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Linda Carroll-Bradd

What to Expect

Physical Intimacy Levels

Level 1 Intimacy, Level 2 Intimacy, Level 3 Intimacy

Swearing Levels

Mild Swearing, Zero Swearing

Innuendo Levels

Minimal Innuendo, No Innuendo

Violence Levels

Mild Violence, Moderate Violence, Zero Violence

Genres

Contemporary Romance, Historical Romance

Tropes

Arranged Marriage, Beach Town, Beauty and the Beast, Best Friend’s Brother, Bodyguard, Boss Employee, Brother’s Best Friend, Celebrity, Childhood Friends, Christmas, Competition, Contemporary Setting, Contract Marriage, Cowboy, Danger, Detective, Disability Rep, Doctor, Enemies to Lovers, Fake Dating, First Love, Fish Out of Water, Forbidden Romance, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Friends to Lovers, Frontier, Grumpy Sunshine, He Falls First, Hidden Identity, Historical Setting, Love Triangle, Mail Order Bride, Marriage of Convenience, Marriage Pact, Mistaken Identity, Mountain Town, Mystery, Neighbor, Never Been Kissed, Opposites Attract, Protector Hero, Ranch, Ranch Hand, Ranch Inheritance, Rescue, Reunion Romance, Road Trip, Runaway Bride, Scarred Hero, Secret Baby, Secret Identity, She Falls First, Ship, Single Dad, Single Mom, Slow Burn, Small Town, Spy, Strangers to Lovers, Teacher, Undercover, Vacation, Wagon Train, Western, Widower, Winter, Workplace

Availability

Ebook, Kindle Unlimited, Kobo, Paperback

Age Recommendation

Young Adult

Books by This Author

Browse this author's books currently available in the Closed Door Romance Database. Click any cover to view its full content guide.

Holly Bough Inn

Holle

Minda

Rose

Wandering Home

Storybook Hero

My Heart Knew

Sparked by Fire

Mail-Order Haven

Ione’s Dilemma

Tending Troubles

Taming A Scandal

Transforming Emma

Lightkeepers of Windward Cove Boxset

Aebleskiver by Annika

Butter Pound Cake by Berdina

Escalope by Emma

Ginger Cake by Glynna

Kringla by Kelci

Rule #10 Honesty is Everything

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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.