Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

Rosaline Palmer has always lived by the rules—well, except for when she dropped out of college to raise her daughter, Amelie. Now, she’s teetering on the edge of financial disaster. But where there’s a whisk there’s a way . . . and Rosaline has just landed a spot on the nation’s most beloved baking show.

Winning the prize money would give her daughter the life she deserves. However, more than collapsing trifles stand between Rosaline and sweet, sweet victory.  Suave Alain Pope knows all the right moves to sweep her off her feet, but it’s shy electrician Harry Dobson who makes Rosaline question her long-held beliefs—about herself, her family, and her desires. Rosaline fears falling for Harry is a guaranteed recipe for disaster.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Bimisia
  • Classism
  • Anxiety
  • Attempted sexual assault
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10 Things I Can See from Here by Carrie Mac

10 Things I Can See from Here by Carrie Mac

10 Things I Can See from Here by Carrie Mac book cover

Think positive. Don’t worry; be happy. Keep calm and carry on.

Maeve has heard it all before. She’s been struggling with severe anxiety for a long time, and as much as she wishes it was something she could just talk herself out of, it’s not. She constantly imagines the worst, composes obituaries in her head, and is always ready for things to fall apart. To add to her troubles, her mom—the only one who really gets what Maeve goes through—is leaving for six months, so Maeve will be sent to live with her dad in Vancouver.

Vancouver brings a slew of new worries, but Maeve finds brief moments of calm (as well as even more worries) with Salix, a local girl who doesn’t seem to worry about anything. Between her dad’s wavering sobriety, her very pregnant stepmom insisting on a home birth, and her bumbling courtship with Salix, this summer brings more catastrophes than even Maeve could have foreseen. Will she be able to navigate through all the chaos to be there for the people she loves?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Bimisia
  • Lesbomisia
  • Sexual assault, specifically nonconsensual kiss
  • Anxiety and anxiety attacks
  • Alcoholism
  • Suicide
  • Drug abuse
  • Drug addiction, including relapse/s
  • Childbirth
  • Death of a friend
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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Wings & Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit-and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.

As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords-and hunt for allies in unexpected places.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Rape
  • Abusive relationship recounted
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Alcoholism
  • Disordered eating
  • War themes
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Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

Aza Holmes never intended to pursue the disappearance of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Pickett’s son Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) & intrusive thoughts
  • Anxiety & panic attacks
  • Dissociation & derealization
  • Self-harm
  • Death of a parent
  • Car accident
  • Disappearance of a parent

Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga by Rainbow Rowell & Sam Maggs

Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga by Rainbow Rowell & Sam Maggs and illustrated by Gabi Nam

Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, everybody is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life. Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath just can’t let go. Now that they’re in college, Cath must decide if she’s ready to start living her own life. But does she even want to if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?

Cath doesn’t need friends IRL. She has her twin sister, Wren, and she’s a popular fanfic writer in the Simon Snow community with thousands of fans online.  But now that she’s in college, Cath is completely outside of her comfort zone. There are suddenly all these new people in her life. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming boyfriend, a writing professor who thinks fanfiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome new writing partner … And she’s barely heard from Wren all semester!

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Anxiety
  • Alcohol consumption
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Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Cath and Wren are identical twins and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they’re off to university and Wren’s decided she doesn’t want to be one half of a pair any more – she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It’s not so easy for Cath. She would rather bury herself in the fanfiction she writes where there’s romance far more intense than anything she’s experienced in real life.

Now Cath has to decide whether she’s ready to open her heart to new people and new experiences, and she’s realizing that there’s more to learn about love than she ever thought possible …

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Parental abandonment
  • Anxiety
  • Parent with Bipolar Disorder
  • Alcohol consumption
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The Girl and the Grove by Eric Smith

The Girl & the Grove by Eric Smith

Teenager Leila’s life is full of challenges. From bouncing around the foster care system to living with seasonal affective disorder, she’s never had an easy road. Leila keeps herself busy with her passion for environmental advocacy, monitoring the Urban Ecovists message board and joining a local environmental club with her best friend Sarika. And now that Leila has finally been adopted, she dares to hope her life will improve.

But the voices in Leila’s head are growing louder by the day. Ignoring them isn’t working anymore. Something calls out to her from the grove at Fairmount Park.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Depression
  • Anxiety & panic attacks
  • Blood depiction
  • Bullying recounted
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We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon

We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Quinn Berkowitz and Tarek Mansour’s families have been in business together for years: Quinn’s parents are wedding planners, and Tarek’s own a catering company. At the end of last summer, Quinn confessed her crush on him in the form of a rambling email—and then he left for college without a response.

Quinn has been dreading seeing him again almost as much as she dreads another summer playing the harp for her parents’ weddings. When he shows up at the first wedding of the summer, looking cuter than ever after a year apart, they clash immediately. Even as they can’t seem to have one civil conversation, Quinn’s thrown together with Tarek wedding after wedding, from performing a daring cake rescue to filling in for a missing bridesmaid and groomsman… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Anxiety
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Depression
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You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon

You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Eighteen-year-old twins Adina and Tovah have little in common besides their ambitious nature. Viola prodigy Adina yearns to become a soloist where overachiever Tovah awaits her acceptance to Johns Hopkins, the first step on her path toward med school. But one thing could wreck their carefully planned futures: a genetic test for Huntington’s. It’s turned their Israeli mother into a near stranger and fractured the sisters’ own bond in ways they’ll never admit.

When the results come in, one twin tests negative for Huntington’s. The other tests positive.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Social anxiety
  • Depression
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Self harm
  • Huntington’s Disease
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Failure to Communicate by Kaia Sønderby

Failure to Communicate by Kaia Sønderby

Xandri Corelel has faced a lot of hardship, and she’s earned her place as the head of Xeno-Liaisons aboard the first contact ship Carpathia. But her skill at negotiating with alien species is about to be put to the ultimate test. The Anmerilli, a notoriously reticent people, have invented a powerful weapon that will irrevocably change the face of space combat. Now the Starsystems Alliance has called in Xandri and the crew of the Carpathia to mediate. If Xandri can’t bring the Anmerilli into the fold, the consequences will be dire.

Amidst sabotage, assassination attempts, and rampant cronyism, Xandri struggles to convince the doubtful and ornery Anmerilli. As tensions rise and tempers threaten to boil over, Xandri must focus all her energy into understanding the one species that has always been beyond her: her own.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Ableism
  • Sexual assault
  • Anxiety & anxiety attacks
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