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Acceptance by Nicholas Bella

Acceptance by Nicholas Bella

It’s a new night and that means more of Theoden’s lessons, one of which I was still recuperating from. I was so out of control last night and if my current physical condition is any indicator, my brothers definitely had their way with me. As far as my relationship with Theoden goes, I can’t help but feel drawn to him. I feel as though he’s accepting me as I’m accepting him in some morbid way. I don’t know… maybe it’s because I know I don’t have any choices. There’s no way out for me. I’m his and we both know it. Maybe there’s still some fight left in me, some little nugget of Noel the man that hasn’t been consumed by Noel… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape
  • Graphic torture

The Debt by Molly O’Keefe

The Debt by Molly O’Keefe

For the five kids who live at St. Jude’s Home for Court Placed Juveniles, life is a nightmare. Carissa, the youngest, has been there the longest. And barely speaks. Rosa is sixteen and pregnant. Simon keeps his head down and studies, hoping to get back the life he lost. Beth and Tommy, in the middle of the darkness, have found each other, and all they want is to be together. But when they get caught making out at school, it puts everyone in danger. Tommy is used to the beatings from their foster father, but when Beth is singled out for punishment, Tommy can’t.. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Abuse in the foster care system
  • Teen pregnancy

Falling Down by Eli Easton

Falling Down by Eli Easton

Josh finds himself homeless at eighteen, but he has a plan. He’ll head north on the bus to New England and spend October there for his mother’s sake. She always talked about going to see the fall leaves someday. And when the leaves are done and the harsh winter comes, Josh plans to find a place to curl up and let go. It will be a relief to finally stop fighting.Mark spent his life trying to live up to the tough swagger of his older brothers until he pushed himself so far against his nature that he cracked. Now a former Marine, he rents a little cabin in the White Mountains of New Hampshire where he can lick his wounds and figure out what to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Depression
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Military enlistment recounted
  • Homelessness

Guardian Angel in Leather by K.A. Merikan

Guardian Angel in Leather by K.A. Merikan

El. Punk. Bag of trouble. Trig’s first love. Trig. Outlaw biker. Killer. El’s only hope. El has reached the end of the line. Indebted to a cartel and unable to pay, he’d sooner die than be tortured. There’s no one he can ask for help. He’s burned all bridges and trusts nobody. His life is a well of regrets and he can spot the biggest one just as he’s about to die, because it has a face and a name. His old flame appears out of nowhere and saves him. His old flame who left him to join a biker gang. His old flame who shouldn’t even know where… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Attempted suicide
  • Self-harm (cutting)
  • Torture mentioned
  • Organised crime (motorcycle gang)
  • Kidnapping
  • Stalking

Spring of the Wolf by Iris Foxglove

Spring of the Wolf by Iris Foxglove

In the cold spring air of Lukos, a man wraps a cloak of fur around his shoulders and transforms into a sleek white wolf, racing across the countryside. Zephyr has always been cursed. The same fur that gives him the ability to shift between wolf and man allows others the power to control his will. Doomed to follow any order given by one who holds his cloak, Zephyr steals it from his tyrannical foster-father and takes off into the wilderness. He’s heard stories of the wolf-people of Lukos, the ones who don’t hide away in the caves Zephyr grew up in but build houses to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape mentioned
  • Sexual assault
  • Domestic abuse

Dirty Secret by Ki Brightly & MD Gregory

Dirty Secret by Ki Brightly & M.D. Gregory

Declan—hockey star for the New Gothenburg Blizzards—and tattoo artist, Jake, have been happily married for four years. As their anniversary approaches, Declan decides to give Jake a present he won’t forget—his favourite ASMR voice actor in their room during the romantic occasion. He offers the actor, Logan Indry, a deal he can’t refuse. Logan needs as much money as he can get. Recently fired and thrown out of his home by his abusive girlfriend, he has no job and no place to go. Declan’s message comes at exactly the right time, and Logan decides things can’t get any worse… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Domestic abuse recounted
  • Death of a pet fish

The King’s Mage by Iris Foxglove

The King’s Mage by Iris Foxglove

Emile de Guillory swore off love the night his wife died in his arms. Bazyli Drakos loves too deeply, despite what he stands to lose. The night of Prince Adrien’s marriage to Isiodore de Mortain, Bazyli finds Emile poisoned in the royal gardens. He takes him back to his home in the lower city, where Bazyli and his silent demon nurse Emile back from the brink of death. What begins as an uneasy alliance turns into something more as Bazyli and Emile work to uncover the assassin who poisoned Emile that night–an assassin who can hide behind any face, even those Emile trusts… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Blood depiction for blood magic
  • Attempted murder

Forgiven by Garrett Leigh

Forgiven by Garrett Leigh

When Mia Amour returns to England to open a florist shop, all she wants to do is put her lousy ex behind her and never look back. But getting a fresh start is easier said than done when her first love, the boy who once broke her teenage heart, strolls back into her life. He’s every bit as sexy as she remembers, and the urge to melt back into his arms almost makes her forget how devastated she was when he took off without a word. Almost. Left with no choice, Luke Daley did what he had to do, leaving town to earn enough money to save his broken family, though it just about broke… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Drug use mentioned (sc)
  • Hospitalisation
  • Death of a parent from illness recounted
  • Stalking

Natural Disaster by Erin McLellan

Natural Disaster by Erin McLellan

Human-interest reporter—and son of a famous storm chaser—Guthrie Gale wants nothing to do with severe weather. But his station’s director insists he join the storm chasing team, or else, and worse yet, she pairs him with hotshot rookie chaser Luke Masters. All Luke wants is to be a part of the KTTY family, and he won’t let prickly Guthrie Gale spoil his chance. Little does he realize Guthrie’s anxiety around storms is more than justified. As Oklahoma’s unpredictable tornado season picks up, Guthrie and Luke strike up a turbulent working relationship that shifts between lust and… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Car accident
  • Tornadoes (theme)

Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped by Annette Marie

Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped by Annette Marie

My parents taught me that magic attracts equal danger, and everything I’ve seen since becoming a demon contractor confirms it. I’ve witnessed how power twists and corrupts–and I’ve tasted power no human should wield. Ambition and avarice drove my family into hiding. My parents died for someone else’s greed. I’ve never hunted anything in my life, but now I’m hunting their killer–with my demon’s help. But with each step closer to my parents’ murderer, I’m uncovering a different sort of evil, piece by hidden piece. I’ve stumbled into an insidious web that silently, secretly… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape mentioned
  • Decapitation & dismemberment
  • Kidnapping