Fall to Pieces by Chloe Walsh

He broke me with his lies. He crushed me with his betrayal. I know I need to leave his house, leave him, but things are complicated now. We’re about to be parents, and I can’t do this on my own. He swears he’ll stand by me, but I have my doubts. I’m terrified that his past won’t stay in the past. I fear more of the skeletons he desperately tries to hide will come crashing out of the closet and destroy me. I know I won’t survive him twice. I screwed up. Real bad this time. She hates me and I don’t blame her. But hate me or not, she’s not leaving me. I’m keeping this girl – and the baby growing inside her.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Miscarriage recounted

Break My Fall by Chloe Walsh

Desperation led me to his house. Lust led me to his bed.
I was homeless, strapped for cash, and running from my past. Now I’m here, in a brand-new state, miles away from home, and sleeping in the room next to his. The room with the revolving door of females. I know he’s a bad idea for me. He’s cocky, a manwhore, and way too self-assured for a sheltered girl with secrets. But when he smiles at me, I lose my freaking mind…. I don’t want her in my home. She’s too sweet for a prick like me. Too innocent. Too f*cking much. I have more baggage, secrets, and commitments than she could ever understand. I need her gone, dammit, but… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Dubious consent concerning a secondary character and the male protagonist
  • Attempted sexual assault recounted
  • Domestic violence recounted
  • Miscarriage (on-page)

Treacherous by Chloe Walsh

When seventeen year old Teagan loses her mother in tragic circumstances, she is forced to move to America to live with her uncle. Worlds apart from her home in Ireland, Teagan struggles to find her feet in Colorado. Struggling to fit into her new high school, and warring with her troubled next-door neighbor, Teagan is in for a wild senior year.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Sexual assault & drugged rape of a minor (on-page)
  • Incarceration recounted

Taming 7 by Chloe Walsh

She’s the quintessential sunshine girl. He’s the lovable class clown. But storm clouds are rolling in, and this Tommen boy is about to get serious. Tommen’s cheeky lad, Gerard ‘Gibsie’ Gibson, is a comedian at heart, but underneath his happy-go-lucky-nature lurks a broken boy, tortured by the events of his past. Using humour to cope with his demons, Gibsie hides everything from the world. Tommen’s cheeky lad, Gerard ‘Gibsie’ Gibson, is a comedian at heart, but underneath his happy-go-lucky-nature lurks a broken boy, tortured by the events of his past. Using humour to cope with his demons, Gibsie hides everything from the world. Envelope… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Paedophilia, rape & child sexual abuse mentioned
  • Death of a father
  • Death of a sister from suicide
  • Drowning

Redeeming 6 by Chloe Walsh

With his world unravelling around him, and pressure rising at home, Joey Lynch’s life has never been in more turmoil. Desperate to prove himself worthy of the only person he’s ever put his trust in, Joey fights to stay away from a world that threatens to destroy everything. But with the odds stacking against him by the day, can he keep his head above water? Unwilling to give up on the boy she loves, Aoife Molloy fights to save her best friend from the edge of self-destruction. Drowning in a world she doesn’t understand, with only her heart to guide her, Aoife refuses to turn her back on Joey, no matter how badly the odds are stacked against them.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape & attempted rape
  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Foster care system experiences recounted
  • Parental infidelity
  • Substance addiction & parent with alcoholism
  • Suicidal ideation & attempted suicide
  • Miscarriage mentioned
  • Arson
  • Graphic bullying (on-page)

Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh

The second born son in a broken marriage, Joey Lynch has spent a lifetime picking up the pieces of a family unravelling. When his older brother Darren skips town, twelve-year-old Joey finds himself thrown into the role of protector to his younger siblings and mother. Plagued by self-loathing, and furious with the world, he grapples with teenage life, his unwavering sense of duty to his family, while balancing precariously close to a life of addiction that threatens to swallow him whole. The only light in his sea of darkness is his boss’s firecracker of a daughter who refuses to back down. A girl who just so happens to be his classmate. Aoife Mol… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape mentioned
  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Foster care system experiences recounted
  • Parental infidelity
  • Postnatral depression
  • Substance addiction & parent with alcoholism
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Teen pregnancy (14-year-old)
  • Graphic bullying (on-page)

Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh

Following a devastating injury that has left him sidelined and stripped of his beloved number 13 jersey, Johnny Kavanagh is struggling to hold onto his dreams. Lost, insecure, and desperately seeking comfort, he sets his sights on unravelling the mystery of the girl with the midnight-blue eyes, who haunts his every waking hour. Keeping secrets has never been a problem for Shannon Lynch. The life she was born into demands nothing less. She knows that demons and evil men don’t just exist in fairytales. They exist in her world, too. Traumatized beyond repair after her return from Dublin, and desperate to protect her little brothers… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Child abuse & neglect by a parent with alcoholism (on-page)
  • Foster care system experiences recounted
  • Anxiety & panic attacks
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Substance addiction (secondary character)
  • Unplanned teen pregnancy & miscarriage mentioned
  • Physical injury & illness and hospitalisation for surgery recounted
  • Murder by arson
  • Attempted murder by knife
  • Drowning
  • Graphic bullying (on-page)

Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh

They are from opposites sides of the track – but when their two worlds collide, nothing will ever be the same again. Johnny Kavanagh has everything going for him. On the rugby pitch, he’s a force to be reckoned with. Primed for stardom, he’s heading straight for the top. Nothing can possibly get in his way, right? Not even the shy new girl at Tommen College. The one with the sad eyes and hidden bruises. The one that distracts him like no one ever has. Life has never been easy for Shannon Lynch. Bullied and tortured, she arrives at Tommen College mid-way through the school year.. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Child abuse & neglect by a parent with alcoholism (on-page)
  • Foster care system experiences recounted
  • Sexual assault of a minor (side character, off-page)
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Anxiety & panic attacks
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Teen pregnancy & miscarriage mentioned
  • Hospitalisation for surgery
  • Physical injury & illness including cyclic vomiting syndrome (on-page)
  • Physical assault
  • Graphic bullying (on-page)

A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui

The room is watching. But Mira and Layla don’t know this yet. When the two best friends are stranded on their spring break college tour road trip, they find themselves at the Wildwood Motel, located in the middle of nowhere, Indiana. Mira can’t shake the feeling that there is something wrong and rotten about their room. Inside, she’s haunted by nightmares of her dead brother. When she wakes up, he’s still there. Layla doesn’t see him. Or notice anything suspicious about Room 9. The place may be a little run down, but it has a certain charm she can’t wait to capture on.. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Homophobic parents
  • Suicide by overdose & vehicular suicide
  • Death of a sibling recounted
  • Fire & death from fire
  • Drowning recounted

Spin by Rebecca Caprara

Sixteen-year-old Arachne is ostracized by all but her family and closest friend, Celandine. Turning to her loom for solace, Arachne learns to weave, finding her voice and her strength through the craft. After the tragic loss of her family, Arachne and Celandine flee to the city of Colophon, where Arachne’s skills are put to the test. Word of her talent spreads quickly, leading to a confrontation with the goddess Athena, who demands that Arachne repent. But Arachne will not be silenced. She challenges Athena, and a fateful weaving contest ensues, resulting in an exposé of divine misdeeds, a shocking transformation, and unexpected redemption.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Sexual assault
  • Death of a sibling