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Beautifully Broken Life by Catherine Cowles

Beautifully Broken Life by Catherine Cowles

She’s on the run… Tessa has finally found a safe haven in Sutter Lake, hiding in plain sight—just as long as no one asks too many questions. He can’t escape…Liam knows better than anyone how one wrong word, a single whisper can ruin a life. After seeing the darker side of fame, he’s desperate to retreat and find his voice again. Two people from opposite worlds, brought together by a connection neither expected. But the forces they’re both running from still lurk in the shadows… And you never know when they might strike.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Domestic abuse
  • Stalking

Beautifully Broken Control by Catherine Cowles

Beautifully Broken Control by Catherine Cowles

A woman trying to rebuild her life. Kennedy is doing all she can to escape, to prove that she’s not the monster her father was. A simple life of peace and service is all she needs. A man haunted by a past he can’t forget. Cain has buried his demons under layers of control and success. The only thing he needs is his company and his solitude. Certainly not a woman with captivating green eyes filled with ghosts so similar to his own. He’s a reminder of the life she’s left behind. And she’s a threat to his tightly guarded control. As sparks fly between them, they discover that what they might… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Suicide, off-page
  • Death of a sibling, off-page
  • Kidnapping

Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

Seven students are avoiding going to school, hiding in their darkened bedrooms, unable to face their family and friends, until the moment they discover a portal into another world that offers a temporary escape from their stressful lives. Passing through a glowing mirror, they gather in a magnificent castle that becomes their playground and refuge during school hours. The students are tasked with locating a key, hidden somewhere in the castle, that will allow whoever finds it to be granted one wish. At this moment, the castle will vanish, along with all memories they may have of their adventure. If they fail to leave the castle… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexual assault
  • Cancer
  • Suicide mentioned
  • Bullying

Wahala by Nikki May

Wahala by Nikki May

Ronke wants happily ever after and 2.2. kids. She’s dating Kayode and wants him to be “the one” (perfect, like her dead father). Her friends think he’s just another in a long line of dodgy Nigerian boyfriends. Boo has everything Ronke wants—a kind husband, a gorgeous child. But she’s frustrated, unfulfilled, plagued by guilt, and desperate to remember who she used to be. Simi is the golden one with the perfect lifestyle. No one knows she’s crippled by impostor syndrome and tempted to pack it all in each time her boss mentions her “urban vibe.” Her husband thinks they’re trying… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism & racial profiling
  • Colourism
  • Fatmisia & body shaming

Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher

Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher

Poppy, Lily, and Belladonna would do anything to protect their best friend, Raven. So when they discovered he was suffering abuse at the hands of his stepmother, they came up with a lethal plan: petals of poppy, belladonna, and lily in her evening tea so she’d never be able to hurt Raven again. But someone got cold feet, the plot faded to a secret of the past, and the group fell apart. Three years later, on the eve of Raven’s seventeenth birthday, his stepmother turns up dead. But it’s only belladonna found in her tea, and it’s only Belladonna who’s carted off to jail… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Abusive relationship
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Eating disorder (anorexia)
  • Physical assault

Come Closer by Sara Gran

Come Closer by Sara Gran

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that’s replaced by obscene insults. Amanda—a successful architect in a happy marriage—finds her life going off-kilter by degrees. She starts smoking again, and one night for no reason, without even the knowledge that she’s doing it, she burns her husband with a cigarette. At night she dreams of a beautiful woman with pointed teeth on the shore of a blood-red sea.. The new voice in Amanda’s head, the one that tells her to steal things and talk to strange men in bars, is strange and frightening… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia & homomisic slurs
  • Rape
  • Incest
  • Child abuse
  • Infidelity
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Body horror
  • Emesis
  • Death of a child
  • Murder
  • Drowning
  • Animal attack

The Red Mother Volume 2 by Jeremy Haun and Danny Luckert

The Red Mother, Vol. 2 by Jeremy Haun and illustrated by Danny Luckert

Daisy has taken the mysterious Leland Black up on his job offer, giving her a new outlet to excise her demons — but quickly realizes that the dangerous conspiracy goes much deeper than she ever imagined. Daisy has taken the mysterious Leland Black up on his job offer, giving her a new outlet to excise her demons — but quickly realizes that the dangerous conspiracy goes much deeper than she ever imagined. All roads lead straight to the Red Mother. And the Red Mother is heading straight for Daisy. Collects The Red Mother #5-8.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Body horror
  • Loss of vision & eyeball trauma

Mr North by Callie Hart

Mr. North by Callie Hart

North is handsome and damaged—a terrible temptation—and he has his sights set on winning her over. Beth is out of money and struggling hard. At the rate she’s going she’ll never complete her law degree. When she learns of an exciting opportunity—playing chess with New York’s most elusive billionaire—the offer sounds too good to be true. On top of that, Raphael North has a… reputation. But rumours are just that. Then she sets foot into his luxurious penthouse and sees him. Captor. Enigma. Lover. He’s all this and more. Beth should run from the devastatingly attractive blue-eye… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape recounted*

* Context : The protagonist witnessed her mother being raped as a child.

Third Chances by Ivy Smoak

Third Chances by Ivy Smoak

Daphne: I’ve always regretted not being confident enough to talk to my college crush. When he shows up during my friend’s bachelorette party, I refuse to let my second chance slip through my fingers. Rob: It was impossible to forget the beautiful brunette from campus. But I’ve always known she wasn’t one-night stand material. So I kept my distance. When she shows up years later during my brother’s bachelor party, I don’t know how I can possibly resist her again. There’s just one problem: I don’t do relationships.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Drugging