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Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

When Marvin Johnson’s twin, Tyler, goes to a party, Marvin decides to tag along to keep an eye on his brother. But what starts as harmless fun turns into a shooting, followed by a police raid.

The next day, Tyler has gone missing, and it’s up to Marvin to find him. But when Tyler is found dead, a video leaked online tells an even more chilling story: Tyler has been shot and killed by a police officer. Terrified as his mother unravels and mourning a brother who is now a hashtag, Marvin must learn what justice and freedom really mean.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism & racial slurs
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Blood depiction
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a brother
Gun violence
Police brutality & violence
Incarceration of a parent

Raze by Tillie Cole

Raze by Tillie Cole

Conditioned in captivity to maim, to kill and to slaughter, prisoner 818 becomes an unremorseful, unrivalled and unstoppable fighter in the ring. Violence is all he knows. Death and brutality are the masters of his fate. After years of incarceration in an underground hell, only one thought occupies his mind: revenge…bloody, slow and violent revenge.

Revenge on the man who lied. Revenge on the man who wronged him… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Domestic abuse
Cheating
Murder

Souls Unfractured It by Tillie Cole

Souls Unfractured by Tillie Cole

Labeled a ‘Cursed’ woman of Eve from birth, Maddie has endured nothing but pain and repression at the hands of The Order’s most abusive elder, Moses. Now living with her sister in The Hangmen’s secluded compound, finally, Maddie, is free. Free from the suffocating faith she no longer believes in. Free from endless years of physical and mental torment.

At age twenty-one, the timid and shy Maddie is content to live within the confines of her new home—safe from the outside world, safe from harm and, strangely, protected by the Hangmen’s most… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape of a child
Domestic abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Suicide
Suicidal ideation
Self-harm
Murder
Torture
Kidnapping

It Ain’t Me, Babe by Tillie Cole

It Ain’t Me, Babe by Tillie Cole

Many years ago, two children from completely different worlds forged a connection, a fateful connection, an unbreakable bond that would change their lives forever. Many years ago, two children from completely different worlds forged a connection, a fateful connection, an unbreakable bond that would change their lives forever…

Salome knows only one way to live—under Prophet David’s rule. In the commune she calls home, Salome knows nothing of life beyond her strict faith, nor of life beyond the Fence… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Child abuse
Murder
Kidnapping
Cult

The Truth About White Lies by Olivia Cole

The Truth About White Lies by Olivia A. Cole

Shania never thinks much about being white. But after her beloved grandmother passes, she moves to the gentrifying town of Blue Rock and is thrust into Bard, the city’s wealthiest private school. At Bard, race is both invisible and hypervisible, and Shania’s new friends are split on what they see. There’s Catherine, the school’s queen bee, who unexpectedly takes Shania under her wing. Then there’s Prescott, the golden boy who seems perfect…except for the disturbing rumours about an altercation he had with a Black student who left the school… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Islamomisia
Queermisia
Fatmisia

The Professional by Kresley Cole

The Professional by Kresley Cole

Mafiya enforcer Aleksei “The Siberian” Sevastyan’s loyalty to his boss knows no bounds, until he meets the boss’s long-lost daughter, a curvy, feisty redhead who haunts his mind and heats his blood like no other. Ordered to protect her, Aleksei will do anything to possess her as well—on his own wicked terms. Grad student Natalie Porter had barely recovered from her first sight of the dark and breathtaking Sevastyan before the professional enforcer whisks her away to Russia, thrusting… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Abandonment
Child abuse recounted
Murder
Torture
Stalking
Kidnapping

Torn by Carian Cole

Torn by Carian Cole

When I was five years old I told Toren Grace I was going to marry him when I grew up. When I turned eighteen I made it clear I still felt the same. The problem? He’s fifteen years older than me and he’s my father’s best friend.

Toren Grace. My father’s best friend. My pseudo-uncle. He’s always been my rock. The one I should never, ever want. But I do want him, and I love him. I always have… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parent in a coma
Animal abuse

Voyeur by Fiona Cole

Voyeur by Fiona Cole

I didn’t know she was my student the first time I paid to watch her at Voyeur. Once she walked into my classroom, another smiling college freshman, I knew I should stop going. Stop watching. But I couldn’t do it. Everything about her makes me want more, and once I realize she wants me too, the temptation becomes irresistible. The worst part is that she has no idea her professor is the one watching behind the glass. I just have to hope that once she finds out the truth, she wants the same thing I do. Because now that I’ve seen all of her, I can’t look away.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Bimisia
Sex work shaming
Slut-shaming
Sex work
Sexual harassment
Incestuous child sexual abuse recounted*
Teacher-student relationship
Panic attacks, on-page & recounted
Alcoholism & alcohol abuse

* Note : The male protagonist recounts the trauma of his male cousin sexually abusing him as a child.

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

Makeda Hicks has lost her job and her girlfriend in one fell swoop. The last thing she’s in the mood for is to rehash the story of her grandmother’s infamous summer fling with a runaway prince from Ibarania, or the investigator from the World Federation of Monarchies tasked with searching for Ibarania’s missing heir. Yet when Beznaria Chetchevaliere crashes into her life, the sleek and sexy investigator exudes exactly the kind of chaos that organized and efficient Makeda finds irresistible, even if Bez is determined to drag her into a world of royal duty Makeda wants nothing… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Slavery mentioned
Parent in recovery from alcoholism
Bullying mentioned

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole

While her boss the prince was busy wooing his betrothed, Likotsi had her own love affair after swiping right on a dating app. But her romance had ended in heartbreak, and now, back in NYC again, she’s determined to rediscover her joy–so of course she runs into the woman who broke her heart.

When Likotsi and Fabiola meet again on a stalled subway train months later, Fab asks for just one cup of tea. Likotsi, hoping to know why she was unceremoniously dumped, agrees… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Deportation