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Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin

Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin

When Trixie picks up her best friend Lux for their weekend getaway, they’re looking to forget the despair of being trapped in their dead-end rustbelt town. The girls are packing light: a supply of Diet Coke and an ‘89 Canon to help Lux frame the world in a sunnier light; half a pack of cigarettes that Trixie doesn’t really smoke, and a knife she’s hanging on to for a friend that she’s never used before. But a single night of violence derails their trip, and the girls go from ordinary high schoolers to wanted fugitives. Trying to stay ahead of the cops and a hellscape of media atten… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Homomisia
Slut shaming
Victim blaming
Paedophilia & child sexual abuse recounted
Domestic abuse
Sexual assault
Alzheimer’s Disease
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Alcohol consumption
Smoking
Blood depiction
Death of a parent mentioned
Murder
Knife violence
Gun violence

The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler

The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler

Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. She’s seen the tears and disasters that dating a Vargas boy can cause, and she swore an oath—with candles and a contract and everything—to never have anything to do with one. Now Jude is the only sister still living at home, and she’s spending the summer helping her ailing father restore his vintage motorcycle—which means hiring a mechanic to help out. Is it Jude’s fault he happens to be cute? And surprisingly sweet? And a Vargas? … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parent with Early-Onset Alzheimer’s
Motorcycle accident

Reckless Behavior by LA Witt & Cari Z

Reckless Behavior by L.A. Witt & Cari Z.

After too many years of putting his job first, Detective Andreas Ruffner is getting his priorities straight. He’s ready to spend some quality time with his adult kids, not to mention come clean about some things he should’ve told them a long time ago. And introduce them to his partner and boyfriend, Darren Corliss. But in a heartbeat, a family dinner turns into Andreas’s worst nightmare. When the dust settles, one of his kids is hurt, and the other three have been abducted. Andreas is going to find his kids, and nothing, not even a broken ankle, is going to stop him. Thank… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Protagonist with Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
Suicide
Kidnapping

Prince of Killers by Layla Reyne

Prince of Killers by Layla Reyne

No indiscriminate killing. No collateral damage. No unvetted targets. These are the rules Hawes Madigan lives by. Rules that make being Fog City’s Prince of Killers bearable. Soon, he’ll be king—of an organization of assassins— and the crown has never felt heavier. Until the mysterious Dante Perry swaggers into his life. Dante looks like a rock god and carries himself like one too, all loose-limbed and casually confident. He also carries a concealed weapon, a private investigator’s license, and a message for the prince. Someone inside Hawes’s organization is out to kill the future king… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Human trafficking mentioned
Paedophilia & child sexual abuse mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Drugging
Overdose mentioned
Grandparent in hospice care for Alzheimer’s Disease
Death of a parent recounted*
Death of a grandfather
Murder & attempted murder
Explosion

*Context : The protagonist made the decision to take his parents off of life support.

Shot in the Dark by Tracy Solheim

Shot in the Dark by Tracy Solheim

If there’s anything zoologist Josslyn Benoit abhors more than guns, it’s poachers. When an African “fact-finding” mission with a wildlife conservationist group goes horribly wrong and one of their members is shot, Josslyn and her team must flee for their lives. What’s worse? Josslyn must call in a favour from her older half-sister…the First Lady of the United States. She returns to D.C. to hunt down a major importer of illegal animal products and the last thing she needs on her tail is a gun-toting, testosterone-fueled hottie who’s too sexy for words and too bossy to tolerate… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption mentioned
Parent with Alzheimer’s Disease
Cancer mentioned
Animal death

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

When in Rome by Sarah Adams

When in Rome by Sarah Adams

Amelia Rose, known as Rae Rose to her adoring fans, is burned-out from years of maintaining her “princess of pop” image. Inspired by her favourite Audrey Hepburn film, Roman Holiday, she drives off in the middle of the night for a break in Rome . . . Rome, Kentucky, that is. When Noah Walker finds Amelia on his front lawn in her broken-down car, he makes it clear he doesn’t have the time or patience for celebrity problems. He’s too busy running the pie shop his grandmother left him and reminding his nosy but lovable neighbours to mind their own damn business. Despite his better… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Relative with Alzheimer’s Disease
Death of a parent

The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins

The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins

Sarah Dove is no ordinary bookworm. To her, books have always been more than just objects: they live, they breathe, and sometimes they even speak. When Sarah grows up to become the librarian in her quaint Southern town of Dove Pond, her gift helps place every book in the hands of the perfect reader. Recently, however, the books have been whispering about something out of the ordinary: the arrival of a displaced city girl named Grace Wheeler. If the books are right, Grace could be the saviour that Dove Pond desperately… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Dementia
Animal death mentioned

Rule of Threes by Marcy Campbell

Rule of Threes by Marcy Campbell

How do you share a parent with a stranger? Maggie’s accustomed to leading her life perfectly according to her own well-designed plans. But when Maggie learns that she has a half-brother her own age who needs a place to stay, any semblance of a plan is shattered. Tony’s mom struggles with an addiction to opioids, and now she’s called upon Maggie’s dad—who’s also Tony’s dad—to take him in… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Grandparent with Alzheimer’s Disease
Parent with opioid addiction

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

A heart surgeon at the top of his field, Stephen Aston is getting married again. But first he must divorce his current wife, even though she can no longer speak for herself.

Tully and Rachel Aston look upon their father’s fiancée, Heather, as nothing but an interloper. Heather is younger than both of them. Clearly, she’s after their father’s money… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Domestic violence
Anxiety
Depression
Alzheimer’s Disease
Death of a parent in a car accident mentioned
Murder