Heat and content

X. Everett writes steamy romance. This page explains how each book is labelled so you can pick the right one for your mood. The site itself shows no love scenes, only the labels.

The heat scale

Every book carries a heat level from one to five flames, defined the same way for all of them:

1. Closed door. Kisses and heart; the bedroom door stays shut.
2. Warm. Sensual, and it fades to black.
3. Steamy. Love scenes on the page, kept tasteful.
4. Hot. Open-door scenes.
5. Scorching. Frequent, open-door and intense.

Tropes

The “Perfect if you love” line on a book page comes from one fixed list of tropes, so the same trope always has the same name. Friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, why choose, fated mates and size difference are examples.

Content notes

Some books carry content notes: violence, the occult, homophobia and the like. They sit in a collapsed “Content notes” section on the book page, with a line above it saying they are there. Open it only if you want to know before you read.

The happy ending promise

Every X. Everett book ends happily. A happily ever after (HEA) means the couple or trio is settled for good. A happy for now (HFN) means they end the book together and happy, with the future still open.