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Falling for Your Best Friend by Emma St Clair

Falling for Your Best Friend by Emma St. Clair

I know how this story ends. And it’s not with the best friends falling in love. Even if Chase checks all my boxes–and then some. He’s the perfect guy, and he deserves the perfect girl. Which, to be clear, is not me.

I knew one day I would have to let him go. I just didn’t know it would be so soon. Or that my traitorous friend would be the one setting him up with a string of potential girlfriends. Now, I have an impossible choice to make. I can watch Chase find love with someone else… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual harassment
Death of a parent from cancer mentioned

Royally Rearranged by Emma St Clair

Royally (Re)arranged by Emma St. Clair

There will be a royal wedding. The only question–who will be my groom?

An arranged marriage isn’t the worst fate for a princess like me. Especially because I’ve been in love with my intended groom since we were children. But when my prince shows up with an American girlfriend instead of an engagement ring, all arrangements are off. The clock is nearing midnight–I won’t turn into a pumpkin, but if I’m not wed by summer’s end, I’ll forfeit my… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse recounted
Arranged marriage
Alcohol consumption

Falling for Your Boss by Emma St Clair

Falling for Your Boss by Emma St. Clair

I am not that woman. The one who falls for her much older, extremely handsome, and totally unavailable boss. That’s what I keep telling myself, anyway.

I’ve watched the other women in the office fawn over Gavin, who just so happens to be one of Texas’ richest and most desirable bachelors. But I’m interested in business. Totally professional. Which is why Gavin has helped me so much in my career. Right? Not because he’s… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Boss-employee relationship
Divorce due to cheating spouse recounted
Death of a parent recounted

*Note : There is a nineteen year age gap between the heroine and her love interest, her boss.

Falling for Your Fake Fiancé by Emma St Clair

Falling for Your Fake Fiancé by Emma St. Clair

What happens when the man I love to hate becomes the man I must pretend to love? I can’t seem to escape Thayden Walker and his infuriating charm. Even his mother and his Great Dane seem bent on playing matchmaker. But I’m totally immune. Until I’m presented with an offer that puts my ability to withstand him to the test. If I marry Thayden, all my student debt goes poof, and he’ll take over the family firm… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a parent

Falling for Your Best Friend’s Twin by Emma St Clair

Falling for Your Best Friend’s Twin by Emma St. Clair

There are a million and one reasons why I shouldn’t fall for my BFF’s twin… Too bad love isn’t reasonable. Zane is my total opposite. He dates a steady string of women who are nothing like me. And there’s no way I would risk Zoey’s friendship over my teensy, tiny crush on her brother. But when Zane hires me to help fix a glitch with his startup’s software, I run into two pro… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Childbirth mentioned
Death of a parent in a car accident
Bullying

The Buy-In by Emma St Clair

The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair

When a family of former pro football players buy a small Texas town, they didn’t intend to start a war with its residents … or to fall in love. Ever since his career-ending injury, Pat has bounced from job to job, idea to idea, short-lived relationship to short-lived relationship. But when his father purchases the town of Sheet Cake, Pat suddenly sees his life with clear purpose: get his brothers on board with his dad’s wild idea and win back the one woman who got away… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abandonment
Parent with dementia
Addiction

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous–it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Classism
Sexual assault
Domestic violence
Child abuse
Poverty

Three O’Clock in the Morning by Gianrico Carofiglio

Three O’Clock in the Morning by Gianrico Carofiglio

Antonio is eighteen years old and on the cusp of adulthood. His father, a brilliant mathematician, hasn’t played a large part in his life since divorcing Antonio’s mother but when Antonio is diagnosed with epilepsy, they travel to Marseille to visit a doctor who may hold the hope for an effective treatment. It is there, in a foreign city, under strained circumstances, that they will get to know each other and connect for the first time. A beautiful, gritty, and charming port city… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Police violence mentioned

Hunting Adeline by HD Carlton

Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

The Diamond: Death walks alongside me, But the reaper is no match for me. I’m trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren’t as they seem. They won’t keep me forever. I no longer recognize the person I’ve become, And I’m fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night. They call me a diamond, But they’ve only created an angel of death. The Hunter: I was born a predator with ruthlessness ingrained in my bones. When what’s mine is stolen from me in the night, like a diamond hidden within a fortress, I find that I can… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Human & sex trafficking
Rape
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Blood & knife play
Dismemberment
Murder
Torture
Gun & arrow violence
Whipping

Haunting Adeline by HD Carlton

The Manipulator: I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me. I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh. But my words don’t affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave. He’s always there, watching and waiting. And I can never look away. Not when I want him to come closer. The Shadow: I didn’t mean to fall in love. But now that I have, I can’t stay away. I’m mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the ways she moves. The way she undresses. I’ll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine and once she is, I’ll never let her go…

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Child sex trafficking
Rape
Sexual assault
Dubious consent scenarios
Blood & gore depiction
Murder
Torture
Kidnapping
Stalking