The spice rating is in regards to the type of sexual content within the book. Below is a helpful guide (courtesy of Georgia C Leigh)
1= YA romantic, making out, MAYBE a closed door.
2= some on page foreplay and nudity but mostly fade to black.
3= open door, on page vanilla sex.
4= on page sex – hot or with kink.
5= erotica.
When my stepmother talks me into doing a favor for her new neighbor, it’s clear she’s up to something. She’s been watching over me for years, quiet and protective, trying to save me from myself each time my life falls apart.
There is no use in fighting Natalie: gorgeous, persistent, funny, and kind when I don’t deserve it. Patient to a fault, she is quick to forgive my shortcomings. She’s sunlight and happiness. Feisty and wonderful. She’s always looking for the silver lining, and it takes a long time to realize there’s more to her than meets the eye: she’s holding some secrets of her own and holding them close.
I’m good at pushing people away with harsh words and because I don’t know how to apologize, I find myself doing things for her instead. It allows me to be near the woman who’s designated us friends, though I’m certain there’s more there.
It scares me how much I want more.
When a project spirals out of control and I have to call in help, I begin to understand just what I stand to lose when I see her through the eyes of someone more desirable than me. Yet I continue to dig myself deeper…
As desperately as I want to trust Natalie, will she see me through different eyes once she knows who I really am?
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