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Home Run

By Cathe Swanson
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Level 1 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Mild Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Death, Kidnapping, Stalking

Book Details

Genre

Christian Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Hope Again

Book #

5

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel
brother’s best friendchristian themescontemporary settingdangerdoctorgrumpy sunshinehe falls firsthidden pastmysterynever been kissedrescuesingle dadsmall townsummerwidower

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Narration Type

Synopsis

She’s falling apart. He’s moving on.

Phoebe Schenstrom is capable, smart, and calm in all circumstances – the perfect director of women’s and children’s ministries at the Unity Plenkiss Community Center. Maintaining that reputation is getting hard, though, and Phoebe is burning out fast. When a clash – or two – with clients leads to her suspension, she needs to prove she’s more than just a babysitter.

Her brother’s adventure camps for city kids might give her a chance to save her job, but he’s invited Ben Taylor to help with it, and Phoebe doesn’t want to give Ben the wrong idea… and she certainly doesn’t want him to think he’s her fallback plan.

Ben’s changed, too. He isn’t the irresponsible young man Phoebe rejected three years ago. He’s achieved his doctorate in physical therapy and is starting a new life, with a good job and a home for his children. While the kids spend the summer with their grandparents, he’s looking forward to working with his friend, building a Christian camp in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He didn’t expect Phoebe to be there.

Working together means seeing each other in a new light, but just when it looks like they might get a fresh start, things start going wrong. Vandalism and hostility obstruct them at every turn, and knowing who to trust becomes more important than ever.

Can Phoebe and Ben’s friendship find new roots in the dense, Michigan forest? Or will the ghosts of the past prove you really can’t go home again?

Read Home Run today!

Home Run is book 5 in the Hope Again series – alternating romantic suspense and Christmas romances set in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Unity Plenkiss Community Center in Chicago.

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Home Run

By Cathe Swanson

Genre

Christian Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Hope Again

Book #

5

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

brother’s best friendchristian themescontemporary settingdangerdoctorgrumpy sunshinehe falls firsthidden pastmysterynever been kissedrescuesingle dadsmall townsummerwidower

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Content Guide

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Level 1 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Mild Violence
Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Death, Kidnapping, Stalking

Synopsis

She’s falling apart. He’s moving on.

Phoebe Schenstrom is capable, smart, and calm in all circumstances – the perfect director of women’s and children’s ministries at the Unity Plenkiss Community Center. Maintaining that reputation is getting hard, though, and Phoebe is burning out fast. When a clash – or two – with clients leads to her suspension, she needs to prove she’s more than just a babysitter.

Her brother’s adventure camps for city kids might give her a chance to save her job, but he’s invited Ben Taylor to help with it, and Phoebe doesn’t want to give Ben the wrong idea… and she certainly doesn’t want him to think he’s her fallback plan.

Ben’s changed, too. He isn’t the irresponsible young man Phoebe rejected three years ago. He’s achieved his doctorate in physical therapy and is starting a new life, with a good job and a home for his children. While the kids spend the summer with their grandparents, he’s looking forward to working with his friend, building a Christian camp in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He didn’t expect Phoebe to be there.

Working together means seeing each other in a new light, but just when it looks like they might get a fresh start, things start going wrong. Vandalism and hostility obstruct them at every turn, and knowing who to trust becomes more important than ever.

Can Phoebe and Ben’s friendship find new roots in the dense, Michigan forest? Or will the ghosts of the past prove you really can’t go home again?

Read Home Run today!

Home Run is book 5 in the Hope Again series – alternating romantic suspense and Christmas romances set in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Unity Plenkiss Community Center in Chicago.

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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.