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Someone to Notice Me

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

Trigger Warnings

Eating Disorder

Book Details

Genre

Christian Romance, Contemporary Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Maroon Cove

Book #

2

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel
beach townchristian themescontemporary settingcoworkerscurvy FMCforced proximityfound familyFriends to Loversopposites attractroommatesslow burnsmall townsummerwallflowerworkplace

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Narrators

Narration Type

Dual

Synopsis

When Nia Bowen moves to Maroon Cove, she hopes for a quiet reset — a cosy flat shared with her best friend Rhys, the launch of their dream café, and a life where she can finally stop apologising for taking up space. But living and working beside the man she’s secretly loved for years makes hiding her heart feel impossible. And when questions about her father’s identity surface — along with a threat to the café — Nia fears that uncovering the truth could shatter the fragile belonging she’s finally found.

Rhys Hughes has spent four years loving Nia in silence, choosing patience over confession. Now she’s in his home, trusting him with her fears, leaning on him in ways that make hope feel dangerously close. One wrong step could cost him not just the woman he loves, but the friendship and partnership that anchor his entire world. Protecting Nia — her safety, her future, her heart — matters more than anything, even if it means holding back his own.

As sabotage threatens their shared dream and long‑buried secrets rise to the surface, Nia and Rhys must decide whether the love growing between them is worth the risk of losing everything else. In a small Welsh seaside town filled with gentle faith, slow‑burn longing, and the courage to be truly seen, Someone to Notice Me becomes a tender friends‑to‑lovers journey about choosing vulnerability when the stakes couldn’t be higher.

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Someone to Notice Me

By Sophie Toovey

Genre

Christian Romance, Contemporary Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Maroon Cove

Book #

2

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

Dual
beach townchristian themescontemporary settingcoworkerscurvy FMCforced proximityfound familyFriends to Loversopposites attractroommatesslow burnsmall townsummerwallflowerworkplace

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

Trigger Warnings

Eating Disorder

Synopsis

When Nia Bowen moves to Maroon Cove, she hopes for a quiet reset — a cosy flat shared with her best friend Rhys, the launch of their dream café, and a life where she can finally stop apologising for taking up space. But living and working beside the man she’s secretly loved for years makes hiding her heart feel impossible. And when questions about her father’s identity surface — along with a threat to the café — Nia fears that uncovering the truth could shatter the fragile belonging she’s finally found.

Rhys Hughes has spent four years loving Nia in silence, choosing patience over confession. Now she’s in his home, trusting him with her fears, leaning on him in ways that make hope feel dangerously close. One wrong step could cost him not just the woman he loves, but the friendship and partnership that anchor his entire world. Protecting Nia — her safety, her future, her heart — matters more than anything, even if it means holding back his own.

As sabotage threatens their shared dream and long‑buried secrets rise to the surface, Nia and Rhys must decide whether the love growing between them is worth the risk of losing everything else. In a small Welsh seaside town filled with gentle faith, slow‑burn longing, and the courage to be truly seen, Someone to Notice Me becomes a tender friends‑to‑lovers journey about choosing vulnerability when the stakes couldn’t be higher.

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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.