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In My Dreams by Elin Annalise

In My Dreams by Elin Annalise

Twenty-five-year-old Polly Brady was supposed to fly off on a dating holiday to meet others, like her, who identify as asexual, but when the nature reserve she works at goes into lockdown after a terrorist attack, she finds herself stuck with Harry Weller, her childhood friend and the only man she’s ever loved. There are just two problems: Harry doesn’t know Polly’s in love with him, and he’s also very sex-orientated.

Still, Polly knows other couples who have had successful ace/allo relationships and given she was looking forward to romance this summer… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Amisia
Death of a parent recounted
Death of a sibling recounted
Car accident
Heart attack (parent)
COVID-19 pandemic mentioned
Gun violence
Terrorism mentioned

What Lovers Do by Jewel Ann

What Lovers Do by Jewel E. Ann

Shep’s found the female version of himself … and he thinks she’s perfect—perfectly unavailable. Everyone loves Shep, the charismatic employee at Scottsdale’s newest pet store. He has shared custody of his two dogs with his annoying ex-wife and a smile that can disarm most women. Except … Dr. Sophie Ryan.

What starts out as a disastrous first meeting, involving a coffee catastrophe and mistaken flirting, turns into an unconventional friendship… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Divorce recounted
Surrogacy for a sibling

The Life You Stole by Jewel Ann

The Life You Stole by Jewel E. Ann

Sex. Lies. Revenge. On the heels of a devastating loss, Evelyn fights to put her life back together. Only … part of her husband belongs to another woman, and the devil owns her soul.

When her best friend goes to great lengths to protect Evelyn from destruction and devastation, mistakes are made, lines are crossed, and all trust is shattered.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating

Perfectly Adequate by Jewel Ann

Perfectly Adequate by Jewel E. Ann

After his wife jumps headfirst into a midlife crisis, he’s left with his young son, Roman, and a lot of unanswered questions. That something turns out to be a someone—Dorothy Mayhem, nursing student, patient transporter, reckless driver, and emu owner.

Dorothy studies humans, the neurotypical kind, through books and television. Then she emulates their behavioural patterns to fit in with her peers. But nothing can prepare her for Dr. Elijah Hawkins… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Divorce

End of Day by Jewel Ann

End of Day by Jewel E. Ann

Behind tinted windows a few yards from mourning family and friends, Jessica and Jude Day witness their parents’ funeral—and their own. Stripped of the only life they’ve ever known, the Days say goodbye to San Francisco forever.

Six months and two new identities later, the thirty-year-old misfits with elite self-defence skills and penchants for alcohol, sex, and trouble arrive like an earthquake to Peaceful Woods, a retirement community in Omaha, Nebraska, that thrives on rules and gossip… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Domestic violence
Blood depiction
Murder
Kidnapping mentioned

When Life Happened by Jewel Ann

When Life Happened by Jewel E. Ann

Parker Cruse despises cheaters. It might have something to do with her boyfriend sleeping with her twin sister. After a wedding day prank involving a strong laxative, that ends the already severed relationship between the twins, Parker decides to grow up and act twenty-six.

Step One: Move out of her parents’ house. Step Two: Find a job. Opportunity strikes when she meets her new neighbour, Gus Westman… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating (theme)

A Place Without You by Jewel Ann

A Place Without You by Jewel E. Ann

Everything feels temporary when you’ve experienced tragedy—until Henna Lane meets Bodhi at a music festival. Young and spontaneous, they have a lust for seizing the moment, falling hard and fast. When Bodhi is forced to leave without a goodbye, Henna thinks she’ll never get over him. But then she meets Mr. Malone, her sexy, new guidance counselor.

They are reckless. They are forbidden. When their secret is discovered, Henna has to choose between finishing school—banned from seeing Mr. Malone… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Emotional cheating
Attempted suicide, off-page
Euthanasia, on-page
Drug use & abuse, on- & off-page
Paralysis (sc)
Parent with terminal cancer
Death of a friend
Death of a parent, on- & off-page

Epoch by Jewel Ann

Epoch by Jewel E. Ann

After a horrific incident, Swayze finds herself trapped between two lives. Patchy memories and fear for her own safety thrust her into a gut-wrenching journey to uncover the truth. Will she let her dreams slip away to seek retribution and find the missing pieces to a puzzle that existed a lifetime ago?

Epoch pushes the boundaries of what we believe and what we know. It redefines fate and proves that the only thing separating the heart and the soul is an infinite timeline.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder, off-page

Transcend by Jewel Ann

Transcend by Jewel E. Ann

An unexpected tragedy leaves Professor Nathaniel Hunt a widower alone with a newborn baby. He hires a nanny. She’s young, but well-qualified, with a simple life, a crazy name obsession, and a boyfriend she met at the grocery store.

Over time, he discovers she knows things about him—things that happened before she was born—like a hidden scar on his head, his favourite pizza, and how he cheated on a high school Spanish test… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a spouse, off-page

The Lost Fisherman by Jewel Ann

The Lost Fisherman by Jewel E. Ann

It’s been five years since I’ve seen him. An unexpected event takes me back to the place where it all began. But I’m no longer the naive young woman he once knew. And he’s no longer the man who took nearly everything from me.

Can this be our time? Or is it too late? Did I find myself only to lose him?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Infidelity
Amnesia
Miscarriage
Cancer
Death of a parent
Motorcycle accident
Incarceration of a parent