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Save of the Game by Avon Gale

Save of the Game by Avon Gale

After last season’s heartbreaking loss to his hockey team’s archrival, Jacksonville Sea Storm goalie Riley Hunter is ready to let go of the past and focus on a winning season. His new roommate, Ethan Kennedy, is a loud New Yorker with a passion for social justice that matches his role as the team’s enforcer. The quieter Riley is attracted to Ethan and has no idea what to do about it. Ethan has no hesitations. As fearless as his position demands, he rushes into things without much thought for the consequences. Though they eventually warm to their passionate new bond, it… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Domestic abuse mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Physical assault

Trade Deadline by Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn

Trade Deadline by Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn

Daniel “Bellzie” Bellamy should be on top of the world—a Stanley Cup is the perfect topper to his fourteen-year NHL career. But despite the post-win high, something’s missing. When the chance to play for his hometown team, the Miami Thunder, comes along, he’s open to it. And when he runs into an old friend from his past soon after he makes the move, he wonders if it might be kismet. Micah Kelly never thought he’d see his childhood crush—and first kiss—again. Danny Bellamy moved on to bigger and better things when they were teenagers, and the idea that Micah’s relationship with the professional hockey player could be anything more than one-sided Instagram thirst seems… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia recounted
Familial disownment recounted
Animal injury mentioned

Off the Ice by Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn

Off the Ice by Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn

Tristan Holt is nothing if not pragmatic. Despite a flourishing career as a defenseman for the Atlanta Venom, Tristan knows he can’t play hockey forever. One day he’ll retire—if an injury doesn’t force him to hang up his skates first. His backup plan? Finishing his business degree. But he doesn’t count on a very inappropriate attraction to his standoffish sociology professor, Sebastian Cruz. Sebastian is on the bottom rung of the Sociology Department at Georgia State. He has his sights set on tenure, and he can’t afford to be distracted, especially not by a sexy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Coming out themes

Heart of the Steal by Avon Gale and Roan Parrish

Heart of the Steal by Avon Gale & Roan Parrish

Responsible, disciplined William Fox channelled his love for art and his faith in the rules into being an FBI Art Crimes agent. Right and wrong, justice and injustice—the differences are clear, and Will has spent his career drawing a line between them. Maybe his convictions have cost him relationships, but he’s not willing to compromise what he knows is right. Until the night he meets Amory Vaughn. As the head of his family’s philanthropic foundation, Vaughn knows very well that being rich and powerful can get him almost anything he wants. And when he meets endearingly grumpy and slightly awkward William Fox, he wants… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Homophobia & mentions of racism
Infidelity recounted (protagonist’s ex-partner)
Alcohol consumption
Death of parents mentioned
Attempted murder by ex-partner by gunshot (missed)

Goalie Interference by Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn

Goalie Interference by Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn

Ryu Mori has had a stellar season as goalie for the Atlanta Venom. So when he’s called into management’s office, he’s expecting to hear he’s the new starting goalie for the team, not that some new guy—an incredibly hot, annoyingly bratty rookie—is here to compete for his spot. Not everyone gets to play in the best league in the world. Emmitt Armstrong knows that, and he’s not about to waste the opportunity after grinding his way from the bottom to the top. If the Venom is looking for a meek, mild-mannered pushover, they’ve got the wrong guy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Homomisia
Bimisia
Dieting mentioned
Alcohol consumption

Empty Net by Avon Gale

Empty Net by Avon Gale

Spartanburg Spitfires’ goalie and captain Isaac Drake ended last season with an unexpected trip to the playoffs. He’s found a home and family with his coach and mentor, Misha Samarin, and he’s looking forward to making a serious run for the Kelly Cup. But things take an interesting turn when Isaac’s archnemesis, Laurent St. Savoy, is traded to the Spitfires. After Laurent’s despicable behavior in the playoffs last year, Isaac wants nothing to do with him – no matter how gorgeous he is. But that changes when Isaac discovers the reason for Laurent’s attitude. Laurent St. Savoy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Misogyny
Homomisia
Threatened outing
Conversion therapy mentioned
Sex work mentioned
Nonconsensual filming of sex mentioned
Physical, verbal & emotional parental abuse recounted
Eating disorder*
Panic attacks
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Alcohol consumption
Blackmail mentioned
Bullying

*Context : This includes disordered eating and food thoughts, food restriction, purging, therapy & recovery, and mentions of relapses.

Breakaway by Avon Gale

Breakaway by Avon Gale

Drafted to play for the Jacksonville Sea Storm, an NHL affiliate, twenty-year-old Lane Courtnall’s future looks bright, apart from the awkwardness he feels as a gay man playing on a minor league hockey team. He’s put his foot in his mouth a few times and alienated his teammates. Then, during a rivalry game, Lane throws off his gloves against Jared Shore, enforcer for the Savannah Renegades. It’s a strange way to begin a relationship. Jared’s been playing minor league hockey for most of his career. He’s bisexual and doesn’t care if anyone knows. But he’s determined to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Sexual harassment
Grooming & coach-student relationship recounted
Familial estrangement

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

In his fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard. Brought up in a remote village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people, Takeo has learned only the ways of peace. Why, then, does he possess the deadly skills that make him so valuable to the sinister Tribe? These supernatural powers will lead him to his violent destiny within the walls of Inuyama – and to an impossible longing for a girl who can never be his.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted rape
Child abuse
Death of a child
Genocide
Torture

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Seventeen-year-old Aderyn (“Ryn”) only cares about two things: her family, and her family’s graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae. The problem with being a gravedigger in Colbren, though, is that the dead don’t always stay dead. The risen corpses are known as “bone houses,” and legend says that they’re the result of a decades-old curse. When Ellis, an… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language
Classism
Parental abandonment mentioned
Nightmares
Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies & body parts (theme)
Physical injury
Emesis
Chronic pain
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother & father
Death of an uncle
Murder
Axe violence
Strangulation
Near-drowning incident
Animal death & dead bodies
Death of a pet goat
Hunting mentioned
War themes recounted
Poverty & eviction

The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones

The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones

When Dee Moreno makes a deal with a demon—her heart in exchange for an escape from a disastrous home life—she finds the trade may have been more than she bargained for. And becoming “heartless” is only the beginning. What lies ahead is a nightmare far bigger, far more monstrous than anything she could have ever imagined. When Dee Moreno makes a deal with a demon—her heart in exchange for an escape from a disastrous home life—she finds the trade may have been more than she bargained for. And becoming “heartless” is only the beginning. What lies ahead is… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language
Emotional child abuse
Depression
Anxiety
Parent with alcoholism
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Amputation mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a boyfriend
Terminal illness