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About the Levels:
Levels 1 and 2 are "closed-door".
Level 3 is "closed-door" but with open-door tendencies.
Levels 4 and 5 are "open-door".
For more information, see the level descriptions below and also be sure to check the author's content warnings before starting a book. Your mental health matters.
Level 1
This level may contain content such as: holding hands, affectionate touching, compliments, confessing love, low-descriptive kissing, tender embraces, cuddling, blushing, sighing, non-descriptive discussions of sex, established relationships, fade to black (if married), and any sexual encounters from the past are referred to and not described or on-page.
Level 2
This level may contain content such as: touch signaling attraction, no touching in the underwear zone but elsewhere on the body, long kisses with light description, deeper kisses with implied tongue (not described), feeling warm or flushed, gasping, deep sighs, lights growls, groans, thinking or speaking about desire (non-descriptive), fade to black for established relationships (after a scene that matches the level, but may not be unpopular if not married).
Level 3
This level may contain content such as: hands moving (not in underwear zone), french kissing (tongue described), make-out sessions (still in guidelines of level), feeling hot or sweating, heavier gasping, groaning, deep growls, panting, more frantic, lost some control, male shirt coming off (but nothing else), leg straddling waist (no mentions of arousal), light description of contact/movement when laying down together, may involve bedroom (with interruption or fade to black, keep focus on emotions), fade to black (married couples or engaged/committed couples).
Level 4
This level may contain content such as: descriptive kissing, heavy touching, feeling hot or sweaty, sex on page (no BDSM or kinks), could involve more people, non-committed and committed relationship
Level 5
This level may contain content such as: descriptive kissing, heavy touching, feeling hot and sweaty, sex on page, bdsm, kinks, stalking, could involve other people, non-committed and committed relationships, rape, sexual abuse, and anything else that is not covered in level 4.
