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The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colours. You either follow the rules or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences. Nirrim keeps her head down and a dangerous secret close to her chest. But then she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away who whispers rumours that the High Caste possesses magic. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself. But to do that, Nirrim must… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Queermisia
Physical & emotional child abuse
Blood-letting
Death of a parent
Murder
Imprisonment

The Prince by Tiffany Reisz

The Prince by Tiffany Reisz

Wes Railey is the object of Nora’s tamest yet most maddening fantasies, and the one man she can’t forget. He’s young. He’s wonderful. He’s also thoroughbred royalty and, reuniting with him in Kentucky, she’s in his world now. But this infamous New York dominatrix is no simpering Southern belle, and Nora’s dream of fitting into Wesley’s world is perpetually at odds with the relentlessly seductive pull of Søren—her owner, her lover, the forever she cannot have. At least, not completely. Meanwhile Nora’s associate… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child physical & sexual abuse recounted
Suicide recounted
Animal death (racehorse, dog)

The Saint by Tiffany Reisz

The Saint by Tiffany Reisz

In the beginning, there was him. Gutsy, green-eyed Eleanor never met a rule she didn’t want to break. She’s sick of her mother’s zealotry and the confines of Catholic school and declares she’ll never go to church again. But her first glimpse of beautiful, magnetic Father Søren Stearns and his lust-worthy Italian motorcycle is an epiphany. Suddenly, daily Mass seems like a reward, and her punishment is the ache she feels when they’re apart. He is intelligent and insightful and he seems to know her intimately at her very core. Eleanor is consumed—and even she knows that can’t be right. But when one desperate mistake… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Incestuous child sexual abuse recounted
Child physical abuse
Suicide mentioned
Abortion recounted
Alcohol consumption
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Gun violence mentioned

The Mistress by Tiffany Reisz

The Mistress by Tiffany Reisz

Nora Sutherlin, Dominatrix-turned-literary-star, is held prisoner by two dangerous men. Under different circumstances, she would enjoy this immensely. These men aren’t lovers, however, but tools of vengeance from an old adversary. Possessor of the hearts of two men, she plays her hardest hand. But her captor isn’t interested in play. Or pity. In Nora’s world, however, no one is ever truly powerless. Her friends and lovers will do anything to save her – even if the only certainty seems to be sacrifice and heartbreak. The stakes are high in a dangerous game of love and lust.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse recounted
Incest mentioned
Attempted suicide mentioned
Miscarriage mentioned
Abortion recounted
Murder
Kidnapping

The Angel by Tiffany Reisz

The Angel by Tiffany Reisz

She wanted him… Nora Sutherlin is in hiding. On paper, she’s following her master’s orders – and her flesh is willing. More deeply, more strongly than she’d wanted anyone. But her mind is wandering to a man from her past, whose hold on her heart is less bruising, but whose absence is no less painful. Instead of letting him make love to her, she’d let him go. This is the story of a summer that proves that love hurts.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Parental neglect
Statutory rape
Child sexual abuse by a priest recounted
Incest mentioned
Suicide recounted

Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

Like the heroine of the novel she adores, Jane Steele suffers cruelly at the hands of her aunt and schoolmaster. And like Jane Eyre, they call her wicked – but in her case, she fears the accusation is true. When she flees, she leaves behind the corpses of her tormentors. A fugitive navigating London’s underbelly, Jane rights wrongs on behalf of the have-nots whilst avoiding the noose. Until an advertisement catches her eye. Her aunt has died and the new master at Highgate House, Mr Thornfield, seeks a governess. Anxious to know if she is Highgate’s true heir, Jane… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Domestic violence & child abuse
Drug & alcohol abuse
Miscarriage
Blood depiction
Death of a parent
Murder
War themes

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Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumour has it that somewhere, djinn still performs their magic. For humans, it’s an unforgiving place, especially if you’re poor, orphaned, or female. Amani Al’Hiza is all three. She’s a gifted gunslinger with perfect aim, but she can’t shoot her way out of Dustwalk, the back-country town where she’s destined to wind up wed or dead. Then she meets Jin, a rakish foreigner, in a shooting contest, and sees him as the perfect escape route. But though she’s spent years dreaming of leaving Dustwalk, she never imagined she’d… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Threats of rape
Child abuse
Drugging
Blood & injury depiction
Death of a parent
Murder
Gun violence
Immolation
Death by hanging mentioned
Stoning mentioned
Factory explosion

Arrive by Nina Lane

Arrive by Nina Lane

Though Dean and I have weathered many storms together, nothing can prepare us for the crazy ride of pregnancy and impending parenthood. Turning back the clock a few months, we await the birth of our first child with hope, happiness, nervous anticipation… and wild enthusiasm about our lusty marriage. Then we’re forced to put an unexpected stop to our passionate interludes. And this change might push us both to the edge.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Child abuse & neglect
Cheating
Miscarriage

Always by Nina Lane

Always by Nina Lane

Without darkness, there is no light. Dean has always been Liv’s hero, her knight in tailored suits. Not once has this iron-willed professor retreated from battle. Not once has he failed to keep his wife safe. Not once has he broken his promise to slay monsters for her. But now Dean is forced to confront a monster he can’t destroy. A monster he can’t even face. And for the first time ever, there is nothing he can do to protect the woman who owns his heart.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Child neglect
Cheating
Miscarriage
Breast cancer

The Villain by L.J. Shen

The Villain by L.J. Shen

Cruel. Coldblooded. Hades in a Brioni suit. Cillian Fitzpatrick has been dubbed every wicked thing on planet earth. To the media, he is The Villain. To me, he is the man who (reluctantly) saved my life. Now I need him to do me another, small solid. Bail me out of the mess my husband got me into. What’s a hundred grand to one of the wealthiest men in America, anyway? Only Cillian doesn’t hand out free favours. The price for the money, it turns out, is my freedom. Now I’m the eldest Fitzpatrick brother’s little toy. To play, to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Emotional & physical child abuse
Cancer
Emesis
Torture
Blackmail