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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

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

Give Up the Ghost by Jenn Burke

Give Up the Ghost by Jenn Burke

Immortal not-ghost Wes Cooper and his vampire partner, Hudson Rojas, have it all—rewarding private investigation work, great friends and, most important, a love that’s endured. But ever since Wes sent a demon screaming back to the beyond, his abilities have grown overpowering and overwhelming. He’s hiding the fact that he’s losing control the best he can, but it’s hard to keep anything a secret for long when your partner’s a former cop…and especially when your partner’s a former cop who wants to move in toge… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Depression
Suicide
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use mentioned
Blood-drinking
Coma
Hospital
Murder recounted
Gas explosion
Car accident
Strangulation
Loss of autonomy (mind & memory manipulation)

Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson

Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson

Leah Westfall’s journey has been one of ever-present peril, hidden magic, harsh realities, loss, life, determination, and love. She has searched for a place to belong and a place to call home, and people who can accept a girl with magical powers that prove to be both blessing and curse. Leah is poised to have everything she ever dreamed of on the long, dangerous journey to California’s gold fields—wealth, love, the truest friends, and a home. Thanks to her magical ability to sense precious gold, Leah, her fiancé Jefferson, and her friends have claimed rich land in… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Smoking
Blood & injury depiction
Death of parents recounted
Attempted murder
Gun violence
Hanging
Physical assault
Kidnapping

Girl, Stolen by April Henry

Girl, Stolen by April Henry

Sixteen-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of the car while her stepmom fills a prescription for antibiotics. Before Cheyenne realizes what’s happening, the car is being stolen. Griffin hadn’t meant to kidnap Cheyenne and once he finds out that not only does she have pneumonia, but that she’s blind, he really doesn’t know what to do. When his dad finds out that Cheyenne’s father is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes–now there’s a reason to keep her. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language
Attempted rape
Physical child abuse
Domestic violence
Alcohol consumption
Dead bodies
Emesis
Burns & scars
Hospital
Murder
Gun violence
Physical assault
Kidnapping
Car accident

The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry

The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry

When Olivia’s mother was murdered and her father disappeared, everyone suspected her father had done it. Fast-forward fourteen years. New evidence now proves Olivia’s father was actually murdered on the same fateful day her mother died. That means there’s a killer still at large. Can Olivia uncover the truth before the killer tracks her down?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a mother recounted
Alcohol consumption mentioned
Smoking
Murder
Gun violence
Disappearance of a parent

The Rose & the Dagger by Renée Ahdieh

The Rose & the Dagger by Renée Ahdieh

In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad is forced from the arms of her beloved husband, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once thought Khalid a monster—a merciless killer of wives, responsible for immeasurable heartache and pain—but as she unravelled his secrets, she found instead an extraordinary man and a love she could not deny. Still, a curse threatens to keep Shazi and Khalid apart forever. Now she’s reunited with her family, who have found refuge in the desert where a deadly force is gathering against Khalid—a force set on destroying his empire… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Alcohol consumption
Drugging
Blood & injury depiction including scars
Emesis
Death of a mother from illness
Sword & arrow violence
Kidnapping

Bold Fortune by MM Crane

Bold Fortune by M.M. Crane

Quinn Fortune is the official protector of all the unspoiled beauty in Lost Lake, Alaska, as the head of the community trust. A rugged frontiersman through and through, he doesn’t do soft. But he can’t help his fascination with the pink-clad professor who shows up in Lost Lake seeking his approval for her cheerful outsider’s proposal about land that isn’t hers. Still, he agrees to consider it–if she can handle a month of good old-fashioned Alaska living. He’s betting she’ll head back to the safety of the Lower 48 within… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating recounted
Alcohol consumption
Dieting
Blizzard

Tempted by Deception by Rina Kent

Tempted by Deception by Rina Kent

My husband. My villain. We started with death and blood. We started with games and carnal pleasure. Adrian and I shouldn’t have been together. He’s wrong.
I’m wrong. What we have is the epitome of disaster. Yet, it’s impossible to stop. My husband will either destroy me or I’ll destroy him.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Graphic rape & attempted rape
Sexual assault
Child abuse & neglect recounted
Cheating
Attempted suicide
Agoraphobia
Insomnia & nightmares
Hallucinations
Stillbirth
Alcoholism & alcohol abuse
Gun violence
Whipping
Kidnapping
Homelessness

This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

Sloane isn’t expecting to fall in with a group of friends when she moves from New York to Florida—especially not a group of friends so intense, so in love, so all-consuming. Yet that’s exactly what happens. Sloane becomes closest to Vera, a social-media star who lights up any room, and Gabe, Vera’s twin brother and the most serious person Sloane’s ever met. When a beloved painting by the twins’ late mother goes missing, Sloane takes on the responsibility of tracking it down, a journey that takes her across state lines—and ever deeper into the twins’ lives.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Anxiety & panic attacks
Depression
Alcohol consumption
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Bullying