R.L. Atkinson

What to Expect

Typical Physical Intimacy Level

3

Intimacy Level explained

Typical Swearing Level

  • Severe (Fwords)

Trigger Warnings

Level 1 to 3! My debut and next novel coming out are very squeaky clean (debut has one kiss, second one has a couple kisses, a couple make outs that are still clean and a closed door that’s VERY clean)! I have others that will come out that are very much heavy on the closed door. They push that line without falling over in explicit sex scenes.

I put an authors note at the beginning of every novel that gives a warning on heat level and swearing level. So nobody will enter the book blind!

Typical Writing Styles

  • Contemporary
  • Small Town
  • Cowboy
  • Romantic Suspense

Availability

  • Kindle Unlimited

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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.