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
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Lake Silence by Anne Bishop

Lake Silence by Anne Bishop

Human laws do not apply in the territory controlled by the Others–vampires, shapeshifters, and paranormal beings even more deadly. And this is a fact that humans should never, ever forget . . .

After her divorce, Vicki DeVine took over a rustic resort near Lake Silence, in a human town that is not human controlled. Towns like Vicki’s have no distance from the Others, the dominant predators that rule most of the land and all of the water throughout the world. And when a place has no boundaries… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Domestic abuse
  • Panic attacks
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A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan

A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan

Mina’s ticket to winning the competition falls into her lap when indie film star—and known heartbreaker—Emmitt Ramos enrols in her high school under a secret identity to research his next role. When Mina sets out to persuade Emmitt to join her cause, he offers her a deal instead: he’ll be in her short film…if she acts as a tour guide to help him with a photography contest.

As Mina ventures across the five boroughs with Emmitt by her side, the city she grew up in starts to look different and more like home than it ever has before.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Emotional parental abuse
  • Depression
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a father mentioned
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Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan

Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan

Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents’ rules—even if it means sacrificing her dreams. When her parents go abroad to Bangladesh for four weeks, Karina expects some peace and quiet. Instead, one simple lie unravels everything: Karina is my girlfriend.

Tutoring the school’s resident bad boy was already crossing a line. Pretending to date him? Out of the question…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Verbal & emotional parental abuse
  • Anxiety & anxiety attacks, on-page
  • Emesis mentioned
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Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back at the relationship he’s never forgotten, a hidden affair with a gorgeous boy named Thomas during their last year of high school. Without ever acknowledging they know each other in the halls, they steal time to meet in secret, carrying on a passionate, world-altering affair.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Homomisia
  • Sexism
  • Sexual harassment
  • Divorce
  • Coming out themes
  • Anxiety attack
  • Suicide & attempted suicide
  • Miscarriage
  • AIDS
  • Car accident
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White Stag by Kara Barbieri 

As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were becoming wives and mothers, she was taught to hunt, track, and fight. On the day her village was burned to the ground, Janneke—as the only survivor—was taken captive by the malicious Lydian and eventually sent to work for his nephew Soren. Janneke’s survival in the court of merciless monsters has come at the cost of her connection to the human world. And when the Goblin King’s death ignites an ancient hunt for the next king, Soren senses… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Slavery
  • Rape recounted
  • Eating disorder
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSDF)
  • Panic attacks
  • Blood & gore depiction including body mutilation
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Sword violence & stabbing
  • Torture recounted
  • Kidnapping & captivity recounted
  • Animal death & hunting (theme)

Hello by Chandler Baker and Wesley King 

Hello (from Here) by Chandler Baker & Wesley King

Maxine and Jonah bump into each other in the canned goods aisle of the grocery store just as the state of California is going into lockdown, when everything changes completely. Could there be a worse time to meet? Max’s part-time job at a supermarket is about to transform into a hellish gauntlet. Jonah’s preexisting anxiety is about to become an epic daily struggle. As Max, Jonah, and their friends live together but apart through hijinks, humanity, and heartbreak,

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
  • Panic attacks
  • Emesis
  • AIDS
  • COVID-19 (theme)
  • Death of a parent
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The Damaged by Tijan

The Damaged by Tijan

No longer an outsider, Bailey has a family and love that she never could’ve imagined. Used to living in the shadows, Kash will now do anything to protect his family and his woman. They will take on the world together…

In the meantime, stunning motives, lies, and explosive secrets continue to unfold. 1. Quinn is in jail, awaiting trial. 2. Friends might actually be enemies. 3. And what is Calhoun plotting? More importantly, will Kash discover it before it’s too late?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • PTSD & trauma
  • Panic attacks
  • Murder

Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher 

Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher 

I’m destined to become the next CEO of my family’s media empire. The only problem? My grandfather’s inheritance clause. Fulfilling his dying wish of getting married and having an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteers for the job. Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem. But the more we act in love for the public, the more unsure I feel about our contract. Caring about Iris was never part of the deal. Especially not when breaking her heart is inevitable… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Parental abuse
  • Boss-employee relationship
  • Asthma
  • Substance addiction
  • Anxiety attacks

The Bound Witch by Ivy Asher 

The Bound Witch by Ivy Asher 

I died. I looked into Rogan Kendrick’s eyes, told him I loved him…and then I died. So how the hell am I standing naked in the middle of a morgue, doing my best not to freak the fuck out?

I’m a Bone Witch, or at least I was before Rogan bound us together. Blood magic now flows through my veins too, and I think somehow the man I shouldn’t love, the one who betrayed me, who couldn’t choose me…has saved me… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Indentured servitude
  • Parental abuse & neglect
  • Panic attack
  • Alcoholism
  • Nightmares
  • Drugging
  • Physical injury
  • Dead bodies
  • Physical injuries, including eyeball trauma
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a parent
  • Death of friend
  • Torture
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Explosions
  • Electrocution
  • Physical assault
  • Home invasion
  • Captivity & confinement
  • Disappearance of a loved one
  • Fire
  • Loss of autonomy (mind control & possession)
  • War themes & military violence
  • Displacement