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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Twisted Love by Ana Huang

Twisted Love

Twisted #1

Ana Huang

358 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance dark emotional tense medium-paced
Unsteady by Peyton Corinne

Unsteady

Undone #1

Peyton Corinne

386 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction romance sports emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey

Fangirl Down

Big Shots #1

Tessa Bailey

11 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey

Hook, Line, and Sinker

Bellinger Sisters #2

Tessa Bailey

10 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey

Secretly Yours

A Vine Mess #1

Tessa Bailey

346 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Twisted Games by Ana Huang

Twisted Games

Twisted #2

Ana Huang

13 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional medium-paced
Runaway Girl by Tessa Bailey

Runaway Girl

Girl #2

Tessa Bailey

10 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted medium-paced
Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

Not in Love

Ali Hazelwood

379 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Devil's Deal by Lilian Harris

The Devil's Deal

Cavaleri Brothers #1

Lilian Harris

377 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction erotica romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Black Ties and White Lies by Kat Singleton

Black Ties and White Lies

Black Tie Billionaires #1

Kat Singleton

399 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced