The heat · The Fenwick Pike, Book 3
How spicy is Split Squad?
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
- 30,028 words · 20 chapters
Where the scenes fall
- 1
Hotel after the first public hold-hands — they agree it is practice; it is not
- 2
Charity skate, locker-room closet, rushed
- 3
The night he tells her about the vomiting; slower, lights off because he asks
- 4
After the sponsor drops the girlfriend clause — chosen, morning, she still writes the statement first
From the book's outline, in the author's own words.
The tropes, as the outline names them.
- Fake dating
- Forced proximity — sponsor houses them
- Anxiety / performance
- Competence kink — she runs a room; he runs a crease
The line it opens on.
The sponsor wants a charming goalie for a charity weekend.
Asked and answered
Questions about the heat in Split Squad.
Is Split Squad 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 Split Squad?
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 Split Squad?
4, and the book's outline says where each one falls.
Does Split Squad 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 Split Squad 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 Split Squad?
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 Split Squad before buying?
The whole of chapter one is on this site, 2,008 words, with no email address asked for.