
   I always tell people there's a fine line between steam and smut, and  that line is "c🐓ck." Or, more specifically, "throbbing c🐓ck."
 
   As such,
 
 
     Amethysts & Alchemy
 
 
   , as well as the first three-fourths of
 
 
     the Gilded Blood series
 
 
   , fall squarely under "steam". Gilded Blo
   od #4 star
   ts getting into steamy-smutty gray territory, as you can see in the below C🐓ck Chart:
 
|         Title  |          C🐓ck Count  |  
|---|---|
|         Amethysts & Alchemy  |          0 (3 instances of "throbbing,"incl. "throbbing erecti*n")  |  
|         Inked  |          0 (1 mention of "throbbing")  |  
|         Jinxed  |          0 (1 mention of "throbbing")  |  
|         Linked  |          0 (0 instances of "throbbing")  |  
|         Synced  |          1 (3 instances of "throbbing")  |  
 
 
 
      Silver BIood
 
 
 
   , on the other hand, is FIRMLY in c🐓ck Territory, with a whopping THIRTEEN "c🐓cks" mentioned at just 69% in, with three instances of "throbbing," including the touchstone phrase "throbbing c🐓ck."
 
   Incidentally, Britt, Courtney and I had an emergency conference call to look up the C🐓ck Count of several well-known "smut" books, and thought you might find the results fascinating:
 
|         Title  |          C🐓ck Count  |  
|---|---|
|         Lights Out  |          38  |  
|         ACOTAR  |          17 (but not once as a 🍆reference!!!)  |  
|         Fourth Wing  |          5  |  
|         50 Shades of Grey  |          0 (!!!)  |  
|         The Never King  |          20  |  
   (I gotta say, some of these c🐓ck counts really surprised me!!!)
 
   Oh, and speaking of Courtney (who can now officially add "C🐓ck Counter" to her professional resume), everyone please say hello to my newest team member (heh, "member"😏) and Official Marketing Mistress (a.k.a Content Creator), Courtney! She's a
 
 
     published author
 
 
   and has informed me she used the "c🐓ck" 69 times in her smutty novella!
 

   Courtney will also be helping Britt run my brand new street team, which just launched this month! 😍
 
   
 
   Dani, meanwhile, is keeping busier than all of us this month thanks to all of the holiday orders coming in!
 
    BTW, I'm currently doing 20% off ALL BOOKS - yes, even special edition books - in my
 
 
 
 
      shop
 
 
 
 
    ! Just use code "RR20" at checkout and it'll take 20% off every book in your cart!
 
   😊
 
   Okay gang, having finished the important work of getting all those 🐓's counted, I've got around 30k words to write before the end of the month and special top-secret projects to design in the BG, so I'm off for now! Have a Cocktastic Tuesday!! 🐓
 
   Cheers!❤️
 

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   Actual call from Rachel today:
 
   "Hey, Britt, stop what you're doing. I need you to help me count c0cks RIGHT NOW."
 
   God, I love my job. 🤣
 
   XoXoX 🫶🏼
 
   Britt
 
