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Master of One by Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett

Master of One by Jaida Jones & Danielle Bennett

Rags is a thief—an excellent one. He’s stolen into noble’s coffers, picked soldier’s pockets, and even liberated a ring or two off the fingers of passersby. Until he’s caught by the Queensguard and forced to find an ancient fae relic for a sadistic royal sorcerer. But Rags could never have guessed this “relic” would actually be a fae himself—a distractingly handsome, annoyingly perfect, ancient fae prince called Shining Talon. Good thing Rags can think on his toes, because things just get stranger from there…

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Slavery
Physical child abuse
Suicidal ideation
Infertility mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Murder
Torture
Kidnapping
Animal death

The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young

The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young

For as long as she can remember, Tova has lived among the Svell, the people who found her washed ashore as a child and use her for her gift as a Truthtongue. Her own home and clan are long-faded memories, but the sacred symbols and staves inked over every inch of her skin mark her as one who can cast the rune stones and see into the future. She has found a fragile place among those who fear her, but when two clans to the east bury their age-old blood feud and join together as one, her world is dangerously close to collapse.

For the first time in generations, the leaders of the Svell are divided. Should they maintain peace or go to war with the allied clans to protect their newfound power?… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Alcohol consumption
Graphic blood & gore depiction
Decapitation
Death of a child by drowning mentioned
Murder & mass murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Physical assault recounted
War themes & battle scenes

Human Enough by ES Yu

Human Enough by E.S. Yu

When Noah Lau joined the Vampire Hunters Association, seeking justice for his parents’ deaths, he didn’t anticipate ending up imprisoned in the house of the vampire he was supposed to kill—and he definitely didn’t anticipate falling for that vampire’s lover.

Six months later, Noah’s life has gotten significantly more complicated. On top of being autistic in a world that doesn’t try to understand him, he still hunts vampires for a living…while dating a vampire himself. Awkward. Yet Jordan Cross is sweet and kind, and after braving their inner demons and Jordan’s vicious partner… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Racism
Emotional abuse & gaslighting
Abusive relationship recounted
Depression
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Alcohol consumption
Blood drinking
Death of a parent
Kidnapping & captivity

The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate

The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate

It’s an ordinary assignment, nothing more. The cargo? Fifty boxes filled with Transylvanian soil. The route? From Varna to Whitby. The Demeter has made many trips like this. The captain has handled dozens of crews.

He dreams familiar dreams: to taste the salt on the skin of his men, to run his hands across their chests. He longs for the warmth of a lover he cannot have, fantasizes about flesh and frenzied embraces. All this he’s done before, it’s routine, a constant, like the tides.

Yet there’s something different, something wrong. There are odd nightmares, unsettling omens and fear. For there is something in the air. Someone stalking the ship.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Antiziganism (g slur)
Homomisia & internalised homomisia
Hate crimes
Suicide
Blood & gore depiction

Palaces of Spies by Sarah Zettel

Palace of Spies by Sarah Zettel

A warning to all young ladies of delicate breeding who wish to embark upon lives of adventure: Don’t.

Sixteen-year-old Peggy is a well-bred orphan who is coerced into posing as a lady in waiting at the palace of King George I. Life is grand, until Peggy starts to suspect that the girl she’s impersonating might have been murdered. Unless Peggy can discover the truth, she might be doomed to the same terrible fate. But in a court of shadows and intrigue, anyone could be a spy—perhaps even the handsome young artist with whom Peggy is falling in love…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Sexual assault
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction
Death of a mother
Murder
Poisoning

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter

A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she’s wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim. He waits.

A decade later, the case has been closed. The killer is behind bars. But then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the MO is identical. Although the original trail has gone cold, Agent Will Trent and forensic pathologist Sara Linton must re-open the cold case. But the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wife.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Paedophilia mentioned
Rape
Cheating mentioned
Suicide
Self harm
Graphic blood & gore depiction
Murder
Torture
Stalking

Unseen by Karin Slaughter

Unseen by Karin Slaughter

Will Trent is a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent whose latest case has him posing as Bill Black, a scary ex-con who rides a motorcycle around Macon, Georgia, and trails an air of violence wherever he goes. The cover has worked and he has caught the eye of a wiry little drug dealer who thinks he might be a useful ally. But undercover and cut off from the support of the woman he loves, Sara Linton, Will finds his demons catching up with him.

Although she has no idea where Will has gone, or why, Sara herself has come to Macon because of a cop shooting: Her stepson, Jared, has been gunned down in his own home… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Child abuse
Forced sex work
Sex trafficking
Paedophilia
Rape mentioned
Suicide
Drug abuse
Miscarriage
Blood depiction
Emesis
Death of a spouse recounted
Murder
Gun violence

The Last Window by Karin Slaughter

The Last Window by Karin Slaughter

On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot. Vanished into thin air, the authorities are desperate to save the doctor.

One month later, the serenity of a sunny Sunday afternoon is shattered by the boom of a ground-shaking blast—followed by another seconds later. One of Atlanta’s busiest and most important neighborhood’s has been bombed—the location of Emory University, two major hospitals, the FBI headquarters, and the CDC… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Antisemitism
Homomisia
Misogyny
Racism & white supremacy
Rape
Paedophilia
Child abuse recounted
Blood depiction
Bioterrorism & terrorism
Death of a child
Death of a spouse recounted
Murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Explosion
Mass shooting
Suffocation
Poisoning
Kidnapping

Indelible by Karin Slaughter

Indelible by Karin Slaughter

When medical examiner Sara Linton and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver take a trip away from the small town of Heartsdale, it should be a straightforward weekend at the beach. But they decide to take a detour via Jeffrey’s hometown and things go violently wrong when Jeffrey’s best friend Robert shoots dead an intruder who breaks into his home. Jeffrey and Sara are first on the scene and Jeffrey’s keen to clear his friend’s name, but for Sara things aren’t so simple. And when Jeffrey appears to change the crime scene, Sara no longer knows who to trust… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Rape
Child abuse & neglect
Domestic abuse
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Substance addiction
Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction
Murder
Mass shooting
Hostage situation

Fallen by Karin Slaughter

Fallen by Karin Slaughter

Special Agent Faith Mitchell returns home to a nightmare. Her baby daughter Emma has been locked outside, and there’s a trail of blood to the front door. Without waiting for back-up, Faith enters the house. Inside a man lies dead in a pool of blood. Most worrying of all, her own mother is missing.

When the Atlanta police arrive, Faith has some difficult questions to answer. But she has some desperate questions of her own. What were the killers searching for? And where is her mother?… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Child abuse
Abusive relationship
Domestic violence
Self harm recounted
Drug abuse
Blood & gore depiction
Murder
Torture
Gun violence
Physical assault