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2023–2024S. J. Tilly3 titles in the corpus
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S. J. Tilly

Hot
Dual first person, present
3 titles
2 series

S. J. Tilly runs 3 titles through the immersion engine, spanning 2023–2024 at an average heat of 4.3/5. The catalog leans hardest on forced-proximity, narrated mostly in dual first person, present. A formula score of 92/100 measures how consistently those levers are pulled book to book.

forced-proximity
mafia
morally-gray
possession-kink
age-gap
boss-employee
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Averaged engineered signals

Every measure here is the mean across this author's catalog — the characteristic way their books work the immersion engine, on the same axes the catalog scores every title.

Avg heat rating
4.3/5277,189 words across 3 books — 972 pages
Anticipation Ratio
61Share of page-time spent on buildup and tension rather than payoff. High values mean the book sells the wait, not the moment.
Explicit Density
2.1avg explicit scenes / 100 pages
POV Immersion
91How strongly the narration collapses the gap between reader and protagonist, peaking with first-person, reader-insert voice.
Parasocial Index
81The "book boyfriend" pull: how hard the text works to form a one-sided attachment to a love interest.
Serialization
73Cliffhanger and serial-loop intensity — the compulsion to start the next chapter or installment.
Escalation Slope
54How steeply intensity ramps across the arc. A steep slope is the tolerance signal: each payoff has to outdo the last.
Across 3 titles, this author scores 92/100 on formula consistency — how little their engineered signals vary from book to book. A high score reads as a repeatable production formula rather than a wide creative range.

Content signature

The content this author's catalog leans into — first-pass lexical matches across 3 books.

Mentions of Male Genitalia344Mentions of Backside243Kissing178Mentions of Female Genitalia173Mentions of Breasts134Climax / Orgasm100
Engine signature
The author's averaged fingerprint across the five 0–100 signals — their characteristic balance of buildup, immersion, and attachment.
Signal breakdown
Each averaged signal scored out of 100, with what it measures.
Anticipation Ratio61/100

Share of page-time spent on buildup and tension rather than payoff. High values mean the book sells the wait, not the moment.

POV Immersion91/100

How strongly the narration collapses the gap between reader and protagonist, peaking with first-person, reader-insert voice.

Parasocial Index81/100

The "book boyfriend" pull: how hard the text works to form a one-sided attachment to a love interest.

Serialization73/100

Cliffhanger and serial-loop intensity — the compulsion to start the next chapter or installment.

Escalation Slope54/100

How steeply intensity ramps across the arc. A steep slope is the tolerance signal: each payoff has to outdo the last.

How this author compares
The author's averaged signals set against the catalog average — a measure of how far above the field their formula runs.
The catalog

Every title by S. J. Tilly

All titles credited to this author in the corpus, newest first — including any co-written with another author. Open any title for its full content dashboard.

TitleHeatAnticip.ParasocialSerialScenes
Cover of Love, Utley by S. J. TillyLove, UtleyS. J. Tilly · Love Letters4
68
78
62
6
Cover of Nero by S. J. TillyNeroS. J. Tilly · Alliance5
62
84
72
6
Cover of King by S. J. TillyKingS. J. Tilly · Alliance4
52
80
85
7

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