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Below Snow-Capped Mountains

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

Trigger Warnings

Death, Death of Loved One, Murder

Book Details

Genre

Christian Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Where Danger Finds You: a Southern California Romantic Suspense

Book #

8

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novella
christian themescontemporary settingdangerdetectiveforced proximityhidden identitysecret identityslow burnsmall townteachertreasure huntwinter

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Synopsis

One small-town librarian with a secret. A century-old mystery nobody ever solved. And a Christmas that’s about to change everything.

Anne Cartwright is very good at keeping secrets. The biggest one? The quiet Holcomb Springs librarian is also Aggie Gilchrist, the bestselling mystery novelist whose books fly off her own shelves. Anne solves murders for a living, on paper, from the safety of her cozy A-frame cabin. She never expected to be handed a real one.

When beloved town matriarch Miss Lillian passes away, she leaves Anne her personal papers and a final request: clear her father’s name. The trail winds back nearly a hundred years, to a gold mine, a robbery, and a death the town buried along with the truth. It’s the kind of puzzle Aggie Gilchrist would adore. It’s the kind of danger Anne Cartwright never wanted.

To untangle it, Anne has to team up with Trevor Finn, the charming history teacher who’s far too observant for her comfort and far too easy to like. But they aren’t the only ones chasing Miss Lillian’s secrets. Someone else has waited a very long time to claim a lost fortune, and they don’t intend to let a librarian and a history teacher get there first.

Between the carols and the snowfall, the cocoa and the clues, Anne just might find that the best mystery of all is the one quietly unfolding in her own heart and that some gifts are worth coming out of hiding for.

Tropes:

a small-town Christmas romance
cozy mystery
a secret-identity heroine
forced proximity
a century-old cold case
hidden treasure
and a sweet slow-burn worth the wait.
Below Snow-Capped Mountains is a quick, cozy Christmas read: sweet, clean Christian romance and mystery set in the snow-dusted mountain town of Holcomb Springs, and Book 8 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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Below Snow-Capped Mountains

By JL Crosswhite

Genre

Christian Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Where Danger Finds You: a Southern California Romantic Suspense

Book #

8

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novella

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

christian themescontemporary settingdangerdetectiveforced proximityhidden identitysecret identityslow burnsmall townteachertreasure huntwinter

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

Trigger Warnings

Death, Death of Loved One, Murder

Synopsis

One small-town librarian with a secret. A century-old mystery nobody ever solved. And a Christmas that’s about to change everything.

Anne Cartwright is very good at keeping secrets. The biggest one? The quiet Holcomb Springs librarian is also Aggie Gilchrist, the bestselling mystery novelist whose books fly off her own shelves. Anne solves murders for a living, on paper, from the safety of her cozy A-frame cabin. She never expected to be handed a real one.

When beloved town matriarch Miss Lillian passes away, she leaves Anne her personal papers and a final request: clear her father’s name. The trail winds back nearly a hundred years, to a gold mine, a robbery, and a death the town buried along with the truth. It’s the kind of puzzle Aggie Gilchrist would adore. It’s the kind of danger Anne Cartwright never wanted.

To untangle it, Anne has to team up with Trevor Finn, the charming history teacher who’s far too observant for her comfort and far too easy to like. But they aren’t the only ones chasing Miss Lillian’s secrets. Someone else has waited a very long time to claim a lost fortune, and they don’t intend to let a librarian and a history teacher get there first.

Between the carols and the snowfall, the cocoa and the clues, Anne just might find that the best mystery of all is the one quietly unfolding in her own heart and that some gifts are worth coming out of hiding for.

Tropes:

a small-town Christmas romance
cozy mystery
a secret-identity heroine
forced proximity
a century-old cold case
hidden treasure
and a sweet slow-burn worth the wait.
Below Snow-Capped Mountains is a quick, cozy Christmas read: sweet, clean Christian romance and mystery set in the snow-dusted mountain town of Holcomb Springs, and Book 8 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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Over Her Head
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Beneath a Star-Lit Sky

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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.