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The Hate You Drink by N.R. Walker

The Hate You Drink by N.R. Walker

Erik Keston, son of the Keston Real Estate empire, knows what it takes to be successful. Despite his inherent wealth, he holds his own. He works hard, he’s grounded, he’s brilliant. He’s also secretly in love with his best friend. Monroe Wellman lost his parents three years ago and never grieved, never recovered. Inheriting the family company and wealth means nothing, and his spiral of self-destruction is widespread and spectacular. Dubbed Sydney’s bad boy, he spends more days drunk than sober, and the only person who’s stuck by him through it all is his best mate… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcoholism
Alconom consumption & abuse
Death of a parent recounted

Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare

Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare

Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. In the wake of the tragic death of Livia Blackthorn, the Clave teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the disease that is destroying the race of warlocks. Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find in the Courts is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Blood and gore depiction including dead bodies
Grief and loss depiction
Death of a sister recounted
Death of a mother and father recounted
Murder and attempted murder
Exile
Drowning
Whipping recounted
War themes

This is How We Fly by Anna Meriano

This is How We Fly by Anna Meriano

17-year-old vegan feminist Ellen Lopez-Rourke has one muggy Houston summer left before college. She plans to spend every last moment with her two best friends before they go off to the opposite ends of Texas for school. But when Ellen is grounded for the entire summer by her (sometimes) evil stepmother, all her plans are thrown out the window. Determined to do something with her time, Ellen (with the help of BFF Melissa) convinces her parents to let her join the local muggle Quidditch team. An all-gender, full-contact game, Quidditch isn’t quite what Ellen expects. There’s no flying, no magic, just a bunch of scrap… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Toxic parent-child relationship
Physical injury
Death of a parent

Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Her sister’s bachelorette party is the highlight of a miserable year for Alexis Chambers, but once her bridesmaid’s dress is packed away, she’s back to coping with her life as a once popular athlete and violinist turned loner and the focus of her parents’ disappointment. She isn’t expecting much from her freshman year of college until she finds herself sharing a class with Treasure, the gorgeous stripper from her sister’s party. Trisha Hamilton has finally gotten the credits and the money together to transfer to a four-year university. Between classes, studying… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Amisia
Coming out themes
Underage sex work
Depression
Anxiety
Attempted suicide recounted
Death of a father
Death of a grandmother

The Beast by Katee Robert

The Beast by Katee Robert

Once upon a time, I fell in love with two men. Their feelings for me were matched only by their hatred for each other. Gaeton, with his brash charm and casual cruelty. Beast, his lust equal to his penchant for violence. Being with them was sinful and perfect in different ways. In the end, I couldn’t choose, and I lost them both. Now, my sisters have tasked me with securing our power base, no matter the cost. I will do anything for my family—even if it means agreeing to the terms set by Gaeton and Beast. The three of us. Together. But only for as long as it takes me to choose one of them once and for all. When play… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Weight loss mentioned
Death of a parent from cancer, off-page
Threat of gun violence

I Promise You by Ilsa Madden-Mills

I Promise You by Ilsa Madden-Mills

There’s a legend at Waylon University: the first girl you kiss freshman year at the bonfire party is the one you’ll never forget. She’ll crawl under your skin. She’ll spark a passion so fierce you’ll burn the world down to possess her. You might even put a ring on it. But…timing is everything. That kiss can go horribly wrong. She might run in the opposite direction. And boy, did Serena run. Dillon is Waylon’s hotshot quarterback with something to prove. All he wants is to graduate and make it to the NFL. What he doesn’t need is to finally meet the mystery girl he kissed at the bonfire freshman year. Isn’t it enough that she’s haunted his… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating recounted
Divorce recounted
Miscarriage recounted
Death of a parent, off-page
Death of a sibling, off-page

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Seventeen-year-old Iris Hollow has always been strange. Something happened to her and her two older sisters when they were children, something they can’t quite remember but that left each of them with an identical half-moon scar at the base of their throats. Iris has spent most of her teenage years trying to avoid the weirdness that sticks to her like tar. But when her eldest sister, Grey, goes missing under suspicious circumstances, Iris learns just how weird her life can get: horned men start shadowing her, a corpse falls out of her sister’s ceiling, and ugly, impossible memories start to twist their way to the forefront of… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault & attempted rape recounted, on-page
Familial estrangement
Hallucinations & delusions
Self-injury mentioned
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Recreational drug use
Miscarriage mentioned
Psychiatric hospitalisation of a parent mentioned
Graphic body horror
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injuries, including gunshot wounds
Graphic dead bodies
Emesis
Skinning mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a sister by drowning recounted
Death of a father from suicide mentioned
Death of a child, off-page
Gun violence
Knife violence & stabbing
Strangulation
Physical assault
Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping recounted
Disappearance of a sister
Fire
Bullying
Animal dead bodies mentioned

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne

For generations, every Frankenstein has found their true love and equal, unlocking lifetimes of blissful wedded adventure. Clever, pretty (and odd) Angelika Frankenstein has run out of suitors and fears she may become the exception to this family rule. When assisting in her brother Victor’s ground-breaking experiment to bring a reassembled man back to life, she realizes that having an agreeable gentleman convalescing in the guest suite might be a chance to let a man get to know the real her. For the first time, Angelika embarks upon a project that is all her own… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Pregnancy & infertility
Death of parents recounted

Do You Take This Man by Denise Williams

Do You Take This Man by Denise Williams

Divorce attorney RJ would never describe herself as romantic. But when she ends up officiating an unplanned wedding for a newly engaged couple in a park, her life is turned upside down. The video of the ceremony goes viral, and she finds herself in the unlikely position of being a sought-after local wedding officiant. Spending her free time overseeing “I dos” isn’t her most strategic career move, but she enjoys it, except for the type A dude-bro wedding planner she’s forced to work with. Former pro-football event manager Lear is a people person, but after his longtime girlfriend betrayed him, he isn’t looking for love. He… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Cheating recounted
Death of parents mentioned

Always, in December by Emily Stone

Always, in December by Emily Stone

Every December, Josie posts a letter from her home in London to the parents she lost on Christmas night many years ago. Each year, she writes the same three words: Missing you, always. But this year, her annual trip to the postbox is knocked off course by a bicycle collision with a handsome stranger–a stranger who will change the course of Josie’s life. Josie always thought she was the only one who avoided the Christmas season, but this year, Max has his own reasons for doing the same–and coincidence leads them to spending the holiday together. Aglow with new love, Josie thinks this might be the start of something special… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Heart attack
Grief & loss depiction
Death of parents