Damaged Goods by Talia Hibbert

Laura Burne‘s husband is a monster, her diamond ring is a trap, and her pregnancy is the push she needs to finally escape. She runs away seeking safety… and finds Samir Bianchi, her long-lost teenage sweetheart. With his kind eyes and dirty smile, Samir’s still hot as hell—and he still treats Laura like a goddess, baby bump and all. The wild boy she spent one magical summer with is every inch a man, and he’s more than ready to care for her tiny family. But Laura’s been keeping a secret Samir might never forgive. When she finally confesses, will he remain by her side? Or is this fairytale end… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Fatmisia
  • Emotional abuse & gaslighting
  • Intimate partner abuse & violence
  • Child & parental abuse recounted
  • Cheating
  • Alcoholism mentioned
  • Pregnancy, including doctors visits & sonograms
  • Childbirth
  • Emesis mentioned
  • Death of a father mentioned

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. Romantic partners, whatever their gender, are a distraction at best and a drain at worst. So Dani asks the universe for the perfect friend-with-benefits—someone who knows the score and knows their way around the bedroom. When brooding security guard Zafir Ansari rescues Dani from a workplace fire drill gone wrong, it’s an obvious sign: PhD student Dani and ex-rugby player Zaf are destined to sleep together. But… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Anxiety
  • Panic attack
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a brother
  • Death of a father
  • Death by car accident

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

When Nadia’s family moves to Captive’s Sound, she instantly realizes there’s more to the place than meets the eye. Descended from witches, Nadia can sense that a spell has been cast over the tiny Rhode Island town—a sickness infecting everyone and everything in it. The magic at work is darker and more powerful than anything she’s come across and has sunk its claws most deeply into Mateo, her rescuer, her friend, and the guy she yearns to get closer to even as he pushes her away. Mateo has lived in Captive’s Sound his entire life, shadowed by small-town gossip and his family’s tormented past. Every generation… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism & ableist language,
  • Racist microaggressions
  • Sexual assault (by coercion)
  • Sexual harassment
  • Parental abandonment
  • Parental divorce
  • Nightmares
  • Hospitalisation
  • Coma
  • Facial scars mentioned
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a mother from suicide by drowning recounted
  • Death of a grandfather in a fire mentioned
  • Death of a mother & father from viral pneumonia mentioned
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Near-drowning
  • Car accident, on-page
  • Loss of autonomy (memory manipulation and mind control)
  • Sinkholes, on-page
  • Bullying
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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
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Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews

Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews

As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters have extraordinary powers—powers their ruthless grandmother would love to control. Catalina can earn her family some protection working as deputy to the Warden of Texas, overseeing breaches of magic law in the state, but that has risks as well. When House Baylor is under attack and monsters haunt her every step, Catalina is forced to rely on handsome, dangerous Alessandro Sagredo, the Prime who crushed her heart. The nightmare that Alessandro has fought since childhood has come roaring back to life, but now Catalina is under threat. Not even his life…Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny & slut-shaming
  • Panic attacks
  • ALcohol consumption
  • Blood & gore depiction including body horror
  • Emesis
  • Needles
  • Death of a father from cancer recounted
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Gun violence
  • Nonfatal poisoning of a grandparent
  • Stalking
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The Cove by Alice Clark-Platts

The Cove by Alice Clark-Platts

Welcome to Turtle Cove. A luxury resort surrounded by pristine sea and the dense beauty of the jungle, it is the perfect escape from the stresses of life and work. For couples Lou and Adam, Eliza and Noah, a few days spent relaxing on the beach, while their kids are happily distracted, is exactly what they need. But appearances can be deceiving. There’s a strange tension brewing at the resort, with relations between the hotel and the locals threatening to spill over into violence. This is nothing though compared to the strained atmosphere between the two families. They haven’t been friends for long and they are starting to realise they… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment mentioned
  • Child neglect recounted
  • Spousal and parental infidelity mentioned
  • Suicide, on-page
  • Alcohol consumption & abuse, on-page
  • Recreational drug use
  • Minor physical injury including mentions of burns
  • COVID-19 pandemic mentioned (epilogue)
  • Graphic dead bodies
  • Death of a husband
  • Death of a father recounted
  • Death of a mother from suicide by hanging recounted
  • Murder
  • Disappearance of a spouse & child
  • Explosion
  • Gun violence mentioned
  • Fire
  • Animal death mentioned (wild pig, fish)
  • Mentions of cruel animal hunting practices
  • Discussions of loss of business/livelihoods and traditional ways of life due to climate change
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The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

After the tragic death of his beloved musician father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house – a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn’t understand what these things are saying, he can sense their emotional tone; some are pleasant, a gentle hum or coo, but others are snide, angry, and full of pain. When his mother develops a hoarding problem, the voices grow more clamorous. At first, Benny tries to ignore them, but soon the voices follow him outside the house, onto the street, and at school, driving him, at last, to seek refuge in the silence of a large public library, where… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fatmisia & body-shaming
  • Sexual assault of a minor
  • Disordered eating
  • Hoarding Disorder
  • Self-harm
  • Terminal cancer
  • Death of a father
  • Bullying
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Small Change by Roan Parrish

Small Change by Roan Parrish

Ginger Holtzman has fought for everything she’s ever had—the success of her tattoo shop, respect in the industry, her upcoming art show. Tough and independent, she has taking-no-crap down to an art form. Good thing too, since keeping her shop afloat, taking care of her friends, and scrambling to finish her paintings doesn’t leave time for anything else. Which … is for the best, because then she doesn’t notice how lonely she is. She’ll get through it all on her own, just like she always does. Christopher Lucen opened a coffee and sandwich joint in South Philly… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Homophobic slur
  • Workplace sexual harassment mentioned (secondary character)
  • Sibling with Major Depressive Disorder & attempted suicide recounted
  • Self-harm mentioned
  • Drug use recounted & smoking
  • Death of a mother from cancer

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexism
  • Workplace sexual harassment, off-page
  • Major Depressive Disorder mentioned
  • Attempted suicide mentioned
  • Self-harm recounted
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Drug use & smoking
  • Chronic migraines
  • Amputation (arm) mentioned
  • Death of a father mentioned
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The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish

The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish

Last month, Alex Barrow’s whole life imploded—partner, home, job, all gone in forty-eight hours. But sometimes when everything falls apart, better things appear almost like magic. Now, he’s back in his Michigan hometown, finally opening the bakery he’s always dreamed of. But the pleasure of opening day is nothing compared to the lonely and beautiful man who bewitches Alex before he even orders. Corbin Wale is a weirdo. At least, that’s what he’s heard his whole life. He knows he’s often in a fantasy world, but the things he feels are very real. And so is the reason… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Ableism & homophobia
  • Intimate partner abuse mentioned (secondary character)
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a father from an aneurysm recounted
  • Death of an aunt recounted
  • Death of a spouse from a heart attack mentioned (secondary character)
  • Bullying recounted

In the Middle of Somewhere by Roan Parrish

In the Middle of Somewhere by Roan Parrish

Daniel Mulligan is tough, snarky, and tattooed, hiding his self-consciousness behind sarcasm. Daniel has never fit in—not at home in Philadelphia with his auto mechanic father and brothers, and not at school where his Ivy League classmates looked down on him. Now, Daniel’s relieved to have a job at a small college in Holiday, Northern Michigan, but he’s a city boy through and through, and it’s clear that this small town is one more place he won’t fit in. Rex Vale clings to routine to keep loneliness at bay: honing his muscular body, perfecting his recipes, and making custom furniture. Rex has lived in Holiday for years, but his… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Homophobia & outing
  • Hate crime (‘gay bashing’) leading to the death of the protagonist’s ex-partner and his hospitalisation for injuries
  • Nightmares
  • Protagonists with a speech impediment & chronic migraines
  • Attempted suicide recounted
  • Death of a father from a heart attack
  • Death of a mother from pancreatic cancer
  • Death of a brother from suicide mentioned (secondary character)
  • Car accident resulting an injured dog (no death)