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The Inn at Cherry Blossom Lane

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

Trigger Warnings

None

Book Details

Genre

Christian Romance, Contemporary Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Standalone

Book #

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novella
childhood friendschristian themescontemporary settingfirst loveforced proximitymysteryreunion romanceSecond Chancesingle momsmall townsummer

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Audiobook Details

Narrators

Virtual Voice

Narration Type

Single

Synopsis

She sold her house, packed up her daughter, and drove north to start over. She wasn’t expecting the boy who’d had her whole heart at seventeen to be the one renovating her grandmother’s inn.

Claire Thornton is out of options and out of time. Newly divorced and determined to give her ten-year-old daughter a steadier life, she moves back to the Lake Michigan town where she spent every childhood summer, to help her grandmother turn the family’s historic property into a bed-and-breakfast. It’s a lifeline for both of them, and Claire has exactly four weeks to get the inn ready for its first booking: a destination wedding during the Traverse City Cherry Festival.

There’s just one thing on the porch she didn’t plan for. Alex Wilder was her best friend every summer of her childhood, the boy next door whose friendship grew into a first love she never quite forgot, until life pulled them apart fifteen years ago. Now he’s a contractor with a business to grow, Grandma has hired him for the renovation, and he’s certain he can keep things strictly professional for the few weeks the job will take. He’s wrong.

Between the wedding deadline, an anxious bride, and a daughter who takes an immediate shine to the kind man with the tool belt, Claire has no room for old feelings. Then the old house gives up a secret it’s kept for decades: a hidden room and the diary of a once-famous actress. The discovery delights Claire’s history-loving heart, but the truth behind that locked door may be anything but charming, and uncovering it could put the people she loves most in harm’s way.

Tropes:

first love rekindled
childhood friends to more
a single mom starting over
a bed-and-breakfast to save
forced proximity
a hidden-room mystery
and sweet, faith-filled romance.
Some first loves fade. Others just wait for the right summer to bloom again. And some doors, once opened, can’t be closed.

The Inn at Cherry Blossom Lane is a standalone sweet, clean Christian romance with a touch of suspense, set on the shores of Lake Michigan. If you love the heartfelt small-town romance of Denise Hunter, Courtney Walsh, and Becky Wade, you’ll feel right at home at Cherry Blossom Lane.

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KINDLE UNLIMITED
AUDIOBOOK
KOBO
Amazon

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The Inn at Cherry Blossom Lane

By JL Crosswhite

Genre

Christian Romance, Contemporary Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Standalone

Point of View

Dual Third Person

Length

Novella

Narrator(s)

Virtual Voice

Narration Type

Single
childhood friendschristian themescontemporary settingfirst loveforced proximitymysteryreunion romanceSecond Chancesingle momsmall townsummer

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Content Guide

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Click the ⓘ icons to see how each level is defined.

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

Trigger Warnings

None

Synopsis

She sold her house, packed up her daughter, and drove north to start over. She wasn’t expecting the boy who’d had her whole heart at seventeen to be the one renovating her grandmother’s inn.

Claire Thornton is out of options and out of time. Newly divorced and determined to give her ten-year-old daughter a steadier life, she moves back to the Lake Michigan town where she spent every childhood summer, to help her grandmother turn the family’s historic property into a bed-and-breakfast. It’s a lifeline for both of them, and Claire has exactly four weeks to get the inn ready for its first booking: a destination wedding during the Traverse City Cherry Festival.

There’s just one thing on the porch she didn’t plan for. Alex Wilder was her best friend every summer of her childhood, the boy next door whose friendship grew into a first love she never quite forgot, until life pulled them apart fifteen years ago. Now he’s a contractor with a business to grow, Grandma has hired him for the renovation, and he’s certain he can keep things strictly professional for the few weeks the job will take. He’s wrong.

Between the wedding deadline, an anxious bride, and a daughter who takes an immediate shine to the kind man with the tool belt, Claire has no room for old feelings. Then the old house gives up a secret it’s kept for decades: a hidden room and the diary of a once-famous actress. The discovery delights Claire’s history-loving heart, but the truth behind that locked door may be anything but charming, and uncovering it could put the people she loves most in harm’s way.

Tropes:

first love rekindled
childhood friends to more
a single mom starting over
a bed-and-breakfast to save
forced proximity
a hidden-room mystery
and sweet, faith-filled romance.
Some first loves fade. Others just wait for the right summer to bloom again. And some doors, once opened, can’t be closed.

The Inn at Cherry Blossom Lane is a standalone sweet, clean Christian romance with a touch of suspense, set on the shores of Lake Michigan. If you love the heartfelt small-town romance of Denise Hunter, Courtney Walsh, and Becky Wade, you’ll feel right at home at Cherry Blossom Lane.

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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.