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A Longtime (and at one point Illegal) Crush

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

Trigger Warnings

Injury, Sexual assault (attempt)

Book Details

Genre

Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Big Sky Romance, Small Town

Book #

3

Point of View

Single Third Person

Length

Novella
age gapbrother’s best friendcontemporary settingcowboydestination weddingfirst loveforbidden romancemountain townprotector heroranchshe falls firstsmall townteachertouch her and diewinter

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Audiobook Details

Narrators

Katie Caruso

Narration Type

Single

Where to Read

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Synopsis

A crush that crushed her.

From the day Elsie’s big brother brought his friend Kye McBride over to their house, Elsie adored him.

When she was eight, she secretly blew kisses to him. When she was thirteen, she sat on the stairs, unnoticed, and watched him escort another girl to prom. When she was a senior in high school, she walked into math class and found out he was her new math teacher.

Letting him know how she felt was a bad idea.

A very, very bad idea.

But with that much emotion fueling her, things were bound to go wrong. And they did.

After Elsie made a fool of herself, she spent the last two weeks of school avoiding him. In fact, she turned avoiding-Kye-at-all-costs into her life-long philosophy.

Now three years have passed and Elsie has come home for her brother’s wedding. She’s got to face Kye—hopefully without getting crushed again.

If you ever liked your older brother’s hot friend, this book is for you. If your older brother didn’t have hot friends, I feel your pain. I, too, wish my older brother had been more social.

Publishers Weekly has called Janette’s romantic comedies “Hilarious.” Read one today!

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KINDLE UNLIMITED
AUDIOBOOK
Amazon

*Affiliate link — I may earn a commission*

Audible

A Longtime (and at one point Illegal) Crush

By Janette Rallison

Genre

Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Big Sky Romance, Small Town

Book #

3

Point of View

Single Third Person

Length

Novella

Narrator(s)

Katie Caruso

Narration Type

Single
age gapbrother’s best friendcontemporary settingcowboydestination weddingfirst loveforbidden romancemountain townprotector heroranchshe falls firstsmall townteachertouch her and diewinter

Found a trope you love? → Tap it to explore more ❤️

Content Guide

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

Trigger Warnings

Injury, Sexual assault (attempt)

Synopsis

A crush that crushed her.

From the day Elsie’s big brother brought his friend Kye McBride over to their house, Elsie adored him.

When she was eight, she secretly blew kisses to him. When she was thirteen, she sat on the stairs, unnoticed, and watched him escort another girl to prom. When she was a senior in high school, she walked into math class and found out he was her new math teacher.

Letting him know how she felt was a bad idea.

A very, very bad idea.

But with that much emotion fueling her, things were bound to go wrong. And they did.

After Elsie made a fool of herself, she spent the last two weeks of school avoiding him. In fact, she turned avoiding-Kye-at-all-costs into her life-long philosophy.

Now three years have passed and Elsie has come home for her brother’s wedding. She’s got to face Kye—hopefully without getting crushed again.

If you ever liked your older brother’s hot friend, this book is for you. If your older brother didn’t have hot friends, I feel your pain. I, too, wish my older brother had been more social.

Publishers Weekly has called Janette’s romantic comedies “Hilarious.” Read one today!

Reader Reviews

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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.