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Beyond Possession by Kit Rocha

Beyond Possession by Kit Rocha

Tatiana Stone has worked hard to establish herself as one of Sector Four’s most skilled crafters. All she wants is peace–but the sins of her father haunt her. He ruled the sector as a petty tyrant before the O’Kane takeover, and plenty of people harbour bitter memories of his cruelty. Especially now that Tatiana’s beloved baby sister has fallen in with a man who wants to start a revolution. Zan failed his boss once, and it won’t happen again. So when Dallas O’Kane asks him to defuse the rebellion brewing in the sector, he’ll do… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted sexual assault
Child abuse & neglect mentioned
Intimate partner violence
Fire
Kidnapping

Oz by Lily Morton

Oz Gallagher does not do relationships well. Bored and jobless after another disastrous hookup, he decides to leave London for a temporary job in the wilds of Cornwall. Surely managing a stately home on a country estate will be easier than navigating the detritus of his relationships at home. Six months there will alleviate a bit of his wanderlust and then he can come back to London as footloose and fancy-free as the day he left it. However, when he gets there he finds a house in danger of crumbling to the ground and a man who is completely unlike anyone he’s ever met… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse recounted

Silk and Steel by Ariana Nash and Pippa DaCosta

Silk & Steel by Ariana Nash & Pippa DaCosta

Eroan, one of the last elven assassins, lives for one purpose: kill the queen. He would have succeeded if not for her last line of defense: Prince Lysander. Now, captured and forced into the queen’s harem, Eroan sees another opportunity. Why kill just the queen when he can kill them all? It would be simple, if not for the troubled and alluring prince. A warrior, a killer, and something else…, something Eroan finds himself inexplicably drawn to. Trapped in a life he despises, Lysander knows his time is running out… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Slavery
Rape, on-page
Child sexual abuse recounted
Incest
Child abuse
Suicidal ideation
Drugging
Murder
Torture
Imprisonment

The Debt by Molly O’Keefe

The Debt by Molly O’Keefe

For the five kids who live at St. Jude’s Home for Court Placed Juveniles, life is a nightmare. Carissa, the youngest, has been there the longest. And barely speaks. Rosa is sixteen and pregnant. Simon keeps his head down and studies, hoping to get back the life he lost. Beth and Tommy, in the middle of the darkness, have found each other, and all they want is to be together. But when they get caught making out at school, it puts everyone in danger. Tommy is used to the beatings from their foster father, but when Beth is singled out for punishment, Tommy can’t.. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abuse in the foster care system
Teen pregnancy

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

When Viola Caroll was presumed dead at Waterloo she took the opportunity to live, at last, as herself. But freedom does not come without a price, and Viola paid for hers with the loss of her wealth, her title, and her closest companion, Justin de Vere, the Duke of Gracewood. Only when their families reconnect, years after the war does Viola learn how deep that loss truly was. Shattered without her, Gracewood has retreated so far into grief that Viola barely recognises her old friend in the lonely, brooding man he has beco… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Deadnaming
Child abuse recounted
Alcohol consumption
Drug use

Dreamer’s Pool by Juliet Marillier

Dreamer’s Pool by Juliet Marillier

In exchange for help escaping her long and wrongful imprisonment, embittered magical healer Blackthorn has vowed to set aside her bid for vengeance against the man who destroyed all that she once held dear. Followed by a former prison mate, a silent hulk of a man named Grim, she travels north to Dalriada. There she’ll live on the fringe of a mysterious forest, duty bound for seven years to assist anyone who asks for her help Oran, crown prince of Dalriada, has waited anxiously for the arrival of his future bride, Lady Flidais. He knows her only from a portrait and sweetly poetic… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Rape, off-page
Child abuse
House fire

The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich

The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich

High schooler Matt’s father is rich, powerful, and seemingly untouchable—a criminal with high hopes that his son will follow in his footsteps. Matt’s older brother Luke seems poised to do just that, with a bevy of hot girls in tow. But Matt has other ambitions—and attractions. And attraction sometimes doesn’t allow for good judgement. Matt wouldn’t have guessed that when he makes a new friend, one who is also carrying a secret. The boys’ connection turns romantic, a first for both. Now Matt must decide if he can ever do the impossible and come clean about who he… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Child abuse
Hospitalisation
Death of a parent mentioned
Gun violence
Gang violence mentioned

Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean

Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean

When Lady Henrietta Sedley declares her twenty-ninth year her own, she has plans to inherit her father’s business, to make her own fortune, and to live her own life. But first, she intends to experience a taste of the pleasure she’ll forgo as a confirmed spinster. Everything is going perfectly… until she discovers the most beautiful man she’s ever seen tied up in her carriage and threatening to ruin the Year of Hattie before it’s even begun. When he wakes in a carriage at Hattie’s feet, Whit, a king of Covent Garden known to all the world as Beast, can’t help but wonder about the strange woman who frees him—especially when he… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Child abuse recounted
Serious physical injury
Kidnapping
Knife violence & stabbing
Explosion
Torture recounted
Blackmail
Homelessness

Rule by Ellen Goodlett

Rule by Ellen Goodlett

The king is dying, his heir has just been murdered, and rebellion brews in the east. But the kingdom of Kolonya and the outer Reaches has one last option before it descends into leaderless chaos. Or rather, three unexpected options. Zofi has spent her entire life trekking through the outer Reaches with her band of Travelers. She would do anything to protect the band, her family. But no one can ever find out how far she’s already gone. Akeylah was raised in the Eastern Reach, surrounded by whispers of rebellion and abused by her father. Desperate to escape, she makes….. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Physical & verbal child abuse
Suicide
Self-harm
Famine
Death of a parent
Murder
Kidnapping
War themes

The Hope of Azure Springs by Rachel Fordham

The Hope of Azure Springs by Rachel Fordham

Seven years ago, orphaned and alone, Em finally arrived at a new home in Iowa after riding the orphan train. But secrets from her past haunt her, and her new life in the Western wilderness is a rough one. When her guardian is shot and killed, Em, now nineteen, finally has the chance to search for her long-lost sister, but she won’t be able to do it alone. For Azure Springs Sheriff Caleb Reynolds, securing justice for the waifish and injured Em is just part of his job. He’s determined to solve every case put before him in order to impress his parents and make a name for himself. Caleb expects… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse
Blood & injury depiction including a dead body
Death of a parent
Death of a sibling
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Kidnapping
Whipping mentioned