Closed Door Romance

Janeen Ippolito

What to Expect

Typical Physical Intimacy Level

1, 2, 3

Intimacy Level explained

Typical Swearing Level

Not available

Trigger Warnings

Met By Midnight and Thorns at Sunrise – C&W Level 1
The Arcane Market Adventures – C&W Level 2, Book 2 gets a little into 3 (they’re married at that point)
The Ironfire Legacy Series, The Arcane Market Adventures, The Steel City Genie Series – C&W Level 3

Star-Crossed Fairy Tales – issues with past trauma/abuse (not descriptive), issues with self-worth, and some not-great parenting choices (these are fairy tales, after all)

The Steel City Genie Series – issues with self-worth, issues with past trauma, allusions to past instances of suicidal ideation, negligent parenting — the main character has a very light, humorous voice that takes some of the sting out

Paranormal Romance – issues with self-worth, issues with past trauma, much family issues
Humorous Paranormal Romance – mostly discovering that your fiance and his family have major issues, but the main character is pretty healthy
Steampunk Fantasy with Romance – wartime violence/adventure, intensity, and drama, but nothing past PG-13

Typical Writing Styles

  • Young Adult
  • Fairytale Retelling
  • Paranormal

Availability

  • Kindle Unlimited
  • Audiobook

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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.