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I Flipping Love You by Helena Hunting

I Flipping Love You by Helena Hunting

Rian Sutter grew up with the finer things in life. Spending summers in The Hamptons was a normal occurrence for her until her parents lost everything years ago. Now Rian and her sister are getting their life, and finances, back on track through real estate. Not only do they buy and sell houses to the rich and famous, but they finally have the capital to flip their very own beachfront property. But when she inadvertently catches the attention of a sexy stranger who snaps up every house from under her, all bets are off… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abandonment

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers: Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.

As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered; as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abandonment
Death of a parent
Murder
Car accident

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

Born as blank as canvas in a world brimming with colour and magic, Alice’s pale skin and milk-white hair mark her as an outcast. Because, for the people of Ferenwood, colour and magic are one and the same. And since the disappearance of her beloved father, Alice is more determined than ever to prove herself and her own magical abilities.

To do so she’ll have to travel into the myth … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abuse
Parental abandonment
Death from childbirth mentioned
Minor blood & gore depiction
Amputation
Cannibalism
Loss of autonomy (mind control & powers of manipulation)
Imprisonment
Disappearance of a parent
War themes mentioned
Bullying

Alpha Night by Nalini Singh

Alpha Night by Nalini Singh

Alpha wolf Selenka Durev’s devotion to her pack is equalled only by her anger at anyone who would harm those under her care. That currently includes the empaths who’ve flowed into her city for a symposium that is a security nightmare, a powder keg just waiting for a match. Ethan Night is an Arrow who isn’t an Arrow. Numb and disengaged from the world, he’s loyal only to himself. Assigned as part of the security force at a world-first symposium, he carries a dark agenda tied to the power-hungry and murderous Consortium. Then violence erupts and Ethan finds himself crashing into the heart and soul of an alpha wolf. Mating… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism
Eugenics recounted
Parental abandonment recounted
Psychological & physical child abuse recounted
Suicidal ideation mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Murder & attempted murder
Torture recounted, including involuntary sensory deprivation
Attempted arson
Imprisonment of a child recounted

Last Hit by Jessica Clare and Jen Fredrick

Last Hit by Jessica Clare and Jen Fredrick

I have been a contract killer since I was a boy. For years I savoured the fear caused by my name, the trembling at the sight of my tattoos. The stars on my knees, the marks on my fingers, the dagger in my neck, all bespoke of danger. If you saw my eyes, it was the last vision you’d have. I have ever been the hunter, never the prey. With her, I am the mark and I am ready to lie down and let her capture me. Opening my small scarred heart to her brings out my enemies. I will carry out one last hit, but if they hurt her, I will bring the world down around their ears… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Human trafficking mentioned
Rape mentioned
Physical child abuse
Murder

*Note : A single scene where the heroine is struck on the face by her father. Mentions of the heroine’s roommate being ‘sold’ as a sex slave and raped. The hero is a contract killer.

Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare

Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare

When Reggie Johnson answers a job ad in the paper, she’s astonished to find that she’s not applying to work at her favourite card game, Spellcraft: The Magicking. Instead, she’s applying to be an actual familiar for an actual witch. As in, real magic.

The new job has a few perks – great room and board, excellent pay, and she’s apprenticing to a powerful witch. Sure, the witch is a bit eccentric. And sure… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abandonment & abuse
Abusive relationship mentioned
Suicide mentioned

The Buy-In by Emma St Clair

The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair

When a family of former pro football players buy a small Texas town, they didn’t intend to start a war with its residents … or to fall in love. Ever since his career-ending injury, Pat has bounced from job to job, idea to idea, short-lived relationship to short-lived relationship. But when his father purchases the town of Sheet Cake, Pat suddenly sees his life with clear purpose: get his brothers on board with his dad’s wild idea and win back the one woman who got away… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abandonment
Parent with dementia
Addiction

Swear on This Life by Renee Carlino

Swear on This Life by Renee Carlino

When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J.Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isn’t thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer.

Yet from the very first page, Emiline is entranced by the story of Emerson and Jackson… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse & neglect
Parental abandonment
Parent with alcoholism
Substance addiction
Drug abuse
Death of a sibling

The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne

The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne

Dorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain. Scarred and hard-hearted, Dorian is one of London’s wealthiest, most influential men who will stop at nothing to wreak vengeance on those who’ve wronged him…and will fight to the death to seize what he wants. The lovely, still innocent widow Farah Leigh Mackenzie is no exception—and soon Dorian whisks the beautiful lass away to his sanctuary in the wild Highlands…

But Farah is no one’s puppet. She possesses… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape recounted, off-page
Child abuse
Parental abandonment
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent

Murder
Kidnapping

Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 0 by Gege Akutami

Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 0 by Gege Akutami

In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna were lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna’s body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of Jujutsu Sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the supernatural!

Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school studen… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Body horror
Attempted suicide mentioned

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