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When Night Breaks by Janella Angeles

When Night Breaks by Janella Angeles

The competition has come to a disastrous end, and Daron Demarco’s fall from grace is now front-page news. But little matters to him beyond Kallia, the contestant he fell for who is now lost to this world and in the hands of a dangerous magician. Daron is willing to do whatever it takes to find her. Even if it means embarking on a dark and treacherous journey, risking more than just his life, with no promise of return.

After awaking in darkness, Kallia has never felt more lost. Especially with Jack by her side, the magician with who has the answers but cannot be trusted… Read more.

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Hallucinations
Alcohol consumption
Drugging
Death of a guardian, off-page
Fire
Disappearance of a sister
Torture
Kidnapping

Merry Cherry Christmas by Keira Andrews

Merry Cherry Christmas by Keira Andrews

Redheaded freshman Jeremy “Cherry” Rourke is certainly living up to his childhood nickname, although still being inexperienced is the least of his concerns. After coming out, his parents barely talk to him. He hasn’t made any friends at university. Worst of all, he’s about to spend Christmas completely alone in an empty dorm.

Jeremy clearly needs a fairy godfather, so football captain Max Pimenta takes him under his wing to help him find his dating groove. But Jeremy’s wound way too tight. He’s too vulnerable. Max can’t trust some… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Coming out themes
Death of a parent mentioned

Santa Daddy by Keira Andrews

Santa Daddy by Keira Andrews

Hunter is hopelessly adrift after college. He’s still romantically inexperienced, can’t find a real job, and has no clue what to do with his life. Desperate, he returns to his humiliating old gig as an elf at the Santa’s Village in his hometown’s dying mall.

Twice Hunter’s size and age, lumberjack Nick makes Hunter tingle. Too bad he’s super grumpy and intimidating. Years after the tragic death of his partner, Nick has his beagle and long, hard days on his Christmas tree farm. That’s plenty… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a partner recounted

Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

At first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise. But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power―and none more so than the Adlers and the Baenas. For generations, the powerful families have pushed and pulled each other in a dance for dominance.

Until a catastrophic betrayal from within changes everything… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating
Blood depiction
Sword violence

Daughter of Sparta by Claire Andrews

Daughter of Sparta by Claire M. Andrews

Seventeen-year-old Daphne has spent her entire life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be accepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis—who holds Daphne’s brother’s fate in her hands—upends the life she’s worked so hard to build. Nine mysterious items have been stolen from Mount Olympus, and if Daphne cannot find them, the gods’ waning powers will fade away, the mortal world will descend into chaos, and her brother’s life will be forfeit… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder
Animal attack
Battle scenes

The Trouble with Christmas by Amy Andrews

The Trouble with Christmas by Amy Andrews

All Suzanne St. Michelle wants is an over-the-top, eggnog-induced holiday with her best friend in Credence, Colorado. But when her hoity-toity parents insist she come home for Christmas in New York, she blurts out that her sexy landlord is actually her boyfriend and she can’t leave him—Joshy loves Christmas. The more twinkle lights the better.

Rancher Joshua Grady does not love Christmas. Or company, or chatty women. Unfortunately for him, the chattiest woman ever has rented the cottage on his ranch, invited her rich, art-scene parents… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a girlfriend recounted

Recluse by Nikolai Andrew

Recluse by Nikolai Andrew

Despite her pageant upbringing, Melanie Crawford was bound and determined not to follow in her mother’s Miss South Carolina footsteps. Instead, she followed her heart, even though it meant she would get zero financial, or moral, support from her upper crust parents.

When she’s assigned a welfare check on the local recluse, the sparks that fly would light up the Fourth of July sky. But what Melanie doesn’t know, is the man she’s sent to check on, has been checking her out since the day she arrived in town… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Workplace sexual harassment

Braised Pork by An Yu

Braised Pork by An Yu

One morning in autumn, Jia Jia walks into the bathroom of her Beijing apartment to find her husband – with whom she had been breakfasting barely an hour before – dead in the bathtub. Next to him, a piece of paper unfolds like the wings of a butterfly, and on it is an image that Jia Jia can’t forget.

Profoundly troubled by what she has seen, even while she is abruptly released from a marriage that had constrained her, Jia Jia embarks on a journey to discover the truth of the sketch… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted suicide

Steeple by John Allison

Steeple by John Allison and illustrated by Sarah Stern & Jim Campbell

Two women with wildly different worldviews become unlikely friends as they navigate the supernatural happenings in a sleepy coastal parish–and soon find themselves forced to choose sides in the war between good and evil, facing demons, curses, and a miniature Rapture!

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction
Animal sacrifice

Can’t Resist Her by Kianna Alexander

Can’t Resist Her by Kianna Alexander

After years away from home, Summer Graves is back in Austin, Texas, to accept a new teaching position. Of all the changes to the old neighbourhood, the most dispiriting one is the slated demolition of the high school her grandmother founded. There’s no way she can let developers destroy her memories and her family legacy. But the challenge stirs memories of another kind.

On the architectural team revitalizing the neighbourhood, hometown girl Aiko Holt is all about progress… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Familial estrangement
Gentrification