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| published = 2nd Edition published 2020
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| published = 2020
 
| publisher = Independently Published
 
| publisher = Independently Published
 
| genres = Contemporary Romance
 
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At sixteen years old, I lost my first love, and it shook me to my core.
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''My Lips Are Sealed'' by Carmen Richter is an adult contemporary romance novel, originally published in 2020. It is the first book in the [[Sealed With a Kiss by Carmen Richter (series)|Sealed With a Kiss]] series.
  
My parents thought taking me out of town for the summer would help me to move on, but I returned home the same way I left: a broken girl who was the last person to see her boyfriend alive.
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==Trigger Warnings==
 
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===Author-Provided Warnings===
The night before school started back up, I went to an open mic night and poured my heart and soul into a song I wrote for the boy who never made it home.
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The following content warnings are listed on the [https://carmenrichterwriting.com/content-advisories author's website]:
 
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That night, I met Elijah, and we had an instant connection that I couldn’t ignore. For the first time in months, I felt alive again.
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*Teenage bullying
 
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*Secondary character's battle with - and, ultimately, death from - brain cancer
But the next day, Elijah walked into my drama class…as Mr. Larson, our new teacher.
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*Heroine's boyfriend going missing and ultimately turning up dead
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*Discussion of the hero's best friend committing suicide before the start of the story
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*Discussion about the hero’s ex-girlfriend cheating on him before the start of the story
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*Heroine dating one person while pretending to date another (the hero IS aware of this and approves because it's purely for show)
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*Harry Potter references
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Please also note that this is a story about a seventeen-year-old student and her twenty-three-year-old teacher, which contains on-the-page sex scenes (this does NOT happen until after the hero is no longer teaching at the heroine's school). This book DOES fall within the consent laws of the state in which it's set.
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How was I supposed to go back to the way things were when my whole life had been turned upside-down? And how was I supposed to stop myself from falling for the man who had brought me back to life?
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==Trigger Warnings==
 
* Teenage bullying
 
* Secondary character's battle with - and death from - brain cancer
 
* Heroine's boyfriend going missing and ultimately turning up dead
 
* Discussion about the hero's best friend committing suicide before the start of the story
 
* Alcoholism in the heroine's father
 
* Heroine dating one person while pretending to date another (the hero IS aware of this and approves because it's purely for show)
 
* ''Harry Potter'' references
 
* Profanity
 
Please also note that this is a story about a seventeen-year-old student and her twenty-three-year-old teacher, which contains on-the-page sex scenes (this does NOT happen until after the hero is no longer teaching at the heroine’s school). This book DOES fall within the consent laws in the state in which it’s set.
 
  
 
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==Tropes==
 
==Tropes==
* Coming of age romance
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* [[Coming-of-age (trope)|Coming of age]]
* Student/teacher romance
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* [[Insta-love (trope)|Instalove]]
* Instalove romance
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* [[Small town (trope)|Small town]]
* Small town romance
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* [[Student/teacher romance (trope)|Student/teacher romance]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:06, 8 February 2022

My Lips Are Sealed
Cover of My Lips Are Sealed by Carmen Richter
Author(s) Carmen Richter
Published 2020
Publisher Independently Published
Genre(s) Contemporary Romance
Age group Adult


My Lips Are Sealed by Carmen Richter is an adult contemporary romance novel, originally published in 2020. It is the first book in the Sealed With a Kiss series.

Trigger Warnings

Author-Provided Warnings

The following content warnings are listed on the author's website:

  • Teenage bullying
  • Secondary character's battle with - and, ultimately, death from - brain cancer
  • Heroine's boyfriend going missing and ultimately turning up dead
  • Discussion of the hero's best friend committing suicide before the start of the story
  • Discussion about the hero’s ex-girlfriend cheating on him before the start of the story
  • Heroine dating one person while pretending to date another (the hero IS aware of this and approves because it's purely for show)
  • Harry Potter references

Please also note that this is a story about a seventeen-year-old student and her twenty-three-year-old teacher, which contains on-the-page sex scenes (this does NOT happen until after the hero is no longer teaching at the heroine's school). This book DOES fall within the consent laws of the state in which it's set.

Additional Trigger Warnings

No additional warnings have been added yet. To add some, click on the edit button!

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

No representations have been added yet. To add some, click on the edit button!

Tropes