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The Insiders by Tijan

The Insiders by Tijan

Bailey is as normal as could be, with a genius IQ and a photographic memory. But still, normal for her. Then, things happen—a guy breaks into her house in the middle of the night to take her hostage. She finds out her father is actually billionaire tech genius Peter Francis, the same guy she’s idolized all her life. She learns all this when she meets dark, mysterious, and electrifying Kashton Colello. He’s an associate of her father’s, and he gives Bailey two choices—go with him and meet her father or survive on her own because those kidnappers are going to try again. It’s a no-brainer… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted murder
Attempted kidnapping

Law Man by Kristen Ashley

Law Man by Kristen Ashley

Sweet, shy Mara Hanover is in love with her neighbour. For four years, she has secretly watched her dream man from afar. Handsome police detective Mitch Lawson is way out of her league. She’s a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, and there’s no way a guy like Mitch would want anything to do with her. But when Mara has a leaky faucet that she can’t fix, it’s Mitch who comes to her rescue.

Mitch has been eyeing his beautiful neighbour for a long time. He jumps at the chance to help her, and soon their formerly platonic relationship… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcoholism mentioned
Drug use mentioned
Kidnapping

At Peace by Kristen Ashley

At Peace by Kristen Ashley

Violet Winters once had it all but lost it when her husband was murdered by a criminal madman. During a cold winter night Violet has to leave her warm bed to tell her neighbor to turn the music down. And that’s when she meets sinister, scarred, scarily attractive security specialist, Joe Callahan.

She wants to deny it, but Violet can’t beat back the hunger she feels for Joe so she gives in again and again. Feeling it himself, Joe feeds Vi’s hunger, breaking his own rules to keep her in his bed… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol abuse
Death of a spouse recounted
Death of a sibling, on-page
Murder, on- & off-page
Kidnapping
Stalking

The Bound Witch by Ivy Asher

The Bound Witch by Ivy Asher

I died. I looked into Rogan Kendrick’s eyes, told him I loved him…and then I died. So how the hell am I standing naked in the middle of a morgue, doing my best not to freak the fuck out?

I’m a Bone Witch, or at least I was before Rogan bound us together. Blood magic now flows through my veins too, and I think somehow the man I shouldn’t love, the one who betrayed me, who couldn’t choose me…has saved me… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Indentured servitude
Parental abuse & neglect
Panic attack
Alcoholism
Nightmares
Drugging
Physical injury
Dead bodies
Physical injuries, including eyeball trauma
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Death of friend
Torture
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Explosions
Electrocution
Physical assault
Home invasion
Captivity & confinement
Disappearance of a loved one
Fire
Loss of autonomy (mind control & possession)
War themes & military violence
Displacement

The Blood Witch by Ivy Asher

The Blood Witch by Ivy Asher

I never saw it coming: the bones, the magic, the betrayal. It’s no longer a question of who I can trust—the answer is no one. Now, it’s about survival. I’m in the heart of the Order, trying to solve a series of mysterious disappearances while doing everything that I can not to become bait. Enemies are circling, and they can’t seem to decide if they see me as a pawn or as a threat. Oh, and there’s that little issue of being tethered to Rogan, who I now want to kill. Enemies are circling, and they can’t seem to decide if they see me as a pawn or as a threat. Oh, and there’s that little issue of being tethered to Rogan, who I now want to kill… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abuse & neglect
Panic attack
Nightmares
Drugging
Physical injuries
Dead bodies
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Death of friend
Death of sibling
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Torture
Explosions
Physical assault
Fire
Incarceration
Disappearance of a loved one
Loss of autonomy (mind control)
War themes & military violence

The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong

The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong

It’s not always easy to live in the hidden town of Rockton, something Detective Casey Duncan knows firsthand. Tucked away in the Yukon wilderness, the community survives—and thrives—because the residents’ many secrets stay just that—secret.

But what happens when these secrets start to come out? Overnight, no one is safe. It’s not a question of if your secret will come out—but when… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder
Gun violence
Animal attack
Animal death mentioned

Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher

Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher

Magic-less witch Violet Maxwell wants nothing to do with alpha wolf shifter Lincoln Thorne—the man who broke her fragile, teenage heart. But when the two of them are forced by arcane Supernatural Laws to find mates, Violet and Lincoln agree to fake-date their way to a fake-mating in order to conjure themselves some time.

The joke’s on them. When old feelings make a reappearance—along with Violet’s magic—they both realize there’s nothing fake about their feelings. But there are old secrets and looming threats that could snatch away their happily ever after, again. One thing’s for sure: magic doesn’t make dating and love any easier.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse recounted
Bullying

Relative Justice by Gregory Ashe

Relative Justice by Gregory Ashe

When Emery Hazard and his husband, John-Henry Somerset, arrive home from their honeymoon, they’re shocked (understatement of the year) to find a boy waiting for them on their doorstep. Colt, fifteen and eager to pick a fight, claims to be Hazard’s son. It’s almost a relief, then, for Hazard and Somers to be called out to assist the Dore County Sheriff’s Department with what seems to be an impossible murder: a man has been found stabbed to death in a stretch of woods, and the only set of footprints in the soft ground belong to the victim… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Paedophilia & grooming mentioned
Child abuse mentioned

Redirection by Gregory Ashe

Redirection by Gregory Ashe

The Borealis boys are settling into their new normal, or at least into their new digs. But when North’s soon-to-be (please-let-it-be-soon) ex-husband, Tucker, is arrested and charged with murder, everything goes sideways.

Hired by Tucker’s parents, North and Shaw begin looking for proof that Tucker is innocent, in spite of the evidence against him. When they find seemingly incriminating photos hidden in Tucker’s BMW, North is convinced that someone is trying to frame Tucker—and might get away with it… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Ableism
Rape mentioned
Emotional abuse & gaslighting
Alcohol abuse
Drug abuse & overdose
Parent with cancer mentioned
Stroke mentioned
Murder & attempted murder
Blackmail
Death of a pet recounted

Misdirection by Gregory Ashe

Misdirection by Gregory Ashe

When a rising star in the state senate asks Shaw Aldrich and North McKinney to transport her son, Flip, to and from his drug testing appointments, they’re not happy—they don’t do babysitting jobs. Arriving at the boy’s dorm room, though, they discover that the door has been forced and that Flip has disappeared, and rumours of strange men on campus suggest that something seriously bad has happened. The students and staff at the ritzy private school have plenty to tell about Flip, but the deeper North and Shaw dig, the less they understand what might have happened to the boy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Statutory rape
Emotional & physical abuse mentioned
Bulimia mentioned
Blackmail
Murder
Fire & destruction of property in a house fire