’m not backing off. She asked for six weeks. I’m giving her every reason to change her mind.

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Running to the Rescue

By Dianne Oren

Genre

Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy

Publisher

Self Published

Series

San Francisco Hearts

Book #

3

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

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Content Guide

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Level 3 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Zero Violence
Adult
LGBTQ Side Character

Trigger Warnings

Injury

Synopsis

Scarlet
I have six weeks to win the Home Network’s Decorator’s Showcase and the $250,000 grand prize. I’ve entered this contest three years running. This year, I’m living in an abandoned warehouse in a sketchy neighborhood just to make it happen.
I don’t do distractions. I don’t do spontaneous. I schedule everything—including my love life.

So when I meet Andrew, a firefighter with an annoyingly perfect smile, I feel the attraction. But I shut it down immediately. I ask him if he’d like to have coffee. In six weeks. When the contest is over.

He laughs. Says he’ll wait. Then a fire destroys my project three weeks before the deadline.

Andrew is the one who pulls me from the blaze. A news photographer catches the moment—my face lit by flames, half-covered in ash, Andrew carrying me out. The headline: “The Phoenix and the Fireman.”

I tell everyone I’m done. There’s no time to start over.

Andrew—and my meddling friends—disagree. They replace my equipment, rally support, and offer up the fire station as my new location. I can redesign their kitchen and living room. It’s perfect. It’s also impossible to keep things professional when Andrew is there. Every. Single. Day.

Andrew
I used to be like Scarlet—career-obsessed, scheduling life down to the minute. Then I lost a friend. He died while I was too busy climbing ladders to pick up the phone.

I won’t make that mistake again.

When Scarlet asks me out for coffee in six weeks, I know exactly what she’s doing. Putting life on hold for ambition. I’ve been there. It doesn’t end well.

Then I pull her from a fire and everything changes.

She wants to give up. I won’t let her. My crew and I offer her the fire station, and she throws herself into the rebuild with the same relentless focus that’s going to burn her out.

I’m not backing off. She asked for six weeks. I’m giving her every reason to change her mind.

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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.