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The Good Girl’s Guide to Rakes by Eva Leigh

The Good Girl’s Guide to Rakes by Eva Leigh

When Kieran Ransome’s latest antics result in a massive scandal, his father issues an ultimatum: find a respectable wife or inherit nothing. But as one of London’s most inveterate scoundrels, Kieran doesn’t know any ladies who fit the bill. Or does he? Celeste Kilburn is a society darling, beloved by influential members of the ton. But keeping a spotless reputation leaves little room for adventure and she longs to escape her gilded cage, especially with her impending engagement to a stuffy earl. When Kieran—her older brother’s best friend and an irresistibly… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Classism
Death of a parent recounted
Blackmail
Poverty recounted

Like Home by Louisa Onomé

From Little Tokyo, with Love by Sarah Kuhn

If Rika’s life seems like the beginning of a familiar fairy tale–being an orphan with two bossy cousins and working away in her aunts’ business–she would be the first to reject that foolish notion. After all, she loves her family (even if her cousins were named after Disney characters), and with her biracial background, amazing judo skills and red-hot temper, she doesn’t quite fit the princess mold. All that changes the instant she locks eyes with Grace Kimura, America’s reigning rom-com sweetheart, during the Nikkei Week Festival. From there, Rika embarks on a madcap adventure of… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism, on-page & discussed
Colourism
Sexism
Ableism, off-page
Lesbomisia
Parental abandonment
Anxiety
Panic attack, on-page
Teen pregnancy recounted
Invasions of privacy (paparazzi)

Starfall Ranch by California Dawes

Starfall Ranch by California Dawes

30-year-old Shiloh Kerridan migrated to the moon world Sirona 5 years ago with one goal: to put a lifetime of betrayals behind her and never deal with a broken heart again. That stuff was better off left behind on Earth where it couldn’t find her. Now she’s the sole inhabitant and owner of 30 beautiful acres of land that she calls Starfall Ranch. Life has been good to her at Starfall, and she hasn’t minded the loneliness one bit. But the discovery of a rich vein of platinum beneath the land has a rich mining company breathing down Shiloh’s neck for a piece of her pie. And what’s worse, her orchards are succumbing to relentless… Read more,

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child sexual abuse recounted
Incest mentioned
Emotional abuse & gaslighting
Suicidal ideation

Facing the Flame by Jackie French

Facing the Flame by Jackie French

There have been fires before, but not like this. In 1978, as the hot wind howls and the grass dries, all who live at Gibber’s Creek know their land can burn. But when you love your land, you fight for it. For Jed Kelly, an even more menacing danger looms: a man from her past determined to destroy her. Finding herself alone, trapped and desperate to save her unborn child, Jed’s only choice is to flee – into the flames.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape recounted
Sexual assault by a step-parent recounted
Death of a baby recounted
Bushfire
Animal death

Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas

Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas

Lady Merritt Sterling, a strong-willed young widow who’s running her late husband’s shipping company, knows London society is dying to catch her in a scandal. So far, she’s been too smart to provide them with one. But then she meets Keir MacRae, a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller, and all her sensible plans vanish like smoke. They couldn’t be more different, but their attraction is powerful, raw and irresistible. From the moment Keir MacRae arrives in London, he has two goals. One: don’t fall in love with the dazzling Lady Merritt Sterling. Two: avoid being killed…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Classism
Parental abandonment
Infertility
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a spouse recounted
Explosion

By a Thread by Lucy Score

By a Thread by Lucy Score

I got her fired. Okay, so I’d had a bad day and took it out on a bystander in a pizza shop. But there’s nothing innocent about Ally Morales. She proves that her first day of her new job… in my office… after being hired by my mother. So maybe her colourful, annoying, inexplicably alluring personality brightens up the magazine’s offices that have felt like a prison for the past year. Maybe I like that she argues with me in front of the editorial staff. And maybe my after-hours fantasies are haunted by those brown eyes and that sharp tongue. But that doesn’t mean that… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Workplace sexual harassment

Sing Anyway by Anita Kelly

Sing Anyway by Anita Kelly

After a lifetime of failed relationships, non-binary history professor Sam Bell is committed to a new (non)romantic strategy: Thirst Only. It’s the actual drinking where things get too complicated, where Sam inevitably gets hurt. Sam is good at being thirsty, though, especially when it’s karaoke night at The Moonlight Café, otherwise known as Moonie’s to its largely queer regulars. Moonie’s is fun. Comfortable. Safe. Except for tonight, when one by one, all of Sam’s friends abandon them. Disappointed, they prepare to leave—until their #1 karaoke crush catches… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Animal injury & illness mentioned

The Prince of Broadway by Joanna Shupe

The Prince of Broadway by Joanna Shupe

As the owner of the city’s most exclusive casino, Clayton Madden holds the fortunes of prominent families in the palms of his hands every night. There is one particular family he burns to ruin, however, one that has escaped his grasp… until now. Florence Greene is no one’s fool. She knows Clayton Madden is using her to ruin her prestigious family… and she’s using him right back. She plans to learn all she can from the mysterious casino owner—then open a casino of her own just for women. With revenge on his mind, Clay… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Gentrification
Death of a sibling
Police raid

Once Upon a Quinceañera by Monica Gomez-Hira

Once Upon a Quinceañera by Monica Gomez-Hira

Carmen Aguilar just wants to make her happily ever after come true. Except apparently “happily ever after” for Carmen involves being stuck in an unpaid summer internship! All she has to do is perform! In a ball gown! During the summer. In Miami. Fine. Except that Carmen’s company is hired for her spoiled cousin Ariana’s over the top quinceañera. And of course, her new dance partner at work is none other than Mauro Reyes, Carmen’s most deeply regrettable ex. If Carmen is going to move into the future she wants, she needs to leave the past behind. And if she can man… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Workplace sexual harassment mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Drug abuse mentioned

Scandalous Passions by Nicola Davidson

Scandalous Passions by Nicola Davidson

Lady Janet Fraser didn’t earn her reputation as Scotland’s most notorious sinner by following the rules. A former mistress of King James IV, she’s content to live her life from pleasure to pleasure. Even if those pleasures—and people—are forbidden. People like Sir Lachlan Ross, given the moniker The Highland Beast, a man as intimidating in battle as he is in size. A beast she discovers secretly wishes to be tamed and submit to her dominance. Or like her new ward, Lady Marjorie Hepburn, a convent-raised virgin with a desire to be taught all the sensual secrets of the marriage bed. Things that Janet is fully willing to teach… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Fatmisia
Sexual assault
Infertility
Death of a spouse recounted