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As an avid reader myself, I understand just how different everyone's scales of spice and darkness can be. What may be spicy for one reader might not even classify as spicy for another. In order to ensure my readers truly know what they are getting into, I created my own content rating guides for both how spicy my books are and how dark.
These content rating guides only apply to my own books. (Though I'd love to see similar systems for other authors!) If you want or need a more precise list of what's included in the stories, you can find the content warning list both at the back of my books or here on my website when you're on that book's page. Your mental health matters.
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Sexual innuendos
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Make-out sessions (clothed)
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Closed door (no explicit scenes)
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Heavy chemistry/spark
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Potentially 1-2 short partial scenes
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Full scenes are fade-to-black and lightly descriptive
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Between 3-6 "spicy" scenes
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Medium length, semi-descriptive scenes
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Scene content is more intimacy focused than explicit
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Between 5-9 "spicy" scenes
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Scenes are lengthy, taking up multiple chapters
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Scenes are explicit and intense
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Minimum of 7 "spicy" scenes
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Scenes are explicitly detailed and graphic
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Basically erotica with a plotline
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Could also be called light and/or fluffy
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No morally questionable individuals
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There are no morally twisted main characters
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Questionable can happen, but intent is above-board
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Obsession and possessiveness fit here
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Morally questionable actions taken for "good" reasons
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Extreme possessiveness also fits here
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Gaslighting & manipulation
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Morally redeemable characters
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Blackmail, stalking, & kidnapping
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Dubious consent
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Non-consensual dynamics
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Morally irredeemable characters
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Psychological torment
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