The Gray Wolf Throne by  Cinda Williams Chima 

The Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima

Han Alister thought he had already lost everyone he loved. But when he finds his friend Rebecca Morley near death in the Spirit Mountains, Han knows that nothing matters more than saving her. The costs of his efforts are steep, but nothing can prepare him for what he soon discovers: the beautiful, mysterious girl he knew as Rebecca is none other than Raisa ana’Marianna, heir to the Queendom of the Fells. Han is hurt and betrayed. He knows he has no future with a blueblood. And, as far as he’s concerned, the princess’s family as good as killed his own mother and sister. But if Han is to fulfill his end of an old… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Suicide mentioned
  • Knife & sword violence
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Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson worships her widowed father. But when he decides to remarry, Molly’s life is thrown off course by the arrival of her vain, shallow, and selfish stepmother. There is some solace in the shape of her new stepsister Cynthia, who is beautiful, sophisticated, and irresistible to every man she meets. Soon the girls become close, and Molly finds herself cajoled into becoming a go-between in Cynthia’s love affairs. But in doing so, Molly risks ruining her reputation in the gossiping village of Hollingford – and jeopardizing everything with the man she is secretly in love with.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death of a friend
  • Blackmail
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Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter

Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter

April thought she had her happy ending. After all, she has her new house and new friends and new guardian. But she also has a very big new secret. The kids of Winterborne House are the only ones who know that Gabriel Winterborne—famous billionaire and terrible cook—is really a sword-wielding vigilante. What they don’t know is that he’s not the only one.

When a masked figure breaks in, looking for… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment, recounted & discussed (on-page)
  • Drugging
  • Blood depiction
  • Physical injuries including gunshot wounds, stab wounds, and a sprained ankle
  • Death of a mother & father recounted
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Gun violence
  • Sword violence & stabbing
  • Fire, on-page & recounted
  • Boating accident recounted
  • Explosion
  • Home invasion
  • Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping
  • Disappearance & presumed death of a loved one
  • Experiences in orphanages, group homes, and foster care discussed including child abuse & neglect
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Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter

Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter

When 11-year-old April joins a group of kids living at Winterborne Home she doesn’t expect to be there for very long. But she soon learns that this home isn’t like any of the others – especially when she unearths the secret of the missing-and-presumed-dead billionaire, Gabriel Winterborne, who is neither missing nor dead but is actually living in a basement lair, sharpening his swords and looking for vengeance… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment
  • Child abuse recounted
  • Serious physical injury
  • Death of a parent
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Knife & sword violence
  • Gun violence
  • Home invasion
  • Bullying
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The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier 

The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

The Night Gardener follows two abandoned Irish siblings who travel to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house. But the house and its family are not quite what they seem. Soon the children are confronted by a mysterious spectre and an ancient curse that threatens their very lives. With Auxier’s exquisite command of language, The Night Gardener is a mesmerizing read and a classic in the making.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Shipwreck recounted
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Fresh Romance, Volume One

Fresh Romance, Vol. 1 by Kate Leth, Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Kuhn and Marguerite Bennett

FRESH ROMANCE is an exciting collection of romance comics from some of comics’ most talented creators, including Kate Leth, Arielle Jovellanos, Sarah Vaughn, Sarah Winifred Searle, Sarah Kuhn, Marguerite Bennett, and Trungles. From unhappy historical marriages to covert teenage romances, there’s something for everyone in FRESH ROMANCE.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Slavery
  • Queermisia
  • Misogyny
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The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton 

The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton

The Tell Tale has been watching and waiting because there’s something queer about the village of Foel. Beth Griffiths has returned home to raise her daughter in the Welsh hills. They arrive to the open arms of the community, but not all is what it seems and Beth isn’t home for the reason she pretends either.

Vicious notes start appearing that reveal harsh truths about the village inhabitants, stirring up ancient past and old loves. Not even local dignitary, the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Hate crime
  • Outing
  • Cheating mentioned
  • Domestic abuse
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Drugging
  • Blood depiction
  • Gun violence
  • Homelessness
  • Hunting
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Gifts by Brynne Asher 

Gifts by Brynne Asher

No one would say Keelie Lockhart isn’t determined.  Taking on the role of both mom and dad to her two young kids, she’s managing life the best she can.  Saddled with a century-old dilapidated farmhouse she can’t afford, a bevy of goats, two dogs, and a geriatric donkey, the last thing she has time for is a man—even if that man is a knight whose shining armour comes in the form of worn-in jeans and work boots.  Controlled, methodical, and focused—Asa Hollingsworth takes charge of everything in life… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Divorce recounted
  • Drug abuse & overdose, off-page
  • Death of a husband recounted
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The Ex Proposal by Nia Arthurs 

The Ex Proposal by Nia Arthurs

Giselle Stone is best known for her smoothie truck and her love of K-pop, but one of those things is not acceptable to her mother. After she’s pushed to the edge of her patience—thanks, Mom—she concocts a lie that’s sure to get the parents off her back. A fake long-distance relationship with her ex. It’s a foolproof plan.

Until the other half of her lie suddenly shows up in Belize, looking ten times sexier than he did in high school. Getting West Phillips to join her ruse is the easy part… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Panic attacks
  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Catfishing
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A School Frozen in Time, Volume 1 by Mizuki Tsujimura

A School Frozen in Time, Vol. 1 by Mizuki Tsujimura and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa

On a snowy school day like any other, classmates and childhood friends Hiroshi and Mizuki arrive at school to find the campus eerily empty. Before long, they find themselves trapped inside with six other friends, and even stranger, all the clocks have stopped at a very specific moment — the exact time when a former classmate jumped off the school roof to their death three months earlier. It turns out that this departed friend is their way out of their current predicament and may even be among their group… but no one can remember who it was that took their life on that sad day. The students… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Depression
  • Suicide
  • Self harm mentioned
  • Blood depiction
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