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Special Assignment

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

Trigger Warnings

Death, Grief, Injury, Murder, Stalking

Book Details

Genre

Christian Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Where Danger Finds You: a Southern California Romantic Suspense

Book #

4

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel
beach townchristian themescontemporary settingdangerenemies to loversforced proximityfound familymilitarymysteryofficeprotector heroworkplace

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Audiobook Details

Narrators

Virtual Voice

Narration Type

Single

Synopsis

She’s fighting to save her company. He’s fighting to clear his name. The truth can’t do both.

Melissa Ellis became the youngest vice president in Broadstone Technologies’ history by sniffing out problems nobody else could crack. Now the defense contractor is bleeding money, her boss is pointing the finger at her, and every number she digs into only makes the hole deeper. She needs an expert who understands what the company actually builds.

What she gets is Scott Blake.

Naval aviator Scott “Superman” Blake is grounded, recovering from a traumatic brain injury after a crash that killed his backseater and left the Navy calling it pilot error. Scott knows it wasn’t. The aircraft did something it never should have, and proving that is the only way to get his wings, and his name, back. Helping Melissa is his shot at the truth.

The catch? If he’s right, the evidence that clears him could destroy everything she’s built.

So they work the same case from opposite sides, a wary flirtation warming into something neither of them planned. Then the digging turns dangerous. Someone is watching Melissa. Someone wants her to stop. And the closer she and Scott get to the answer, the closer that someone gets to her.

They’ll have to trust each other across the one thing that divides them, and trust that God can bring something good out of a wreckage neither of them chose.

Tropes:

enemies to lovers
forced proximity
a wounded military hero
a stalker closing in
a woman in danger
found family
and faith that survives the fall.
Special Assignment is sweet, clean Christian romantic suspense set in Southern California, and Book 4 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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KINDLE UNLIMITED
AUDIOBOOK
Amazon

*Affiliate link — I may earn a commission*

Apple Books
Barnes and Noble

Special Assignment

By JL Crosswhite

Genre

Christian Romance, Romantic Suspense

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Where Danger Finds You: a Southern California Romantic Suspense

Book #

4

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Virtual Voice

Narration Type

Single
beach townchristian themescontemporary settingdangerenemies to loversforced proximityfound familymilitarymysteryofficeprotector heroworkplace

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

Content Guide

This guide helps readers understand the content of this book.
Click the ⓘ icons to see how each level is defined.

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

Trigger Warnings

Death, Grief, Injury, Murder, Stalking

Synopsis

She’s fighting to save her company. He’s fighting to clear his name. The truth can’t do both.

Melissa Ellis became the youngest vice president in Broadstone Technologies’ history by sniffing out problems nobody else could crack. Now the defense contractor is bleeding money, her boss is pointing the finger at her, and every number she digs into only makes the hole deeper. She needs an expert who understands what the company actually builds.

What she gets is Scott Blake.

Naval aviator Scott “Superman” Blake is grounded, recovering from a traumatic brain injury after a crash that killed his backseater and left the Navy calling it pilot error. Scott knows it wasn’t. The aircraft did something it never should have, and proving that is the only way to get his wings, and his name, back. Helping Melissa is his shot at the truth.

The catch? If he’s right, the evidence that clears him could destroy everything she’s built.

So they work the same case from opposite sides, a wary flirtation warming into something neither of them planned. Then the digging turns dangerous. Someone is watching Melissa. Someone wants her to stop. And the closer she and Scott get to the answer, the closer that someone gets to her.

They’ll have to trust each other across the one thing that divides them, and trust that God can bring something good out of a wreckage neither of them chose.

Tropes:

enemies to lovers
forced proximity
a wounded military hero
a stalker closing in
a woman in danger
found family
and faith that survives the fall.
Special Assignment is sweet, clean Christian romantic suspense set in Southern California, and Book 4 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
Off the Map
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Under an Indigo Moon
Out of Range
Protective Custody

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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.