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. 
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The Stopover by T.L. Swan

The Stopover

The Miles High Club #1

T.L. Swan

521 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted medium-paced
Black Ties and White Lies by Kat Singleton

Black Ties and White Lies

Black Tie Billionaires #1

Kat Singleton

420 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey

My Killer Vacation

Tessa Bailey

295 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery romance adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
What Hunts Inside the Shadows by Harper L. Woods

What Hunts Inside the Shadows

Of Flesh & Bone #2

Harper L. Woods

498 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Shadow Touched by Becky Moynihan

Shadow Touched

A Touch of Vampire #1

Becky Moynihan

359 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Curse Touched by Becky Moynihan

Curse Touched

A Touch of Vampire #2

Becky Moynihan

346 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Fate Touched by Becky Moynihan

Fate Touched

A Touch of Vampire #3

Becky Moynihan

364 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Radiance by Grace Draven

Radiance

Wraith Kings #1

Grace Draven

297 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Sun Touched by Becky Moynihan

Sun Touched

A Touch of Vampire #4

Becky Moynihan

373 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery romance dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

Blood And Ash #2

Jennifer L. Armentrout

531 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced