Closed Door Romance

15 genres · 3,200+ closed door romances

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Browse closed door romance by genre, from small-town contemporaries and faith-filled Christian romance to fantasy kingdoms and Regency ballrooms. Every book has a full content guide, so you know what to expect before you start.

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Contemporary Romance Modern-day love stories, from small towns to big cities. 1,442 books → Christian Romance Faith-filled love stories with Christian themes woven through. 1,006 books → Fantasy Romance Magic, kingdoms, fae and dragons, with the door kept closed. 721 books → Historical Romance Regency ballrooms, frontier towns and everything in between. 635 books → Romantic Comedy Banter, meet-cutes and laugh-out-loud love stories. 467 books → Romantic Suspense Danger, mystery and a love worth protecting. 333 books →
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Romance Subplot Great stories where the romance plays a supporting role. 173 books → Paranormal Romance Shifters, vampires and other-worldly love stories. 148 books → Cozy Mystery Small-town sleuthing with a sprinkle of romance. 91 books → Urban Fantasy Magic hiding in the modern world. 70 books → Science Fiction Romance Love among the stars and in worlds still to come. 50 books → Time Travel Romance Love stories that cross the centuries. 44 books → Dark Romance Morally gray heroes and darker themes, still closed door. 43 books → Amish Romance Gentle love stories set in Plain communities. 17 books → LDS Romance Clean romance by and for Latter-day Saint readers. 7 books →
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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.