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Nightmares! by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller

Nightmares! by Jason Segel & Kirsten Miller and illustrated by Karl Kwasny

Charlie Laird has several problems: 1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch. 2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is not a place you want to find yourself after dark. 3. He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap. What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parent with depression
Death of a mother recounted
Bullying

Soulless by Gail Carriger

Soulless by Gail Carriger

Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners, and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrols Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realises the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Gera… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drugging
Blood & gore depiction
Torture
Kidnapping

The Fifth Gender by Gail Carriger

The 5th Gender by Gail Carriger

Tristol lives in exile. But he’s built a life for himself aboard a human space station. He’s even begun to understand the complex nuances of human courting rituals. Detective Hastion is finally flirting back! Except that Tristol’s beloved space station is unexpectedly contacted by the galoi – a xenophobic species with five genders, purple skin, and serious attitude. They need the help of a human detective because there’s a murderer aboard their spaceship. Murder is so rare, the galoi don’t even have a word for it… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicide
Forced pregnancy*
Exile

* Note : Unwanted pregnancy due to a medical professional tampering with birth control; also deals with denial of reproductive autonomy.

The Enforcer Enigma by Gail Carriger

The Enforcer Enigma by Gail Carriger

Judd has wandered from pack to pack his whole life, searching for wolves who will accept him for who he is and who he loves. Now he believes that he’s finally found the right pack and the right man. Rejected by his family for being gay and geeky, Colin has never fit in with werewolves, yet now he is one. He doesn’t know how to react when Judd starts courting him. He’s even more lost when a famous singer, the selkie mob, and the feds also start chasing him. Can Judd protect Colin and still prove his love and figure out why enemy shifters are invading his favourite cafe?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism mentioned
Child abandonment
Child abuse & neglect
Bullying mentioned

The Sumage Solution by Gail Carriger

The Omega Objection by Gail Carriger

Tank is working as a bouncer when he notices something odd about the new sexy-as-sin bartender. He’s odourless, he’s amazingly popular with shifters, and he’s terrified. Isaac is trying to escape his past. He hides in San Francisco because everyone knows that there are no werewolves in the Bay Area. Until one walks into his bar. Can Tank figure out Isaac’s secrets in time to save him? And can Isaac forgive Tank for being a wolf in time to learn how to love?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Sexual harassment
Suicide cult
Alcohol consumption
Kidnapping mentioned

The Sumage Solution by Gail Carriger

The Sumage Solution by Gail Carriger

Max fails at magic, relationships, and life. So he works as a sumage, cleaning up other mages’ messes. The job sucks and he’s in no mood to cope with redneck biker werewolves. Unfortunately, there’s something irresistible about the sexy muscled Beta visiting his office for processing. Bryan is gay but he’s not out. There’s a good chance Max might be reason enough to leave the closet, if he can only get the man to go on a date. Bryan is gay but he’s not out. There’s a good chance Max might be reason enough to leave the closet, if he can only get the man to go on a date.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Racism
Child abuse mentioned

Marine Biology by Gail Carriger

Marine Biology by Gail Carriger

Alex is a werewolf with problems – he’s unexpectedly alive, he’s quite definitely gay, and he’s been ordered into a partnership with one very flirty merman.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia

Ambush or Adore by Gail Carriger

Ambush or Adore by Gail Carriger

Agatha Woosmoss, the Wallflower, is the greatest intelligencer of her generation. And no one knows she exists. She has been invisible, capable, and cunning for well over four decades. Her greatest skill is in her ability to go forever unnoticed. Except by one man. Pillover Plumleigh-Teignmott is a professor of ancient languages at Oxford University. He’s tried to ignore his training as an Evil Genius and live a quiet life away from politics and intrigue. When an assignment goes horribly wrong, Agatha must hide and heal. So she… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Disappearance of a loved one

Defy or Defend by Gail Carriger

Defy or Defend by Gail Carriger

Dimity Plumleigh-Teignmott, code name Honey Bee, is the War Office’s best and most decorative fixer. She’s sweet and chipper, but oddly stealthy, and surprisingly effective given the right incentives. Sir Crispin Bontwee was knighted for his military service, but instead of retiring, he secretly went to work for the War Office. Mostly he enjoys his job, except when he must safeguard the Honey Bee. Neither one is a vampire expert, but when the Nottingham Hive goes badly Goth, only Dimity can stop their darkness from… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicide mentioned
Blood depiction
Death of a sibling recounted

Poison or Protect by Gail Carriger

Poison or Protect by Gail Carriger

Lady Preshea Villentia, the Mourning Star, has four dead husbands and a nasty reputation. Fortunately, she looks fabulous in black. What society doesn’t know is that all her husbands were marked for death by Preshea’s employer. And Preshea has one final assignment. It was supposed to be easy, a house party with minimal bloodshed. Preshea hadn’t anticipated Captain Gavin Ruthven – massive, Scottish, quietly irresistible, and… working for the enemy. In a battle of wits, Preshea may risk her own heart – a terrifying prospect, as she never knew she had one.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abusive relationship recounted
Gun violence