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The Highland Fling by Meghan Quinn

The Highland Fling by Meghan Quinn

Freshly fired from her third job in a row, Bonnie St. James has lost her way. So when she and her best friend stumble upon a “help wanted” post to run a coffee shop in the Scottish Highlands, they apply on a whim. Who knows? Maybe travelling to a new place is just what she needs to figure out her next move. When the friends arrive in the tiny idyllic town of Corsekelly, they instantly fall for the gorgeous Highland landscape and friendly townspeople. But Bonnie finds a less-than-warm welcome in Rowan MacGregor, the rugged local handyman. Busy wrestling his own demons, Rowan’s in no mood to deal with the quirky American… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parent with terminal cancer

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. To make matters worse, their planned mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: two weeks in Positano, the magical town Carol spent the summer right before she met Katy’s father. Katy has been waiting years for Carol to take her, and now she is faced with embarking on the adventure alone. But as soon as she steps foot on… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Infidelity
Divorce
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother from cancer

The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

Wealthy Washington suburbanites Marissa and Matthew Bishop seem to have it all—until Marissa is unfaithful. Beneath their veneer of perfection is a relationship driven by work and a lack of intimacy. She wants to repair things for the sake of their eight-year-old son and because she loves her husband. Enter Avery Chambers. Avery is a therapist who lost her professional license. Still, it doesn’t stop her from counselling those in crisis, though they have to adhere to her unorthodox methods. And the Bishops are desperate… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating
Suicide (euthanasia)
Alcohol consumption
Cancer
Death of a child
Death of a friend
Death of a spouse
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Stalking
Homelessness

Blaine for the Win by Robbie Couch

Blaine for the Win by Robbie Couch

High school junior Blaine Bowers has it all—the perfect boyfriend, a pretty sweet gig as a muralist for local Windy City businesses, a loving family, and awesome, talented friends. And he is absolutely, 100% positive that aforementioned perfect boyfriend—senior student council president and Mr. Popular of Wicker West High School, Joey—is going to invite Blaine to spend spring break with his family in beautiful, sunny Cabo San Lucas. Except Joey breaks up with him instead. In public. On their one-year anniversary…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Anxiety
Depressive episode
Death of a parent from cancer, off-page (sc)

Crash Into You by J.H. Croix

Crash Into You by J.H. Croix

The first time I met Daphne involved three things: a cute skirt, a bear, and mud. Lots of mud. Daphne is everything I don’t need, and she makes me crazy in all the wrong ways. This princess does not belong in the wilderness. Or, so I think. But then, thought is hard to come by around Daphne. Between flying tourists all over Alaska’s skies, hotshot firefighting on the side, raising my sixteen year old sister who has enough attitude to run the world, and fending off demons from my days in the military, I don’t have time for women. But time’s been laughing at me ever since… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Heart attack recounted
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child from brain cancer

Bad Mommy by Tarryn Fisher

Bad Mommy by Tarryn Fisher

When Fig Coxbury buys a house on West Barrett Street, it’s not because she likes the neighbourhood, or even because she likes the house. It’s because everything she desires is next door: The husband, the child, and the life that belongs to someone else.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Homophobia & slut-shaming
Infidelity
Suicidal ideation
Miscarriage
Cancer
Death of a parent
Stalking

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny’s mother, Beverly—thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating
Divorce
Miscarriage
Cancer, including medical treatment, on-page
Arson

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They’re polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighbouring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block. Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worth… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Child abuse & domestic violence recounted (love interest)
Parental infidelity recounted & discussed
Suicide cults discussed
Miscarriage mentioned (protagonist’s parent)
Alcohol consumption (on-page)
Parent with heart condition mentioned
Parent in remission for breast cancer (protagonist)
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father from a stroke recounted

Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan

Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan

Welcome to Maple Street, a picture-perfect slice of suburban Long Island, its residents bound by their children, their work, and their illusion of safety in a rapidly changing world. Arlo Wilde, a gruff has-been rock star who’s got nothing to show for his fame but track marks, is always two steps behind the other dads. His wife, beautiful ex-pageant queen Gertie, feels socially ostracized and adrift. Spunky preteen Julie curses like a sailor and her kid brother Larry is called “Robot Boy” by the kids on the block… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Hate crime
Rape
Sexual assault
Adult-minor relationship
Alcoholism & substance addiction
Suicide
Cancer
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child
Death of a parent
Murder
Gun violence
Animal death

Me by Elton John

Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by John Elton

Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three, he was on his first tour of America, facing an astonished audience in his tight silver hotpants, bare legs, and a T-shirt with ROCK AND ROLL emblazoned across it in sequins. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again. His life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown him… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating
Domestic violence
Attempted suicide
Disordered eating
Alcoholism
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Substance addiction
Drug use & abuse
AIDS/HIV epidemic
Prostate cancer