Book Spice Level Reference 🌶 - hosted by honyombooks

🌶 Level: 3
Conventional Romance. I feel like most modern mainstream adult romance novels are on this level. Physical relationships between characters include 1-3 descriptive open door love scenes. The intimate acts described in these books are usually what is considered conventional (a.k.a. second base, third base, home run, etc.)

Examples: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne, The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn, To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters, He’s a Keeper by Stacy Travis, and most books by Penny Reid. 
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The Sinner and the Scholar by Lana Pecherczyk

The Sinner and the Scholar

The Sinner Sisterhood #1

Lana Pecherczyk

297 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Divine and the Cursed by J.E. Reed

The Divine and the Cursed

The Fae of Alastríona #1

J.E. Reed

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Flowers for the Devil by Vlad Kahany

Flowers for the Devil

Vlad Kahany

452 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime historical mystery romance dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Demon Court by Emma Hamm

The Demon Court

Seven Deadly Demons #1

Emma Hamm

564 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

Belladonna

Belladonna #1

Adalyn Grace

408 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster

Kiss of Steel

London Steampunk #1

Bec McMaster

446 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous fast-paced
No Proper Lady by Isabel Cooper

No Proper Lady

Englefield #1

Isabel Cooper

352 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

Icebreaker

Maple Hills #1

Hannah Grace

13 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

A Broken Blade

The Halfling Saga #1

Melissa Blair

450 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Made from Magic by Marianne A. Scott

Made from Magic

Made from Magic #1

Marianne A. Scott

317 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous fast-paced