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My Sinful Nights by Lauren Blakely

My Sinful Nights by Lauren Blakely

Ten years ago, I let the love of my life slip through my fingers. It’s my greatest regret, especially since she’s all but disappeared. When she walks back into my world unexpectedly, I have one mission — win her back. Whatever it takes. But the gorgeous, brilliant, tough-as-iron Shannon has secrets of her own, and a family past she’s trying to escape. But the gorgeous, brilliant, tough-as-iron Shannon has secrets of her own, and a family past she’s trying to escape. But the gorgeous, brilliant, tough-as-iron Shannon has secrets of her own, and a family past she’s trying to escape.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Miscarriage mentioned
  • Incarceration of a parent

Changes Coming Down by Kaje Harper

Changes Coming Down by Kaje Harper

Sheriff Casey Barlow has a slick, media-savvy challenger out to beat him in the upcoming election. Casey’s damned good at his job, but he hasn’t kissed the right asses, and early polls suggest voters like his opponent’s style. Coming out now, let alone revealing his relationship with two men, could sink any hope of keeping his badge. Scott Edison has a real shot at the NHL. He’s playing the best hockey of his life. Whenever he can, he travels home to his gruff sheriff and their laid-back cowboy, but there are no out gay players in the NHL. As a rookie working his ass off… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Outing
  • Rape mentioned
  • Death of a child mentioned
  • Suicide mentioned
  • Blackmail

Open Encounters by Luna David and Morningstar Ashley

Open Encounters by Luna David and Morningstar Ashley

I knew the moment I saw him that he was going to change my life. What I didn’t know was how. One thing had been clear…I wanted him. I felt his stare across the room, had felt his pull and desire in my core. Nothing’s changed since that night three years ago. He can still control me with his eyes. He can still heat me up in minutes. He shows me a world I never knew existed. A world filled with passion and desire and the freedom of sex in all forms. He gives me everything I didn’t know I needed. I’m his and he’s mine, and he proves that to me every day.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape
  • Incest

Blood and Ice by Ariana Nash and Pippa DaCosta

Blood & Ice by Ariana Nash & Pippa DaCosta

There’s a traitor among the elves. A traitor who will stop at nothing to see Eroan pay for the crime of loving a dragon, and Eroan Ilanea will pay with blood. Lysander has never been free to choose his fate. That is about to change. Finally, he learns what it means to be emerald, but knowledge is power, and power whispers its seductive curse into the ear of a broken prince. Elf and dragon. Leaders, lovers, fighters. Fates entwined. But as the dragonkin rise under a new king, will Eroan’s and Lysander’s boundless love save the world or destroy it forever?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape
  • Torture

Iron and Fire by Ariana Nash and Pippa DaCosta

Iron & Fire by Ariana Nash & Pippa DaCosta

From his mother’s cage to a human one, Lysander’s captors are the least of his concerns. Rumours of a monstrous bronze dragon ripple through human camps, a dragon tearing great holes in the world as though searching for something… or someone. It’s just a matter of time before the bronze chief, Dokul, finds Lysander and makes good on his promises. And should he find him, Lysander knows Dokul will not be merciful. Amidst the greatest of elven victories, Eroan failed. Failed his people, failed himself, and failed the dragon who saved him. But he will not falter. The dragonkin are in disarray, there will never be a greater opportunity… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Slavery
  • Rape, on-page
  • Incest
  • Alcohol abuse
  • Torture

Silk and Steel by Ariana Nash and Pippa DaCosta

Silk & Steel by Ariana Nash & Pippa DaCosta

Eroan, one of the last elven assassins, lives for one purpose: kill the queen. He would have succeeded if not for her last line of defense: Prince Lysander. Now, captured and forced into the queen’s harem, Eroan sees another opportunity. Why kill just the queen when he can kill them all? It would be simple, if not for the troubled and alluring prince. A warrior, a killer, and something else…, something Eroan finds himself inexplicably drawn to. Trapped in a life he despises, Lysander knows his time is running out… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Slavery
  • Rape, on-page
  • Child sexual abuse recounted
  • Incest
  • Child abuse
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Drugging
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Imprisonment

Jacob Michaels Is Tired by Chase Connor

Jacob Michaels Is Tired by Chase Connor

Jacob Michaels…er, Robert Wagner…is tired. Hollywood has been kind. But it’s also left him skinny, exhausted, unsure of who he is, whom he wants to be…and without love. A decade earlier, he ran away from home to pursue fame. Unlike many before him, he actually succeeded. Now he’s back in his hometown of Point Worth, trying to make amends with his grandmother, trying to regain his health, trying to not be recognized, and trying to figure out who he really is. Maybe he’ll find love along the way…if people and things weren’t so…weird.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Depression

Part-Time Husband by Noelle Adams

Part-Time Husband by Noelle Adams

On a Wednesday afternoon, I ask Trevor Bentley to marry me. He might be the most arrogant, obnoxious man I know, but I need him to be my husband for a year. There are reasons. He’s not going to be a real husband. Just part-time. Yes, I have to live with him. And, okay, I also have to share his bed. And, sure, he’s the sexiest and most exciting thing to ever happen to my controlled, organized life He’s not going to be a real husband. Just part-time. Yes, I have to live with him. And, okay, I also have to share his bed… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny
  • Death of parents

Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan

Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan

Deep in the Amazonian jungle, there is a mansion with a rose garden and a hen house where juicy tomatoes are the perfect shade of red, and marble countertops glisten. Inside, where even the shadows don’t reach, something is rotting, and the perfect facade can only hold the stench for so long. Domenico promised his husband that he would keep him safe, keep him away from the bloodshed and the brutal world of cartel violence. But when a guest arrives to help retrieve a stolen transport of guns, something sinister sneaks into his home, something more dangerous… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Bimisia
  • Rape mentioned
  • Sexual harassment
  • Domestic abuse
  • Organised crime (mafia, cartel)
  • Animal death

Forfeit by Lydia Michaels and Allyson Young

Forfeit by Lydia Michaels & Allyson Young

When Austin lost his job he began to question his dominant role as head of the household and his worth as a man. Self-doubt has infected his once-perfect marriage, and now his submissive wife, December, must do whatever is necessary to save their home. As Austin’s world spirals out of control, he enlists the help of his best friend, Cord. Only, Austin doesn’t realize Cord has secretly loved December since the day they met. Cord’s honour is challenged. In the end, a sacrifice will be made, but who will forfeit first?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Antiziganism (g slur)
  • Alcoholism