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Rules for Heiresses by Amalie Howard

Rules for Heiresses by Amalie Howard

Born to a life of privilege, Lady Ravenna Huntley rues the day that she must marry. She’s refused dozens of suitors and cried off multiple betrothals, but running away—even if brash and foolhardy—is the only option left to secure her independence. Lord Courtland Chase, grandson of the Duke of Ashton, was driven from England at the behest of his cruel stepmother. Scorned and shunned, he swore never to return to the land of his birth. But when a twist of bad luck throws a rebellious heiress into his arms, at the very moment he finds out he’s the new Duke, marriage is the only… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Racism
Slavery mentioned
Blood depiction
Gun violence
Animal death recounted
Bullying

A Lord for the Lass by Amalie Howard and Angie Morgan

A Lord for the Lass by Amalie Howard & Angie Morgan

Lady Makenna Maclaren Brodie is on the run from her clan for the death of her husband and laird. Even though she is innocent, she and her maid run to the only safe place she knows…and right into the arms of the handsome French lord she’d met a year ago. But another man in her life is the last thing she wants or needs. An unapologetic rake, Lord Julien Leclerc is focused on one thing—expanding his empire and increasing his fortune. Everything else is a distraction, including women. However, when the widowed Makenna arrives on his doorstep in the Highlands… Read more.

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Death of a husband recounted

Bend Toward the Sun by Jen Devon

Bend Toward the Sun by Jen Devon

Rowan McKinnon doesn’t believe in love. With a botany PhD, two best friends who embrace her social quirkiness, and some occasional no-strings sex, she has everything she needs. But she hides deep wounds from the past—from a negligent mother, and a fiancé who treated her like a pawn in a game. When an academic setback leads Rowan to take on the restoration of an abandoned vineyard, she relishes the opportunity to restore the grapes to their former glory… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child neglect & abandonment recounted
Emotionally abusive relationship recounted
Cheating recounted*
Divorce
Depression
Anxiety & panic attacks
Sibling with a chronic leg injury sustained during a car accident
Alcohol consumption
Smoking mentioned
Death of a grandmother recounted
Weight loss recounted

* Context : The heroine broke up with her ex-fiancé when she realised he was married with kids.

Falling Forward by Jennifer Cohen

Falling Forward by Jennifer S. Cohen

At an age when most girls are curating picture-perfect Pinterest wedding boards, twenty-six-year-old Jess Klein is sobbing over a stack of divorce papers. Over the course of the next year, as Jess continues to fall forward, confident in all aspects of life except for matters of the heart, she embarks upon a journey of self-discovery she never imagined she needed, begging the question: Can she have it all…just not all at once?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Divorce (theme)

Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall

Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall

The fact that someone had decided I would be safer on Mars, where you could still only SORT OF breathe the air and SORT OF not get sunburned to death, was a sign that the war with the aliens was not going fantastically well. I’d been worried I was about to be told that my mother’s spacefighter had been shot down, so when I found out that I was being evacuated to Mars, I was pretty calm. And despite everything that happened to me and my friends afterwards, I’d do it all again. because until you’ve been shot at, pursued by terrifying aliens, taught maths by a laser-shooting… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Smoking mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Dead bodies
War themes

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

Marian Hayes, the Duchess of Clare, just shot her husband. Of course, the evil, murderous man deserved what was coming to him, but now she must flee to the countryside. Unfortunately, the only person she can ask for help is the charismatic criminal who is blackmailing her–and who she may have left tied up a few hours before. A highwayman, con artist, and all-around cheerful villain, Rob Brooks is no stranger to the wrong side of the law or the right side of anybody’s bed. He never meant to fall for the woman… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Parental abandonment
Domestic abuse recounted
Parent with Alzheimer’s Disease
Postpartum depression
Traumatic pregnancy & childbirth
Blood depiction
Death of a spouse
Murder, off-page
Gun violence
Incarceration recounted
Blackmail

Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian

Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian

Some people might accuse mathematician Everett Sloane of being stuffy, but really he just prefers things a certain way: predictable, quiet, and far away from Tommy Cabot—his former best friend, chaos incarnate, and the man who broke his heart. The youngest son of a prominent political family, Tommy threw away his future by coming out to his powerful brothers. When he runs into Everett, who fifteen years ago walked away from Tommy without an explanation or a backward glance, his old friend’s chilliness is just another reminder of what a thoroughgoing mess Tommy has… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia & internalised homomisia
Familial disownment
Alcohol consumption
Smoking

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

Kit Webb has left his stand-and-deliver days behind him. But dreary days at his coffee shop have begun to make him pine for the heady rush of thievery. When a handsome yet arrogant aristocrat storms into his shop, Kit quickly realizes he may be unable to deny whatever this highborn man desires. In order to save himself and a beloved friend, Percy, Lord Holland must go against every gentlemanly behaviour he holds dear to gain what he needs most: a book that once belonged to his mother, a book his father never lets out of his sight and could be Percy’s saviour. More… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood depiction
Chronic pain
Death of a child
Death of a mother from cancer recounted
Death of a wife recounted
Murder
Gun violence
Blackmail

A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian

A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian

Lady’s maid Molly Wilkins is done with thieving—and cheating and stabbing and all the rest of it. She’s determined to keep her hands to herself, so she really shouldn’t be tempted to seduce her employer’s prim and proper companion, Alice. But how can she resist when Alice can’t seem to keep her eyes off Molly? For the first time in her life, Alice Stapleton has absolutely nothing to do. The only thing that seems to occupy her thoughts is a lady’s maid with a sharp tongue and a beautiful mouth. Her determination to know Molly’s secrets has her behaving in ways she… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Child abuse & neglect mentioned
Sexual harassment recounted
Familial disownment
Parent with alcoholism

Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian

Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian

Will Sedgwick can’t believe that after months of searching for his oldest friend, Martin Easterbrook is found hiding in an attic like a gothic nightmare. Intent on nursing Martin back to health, Will kindly kidnaps him and takes him to the countryside to recover, well away from the world. Martin doesn’t much care where he is or even how he got there. He’s much more concerned that the man he’s loved his entire life is currently waiting on him hand and foot, feeding him soup and making him tea. Martin knows he’s a lost cause, one he doesn’t want Will to waste… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Paedophilia & grooming mentioned
Child abuse & neglect
Protagonist with consumption
Drug abuse
Torture mentioned