🌶️ RECS BY SPICE LEVEL 🌶️ We have recs for our zero heat girlies all the way up to 5 alarm habanero sisters in smut 🚨🥵 The way we do our spice level rankings:
ZERO : no mention of 🌶️
🫑 : mild, can still have romance, but more YA on spice
🌶️ : dipping your toe into spice, polite, sweet
🌶️🌶️ : some shorter open door scenes, not as explicit
🌶️🌶️🌶️ : medium, multiple longer scenes, you are in the room
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ : hot, explicit, graphic, verging on filthy
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ : sweating, learning, do not read in public, can include objects, sharing (why choose)
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