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Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer

Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer

To save their kingdom, they must embark on a dangerous journey… The kingdom of Kandala narrowly avoided catastrophe, but the embers of revolution still simmer. While King Harristan seeks a new way to lead, Tessa and Prince Corrick attempt to foster unity between rebels and royals. But the consuls who control the Moonflower will not back down, and Corrick realizes he must find a new source for the lifesaving Elixir. When an emissary from the neighbouring kingdom of Ostriary arrives with an intriguing offer, Tessa and Corrick set out on an uncertain journey as they attempt to mend their own fractured relationship. This… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood depiction
Death of a parent
Murder
Torture mentioned
Poisoning
Kidnapping

The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

Glimmering like a jewel behind its gateway, The Kingdom is an immersive fantasy theme park where guests soar on virtual dragons, castles loom like giants, and bioengineered species–formerly extinct–roam free. Ana is one of seven Fantasists, beautiful “princesses” engineered to make dreams come true. When she meets park employee Owen, Ana begins to experience emotions beyond her programming including, for the first time… love. But the fairytale becomes a nightmare when Ana is accused of murdering Owen, igniting the trial of the century. Through courtroom testimony, interviews… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape, implied
Sexual harassment
Self-harm mentioned
Murder
Kidnapping
Gang violence mentioned
Imprisonment
Stalking
Animal death

The Valley and the Flood by Rebecca Mahoney

The Valley and the Flood by Rebecca Mahoney

Rose Colter is almost home, but she can’t go back there yet. When her car breaks down in the Nevada desert, the silence of the night is broken by a radio broadcast of a voicemail message from her best friend, Gaby. A message Rose has listened to countless times over the past year. The last one Gaby left before she died. So Rose follows the lights from the closest radio tower to Lotus Valley, a small town where prophets are a dime a dozen, secrets lurk in every shadow, and the diner pie is legendary. And according to Cassie Cyrene, the town’s third most accurate prophet, they’ve been… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Anxiety & anxiety attacks
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Intrusive thoughts
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father
Death of a friend
Car accident

When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain

When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain

Anna Hart is a missing persons detective in San Francisco. When tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna, desperate and numb, flees to the Northern California village of Mendocino to grieve. She lived there as a child with her beloved foster parents, and now she believes it might be the only place left for her. Yet the day she arrives, she learns a local teenage girl has gone missing. The crime feels frighteningly reminiscent of the most crucial time in Anna’s childhood, when the unsolved murder of a young girl touched Mendocino and changed the community forever… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Physical child abuse
Paedophilia & child sexual abuse
Alcoholism
Animal abuse

The Fallen Kingdom by Elizabeth May

The Fallen Kingdom by Elizabeth May

Deep in a forest, Aileana Kameron claws her way out of the earth. Back from the dead with no memory of who she is or what has happened to her, the Falconer now possesses even greater otherworldly powers and a ruthless instinct to kill—and the one piece of knowledge that can change everything. Two fae monarchs, Aithinne and Kadamach, stand on the brink of war, and according to an ancient curse, one must die at the hand of the other or all the worlds will perish. Once, Kadamach was known as Kiaran, and he… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

PTSD & trauma including flashbacks and memory loss
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother recounted
Death of a friend, on-page
Murder, attempted murder & mass murder, on-page
Graphic torture
Kidnapping & captivity
Sword & knife violence
Fire, off-page
Loss of autonomy (nonconsensual mind invasion & memory manipulation)

Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell

Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell

Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King’s Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were, until they stood aside while the Dukes took the kingdom, and impaled their King’s head on a spike. Now Tristia is on the verge of collapse and the barbarians are sniffing at the borders. The Dukes bring chaos to the land, while the Greatcoats are scattered far and wide, reviled as traitors, their legendary coats in tatters. All they have left are the promises they made to King Paelis, to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia
Rape
Suicide
Murder
Torture
Animal torture

The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape, implied
Sexual harassment
Self-harm mentioned
Murder
Kidnapping
Gang violence mentioned
Imprisonment
Stalking
Animal death

Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

Sandwiched between two exceptional siblings, Taylor Edwards never felt like she stood out—except for her history of running away when things get too complicated. Then her dad receives unexpected, terrible news, and the family makes the last-minute decision to spend the summer together in the cramped quarters at their old lake house. Taylor hasn’t been to the summerhouse since she was twelve, and she definitely never planned on going back. Up at the lake she is confronted with people she thought she had left behind, like her former best friend Lucy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parent with cancer

From Scratch by Katrina Jackson

From Scratch by Katrina Jackson

Sea Port is a tiny southern town on the verge of collapse looking to entice people to move to the middle of nowhere and start life anew. Mary Woods, stinging from her life as a failed academic, takes the opportunity by the reins and resettles in Sea Port to try her hand as a small-town baker. A few days before the opening of her shop, Confections by Mary, she runs into small-town cop, Miguel Santos, and small-town fire chief, Billy Knox and there’s a whole lot of chemistry to go around. Welcome to Sea Port, where the town baker, cop and fire chief fall heavily in lust.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Queermisia
Child sexual abuse recounted
Physical child abuse mentioned
Domestic abuse mentioned
Parent with alcoholism & alcohol abuse mentioned
Physical assault mentioned

The Dog Share by Fiona Gibson

The Dog Share by Fiona Gibson

Suzy Medley is having a bad day… when a shabby terrier turns up at her door. Just like Suzy, Scout has been abandoned, although only Suzy has been left with a financial mess and a business in tatters thanks to her ex. Suzy takes Scout in and her chaotic world changes in unexpected ways: strangers have never been more welcoming and her teenage kids can’t wait to come home to visit. Then a chance encounter on a windy Hebridean beach makes things more complicated, because Suzy isn’t the only one who needs a friend. Scout has plenty of love to go round… but does Suzy?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Infidelity