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Machinehood by S.B. Divya

Machinehood by S.B. Divya

Welga Ramirez, executive bodyguard and ex-special forces, is about to retire early when her client is killed in front of her. It’s 2095 and people don’t usually die from violence. Humanity is entirely dependent on pills that not only help them stay alive, but allow them to compete with artificial intelligence in an increasingly competitive gig economy. Daily doses protect against designer diseases, flow enhances focus, zips and buffs enhance physical strength and speed, and juvers speed the healing process. All that changes when Welga’s client is killed by The Machinehood, a new and mysterious terrorist group that has… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Attempted sexual assault
  • Loss of autonomy, including being denied access to abortion services

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there. Guet Imm, a young votary of the Order of the Pure Moon, joins up with an eclectic group of thieves (whether they like it or not) in order to protect a sacred object, and finds herself in a far more complicated situation than she could have ever imagined.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misgendering
  • Religious persecution
  • Massacres, off-page
  • War themes

Beyond Control by Kit Rocha

Beyond Control by Kit Rocha

She refuses to be owned. Alexa Parrino escaped a life of servitude and survived danger on the streets to become one of the most trusted, influential people in Sector Four, where the O’Kanes rule with a hedonistic but iron fist. Lex has been at the top for years, and there’s almost nothing she wouldn’t do for the gang…and for its leader. Lie, steal, kill—but she bows to no one, not even Dallas O’Kane. He’ll settle for nothing less. Dallas fought long and hard to carve a slice of order out of the chaos of the sectors. Dangers both large and small threaten his people, but it’s nothing he can’t handle. His liquor business is flourishing, and new… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexism
  • Sexual assault recounted
  • Drug abuse
  • Murder

Beautifully Cruel by JT Geissinger

Beautifully Cruel by J.T. Geissinger

Alpha (noun): 1) Having the highest rank in a dominance hierarchy, 2) The most powerful man in a group, or 3) Liam Black. He was a stranger to me, a dark and dangerous presence who materialized from the shadows one rainy night to save me from a vicious attack. I didn’t know his name or where he was from. All I knew was that the only place I’d ever felt safe was in his arms. But safety is an illusion. And not every saviour is a hero. And—as I’d soon find out—having an alpha save your life comes with a price. Liam Black wanted something from me in return.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Cheating recounted*
  • Death of a girlfriend recounted
  • Murder, on-page
  • Kidnapping

*Context : The heroine’s boyfriend cheated on her in the past.

The Vatican Princess by C.W. Gortner

The Vatican Princess by C.W. Gortner

Glamorous and predatory, the Borgias became Italy’s most ruthless and powerful family, electrifying and terrorizing their 15th-century Renaissance world. To this day, Lucrezia Borgia is known as one of history’s most notorious villainesses, accused of incest and luring men to doom with her arsenal of poison.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Cheating
  • Rape
  • Sexual assault
  • Incest

Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann

Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann

When Amber runs, it’s the only time she feels completely free – far away from her claustrophobic home life. Her father wants her to be a dutiful daughter, waiting for an arranged marriage like her sister Ruby. Running is a quiet rebellion. But Amber wants so much more – and she’s ready to fight for it. It’s time for a revolution.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child abuse
  • Domestic abuse
  • Alcoholism
  • Anxiety & panic attacks
  • Emesis
  • Dieting mentioned
  • Bullying

Cursed Wolf by Brogan Thomas

Cursed Wolf by Brogan Thomas

Loathed by those who should love her, can one fierce woman discover the secrets of her unique blood in time to be her own rescuer? Forrest Hesketh desperately clings to humanity. Trapped in an infuriatingly inept wolf form since she was nine years old, the traumatised girl’s hope of regaining her ability to shift is slowly fading. But as her abusive pack plots to kill her, her desperate act to help her kind stepbrother finally triggers the broken young woman’s transformation. Stunned that suddenly everyone wants her after fourteen years of horrific treatment, Forrest struggles to,… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape
  • Suicide
  • Drugging
  • Death of parents
  • Death of a sibling

Betrayal of the Court by Heather Harris

Betrayal of the Court by Heather G. Harris

Death. Theft. Marriage. It’s an average day in the Other Realm. Someone keeps bludgeoning people in the Other realm to death. A couple of the murders were virtually in our back garden, so Emory has asked me to try and find the culprit. I’d feel better if I didn’t have Shirdal along with me, cracking jokes and on the verge of a deadly killing spree of his own. Plus, there’s the small matter of the missing multi-million pound Eye of Ebrell that I still need to locate. Having overcome the damned challenges, you’d think I’d be welcomed by the dragons with open arms – but no, the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexual assault
  • Disappearance of a child

Bad Medicine by Laken Cane

Bad Medicine by Laken Cane

Do you know what’s stronger than a wolf shifter? A shapeshifter. A shapeshifter is stronger than a wolf shifter. When I discover a shapeshifting serial killer is targeting human women in my city, I have to go after him. Even though he’s more powerful than me. Even though he says we’re exactly the same. Even though there’s a connection between us. He believes he’s only taking out the trash, that the women he slaughters deserve their punishment. Too bad for him no one else agrees. They want him stopped. And too bad for us that stopping him is nearly impossible. The council sends me after him and tells me to bring him to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child abuse
  • Serial murder of women

The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu

The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu

Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. They’re living together in a fabulous loft, their warlock son, Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets of New York are peaceful and quiet—as peaceful and quiet as they ever are, anyway. Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus’s apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to get it back. They need to follow the thieves to Shanghai, they need to call some backup to accompany them, and they need a babysitter. Also, someone has stabbed… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death of a child mentioned
  • Torture
  • Physical assault
  • Kidnapping