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Rough Rhythm by Tessa Bailey

Rough Rhythm by Tessa Bailey

Band manager James Brandon never expected to find the elusive satisfaction he’d been chasing, let alone stumble upon it in some sleazy Hollywood meat market. Yet the girl’s quiet pride spoke to him from across the bar, louder than a shout. Troubled, hungry, and homeless, she’d placed her trust in him. But after losing the grip on his dark desires that one fateful night, James has spent the last four years atoning for letting her down… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Consensual dubcon/noncon play
Domestic violence recounted

Woman on the Edge by Samantha Bailey

Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey

In a split second, Morgan Kincaid’s life changes forever. She’s on her way home from work when a mother begs her to take her baby, and then places the infant in her arms. Before Morgan can stop her, the distraught mother jumps in front of an oncoming train.

Morgan has never seen this woman before, and she can’t understand what would cause a person to give away her child and take her own life. She… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Postpartum depression

You Were Always Mine by Nicole Baart

You Were Always Mine by Nicole Baart

Jessica Chamberlain, newly separated and living with her two sons in a small Iowa town, can’t believe that a tragedy in another state could have anything to do with her. But when her phone rings one quiet morning, her world is shattered. As she tries to pick up the pieces and make sense of what went wrong, Jess begins to realize that a tragic death is just the beginning. Soon she is caught in a web of lies and half-truths—and she’s horrified to learn that everything leads back to her seven-year-old adopted son, Gabriel… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a husband in a hunting accident

Little Broken Things by Nicole Baart

Little Broken Things by Nicole Baart

I have something for you. When Quinn Cruz receives that cryptic text message from her older sister Nora, she doesn’t think much of it. They haven’t seen each other in nearly a year and thanks to Nora’s fierce aloofness, their relationship consists mostly of infrequent phone calls and an occasional email or text. But when a haunted Nora shows up at the lake near Quinn’s house just hours later, a chain reaction is set into motion that will change both of their lives forever. Nora’s “something” is more shocking than Quinn could have ever imagined… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Child sexual abuse

Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov

Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov

The First Foundation survived two centuries of barbarism as the once-mighty Galactic Empire descended into chaos. Now it mist prepare for war against the remnants of the Empire as the Imperial fleet advances on their planet, Terminus.

Hari Seldon predicted this war; he even prepared his Foundation for it. But he couldn’t foresee the birth of the mutant Mule. In possession of a power… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicide mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Smoking
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Explosion

Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander

Chef’s Kiss by T.J. Alexander

Simone Larkspur is a perfectionist pastry expert with a dream job at The Discerning Chef, a venerable cookbook publisher in New York City. All she wants to do is create the perfect loaf of sourdough and develop recipes, but when The Discerning Chef decides to bring their brand into the 21st century by pivoting to video, Simone is thrust into the spotlight and finds herself failing at something for the first time in her life. To make matters worse, Simone has to de… Read more.

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Transmisia
Misgendering
Deadnaming
Workplace harassment
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction
Top surgery

Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi

Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi

Parvin has just had her heart broken when she meets the cutest boy at her new high school, Matty Fumero–with an emphasis on fumero, because he might be the smoking hot cure to all of her boy troubles. If Parvin can get Matty to ask her to homecoming, she’s positive it will erase all the awful and embarrassing feelings He Who Will Not Be Named left her with after the summer. The only problem is Matty is definitely too cool for bassoon-playing, frizzy-haired, Cheeto-eating Parvin. Since being herself has not worked for her in the past (see aforementioned relationship), she… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Islamophobia
Deportation

Game Changer by Rachel Reid

Game Changer by Rachel Reid

Pro hockey star Scott Hunter knows a good thing when he sees it. So, when a smoothie made by juice bar barista Kip Grady precedes Scott breaking his on-ice slump, he’s desperate to recreate the magic…and to get to know the sexy, funny guy behind the counter, Kip knew there was more to Scott’s frequent visits than blended fruit, but he never let himself imagine being invited back to Scott’s penthouse .Or kissed with reckless abandon, never mind touched everywhere all at once. When it happens it’s red-hot, incredible and frequent, but also only on Scott’s terms and always behind his closed apartment doors…. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Racism mentioned
Homophobia & slurs
Alcohol consumption
Sports injury depiction
Death of a mother recounted

Axiom: The Last Hope by Rachel Marie Pearcy

Axiom: The Last Hope by Rachel Marie Pearcy

Finally, all parts of the Axiom Series come together in one book. Generations ago, the human species was driven to the brink of extinction, forcing those who remained to flee to the city of Axiom; a utopian paradise where all your decisions are made for you. The house you live in, your occupation, and even your marriage arrangement are all regulated by the Assembly, leaving the pressures of free will far behind you. As Annabella Bower enters her last year of schooling, and the final step to adulthood, she’s blissfully unaware of the horrors her perfect… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Physical abuse
Suicidal ideation
Death of a parent

Dallas by Rachelle Mills

Dallas by Rachelle Mills

My bones still hold the gouges of rejection. It still hurts, watching Clayton love the one he rejected me for, and it probably always will. My body still yearns for my destined mate, the Moon refusing to set us free from the bond that stems from the marrow of our existence.

Anguish and heartache with unbearable pain is the life I thought I was destined to live… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating
Death during childbirth
Pregnancy
Attempted suicide mentioned