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The Heiress Hunt by Joanna Shupe

The Heiress Hunt by Joanna Shupe

Knickerbocker scoundrel Harrison Archer returns to New York to discover that his deceased father has bankrupted his estranged family. To save them from ruin, he’s forced to quickly find and marry an heiress. For a matchmaker, Harrison turns to the one woman he wishes he could marry: his childhood friend and true love, Maddie, who once broke his heart and is now engaged to a duke. When her best friend Harrison left for Paris without a word, Maddie Webster took refuge in her infatuation with tennis. Now Harrison is back and needs her help in finding a bride… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a parent recounted

Love Lessons With The Duke by Ruth Ann Nordin

Love Lessons With The Duke by Ruth Ann Nordin

Camden Hollis, the Duke of Ashbourne, needs to pay off his brother’s debts, but all he has is a troubled estate. So when he hears that Lady Seyton is known for teaching ladies what to do to secure marriages by the end of the Season, he comes to her for help. Helena Walter, the Lady of Seyton, doesn’t know what to think of Camden’s unusual request. How could a titled gentleman who is so good-looking need help getting a wife? Her initial response is to turn him down, thinking he is merely wasting her time. But then she catches him bumbling through a conversation with a lady and realizes he–more than anyone–needs her help… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating recounted
Death of a husband in a duel recounted

Crux by Moira Rogers

Crux by Moira Rogers

Jackson Holt makes a decent living as a private investigator in New Orleans, home of one of the largest underground supernatural populations in the United States. He and his partners have never met a case they couldn’t crack…until a local bar owner asks him to do a little digging on her newest hire. New Orleans is the fourth destination in as many months for Mackenzie Brooks, a woman on the run from a deranged stalker. After all, any man who shows up on her doorstep claiming to be her destined lover has more than a few screws loose. But crazy doesn’t explain… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language
Nonconsensual pregnancy
Murder
Kidnapping
Stalking
Death of a parent from cancer
Murder of a wife recounted

Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything—or anyone—is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife—and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he’s determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love—the one thing he can’t give. Severin is the most compelling and attractive man Cassandra has ever met, even if his heart is frozen. But she has no interest in living in the fast-paced world of a ruthless man who always plays to win. When a newfound enemy nearly destroys… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia & body shaming
Sexual assault

Charon Docks at Daylight by Zoe Reed

Charon Docks at Daylight by Zoe Reed

It’s six years after an infection turned a majority of the population into ferocious, zombie-like creatures that hunt during the day, forcing the living into a nocturnal state of existence. Survival is a continuous struggle when it’s hide or fight, and the creatures aren’t the only threat in a wasted America. Sometimes fighting is the only answer.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Lesbomisia & lesbomisic slurs
Attempted rape
Drugging
Blood & gore depiction
Cannibalism
Loss of limb
Death of children
Death of a parent
Gun violence
Arson

Hostile Ground by LA Witt and Aleksandr Voino

Hostile Ground by L.A. Witt & Aleksandr Voino

After the deaths of three undercover cops investigating a drug ring in a seedy strip club in Seattle, Detective Mahir Hussain has been sent to finish the job. He joins the club’s security team in the hopes of finding enough evidence to bust the operation before the men in charge find a reason to put him in a shallow grave. To protect the strippers, only gay men can work the club. Ridley, the cold and intimidating head of security, knows exactly how to test potential new hires-including Mahir. From the minute they meet, Mahir and Ridley engage in a dangerous dance of sex and mind games. Mahir needs to find his evidence before Ridley figures… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Homomisia
Human trafficking
Child abuse
Nonconsensual recreational drug use
Murder

The Gentleman’s Book of Vices by Jess Everlee

The Gentleman’s Book of Vices by Jess Everlee

Finely dressed and finely drunk, Charlie Price is a man dedicated to his vices. Chief among them is his explicit novel collection, though his impending marriage to a woman he can’t love will force his carefully curated collection into hiding. Before it does, Charlie is determined to have one last hurrah: meeting his favourite author in person. Miles Montague is more gifted as a smut writer than a shopkeep and uses his royalties to keep his flagging bookstore afloat. So when a cheerful dandy appears out of the mist with Miles’s highly secret pen name on his pretty lips, Miles assumes the worst. But Charlie Price is no black… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Period-typical homomisia

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. But everything is about to change. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape and Tokue’s dark secret is revealed, with devastating consequences.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Depression
Suicide mentioned

The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird

The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird

The year is 2025, and a mysterious virus has broken out in Scotland-a lethal illness that seems to affect only men. When Dr. Amanda MacLean reports this phenomenon, she is dismissed as hysterical. By the time her warning is heeded, it is too late. The virus becomes a global pandemic–and a political one. The victims are all men. The world becomes alien–a women’s world. What follows is the immersive account of the women who have been left to deal with the virus’s consequences, told through first-person narratives. Dr. MacLean; Catherine, a social historian determined to document the human stories behind the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicidal ideation