Beyond Surrender by Kit Rocha

Beyond Surrender by Kit Rocha

She’s the heart of O’Kane liquor. He’s the brains of the revolution. They’re facing a war that could end their world. Again. On December 13th, the Beyond series comes to its climactic conclusion with Nessa and Ryder’s story–and the final battle between the sectors and Eden. 

GoodreadsThe Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a grandfather
  • Gun violence
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Bombing
  • War themes

The Smallest Part by Amy Harmon

The Smallest Part by Amy Harmon

It was a big lie. The biggest lie she’d ever told. It reverberated through her head as she said it, ringing eerily, and the girl behind her eyes—the girl who knew the truth—screamed, and her scream echoed along with the lie. If it had been anyone else—anyone—Mercedes would have stuck out her chest, folded her skinny arms, and let her feelings be known. She would have claimed him. But it was Cora. Brave, beautiful, broken Cora, and Cora loved Noah too. So Mercedes lied. And with that lie, she lost him. With that lie, she sealed her fate. She was the best friend, the bridesmaid, the godmother, the glue. She was there for the good times… Read more,

GoodreadsThe Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Cheating
  • Suicide
  • Death of a wife, on-page
  • Murder
  • Homelessness
Support Us at Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com

The Lord I Left by Scarlett Peckham

The Lord I Left by Scarlett Peckham

Lord Lieutenant Henry Evesham is an evangelical reformer charged with investigating the flesh trade in London. His visits to bawdy houses leave him with a burning desire to help sinners who’ve lost their innocence to vice—even if the temptations of their world test his vow not to lose his moral compass…again. As apprentice to London’s most notorious whipping governess, Alice Hull is on the cusp of abandoning her quiet, rural roots for the city’s swirl of provocative ideas and pleasures—until a family tragedy upends her dreams and leaves her desperate to get home. When the handsome, pious Lord Lieutenant off… Read more,

GoodreadsThe Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sex work shaming
  • Death of a parent, presumed
Support Us at Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com

A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone

Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn’t ask for more. But when Bee’s favourite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he’s making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee’s career is about to take a more family-friendly direction. Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than done. Though it all becomes worthwhile when she discovers… Read more,

GoodreadsThe Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fatmisia
  • Sex work shaming
  • Parent with Bipolar Disorder
  • Death of a parent

Evie and the Pack-Horse Librarians by Laurel Beckley

Evie and the Pack-Horse Librarians by Laurel Beckley

As an assistant editor at the prestigious Hanhat Publishers, Evie Southiel is entrusted with fine-tuning the manuscripts of the company’s most important authors. Her skills as a book witch allow her to manipulate the stories she reviews and bring them to life. When her girlfriend steals the secret manuscript of Hanhat’s best-selling author and leaks it to the press, Evie is exiled to become a journey carrier with the Pack-Horse Librarians in the eastern mountains. Timid city mouse Evie doesn’t know the first thing about surviving in the wilderness, riding a horse, or dealing with the rugged mountain folk and coal miners… Read more,

GoodreadsThe Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Amputation mentioned
Support Us at Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com

Can’t Say it Went to Plan by Gabrielle Tozer

Can’t Say it Went to Plan by Gabrielle Tozer

School’s out. Forget study, exams and mapping out the future. For the next seven days, the only homework is partying with friends, making new ones and living in the moment. Zoe, Samira and Dahlia are strangers, but they have something in common: their plans for a dream holiday after their final year of school are flipped upside-down before they even arrive at the beach. From hooking up and heartache to growing apart, testing friendships and falling in love, anything can go down this week.

GoodreadsThe Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Cheating
  • Alcohol abuse
  • Cancer
  • Death of a friend recounted
Support Us at Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com

If We Were Us by KL Walther

Also known as Maybe Meant to Be

Everyone at the Bexley School believes that Sage Morgan and Charlie Carmichael are meant to be. Even though Charlie seems to have a new girlfriend every month, and Sage has never had a real relationship, their friends and family all know it’s just a matter of time until they realize that they are actually in love.  When Luke Morrissey shows up on campus his presence immediately shakes things up. Charlie and Luke are drawn to each other the moment they meet, giving Sage the opportunity to spend time with Charlie’s twin brother, Nick. But Charlie is afraid of what others will think if he accepts that he has much more… Read more.

GoodreadsThe Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia & internalised homomisia
  • Eating disorder
  • Weight loss
  • Death of a parent from cancer mentioned
Support Us at Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com

Where We Left Off by Roan Parrish

Where We Left Off by Roan Parrish

Leo Ware may be young, but he knows what he wants. And what he wants is Will Highland. Snarky, sophisticated, fiercely opinionated Will Highland, who burst into Leo’s unremarkable life like a supernova… and then was gone just as quickly. For the past miserable year, Leo hasn’t been able to stop thinking about the powerful connection he and Will shared. So, when Leo moves to New York for college, he sweeps back into Will’s life, hopeful that they can pick up where they left off. What begins as a unique friendship soon burns with chemistry they can’t deny tho… Read more.

Goodreads

Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Homophobia mentioned
  • Emotional child abuse & neglect recounted
  • Sexual harassment by teaching staff
  • Hospitalisation of a sibling with Bipolar Disorder

Context : The love interest’s sister has Bipolar Disorder, and is hospitalised while off her medication. During this time, she neglect and abandonment her two young children. The love interest was emotionally abused and neglected as a child by his parents too.

Small Change by Roan Parrish

Small Change by Roan Parrish

Ginger Holtzman has fought for everything she’s ever had—the success of her tattoo shop, respect in the industry, her upcoming art show. Tough and independent, she has taking-no-crap down to an art form. Good thing too, since keeping her shop afloat, taking care of her friends, and scrambling to finish her paintings doesn’t leave time for anything else. Which … is for the best, because then she doesn’t notice how lonely she is. She’ll get through it all on her own, just like she always does. Christopher Lucen opened a coffee and sandwich joint in South Philly… Read more.

Goodreads

Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Homophobic slur
  • Workplace sexual harassment mentioned (secondary character)
  • Sibling with Major Depressive Disorder & attempted suicide recounted
  • Self-harm mentioned
  • Drug use recounted & smoking
  • Death of a mother from cancer

GoodreadsThe Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexism
  • Workplace sexual harassment, off-page
  • Major Depressive Disorder mentioned
  • Attempted suicide mentioned
  • Self-harm recounted
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Drug use & smoking
  • Chronic migraines
  • Amputation (arm) mentioned
  • Death of a father mentioned
Support Us at Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com

Riven by Roan Parrish

Riven by Roan Parrish

Theo Decker might be the lead singer of Riven, but he hates being a rock star. The paparazzi, the endless tours, being recognized everywhere he goes—it all makes him squirm. The only thing he doesn’t hate is the music. Feeling an audience’s energy as they lose themselves in Riven’s music is a rush unlike anything else . . . until he meets Caleb Blake Whitman. Caleb is rough and damaged, yet his fingers on his guitar are pure poetry. And his hands on Theo? They’re all he can think about. But Caleb’s no groupie—and one night with him won’t be enough. Just when Caleb is… Read more.

Goodreads

Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Emotional child neglect
  • Sexual harassment
  • Alcohol consumption & recovery from alcoholism
  • Substance addiction & recovery