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The Naked Fisherman by Jewel Ann

The Naked Fisherman by Jewel E. Ann

It’s official. I’m eighteen and a young woman with endless possibilities on my way to reunite with my mom in Colorado after five years apart—she had a little weed incident in Nebraska. At the airport, she springs the news on me … she’s leaving for a month of job training. And me? I’m left on my own in the basement she’s renting from the fisherman, aka her landlord who lives upstairs. He’s ten years older than me. Never wears a shirt. Did I mention he’s also my new boss?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Age-gap relationship*
Alcohol consumption
Cancer
Death of a parent
Incarceration of a parent

*Context : Eighteen-year-old heroine and a twenty-eight-year-old hero.

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

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

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

Clarity by Loretta Lost

Clarity by Loretta Lost

Fiercely independent Helen Winters was born completely blind, but she vowed never to let her disability keep her down. She did not expect a traumatic event to devastate her life and force her to drop out of college. Disillusioned by the cruelty of people, Helen retreated from society to live by herself as a reclusive writer in the woods–where no one could ever hurt her again.

When a brilliant young doctor shows up on her doorstep, promising her that his new research can give her the ability to see for the first time, Helen stubbornly refuses… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Taken from the poverty of her parents’ home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle’s absence in Antigua, the Crawford’s arrive in the neighborhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen’s first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Incest

The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Casteel Da’Neer knows all too well that very few are as cunning or vicious as the Blood Queen, but no one, not even him, could’ve prepared for the staggering revelations. The magnitude of what the Blood Queen has done is almost unthinkable. Nothing will stop Poppy from freeing her King and destroying everything the Blood Crown stands for.

With the strength of the Primal of Life’s guards behind her, and the support of the wolven, Poppy must convince the Atlantian generals to make war her way…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicide mentioned
Ritualistic self-harm (cutting)
Alcohol consumption
Pregnancy & childbirth mentioned
Graphic blood & injury depiction, including amputation
Cannibalism mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent, on-page
Death of a child, off-page
Murder & attempted murder
Torture
Imprisonment