My 4 and 5 Star No and Low Spice Book Guide
Here is the list of my favorite no and low spice Romantasy, Contemporary Romance, and Christian Fiction books. I hope you find some new favorites!
This is a living document, so feel free to check back! I’ll keep it updated as I read new ones.
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Christian Fiction
Genre: Christian Biblical Fiction (action + romance)
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: Hadassah, a Jewish Christian slave in ancient Rome whose steadfast faith and love quietly transform the lives of those around her amid persecution and suffering.
Content Warnings: violence, abortion, attempted rape, murder
Spice: Closed door intimacy. Passionate kissing.
Series: Complete. Book 1 of 3.
Genre: Christian Biblical Fiction (action + romance)
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: We continue Marcus and Hadassah’s story, tackling forgiveness amongst danger, heartache, and sacrifice in Ancient Rome.
Content Warnings: violence, STD
Spice: Passionate kissing.
Series: Complete. Book 2 of 3
Genre: Christian Biblical Fiction (action + romance)
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: We follow Atretes as he journeys back to his home land, wrestling with bitterness and faith while falling in love with a Jewish Christian.
Content Warnings: violence, murder
Spice: Closed door intimacy. Passionate kissing.
Series: Complete. Book 3 of 3
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Age Rating: 18+
Summary: In this retelling of the story of Hosea, an ex prostitute struggles to accept her new husband’s love and grace.
Content Warnings: rape, sexual violence, sexual undertones, forced abortion, child molestation
Spice: zoomed out on page intimacy (non descriptive). Passionate kissing.
Series: Standalone
Genre: Historical Women’s Fiction with Romance
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A German immigrant mother’s guarded heart and fierce determination to survive shape her daughter’s life across generations.
Content Warnings: abuse (non graphic), suicide
Spice: Closed door intimacy. Passionate kissing.
Series: Complete duology. Book 1
Genre: Christian historical (1950s) Women’s Fiction with Romance
Age Rating: 18+
Summary: Abra Matthews, a young woman abandoned at birth, searches for identity and unconditional love in Hollywood.
Content Warnings: infant abandonment, abortion
Spice: Fade to black intimacy. Passionate kissing.
Series: Standalone
Genre: Christian Contemporary Romance
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: Roman Velasco is a successful artist haunted by his past whose guarded heart is transformed through unexpected love, faith, and the healing power of grace.
Content Warnings: Child abandonment, miscarriage, prostitution
Spice: Passionate kissing.
Series: standalone
Genre: Christian Women’s Fiction with Romance
Age Rating: 18+
Summary: The Scarlet Thread weaves together the stories of a modern woman and her pioneer ancestor to show how forgiveness, faith, and God’s redemptive love can heal deep generational wounds.
Content Warnings: cheating, divorce
Spice: Fade to black intimacy. Passionate kissing.
Series: Standalone
Genre: Christian Contemporary Women’s Fiction
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A young woman’s rekindled relationship with her grandmother becomes the catalyst for healing, as buried secrets, forgiveness, and God’s grace slowly restore broken family bonds.
Content Warnings: Euthanasia
Spice: None
Series: Standalone
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: Kathryn Walsh, a determined newspaperwoman in 19th-century California, pursues justice for her murdered uncle while challenging corruption, gender norms, and her own guarded heart.
Content Warnings: murder, attempted rape
Spice: Fade to blackintimacy. Passionate kissing.
Series: Standalone
Genre: Christian Biblical Romance
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: Alanah, a young Canaanite woman, marries a Jewish man, navigating loss, courage, and faith as God weaves redemption through unexpected alliances.
Content Warnings: death, war
Spice: Passionate kissing.
Series: Complete. Book 3 in the Out from Egypt series (works as a standalone)
Genre: Christian Biblical Romance + Action
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A scarred woman and a reluctant warrior race together to a city of refuge after a tragedy, discovering courage, trust, and God’s light in the middle of danger, loss, and slow-burn love.
Content Warnings: murder
Spice: Passionate kissing.
Series: Complete. book 1 of 4 (The Out from Egypt series is a prequel but not necessary)
Genre: Christian Biblical Romance + Action
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A guarded survivor and a steady protector are drawn together while learning to trust God’s refuge in the midst of fear, healing, and hard-won love.
Content Warnings: murder, abuse (mild)
Spice: kissing only
Series: Complete. Book 2 of 4
Genre: Christian Biblical Romance + Action
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A fierce Midianite woman and an Israelite warrior sworn to protect his people are thrown into a dangerous alliance that slowly sparks trust, faith, and a love strong enough to challenge generations of hatred.
Content Warnings: war, death, assumed assault
Spice: Kissing only
Series: Complete. Book 3 of 4
Genre: Christian Biblical Romance + Action
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A courageous Midianite woman and a devoted Israelite warrior are bound by sacrifice, tested by loyalty, and drawn together by a faith that burns brighter than fear or war.
Content Warnings: murder, war
Spice: Closed door intimacy
Series: Complete. Book 4 of 4
Genre: Christian Biblical Romance + Action
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: An injured warrior and a strong, faith-filled woman are drawn together in a marriage of convenience as God’s promises unfold through loyalty, healing, and covenant love in the land of Canaan.
Content Warnings: death
Spice: Closed door intimacy.
Series: Incomplete. Book 3 of 4 in the King’s Men series. (works as a standalone)
Genre: Christian Biblical Romance + Action
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A battle-hardened warrior kidnaps a courageous woman, and their journey through danger, faith, and loyalty ignites a forbidden, slow-burn love.
Content Warnings: death
Spice: Kissing only
Series: Incomplete. Book 2 of 4 in the King’s Men series. (works as a standalone)
Genre: Christian Historical time travel Romance
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A woman pulled between two eras must fight for freedom, justice, and love, discovering that faith and sacrifice shape history—and her own heart—across time
Content Warnings: rape (non descriptive)
Spice: Kissing.
Series: Incomplete. Book 1 of ? (works as standalone)
Genre: Christian Historical time travel Romance
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A set of twins living in the 1900s and the Salem witch trials must choose one timeline when they turn 25.
Content Warnings: witch trials, death
Spice: Closed door
Series: Incomplete. Book 3 of ? (works as standalone)
Genre: Christian Historical time travel Romance
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A young woman living in two timelines (including on a 1700s pirate ship) with no knowledge as to why navigates life and love.
Content Warnings: some violence
Spice: Kissing.
Series: Incomplete. Book 4 of ? (works as standalone)
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A resilient Irish maid and a reserved lord are drawn together by shared faith, quiet longing, and a love that grows in the spaces between duty and hope.
Content Warnings: abuse (not detailed)
Spice: Kissing.
Series: Standalone
Genre: Christian Biblical Romance
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: Rahab, a broken woman marked by her past, discovers her true worth and a faithful love as God rewrites her story from shame to courage and hope.
Content Warnings: prostitution
Spice: Closed door
Series: Standalone
Genre: YA Christian time travel Romance + Action
Age Rating: 13+
Summary: A modern teen time travels to 14th century Italy where she meets a handsome Lord and fights to survive.
Content Warnings: war, violence
Spice: Kissing.
Series: Complete. Book 1 of 5
Genre: Historical Christian Action and Romance
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: A warrior gets kidnapped by her old clan and must confront the fate she left behind.
Content Warnings: Kidnap, violence, past assault
Spice: Kissing.
Series: Incomplete. Book 2 of ?
The Lumber Baron’s Wifeby Lynn Austin (pre-order)
Genre: Historical Christian Fiction Mystery Subplot
Age Rating: 18+
Summary: When the young wife of a powerful lumber baron vanishes into the wilds of frontier Michigan, her friend is left to unravel the truth in this captivating dual-timeline novel.
Content Warnings: abortion, domestic violence, cancer
Spice: none
Series: Standalone
Authentically Izzy by Pepper Basham
Genre: Christian Contemporary Romance
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: a librarian falls for a book-nerd . . . the only problem is they are an ocean apart. Authentically, Izzy is told mostly through emails, texts, and letters and is sure to leave readers with a lighter heart.
Content Warnings: None
Spice: Kissing
Series: book 1 of 3 interconnected standalones
He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox
Genre: Christian adult women’s fiction
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: When her father’s death leaves beekeeper Beckett Walsh fighting to save the family apiary, the last thing she expects is a surprise co-owner. But Callie Peterson—named in a stranger’s trust at the exact moment her own life is unraveling—may be the key to a past neither woman understands and a future neither can afford to lose.
Content Warnings: Addiction, anxiety, abandonment
Spice: Light kissing
Series: Standalone
Hearts on the Fly by Toni Shiloh
Genre: Christian adult sports romance
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A hockey player ends up on a bind date with his ex’s little sister while navigating a career ending injury.
Content Warnings: disability
Spice: kissing
Series: Standalone
Twenty Something Else by Stephanie Mack (preorder released 6/9)
Genre: Christian adult women’s fiction
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: On the eve of her fortieth birthday, a woman wakes up from a pickleball accident with the unexpected chance to relive her twenties
Content Warnings: assault (non detailed)
Spice: kissing
Series: Standalone
Romantasy
Genre: YA Romantasy
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: A girl gifted with the power to stitch souls together is drawn into a dangerous bond with a boy tied to darkness.
Content Warnings: violence, magic
Spice: Fade to black
Series: Standalone
Genre: Adult Romantasy
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A sharp-witted girl caught in a web of deception must outplay courtly intrigue and forbidden attraction to survive.
Content Warnings: Violence
Spice: Intense kissing
Series: Incomplete duology. Book 1
Genre: Adult Cozy Romantasy
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: A regency-era grumpy–sunshine romance where a pragmatic young woman missing half her soul navigates polite society, magic, and an irritable sorcerer
Content Warnings: magic/fae
Spice: None
Series: Complete. Book 1 of 3. Works as a standalone. I recommend books 1 and 2.
Genre: AdultCozy Romantasy
Age Rating: 18+
Summary: A sunshine assistant accidentally lands a job working for the Villain himself—and discovers that evil organizations have HR problems, moral gray areas, and dangerously irresistible bosses.
Content Warnings: violence, magic,
Spice: Kissing, suggestive humor (one medium non descriptive spice scene in book 3)
Series: Incomplete. Book 1 of 4
Genre: YA Romantasy
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: Apowerless girl hiding among the magically gifted is forced into brutal games with a ruthless prince.
Content Warnings: Violence, cheating in book 3
Spice: Kissing (Fade to black intimacy in book 3)
Series: Complete. Book 1 of 3.
Genre: YA Fairytale Romantasy
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A hopeful girl makes a dangerous deal with the Prince of Hearts and discovers that curses, love, and happily-ever-afters are never what they seem
Content Warnings: Magic, fates, violence
Spice: None
Series: Complete. Book 1 of 3. (The Caraval series is a prequel but not required)
Genre: Ya Action Romantasy
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A cunning pirate captain allows herself to be captured, turning the tables with sharp wit, hidden agendas, and a slow-burn romance on the high seas.
Content Warnings: Violence
Spice: Kissing
Series: Complete Duology + spin off. Book 1
Genre: YA Romantasy
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: A healer in a brutal prison must survive ruthless tests, impossible loyalties, and a forbidden connection.
Content Warnings: violence, abuse (not detailed)
Spice: Kissing
Series: Complete. Book 1 of 3.
Genre: Adult Romantasy
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A woman drawn into a glittering, dangerous world of alchemy must untangle lies, power, and a magnetic love interest to uncover the truth.
Content Warnings: Magic, Mentions of the devil
Spice: Kissing
Series: Incomplete. Book 1 of 3
Genre: YA Lyrical Romantasy
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: Two competing journalists secretly fall in love through magical letters while gods wage war.
Content Warnings: greek gods, violence,
Spice: On page married intimacy (zoomed out and non descriptive).
Series: Complete Duology. Book 1 (getting a movie adaption)
Genre: YA Speculative Romantasy
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: A girl abandoned on a treacherous island must survive the sea, uncover her father’s secrets, and choose where she truly belongs.
Content Warnings: Violence
Spice: fade to black
Series: Complete Duology. Book 1
Genre: YA heist fantasy with romance
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: Six dangerous outcasts attempt an impossible robbery, risking betrayal, vengeance, and their hearts in a city built on secrets.
Content Warnings: violence, abuse (non detailed), dark magic in book 2
Spice: kissing
Series: Complete Duology. Book 1
Genre: Dark YA Romantasy
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: A sharp, resilient heroine is pulled into a dangerous world of secrets, power, and thorny alliances that blur the line between survival and desire.
Content Warnings: Magic, Violence
Spice: Kissing
Series: Incomplete. Book 1 of 3
Genre: YA Gothic Romantasy
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A girl bound to dangerous magic is drawn into a lethal court of secrets, forced to decide whether the shadows she wields will destroy her—or become her greatest strength.
Content Warnings: Violence, gore
Spice: kissing
Series: Incomplete. Book 1 of 3
Genre: YA Action Romantasy
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: A fierce young woman bound to a dangerous calling must confront ancient magic, shifting loyalties, and a connection that could change both her fate—and the hunt itself.
Spice: Kissing
Content Warnings: Violence, gore, fae, magic
Series: Standalone (with spinoffs)
Heir of Stormsby Lauryn Hamilton Murray
Genre: YA Romantasy
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: Red Queen meets Shadow and Bone in this captivating romantasy about an outcast heiress, the two princes who pull at her heart, and a cutthroat competition for power in an empire where crowns are not inherited―they’re won.
Spice: Kissing
Content Warnings: Violence, death
Series: Incomplete. Book 1 of 3
The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton
Genre: YA fantasy with romance
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: When her mother is murdered, sixteen-year-old heiress Nora Holtzfall is thrust into a brutal magical competition that will decide who controls her family’s fortune and power. But with a hidden cousin in the running, a kingdom on the brink of violent uprising, and a killer still at large, Nora must uncover the truth before the contest crowns a victor or buries her with the rest of them.
Spice: Kissing
Content warnings: Violence, death
Series: Incomplete. Book 1 of 3
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez
Genre: YA historical romantasy
Age Rating: 18+
Summary: After her parents’ mysterious deaths, Buenos Aires heiress Inez Olivera sails to Cairo armed with a golden ring pulsing with ancient magic and a growing suspicion that she’s been lied to. But as old-world sorcery awakens and her guardian’s infuriatingly handsome assistant blocks her at every turn, Inez must uncover the truth before she becomes the next casualty in a deadly game along the Nile.
Spice: Passionate kissing in book 1. detailed fade to black in book 2 (medium spice in book 2)
Content Warnings: Magic, Violence, death
Series: Complete Duology
Contemporary Romance
Genre: Adult light Contemporary Romance
Age Rating: 18+
Summary: A ballerina and her NFL-star best friend pretend to be in love for the cameras—only to discover they’ve been hiding real feelings all along.
Content Warnings: Suggestive dialogue, anxiety attack
Spice: Fade to Black
Series: Standalone
Genre: Adult light Contemporary Romance
Age Rating: 18+
Summary: A woman who raises and trains seizure-alert (epilepsy) dogs gets pulled into an unexpected romance with a single dad.
Content Warnings: epilepsy,
Spice: Fade to black
Series: Standalone
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A girl obsessed with cinematic love stories must confront messy real feelings, misunderstandings, and the truth that real romance is far less polished—and far more meaningful—than the movies
Content Warnings: Lots of language, anxiety attack
Spice: Kissing
Series: Complete Duology (this is book 2. Book 1 was good but very high school)
Genre: Adult Rom Com
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A guarded video producer sent on a tropical assignment is paired with a no-nonsense rescue swimmer, forcing her to face her fears, fake confidence, and the inconvenient possibility that love might be worth the risk.
Content Warnings: Eating disorder in past
Spice: Kissing
Series: Standalone
Genre: Adult Rom Com
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: An overlooked screenwriter and a jaded movie star are thrown together on a film rewrite, discovering that real love is messier, braver, and far better than anything scripted.
Content Warnings: Cancer, some suggestive language
Spice: Kissing
Series: Standalone
Genre: Adult Rom Com
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: A highly trained female protection agent pretends to be a movie star’s girlfriend, only to discover that the biggest risk might be falling for the man she’s sworn to protect.
Content Warnings: lighthearted stalker
Spice: Kissing
Series: Standalone (and going to be a Netflix movie soon)
Genre: YA Contemporary coming of age Romance
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: One unforgettable summer at the beach forces a girl to confront first love, heartbreak, and the moment she realizes childhood doesn’t last forever.
Content Warnings: Cancer, underage drinking
Spice: Kissing
Series: Complete. Book 1 of 3 (also a show but not as wholesome)
The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley
Genre: Sweet Contemporary Romance (mildly Christian)
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: A researcher sets out to complete a list of 31 ways to be happy, only to discover that stepping outside her comfort zone—and letting someone unexpected in—might be the truest joy of all.
Content Warnings: anxiety, depression
Spice: Kissing
Series: Standalone
Betting on You by Lynn Painter
Genre: YA light contemporary romance
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: Two teens turn a rivalry into a fake-dating bet (and catch real feelings).
Content Warnings: Language, teen drinking
Spice: Kissing only
Series: standalone
How to Plot a Payback by Melissa Ferguson
Genre: Adult rom-com
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A screenwriter and an actress with a complicated history end up working together (and falling in love).
Content Warnings: none
Spice: Kissing only
Series: standalone
Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson
Genre: Adult rom-com
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: When romance-loving editor Savannah Cade secretly submits her manuscript to the most powerful publisher in the industry, the last thing she expects is six weeks to prove herself—or the discovery that a sharp-tongued mystery editor has been secretly annotating her pages.
Content Warnings: None
Spice: Light kissing
Series: Standalone
That Fine Line by Cindy Steel
Genre: Adult rom com
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A woman heads home to the farm for the summer before her wedding, reconnecting with a high school enemy in a prank war.
Content Warnings: eating disorder
Spice: kissing
Series: Book 1 in standalone series
Double or Nothing by Cindy Steel
Genre: adult rom com
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: Tessa fake dates her best friend’s brother (and childhood crush) all summer to win a bet.
Content Warnings: eating disorder
Spice: kissing
Series: Book 2 in standalone series
Other
Genre: YA Mystery with Romance
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: An ordinary girl inherits a billionaire’s fortune and must outwit a brilliant, dangerous family determined to uncover why she was chosen.
Content Warnings: murder
Spice: Kissing
Series: Complete. Book 1 of 3 + spinoffs (going to be a show)
Genre: YA Dystopian Action with Romance
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A teenage girl is forced into a televised fight to the death and must use courage, strategy, and defiance to survive—and challenge a brutal regime.
Content Warnings: Murder, Violence, Gore
Spice: Kissing
Series: Complete. Book 1 of 3 + spinoffs and movies
Genre: Coming of age Classic
Age Rating: 14+
Summary: The four March sisters as they navigate love, loss, ambition, and family, learning what it means to grow up with courage, kindness, and heart.
Content Warnings: loss
Spice: None
Series: standalone + movies (2019 is my favorite!)
Genre: Viking Action + Romance
Age Rating: 15+
Summary: A fierce young warrior is captured by a rival clan and forced to confront long-held loyalties, uncover buried truths, and choose between vengeance and a new kind of belonging.
Content Warnings: Violence, death, attempted assault
Spice: Fade to black
Series: Complete duology. Works as a standalone.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Genre: contemporary literary fiction
Age Rating: 16+
Summary: A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.
Content Warnings: drug use mention, death
Spice: Closed door
Series: Standalone
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