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Turnabout Is Fair Cosplay

By Amy Trent
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Level 2 Intimacy
Mild Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Zero Violence
Adult
Multiple LGBTQ+ characters

Trigger Warnings

Death of Parent

Book Details

Genre

Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy

Publisher

Grace Burrowes Publishing

Series

Standalone

Book #

Point of View

Single First Person

Length

Novel
beach towncontemporary settingenemies to loversforced proximityneighborsmall town

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Audiobook Details

Narrators

Charlotte Horine

Narration Type

Single

Synopsis

A sassy booklover, a supervillain cosplayer, and one beachy small town. Beatrice McKinney has always been prickly, but things have gone from bad to worse since she moved back home to Del Mar and started working at her dad’s law firm. It wouldn’t be so bad if Mike Benedick, a cosplayer at her brother’s escape room, hadn’t gotten under Bea’s skin—calling her a cactus, flirting, daring her to dream of a life she doesn’t have to escape with copious amounts of fiction. Bea may hate the messenger, but she can’t ignore the message.

Burned out but determined to build a life she loves, Bea quits her job and moves into a place of her own—a charming beach cottage in La Jolla with a landlord who has the most impressive collection of lovingly annotated books Bea has ever seen. She’d sign a lease just to meet this smart, thoughtful soul. She can certainly overlook the fact that the cottage shares a lot with a beach house that is currently under renovation. A little dust and noise are no big deal, especially if it means Bea might see more of her mysterious, intriguing landlord.

Just one problem: Mike Benedick is Bea’s landlord, and he’s living in the beach house during the renovations. Now Bea has to live next door to a man she loathes in real life but has fallen hard for in the margins of fiction.

Turnabout Is Fair Cosplay is a fun, sweet, sassy, no-spice contemporary romance. It is a standalone novel, but readers familiar with the Escape to Love Series may recognize a few characters from My Cosplay Escape.

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KINDLE UNLIMITED
AUDIOBOOK
Amazon

*Affiliate link — I may earn a commission*

Turnabout Is Fair Cosplay

By Amy Trent

Genre

Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy

Publisher

Grace Burrowes Publishing

Series

Standalone

Point of View

Single First Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Charlotte Horine

Narration Type

Single
beach towncontemporary settingenemies to loversforced proximityneighborsmall town

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Content Guide

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Level 2 Intimacy
Mild Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Zero Violence
Adult
Multiple LGBTQ+ characters

Trigger Warnings

Death of Parent

Synopsis

A sassy booklover, a supervillain cosplayer, and one beachy small town. Beatrice McKinney has always been prickly, but things have gone from bad to worse since she moved back home to Del Mar and started working at her dad’s law firm. It wouldn’t be so bad if Mike Benedick, a cosplayer at her brother’s escape room, hadn’t gotten under Bea’s skin—calling her a cactus, flirting, daring her to dream of a life she doesn’t have to escape with copious amounts of fiction. Bea may hate the messenger, but she can’t ignore the message.

Burned out but determined to build a life she loves, Bea quits her job and moves into a place of her own—a charming beach cottage in La Jolla with a landlord who has the most impressive collection of lovingly annotated books Bea has ever seen. She’d sign a lease just to meet this smart, thoughtful soul. She can certainly overlook the fact that the cottage shares a lot with a beach house that is currently under renovation. A little dust and noise are no big deal, especially if it means Bea might see more of her mysterious, intriguing landlord.

Just one problem: Mike Benedick is Bea’s landlord, and he’s living in the beach house during the renovations. Now Bea has to live next door to a man she loathes in real life but has fallen hard for in the margins of fiction.

Turnabout Is Fair Cosplay is a fun, sweet, sassy, no-spice contemporary romance. It is a standalone novel, but readers familiar with the Escape to Love Series may recognize a few characters from My Cosplay Escape.

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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.