The heat · The Fenwick Pike, Book 2
How spicy is Scratch List?
Open door and explicit. 4 scenes. Happy ever after, and it says so here rather than making you find out on the last page. Adults 18+.
The measurements
- Door
- Open — nothing fades out
- Scenes
- 4
- Heat level
- 4 of 5, declared in the book’s outline
- Ending
- Happy ever after
- Reader age
- 18+
- Length
- 29,427 words · 20 chapters
Where the scenes fall
- 1
Press-box stair after a late file — angry, standing, she keeps her recorder off
- 2
His truck after a road loss
- 3
Her apartment, slower, he reads the draft over her shoulder
- 4
After the correction runs — kitchen table, she files first
From the book's outline, in the author's own words.
The tropes, as the outline names them.
- Enemies-to-lovers
- Press vs player
- Forced interviews
- Competence — she writes; he reads every word
The line it opens on.
I have a list of men I will not waste tape on.
Asked and answered
Questions about the heat in Scratch List.
Is Scratch List spicy?
Yes. Open door and explicit. 4 scenes. Happy ever after, and it says so here rather than making you find out on the last page. Adults 18+.
What heat level is Scratch List?
4 out of 5, which is the level the book's own outline declares. For this imprint that means open door, explicit, and frequent enough that the heat carries plot.
How many spicy scenes are in Scratch List?
4, and the book's outline says where each one falls.
Does Scratch List fade to black?
No. Every scene is on the page. This is an open-door book and the heat is part of the story, not an appendix to it.
How does Scratch List end?
Happy ever after. Nothing is a cliffhanger and nothing carries into the next book — it is a standalone couple.
How old do you have to be to read Scratch List?
18+. The whole of chapter one is free to read on this site if you want to judge the register for yourself first.
Where can I read some of Scratch List before buying?
The whole of chapter one is on this site, 1,565 words, with no email address asked for.