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Confess by Colleen Hoover

Confess by Colleen Hoover

Auburn Reed is determined to rebuild her shattered life and she has no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to become deeply attracted to the studio’s enigmatic artist, Owen Gentry.

For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is hiding a huge secret. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it—but can she do it?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Sexual assault
Cheating
Intimate partner abuse & violence
Pain pill addiction
Drug use & abuse
Alcohol consumption
Teen pregnancy
Hospital
Coma
Death of a parent
Death of a child
Car accident

Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover

Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover

Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah Grim’s parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself.

With only two short months separating her from the future she’s built and the past she desperately wants to leave behind, an unexpected death leaves Beyah with no place to go during the interim. Forced to reach out to her last resort, Beyah has to spend the remainder of her summer on a peninsula in Texas with a father she barely knows. Beyah’s plan is to keep her head down and let the summer slip by seamlessly, but her new neighbor Samson throws a wrench in that plan… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Sexual assault
Sexual harassment
Drug overdose
Death of a parent
Poverty themes

Verity by Colleen Hoover

Verity by Colleen Hoover

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiogr… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Child abuse
Attempted self-abortion
Death of a child
Death of a parent
Murder
Attempted murder of a newborn
Car accident

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up— she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true. Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Attempted rape
Parental abandonment
Domestic abuse (theme)
Intimate partner violence
Suicide mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Death of a parent
Homelessness

Wait for It by Jenn McKinlay

Wait for It by Jenn McKinlay

Stuck in a dreary Boston winter, Annabelle Martin would like nothing more than to run away from her current life. She’s not even thirty years old, twice-divorced, and has just dodged a marriage proposal… from her ex-husband. When she’s offered her dream job as creative director at a cutting-edge graphic design studio in Phoenix, she jumps at the opportunity to start over.

When she arrives in the Valley of the Sun, Annabelle is instantly intrigued by her anonymous landlord. Based on the cranky, handwritten notes Nick Daire leaves her, she assumes he is an old, rich curmudgeon. Annabelle is shocked when she finally meets Nick and discovers that he’s her age and uses a wheelchair. Nick suffered from a stroke a year ago, and while there’s no physical reason for him not to recover, he is struggling to overcome the paralyzing fear that has kept him a prisoner in his own home.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Abandonment recounted
Anxiety & panic attack
Parent with alcoholism recounted
Stroke
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent recounted

The One True Me and You by Remi England

The One True Me and You by Remi K. England

Up and coming fanfic author Kaylee Beaumont is internally screaming at the chance to finally meet her fandom friends in real life and spend a weekend at GreatCon. She also has a side quest for the weekend: try out they/them pronouns to see how it feels, wear more masculine-presenting cosplay, and kiss a girl for the first time.

It’s… a lot, and Kay mostly wants to lie face down on the hotel floor. Especially when her hometown bully, Miss North Carolina, shows up in the very same hotel. But there’s this con-sponsored publishing contest, and the chance to meet her fandom idols… and then, there’s Teagan… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Transmisia
Homomisia
Lesbomisia
Public outing
Sexism
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother from suicide recounted
Gender dysphoria
Bullying

When Sparks Fly by Helena Hunting

When Sparks Fly by Helena Hunting

Running the Spark House, a hotel/event space that has been in her family for years, has been Avery Spark’s lifelong dream. After years of working hard and making personal sacrifices, Avery and her two younger sisters have turned the Spark House into the premier destination in Colorado Springs. Avery is living her best life—she works with her sisters and loves every minute of it, she has a great group of friends, and she lives in a fantastic condo with her best friend Declan. She might not have any love in her life, but she’s happy.

But everything comes to a screeching halt when Avery is in a car accident, leaving her immobile for weeks. After nearly losing Avery, Declan insists that he will be the one to take care of her while she recovers. However, as Declan becomes Avery’s caretaker, lines begin to blur… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Cheating recounted
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Anxiety & panic attacks
Recreational drug use
Death of a parent
Car accident, on-page
Stalking

Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft

Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft

Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft

He says he loves you. So…why does he do that?

You’ve asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the chance to see inside the minds of angry and controlling men—and change your life. In Why Does He Do That? you will learn about:

• The early warning signs of abuse
• The nature of abusive thinking
• Myths about abusers
• Ten abusive personality types
• The role of drugs and alcohol
• What you can fix, and what you can’t
• And how to get out of an abusive relationship safely

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Sexism & misogyny
Body shaming & fatmisia
Racism & racial slurs
Slut-shaming
Victim blaming
Sex worker shaming & slurs
Rape, including by coercion
Sexual abuse
Sexual harassment
Abusive relationships
Age-gap relationships, including adult-minor
Cheating, including grey-area cheating
Child abuse, including sexual abuse
Domestic abuse & violence
Dubious consent scenarios
Emotional abuse
Paedophilia & grooming
Parental abuse & neglect
Physical abuse
Verbal abuse
Mental illness
Substance addiction, including alcoholism
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Suicidal ideation
Intrusive thoughts
Physical assault
Murder & attempted murder
Recreational drug use
Medical treatment & procedures
Death of a parent or guardian
Gun violence
Disappearance of a loved one
Poverty themes
Blackmail
Bullying

One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus

On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app. Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention, Simon’s dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn’t an accident. On Monday, he died. But on… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism, racism, sexism & slut-shaming
Homophobia & coming out themes
Dubious consent scenarios involving minors discussed, including mentions of nonconsensual voyeurism*
Parental abandonment recounted
Infidelity, recounted & discussed
Alcoholism mentioned
Bipolar Disorder
Suicide & attempted suicide and self-harm
Alcohol consumption & abuse and recreational drug use
Death from anaphylaxis
Cancer mentioned and heart attack
Hospitalisation
Death of a classmate (on-page)
Death of an uncle mentioned
Death of a mother recounted
Murder & attempted murder
School shooting & gun violence discussed
Strangulation
Physical assault
Car accident recounted
Blackmail
Bullying

*Context: Characters under the influence of alcohol recount having sex, and a protagonist recounts coerced ‘consent’ to sex with her boyfriend.

Firestarter by Stephen King

Firestarter by Stephen King

The Department of Scientific Intelligence (aka “The Shop”) never anticipated that two participants in their research program would marry and have a child. Charlie McGee inherited pyrokinetic powers from her parents, who had been given a low-grade hallucinogen called “Lot Six” while at college. Now the government is trying to capture young Charlie and harness her powerful firestarting skills as a weapon.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableist language
Fatmisia and body shaming
Transmisia
Misogyny
Medical abuse
Child abuse
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Suicide
Alcohol use
Nonconsensual drugging
Institutionalization
Death of a parent
Murder
Graphic fire scenes and arson
Kidnapping
Explosions
Nightmares
Mind control
War themes
Animal death