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A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert

Ruth Kabbah is okay with being an outcast. Between her autism, her comic book nerdery, and the whiff of scandal her small town can’t forget, Ruth will always be Ravenswood’s black sheep. Since she prefers silence and solitude to gossip and pub crawls, that suits her just fine—until Evan Miller comes to town. Ex-military man Evan is gorgeous, confident… and he’s Ruth’s new neighbour. Unlike everyone else, he doesn’t seem to mind her crotchety ways or her cooking disasters. In fact, if Ruth didn’t know any better, she… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abelsim
Racism
Rape mentioned
Abusive relationship recounted
Cheating recounted
Alcohol consumption
Death of a mother from terminal cancer recounted
Death of a father during active military duty
Stalking

Our Dreams at Dusk, Volume 4 by Yuhki Kamatani

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Vol. 4 by Yuhki Kamatani

Tchaiko has always been an enigma, but when he goes to visit his partner in the hospital, his story is finally revealed. Meanwhile, Saki’s biggest secret is thrust out in the open―despite her desperate attempts to keep it under wraps. The emotional final volume of Yuhki Kamatani’s tale of gender, sexuality, and self discovery!

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Lesbomisia (d slur)
Forced outing
Cancer
Death of a partner

Match-Made Christmas by Daria White

Match-Made Christmas by Daria White

From the outside, Adrienne has everything any woman could want. However, she knows what real happiness is, and it isn’t having a good job and a condominium. Traveling home to her small Texas town for a friend’s wedding, Adrienne is hit from all sides with the happiness she hasn’t found for herself—her long-married parents, her joyful sister and brother-in-law and their two children, and her childhood friends. They all think she has it all, all except one. Trace has been a nemesis since grade school. Always ready with a quip and happy to squabble over even the… Read more.

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Disordered eating
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent in a plane crash
Death of an uncle from cancer
Blizzard

The Visitor by Lee Child

The Visitor by Lee Child

Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cooke have a lot in common. Both were army high-flyers. Both were acquainted with Jack Reacher. Both were forced to resign from the service. Now they’re both dead. Found in their own homes, naked, in a bath full of paint. Apparent victims of an army man. A loner, a smart guy with a score to settle, a ruthless vigilante. A man just like Jack Reacher.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Infidelity
Military service discussed
Murder
Cancer

Way Down Deep by Charlotte Stein and Cara McKenna

Way Down Deep by Charlotte Stein & Cara McKenna

The words he typed were never meant to be read, yet they found their way to her. Two wounded strangers, prisoners of their own lives, brought together by a wayward text. Without ever hearing each other’s voices, a friendship blooms between them. Without ever seeing each other’s faces, an attraction grows. Without ever touching, the two become lovers. Without ever hearing each other’s voices, a friendship blooms between them. Without ever seeing each other’s faces, an attraction grows. Without ever touching, the two become lovers.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Agoraphobia
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption
Physical injury
Death of a partner by suicide
Death of a mother from cancer recounted
Deth of a brother recounted
Attempted infanticide by drowning recounted
Car accident

Offside by Meg Harding

Offside by Meg Harding

Marcus “Marc” Lacroix, a red panda shifter, knows who Lucas Grayson is, and up until playing with him during the world cup of hockey, didn’t much care for him. But when he finds out the jaguar shifter with the hot body has a personality to match, he’s a bit blown away. A night of celebration leads the two of them to the bedroom, and they discover that one night might not be enough to finish this thing between them. Passion grows to love and more than a little kink, and the two make things work despite the obstacles standing in their way. Lucas plays for the Aces and Marc for the Hares, the distance and crazy schedules… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Depression
Physical injury
Cancer mentioned

Ride Wild by Laura Kaye

Ride Wild by Laura Kaye

Wild with grief over the death of his wife, Sam “Slider” Evans merely lives for his two sons. Nothing holds his interest anymore—not even riding his bike or his membership in the Raven Riders Motorcycle Club. But that all changes when he hires a new babysitter. Recently freed from a bad situation by the Ravens, Cora Campbell is determined to bury the past. When Slider offers her a nanny position, she accepts, needing the security and time to figure out what she wants from life. Cora adores his sweet boys, but never expected the red-hot attraction to their brooding, sexy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape recounted
Death of a wife from cancer
Animal abuse & dogfighting mentioned

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

When the young members of a British acid-folk band are compelled by their manager to record their unique music, they hole up at Wylding Hall, an ancient country house with dark secrets. There they create the album that will make their reputation, but at a terrifying cost: Julian Blake, the group’s lead singer, disappears within the mansion and is never seen or heard from again. Now, years later, the surviving musicians, along with their friends and lovers—including a psychic, a photographer, and the band’s manager—meet with a young documentary filmmaker to tell the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Cheating
Suicide
Drug use
Blood & gore depiction
Cancer
Death of a child
Death of a parent
Car accident
Animal death & cruelty
Bullying

Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn

Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn

Cat and her brother Chicken have always had a very special bond–Cat is one of the few people who can keep Chicken happy. When he has a “meltdown” she’s the one who scratches his back and reads his favorite story. She’s the one who knows what Chicken needs. Since their mom has had to work double-hard to keep their family afloat after their father passed away, Cat has been the glue holding her family together. But even the strongest glue sometimes struggles to hold. When a summer trip doesn’t go according to plan, Cat and Chicken end up spending three week… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a father from cancer

Fighting Conviction by Greer Rivers

Fighting Conviction by Greer Rivers

BlackStone Securities Agent Devil Ray Vos needs control, and around his best friend’s younger sister, Ellie Stone? He knows he can’t keep it. The BlackStone team saved her a year ago, and Devil hasn’t been able to get his angel off his mind since. She’s in college and still healing, so he’s kept his distance. That resolve vanishes when her brother asks Devil to train her in self-defense. His head tells him to stay away, but no one can protect her better than he can. Ellie survived the worst trauma of her life a year ago. Her best friend didn’t, and Ellie has fought survivor’s guilt and PTSD ever since. Only Devil seems to understand her. He sees her as a survivor and his best friend’s kid sister… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sex trafficking
Drug use
Disordered eating
PTSD & trauma
Panic attacks
Suicide
Cancer
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Gun violence
Kidnapping