Closed Door Romance

Valerie Jo

What to Expect

Physical Intimacy Levels

Level 3 Intimacy

Swearing Levels

Mild Swearing

Innuendo Levels

Minimal Innuendo

Violence Levels

Severe Violence

Genres

Dark Romance, Fantasy Romance

Tropes

Beauty and the Beast, Captive, Castle, Dual Timeline, Enemies to Lovers, Fae, Fake Dating, Fake Engagement, Fantasy World, Fated Mates, Forbidden Romance, Forced Marriage, Forced Proximity, He Falls First, Hidden Identity, Hidden Past, Love Triangle, Magic, Morally Gray, One Bed, Prince, Protector Hero, Secrets, Slow Burn, Touch Her and Die

Availability

Ebook, Kindle Unlimited, Paperback

Age Recommendation

Young Adult

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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.