Death of a Parent & Guardian – Trigger Warning Database

When I Was Ten by Fiona Cummins

Everyone remembered Sara and Shannon Carter, the little blonde haired sisters. Their Dad was the local GP and they lived in the beautiful house on the hill. Their best friend, Brinley Booth, lived next door. They would do anything for each other but everything shifted on that fateful day when Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were stabbed fourteen times with a pair of scissors in what has become the most talked about double murder of the modern age. The girls were aged ten and twelve at the time. One, nicknam… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Physical & verbal child abuse in a foster care system, including forced starvation
Blood & gore depiction
Murder of a mother & father by stabbing with scissors

Barbie Dreamscape by Alex Aster

Barbie’s life is perfect. She lives in a pink-hued paradise called Heartland where everything is in order and everyone has a role to play, thanks to the mysterious and all-powerful beings who will soon assign her a Fate at graduation from the enchanted Swancrest Academy. She’s worked hard to earn a good one. Her years of endless studying and acing every challenge are about to pay off. But when the unthinkable happens and Barbie is left Fateless—the first in Heartland’s history—her carefully ordered world shatters. Sh… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Death of a mother recounted
Near-drowning incident
Building collapse
Animal attack (magical bird)

Starside by Alex Aster

Hundreds of years ago, a brutal war split a land in two. Starside is the realm of magic and immortals—the descendants of the gods, living in a power-rich paradise. Stormside is where mortals fight for scraps of that magic. Every fifty years, the gates between them open, and fifty challengers are allowed to journey across Starside on a deadly quest to access a pool of magic that can heal, grant wealth, or extend life. Everyone has their reasons for entering, but Aris has only vengeance. As a child, a goddess set fire to her village, killing her family. Aris isn’t…. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Death of a parent & child
Torture mentioned

The Last Invitation by Darby Kane

They meet the second Tuesday of every month and vote…and then someone dies. Over the last few years, prominent people—a retired diplomat, beloved basketball coach, the CEO of an empire—have died in a series of fluke accidents and shocking suicides. There’s no apparent connection, no signs of foul play. Behind it all is a powerful group of women, the Sophie Foundation, who meet over wine and cheese to review files of men who behave very, very badly, and then mete out justice. Jessa Hall jumped at the mysterious, exclusive invitation to this secret club… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Grooming & child sexual abuse mentioned
Sexual assault mentioned
Domestic abuse
Divorce discussed
Infidelity
Death of a parent

Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson

Keyanna “Key” MacKay is used to secrets. Raised by a single father who never divulged his past, it’s only after his death that she finds herself thrust into the world he’d always refused to speak of. With just a childhood bedtime story about a monster that saved her father’s life and the name of her estranged grandmother to go off of, Key has no idea what she’ll find in Scotland. But repeating her father’s mistakes and being rescued by a gorgeous, angry Scotsman—who thinks she’s an idiot—is definitely the last thing she expects… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Parental abandonment
Parent with Alzheimer’s Disease
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Imprisonment recounted (secondary character)
Physical assault with a knife
Kidnapping

Single Malt by Layla Reyne

FBI agent Aidan “Irish” Talley had it all until a harrowing car crash left him with a heap of survivor’s guilt and a hole in his heart where his happily ever after used to be. Aiming to fill the void, he returns to work—and to a new partner. Charming, smart, and athletic, Jamie is the last thing Aidan’s bruised heart needs. Cyber agent Jameson “Whiskey” Walker joined the Bureau three years ago and has pined for Aidan ever since. Working with the Irish expat is a fantasy and a challenge, one Jamie intends to win by earning the surly older agent’s trust and respect. Except there’s no time… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism
Child physical & sexual abuse and stalking by a foster parent mentioned (secondary character)
Infidelity mentioned (secondary character)
Child trafficking mentioned
Early On-Set Alzheimer’s Disease mentioned (secondary character)
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Spouse with terminal cancer mentioned (secondary character)
Death of a brother in an Irish Republican Army (IRA) car bombing recounted
Death of a father in a factory fire recounted
Graphic hit-and-run car accident as attempted murder, resulting in hospitalisation for coma & head injuries and death of the protagonist’s husband & working partner
Bioterrorism discussed

The Last Drop by Layla Reyne

Three restaurants, three flops. Chef Gregory Valteau doesn’t want to believe it’s a sign, but his culinary future in New Orleans looks bleak. Until he meets a handsome hipster with all the right moves, behind the bar and in bed. Gone the next morning, the sexy bartender leaves Greg inspired and wanting more—of him and his creative cocktails. Anthony Monaco has spent five years on the go, but a steamy NOLA night with a sexy chef has Tony aching for a return trip to the Big Easy. When Greg offers him the chance to help launch a new gastropub, Tony can’t turn it down. But six weeks… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Alcoholism
Death of a parent
Car accident

Us Dark Few by Alexis Patton

Khalani is a Prisoner. Takeshi is a Guard. Both are slaves to the Underground. Khalani Kanes has never stood on the surface of the earth. In the underground city of Apollo, faith and dreams are as absent as the sun. She longed to visit Genesis, the infamous Domed City and the final place where humanity lives aboveground. But when Khalani is given a life sentence and thrown into prison for a theft she didn’t commit, those wishes shatter into oblivion. In Braderhelm Prison, murderers are neighbors, ruthless and cold-blooded guards live to punish, and every second is a battle… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Sexual assault & attempted rape, thwarted by the perpetrator being beaten to death & having his eyes plucked out
Physical child abuse & domestic violence recounted, resulting in the love interest murdering his step-father in revenge for murdering his mother
Suicidal ideation (protagonist, on-page)
Alcohol consumption & mentions of smoking
Decapitation mentioned
Murder of a mother & father recounted (protagonist)
Physical assault & death in ‘fight pits’
Mass shooting mentioned
Imprisonment (theme), including inhumane treatment of prisoners through electrocution, starvation, and being worked to death
Nuclear fallout & terrorism recounted (post-apocalyptic world, set 300 years after the events)

A Mixture of Mischief by Anna Meriano

Leo Logroño may have discovered the true nature of her magical abilities, but her education in how to use them in her family’s magical bakery has only just begun. And that isn’t the only bit of trouble in her life: her family’s baking heirlooms have begun to go missing, and a new bakery called Honeybees has opened across the street, threatening to run Amor y Azúcar right out of business. With two of her sisters on a special spirit-hunting spring-break trip with her tía Paloma, and with Mamá busy guarding the bakery to keep away any more bad luck, Leo must work with her best… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother from cancer recounted
Kidnapping

A Sprinkle of Spirits by Anna Meriano

Leonora Logroño has finally been introduced to her family’s bakery bruja magic—but that doesn’t mean everything is all sugar and spice. Her special power hasn’t shown up yet, her family still won’t let her perform her own spells, and they now act rude every time Caroline comes by to help Leo with her magic training. She knows that the family magic should be kept secret, but Caroline is her best friend, and she’s been feeling lonely ever since her mom passed away. Why should Leo have to choose between being a good bruja and a good friend? In the midst… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother from cancer recounted