The Secret Side of Love

Terms

Last updated: July 5, 2026

Welcome to The Secret Side of Love. These Terms govern your access to and use of our website, membership features, stories, books, videos, reader tools, forums, community spaces, and related services.

By using this website, creating an account, purchasing a membership, accessing protected content, or participating in the community, you agree to these Terms.

If you do not agree, do not use the website.

  1. Adults Only

The Secret Side of Love is intended only for adults who are at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where they live, whichever is higher.

By using this website, you confirm that you meet this age requirement. We may suspend or close accounts if we believe this requirement is not met.

  1. Nature of the Site

The Secret Side of Love provides adult-oriented fiction, books, videos, reader features, and private member community spaces. Some content and areas may involve mature themes, romantic themes, gender expression, identity, intimacy, crossdressing themes, or other adult subject matter.

You are responsible for deciding whether the website and its content are appropriate for you.

  1. Accounts

You may need an account to access certain features. You agree to provide accurate information and to keep your login credentials secure.

You are responsible for activity that occurs under your account. Do not share your password or allow others to use your account.

We may suspend, restrict, or close accounts that violate these Terms, threaten the privacy or safety of others, abuse the site, or create legal or security risks.

  1. Private Display Names

Members may be able to use a private display name in community areas. A display name is intended to support discretion, but it does not make activity anonymous to the website, administrators, moderators, service providers, or legal processes.

Do not use a display name that impersonates another person, violates someone’s rights, or creates confusion.

  1. Memberships and Paid Access

Some content, forums, books, videos, reader tools, and features may require a paid membership or a specific membership level.

Membership details, pricing, billing periods, renewal terms, and available features are shown at checkout or on the membership pages. We may change membership offerings, pricing, features, or access rules over time.

Your access may depend on your membership level, payment status, account status, and compliance with these Terms.

  1. Subscriptions, Billing, and Cancellation

If you purchase a recurring membership, you authorize recurring charges according to the billing terms shown at checkout.

You may manage or cancel your membership through your account or billing management options when available. Cancellation stops future renewals according to the terms shown at the time of cancellation, but it does not automatically refund past payments unless required by law or stated in a separate refund policy.

If a payment fails, your access may be paused, restricted, or canceled.

Do not submit payment card numbers, passwords, or sensitive credentials through forums, contact forms, email, or private messages.

  1. Refunds

Unless otherwise stated at checkout or required by law, membership payments are generally non-refundable after access has been provided.

We may choose to issue refunds at our discretion. Refund decisions do not create an obligation to provide future refunds.

  1. Community Rules

Community spaces are private, moderated, and designed around discretion and respect.

You agree not to:

  • Harass, threaten, shame, abuse, or target other members.
  • Post hateful, violent, exploitative, illegal, or non-consensual content.
  • Post or request sexual content involving minors or anyone who may be underage.
  • Share another person’s private information.
  • Dox, identify, expose, or attempt to identify members.
  • Post payment information, passwords, private credentials, or security-sensitive information.
  • Spam, scam, scrape, automate, or disrupt the site.
  • Upload malware or attempt unauthorized access.
  • Copy private community content outside the site without permission.
  • Repost, distribute, or publicly share protected member content.
  • Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity.
  • Use the site in a way that violates law or the rights of others.

We may remove content, restrict accounts, moderate posts, or take other action if we believe these rules have been violated.

  1. Forums, Topics, and Replies

Members may be allowed to create topics and replies within permitted forum areas. Regular members may not create new forums, child forums, categories, or administrative forum structures unless specifically granted permission.

Forum access and posting permissions may vary by membership level.

  1. User Content

You retain ownership of content you submit, post, or upload, but you grant us a limited right to host, display, store, moderate, reproduce, and use that content as needed to operate the website, provide community features, enforce these Terms, and protect the site and members.

You are responsible for content you submit. Do not submit content you do not have the right to share.

We may remove or restrict user content at any time, but we are not obligated to monitor everything.

  1. Intellectual Property

The website, branding, design, text, stories, books, videos, images, code, reader features, and other materials are owned by us or licensed to us, unless otherwise stated.

You may access content for your personal, private, non-commercial use only.

You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, sell, scrape, publish, upload, share, mirror, or create derivative works from protected content unless we give written permission.

  1. Protected Content

Paid or restricted content is for authorized account holders only. You may not bypass access controls, share protected links, share downloads, copy private text, record protected video, distribute member-only material, or help others access content without authorization.

We may use technical measures to protect books, videos, forums, downloads, and other member-only content.

  1. Reader, Book, and Video Features

Reader progress, favorites, protected downloads, and video access features may be made available to eligible members. These features may change, pause, or become unavailable due to maintenance, technical limitations, provider issues, or account status.

Access to a membership level does not guarantee permanent availability of every title, video, download, or feature.

  1. Reports and Moderation

Members may be able to report content or behavior. Reports are used for moderation and safety. Do not abuse reporting tools.

Moderation decisions are made at our discretion. We may remove content, restrict posting, suspend accounts, revoke access, or take other action when we believe it is appropriate.

  1. Privacy and Discretion

We aim to build a discreet member experience, but no online platform can guarantee complete privacy.

You are responsible for protecting your identity and personal information. Do not post identifying details or sensitive information in community areas.

Our collection and use of information is described in our Privacy Policy.

  1. Third-Party Services

The website may rely on third-party providers for hosting, payments, email, protected video, storage, analytics, security, or WordPress functionality. We are not responsible for third-party service interruptions, terms, privacy practices, or failures outside our control.

  1. No Professional Advice

Content on the website is provided for entertainment, community, and informational purposes only. It is not legal, medical, financial, psychological, or professional advice.

  1. Availability and Changes

We may update, modify, pause, remove, or discontinue any part of the website or membership features at any time.

We may also change these Terms, membership features, access rules, pricing, content offerings, or community rules. When we update these Terms, we will update the “Last updated” date above.

  1. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account or access if we believe you violated these Terms, created risk for the site or members, failed to pay required fees, abused the service, or violated applicable law.

Termination may result in loss of access to membership content, community spaces, reader features, video access, downloads, and account features.

  1. Disclaimers

The website and content are provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not guarantee that the website will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or always available.

We do not guarantee that all content, features, forums, books, videos, downloads, or memberships will remain available permanently.

  1. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages, including loss of data, loss of access, loss of profits, or reputational harm arising from your use of the website.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of these limits may not apply to you.

  1. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless The Secret Side of Love, its owners, operators, team members, contractors, service providers, and affiliates from claims, damages, liabilities, costs, or expenses arising from your use of the website, your content, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of law or the rights of others.

  1. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, United States of America without regard to conflict of law principles, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

  1. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be sent to:

The Secret Side of Love
Email: info@secretsideoflove.com