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Orientation by Gregory Ashe

Orientation by Gregory Ashe

Shaw and North are best friends, private detectives, and in danger of losing their agency. A single bad case, followed by crippling lawsuits, has put them on the brink of closing shop. Until that is, a client walks into their Benton Park office.

Matty Fennmore is young, blond, and beautiful, and he’s in danger. When he asks for Shaw and North’s help foiling a blackmail scheme, the detectives are quick to accept… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Domestic abuse
Suicidal ideation
Blood depiction
Emesis
Murder
Blackmail
Torture

A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer Armentrout

Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Born shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort.

However, Sera’s real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of Lasania—she’s not the well-protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission—one target. Make the Primal of Death fall in love. … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Forced sex work mentioned
Sexual harassment
Child abuse
Arranged marriage
Depression
Anxiety & panic attacks
Suicide, off-page
Suicidal ideation
Self-mutilation
Death of a parent in childbirth
Blood & gore decapitation
Dead bodies
Decapitation
Amputation
Death of a father from suicide, off-page
Graphic murder & attempted murder
Torture, including restricted access to food
Whipping, on-page
Imprisonment
War themes & battle scenes
Animal abuse

White Hot Kiss by Jennifer Armentrout

White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Layla just wants to fit in at school and go on a date with Zayne, whom she’s crushed on forever. Trouble is, Zayne treats Layla like a sister–and Layla is a half-demon, half gargoyle with abilities no one else possesses. And even though Zayne is a Warden, part of the race of gargoyles tasked with keeping humanity safe, Layla’s kiss will kill anything with a soul–including him.

Then she meets Roth–a demon who claims to know her secrets. Though Layla knows she should stay away, it’s tough when that whole… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction
Attempted murder
Kidnapping

Assassin’s Orbit by John Appel

Assassin’s Orbit by John Appel

On the eve of the planet Ileri’s historic vote to join the Commonwealth, the assassination of a government minister threatens to shatter everything. Private investigator Noo Okereke and spy Meiko Ogawa join forces with police chief Toiwa to investigate – and discover clues that point disturbingly toward a threat humanity thought they had escaped.

A threat that could destroy Ileri and spark an interplanetary war… unless the disparate team can work together to solve the mystery.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction
Emesis
Murder
Gun violence
Plane crash

Undead Girl Murder Farce Volume 1 by Haruka Tomoyama

Undead Girl Murder Farce, Vol. 1 by Haruka Tomoyama

The end of the 19th century—a vampire’s wife is murdered, and the detective known as the “cage user” is called in to solve the crime. But there’s more to the detective and the curtained birdcage he carries…after all, when solving a case involving a monster, it might just take one to know one!

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Decapitation
Blood depiction
Murder

End of Day by Jewel Ann

End of Day by Jewel E. Ann

Behind tinted windows a few yards from mourning family and friends, Jessica and Jude Day witness their parents’ funeral—and their own. Stripped of the only life they’ve ever known, the Days say goodbye to San Francisco forever.

Six months and two new identities later, the thirty-year-old misfits with elite self-defence skills and penchants for alcohol, sex, and trouble arrive like an earthquake to Peaceful Woods, a retirement community in Omaha, Nebraska, that thrives on rules and gossip… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Domestic violence
Blood depiction
Murder
Kidnapping mentioned

Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

At first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise. But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power―and none more so than the Adlers and the Baenas. For generations, the powerful families have pushed and pulled each other in a dance for dominance.

Until a catastrophic betrayal from within changes everything… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating
Blood depiction
Sword violence

Steeple by John Allison

Steeple by John Allison and illustrated by Sarah Stern & Jim Campbell

Two women with wildly different worldviews become unlikely friends as they navigate the supernatural happenings in a sleepy coastal parish–and soon find themselves forced to choose sides in the war between good and evil, facing demons, curses, and a miniature Rapture!

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction
Animal sacrifice

Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff

Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff

The greatest games in Godsgrave’s history have ended with the most audacious murders in the history of the Itreyan Republic. Mia Corvere, gladiatii, escaped slave and infamous assassin, is on the run. Pursued by Blades of the Red Church and soldiers of the Luminatii legion, she may never escape the City of Bridges and Bones alive. Her mentor Mercurio is now in the clutches of her enemies. Her own family wishes her dead. And her nemesis, Consul Julius Scaeva, stands but a breath from total dominance over the Republic… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery & sex slavery
Sexual assault (groping)
Child sexual abuse mentioned
Suicide
Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction
Death of a friend
Murder
Torture
Poisoning
Fire

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she’s far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she’s no closer to ending the men who destroyed her familia; in fact, she’s told directly that Consul Scaeva is off-limits. But after a deadly confrontation with an old enemy, Mia’s suspicions about the Red Church’s true motives begin to grow.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Human trafficking
Attempted rape mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Death of a sibling
Death of a child, off-page
Murder
Poisoning
Animal death