Book Spice Level Reference 🌶 - hosted by honyombooks

🌶 Level: 4
Hot and Heavy Romance. These books push the envelope just a little past what is considered conventional. Physical relationships between characters include 3-5 descriptive open door love scenes. The intimate acts described in these books often veer toward creative or unconventional. Although these characters are often experimental in the bedroom, they typically don’t consider themselves part of the BDSM community or lifestyle.

Examples: Marriage and Murder by Penny Reid, most of the Ice Plant Barbariansseries by Ruby Dixon, Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade, Dangerous by Minerva Spencer, and Don’t Hex and Drive by Juliette Cross. 
All books added
Fit For the Throne: Royal Games by S. McPherson

Fit For the Throne: Royal Games

Fit for the Throne #2

S. McPherson

374 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Fit for the Throne: The Trial of Ten by S. McPherson

Fit for the Throne: The Trial of Ten

Fit for the Throne #1

S. McPherson

462 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Dr. Grant by Catharina Maura

Dr. Grant

Off-Limits #2

Catharina Maura

296 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

421 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
You're so Bad by Angela Casella

You're so Bad

Finding You #2

Angela Casella

416 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction romance lighthearted medium-paced
A Court Where I'm Freezing My Ass Off by Marianne A. Scott

A Court Where I'm Freezing My Ass Off

Made from Magic #2.5

Marianne A. Scott

89 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Between Love and Loathing by Shain Rose

Between Love and Loathing

Hardy Billionaires #2

Shain Rose

394 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Trashy Foreplay by Gemma James

Trashy Foreplay

Trashy Affair #1

Gemma James

268 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary romance emotional fast-paced
The Nanny by Lana Ferguson

The Nanny

Lana Ferguson

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Made to Conquer by Marianne A. Scott

Made to Conquer

Made from Magic #2

Marianne A. Scott

348 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced