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Untethered

By Shannon Marie&Oli VD
KINDLE UNLIMITED
Level 1 Intimacy
Mild Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Moderate Violence
Young Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Blood, Death, Death of Parent, Grief, Injury, Murder, War

Book Details

Genre

Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Romance Subplot

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Standalone

Book #

2

Point of View

Multi Third Person POV

Length

Novel
contemporary settingdisability repdual timelinefirst lovefound familyhidden pasthistorical settingmysteryneurodivergentredemptionshe falls first

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Narration Type

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Alisa didn’t want to move from Arizona to Belgium. She didn’t want to take on the burden of raising her two younger brothers because their parents are too focused on their lab experiments to remember things like making dinner.

As she falls into despair, she meets Pip the Ghost—who lives in her attic. Pip introduces Alisa and her siblings to the secret world of ghosts, who live very fulfilling lives of commerce, creativity, and connection right beneath the city, with assistance from the living mediums who can see them. But Alisa’s new life among the ghost society, including her new ghostography business and budding romance with a another medium—a boy with secrets of his own—is threatened when an old evil resurfaces in order to take over the world…and somehow Alisa’s youngest brother is the key to it all.

Author’s note:
This book is appropriate for ages 13+ and is free of swearing, sexual content, and graphic violence. There are heavy themes and moments (WWII, death, regret, etc.), some scary parts, and a lot of big feelings. But, as with all Shannon Marie Writes stories, there is hope, sacrifice, and joy. And a romance with a happy ending.

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KINDLE UNLIMITED
Amazon

*Affiliate link — I may earn a commission*

Untethered

By Shannon Marie&Oli VD

Genre

Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Romance Subplot

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Standalone

Book #

2

Point of View

Multi Third Person POV

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

contemporary settingdisability repdual timelinefirst lovefound familyhidden pasthistorical settingmysteryneurodivergentredemptionshe falls first

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Content Guide

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

Trigger Warnings

Blood, Death, Death of Parent, Grief, Injury, Murder, War

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Alisa didn’t want to move from Arizona to Belgium. She didn’t want to take on the burden of raising her two younger brothers because their parents are too focused on their lab experiments to remember things like making dinner.

As she falls into despair, she meets Pip the Ghost—who lives in her attic. Pip introduces Alisa and her siblings to the secret world of ghosts, who live very fulfilling lives of commerce, creativity, and connection right beneath the city, with assistance from the living mediums who can see them. But Alisa’s new life among the ghost society, including her new ghostography business and budding romance with a another medium—a boy with secrets of his own—is threatened when an old evil resurfaces in order to take over the world…and somehow Alisa’s youngest brother is the key to it all.

Author’s note:
This book is appropriate for ages 13+ and is free of swearing, sexual content, and graphic violence. There are heavy themes and moments (WWII, death, regret, etc.), some scary parts, and a lot of big feelings. But, as with all Shannon Marie Writes stories, there is hope, sacrifice, and joy. And a romance with a happy ending.

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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.