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Bad Blood by Ashlynn Mills

Bad Blood by Ashlynn Mills

Mateo: I never wanted to marry Santiago, and I never wanted to be stuck with his familia. Though, it seems I have no choice in the matter. Being a son of a Mexican drug lord within the Cartel means I’m limited to what choices I can actually make. It’s now the day of my engagement party and I’ve decided to get a breath of fresh air–for what might be the last time I can truly do so. Only, my trip puts me in the path of a stranger who might change everything. Gabriel: I hate the Jeventinos for what they did to mi familiar. One by one, I swear to take the all down. They will feel every bit… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Gun violence
  • Explosions
  • Kidnapping

Loose Cannon by Sidney Bell

Loose Cannon by Sidney Bell

Released after five years in the system for assault, streetwise Edgar-Allen Church is ready to leave the past behind and finally look to his future. In need of a place to crash, he’s leaning on Miller Quinn. A patient, solidly masculine pillar of strength and support, Miller has always been there for him—except in the one way Church has wanted the most. With his staunchly conservative upbringing, Miller has been playing it straight his whole life. Now with Church so close again, it’s getting harder to keep his denial intact. As they fumble their way back to friendship after… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Murder
  • Torture

Heart Ripper by KA Merikan

Heart Ripper by K.A. Merikan

David. Catholic. Gay. Set on keeping his purity ring. Raja. Biker. Manwhore. Never refuses a bet. David has always tried to be the best son his parents could dream of. Always at church on Sunday. Always eager to help with the garden. Always trying his best at school. Prim, proper, innocent, and kind. But deep inside of him, there is a yearning planted by the devil himself, and when a cocky, foul-mouthed biker pulls him a step too far, David doesn’t fall into the abyss. He leaps. Raja is all he’s ever dreamed of, yet didn’t dare voice. Older, dangerous, a wall of muscle with a grip so… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Homomisia
  • Outing
  • Conversion therapy recounted
  • Organised crime (motorcycle gang)

Broken Bride by Stella Gray

Broken Bride by Stella Gray

My father was always a gambling man. Unfortunately, he never could pick winners. When the wolves closed in, he chose himself, like always. He traded his freedom… for mine. He forced me to marry. Now Dante Bellanti owns my body. I’m just another possession for a man who already has too much. So I won’t let him have my heart. But you know what they say about gambling. The house always wins. And I’m at the mercy of the Bellantis…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Arranged marriage
  • Alcoholism mentioned
  • Blackmail

Domestic Animals by Gregory Ashe

Domestic Animals by Gregory Ashe

When a man hires Emery Hazard to track down a teenager who, he claims, robbed him, Hazard isn’t convinced. The story has holes in it, and the client seems eager—too eager—to keep the authorities from getting involved. But Hazard is willing to play along; he suspects something much darker is going on, and he wants to know what it is. Then his husband, John-Henry Somerset, connects the boy in question to an ongoing suspicious death investigation, and both men realize they’ve stumbled upon something much more complicated. There are too many loose threads: missing money, stolen jewellery, a husband back… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Alcoholism
  • Attempted murder

Cascade Hunger by Gregory Ashe

Cascade Hunger by Gregory Ashe

Eli and Dag survived a monster. Two monsters, in fact. A year later, though, they’re still trying to settle into a ‘regular’ life. Dag is working hard in school. It’s not going great. Eli is working hard at…being a better Eli. He’s eating right. Most of the time. He’s thinking about exercise in healthy ways. He’s ok with how he looks, as long as he doesn’t walk past any mirrors. He goes out some nights, though. He goes across the lake, back to Bragg, where the monsters were. And he’s not sure why. He’s not sure what keeps calling him back… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Racism & racial slurs
  • Murder
  • Body dysmorphia

Prince of Killers by Layla Reyne

Prince of Killers by Layla Reyne

No indiscriminate killing. No collateral damage. No unvetted targets. These are the rules Hawes Madigan lives by. Rules that make being Fog City’s Prince of Killers bearable. Soon, he’ll be king—of an organization of assassins— and the crown has never felt heavier. Until the mysterious Dante Perry swaggers into his life. Dante looks like a rock god and carries himself like one too, all loose-limbed and casually confident. He also carries a concealed weapon, a private investigator’s license, and a message for the prince. Someone inside Hawes’s organization is out to kill the future king… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Human trafficking mentioned
  • Paedophilia & child sexual abuse mentioned
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Drugging
  • Overdose mentioned
  • Grandparent in hospice care for Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Death of a parent recounted*
  • Death of a grandfather
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Explosion

*Context : The protagonist made the decision to take his parents off of life support.

The Bodyguard by S Doyle

The Bodyguard by S. Doyle

I’m known around the country as the Cowboy Princess. A reality TV star who likes champagne, expensive shoes and cowboys. It’s a lie. For me there has only been one cowboy… except he never wanted me. Now stardom has attracted the wrong kind of attention. From a person I know is hunting me. My only choice is to go home to The King’s Land.. Home to Garrett, the man I could never forget. While I have always loved Garrett, I knew he could never return that love. My childish lies drove him away. Now my life is at stake and I’m not lying about that. This time Garrett has to believe me.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Fatmisia
  • Attempted rape
  • Kidnapping
  • Stalking
  • Bullying
  • Animal death mentioned (cat)

Mr Big Empty by Gregory Ashe

Mr Big Empty by Gregory Ashe

Vie Eliot arrives in the small town of Vehpese, Wyoming with little more than the clothes–and scars–on his back. Determined to make a new life for himself after escaping his abusive mother, he finds that living with his estranged father brings its own problems. Then Samantha Oates, the girl with blue hair, goes missing, and Vie might be the only one who can find her. His ability to read emotions and gain insight into other people’s darkest secrets makes him the perfect investigator, with only one small problem: he wants nothing to do with his gift. When the killer… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Suicide & attempted suicide
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Self-harm
  • Drug use
  • Abortion mentioned
  • Torture mentioned
  • Gun violence
  • Kidnapping

Pipe Dreams by Sarina Bowen

Pipe Dreams by Sarina Bowen

Mike Beacon is a champion at guarding the net, but off the ice, he’s not so lucky. A widower and a single father, he’s never gotten over Lauren Williams, the ex who gave him the best year of his life. When Lauren reappears in the Bruisers’ office during the play-offs, Beacon sees his chance to make things right. Lauren hates travelling with the team she used to manage and with the man who broke her heart. There’s still undeniable sexual tension running between her and Mike, but she won’t go there again. She’s focused on her plans for the future—she doesn’t need a man to make her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Spousal infidelity
  • Divorce
  • Death of a spouse from cancer, off-page