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Truth or Beard by Penny Reid

Truth or Beard by Penny Reid

Identical twins Beau and Duane Winston might share the same devastatingly handsome face, but where Beau is outgoing and sociable, Duane is broody and reserved. This is why Jessica James, recent college graduate and perpetual level-headed good girl, has been in naïve and unhealthy infatuation with Beau Winston for most of her life. His friendly smiles make her tongue-tied and weak-kneed, and she’s never been able to move beyond … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut shaming
Abusive relationship mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Cancer mentioned
Death of a parent recounted
Death of a spouse recounted
Car accident

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

Driven by K Bromberg

Driven by K. Bromberg

Colton Donavan lives on that razor thin edge toward out of control. Whether it’s on the track or off of it, everything he wants is at his fingertips: success, willing women, media attention. Everything that is, but me. I’m the exception this reckless bad boy can’t seem to win over.

My heart is healing. His soul is damaged. We both know the two of us could never work. But he crashes into my life without apology—disrupting my world, testing my boundaries, and uncovering the darkness…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Abusive relationship recounted

How Do You Like Me Now by Holly Bourne

How Do You Like Me Now? by Holly Bourne

Everyone wants to be Tori Bailey. A straight-talking, bestselling author, she’s inspired millions of women around the world with her self-help memoir and uplifting Instagram posts. What’s more, her perfect relationship with her long-term boyfriend is the envy of all their friends. But Tori isn’t being honest.

While everyone around her is getting engaged and having babies, Tori’s boyfriend will barely look at her, let along talk about marriage. And when her best friend Dee unexpectedly falls in love, suddenly Tori’s in danger of being left behind.Tori’s built a career out of telling women how to live their best life. But is she brave enough to admit that her own isn’t working?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia
Emotionally abusive relationship & gaslighting

Together We Burn by Isabel Ibanez

Together We Burn by Isabel Ibanez

Eighteen-year-old Zarela Zalvidar is a talented flamenco dancer and daughter of the most famous Dragonador in Hispalia. People come for miles to see her father fight in their arena, which will one day be hers.
But disaster strikes during their five hundredth anniversary show, and in the carnage, Zarela’s father is horribly injured.

Facing punishment from the Dragon Guild, Zarela must keep the arena—her ancestral home and inheritance —safe… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Grief & loss depiction
Blood depiction
Death of a parent
Murder
Kidnapping
Fire
Animal death
Animal cruelty

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with.

But when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Transmisia
Deadnaming, on-page
Misgendering
Dysphoria & forced detransition
Child abuse
Abusive relationship
Attempted suicide
Self-injury
Blood & gore depiction
Body horror
Graphic emesis
Death of a parent recounted, off-page
Death of a friend, on-page
Murder & mass murder
Gun & knife violence
Kidnapping
Arson & building fire
Cults

The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman

The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman

Ava Simon designs storage boxes for STÄDA, a slick Brooklyn-based furniture company. She’s hard-working, obsessive, and heartbroken from a tragedy that killed her girlfriend and upended her life. It’s been years since she’s let anyone in.

But when Ava’s new boss—the young and magnetic Mat Putnam—offers Ava a ride home one afternoon, an unlikely relationship blossoms. Ava remembers how rewarding it can be to open up—and, despite her instincts, she becomes enamoured. But Mat isn’t who he claims to be, and the romance takes a sharp turn.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Queermisia
Abusive relationship
Panic attacks
Grief & loss depiction
Fatal car accident recounted

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls—nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it’s a different woman every night, but that’s just fine with her. When Delilah’s estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding with a guilt trip and a five-figure check, Delilah finds herself back… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Lesbomisia (d slur)
Cheating recounted
Parental abandonment, off-page
Emotional abusive relationship & gaslighting mentioned
Toxic relationship with step-parent
Alcohol consumption
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father from an aneurysm recounted
Death of a mother from cervical cancer recounted
Death of a spouse from cancer mentioned

Carnal Secrets by Suzanne Wright

Carnal Secrets by Suzanne Wright

Half-shifter Shaya Critchley may hold a submissive role in her pack, but she’s done taking orders. After her Alpha wolf mate refused to claim her—but committed to interfering in her life—she took off. Now she hides from him, posing as a human in a town full of anti-shifter extremist groups. She thinks he’ll never find her again, and that suits her just fine. But she’s wrong. Nick Axton can barely control his feelings for Shaya, but he could never claim her—not if he truly cares for her. The degenerative brain condition..… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape mentioned
Abusive relationship
Murder