Death of a Partner & Spouse – Page 24 – Trigger Warning Database

Santa Daddy by Keira Andrews

Santa Daddy by Keira Andrews

Hunter is hopelessly adrift after college. He’s still romantically inexperienced, can’t find a real job, and has no clue what to do with his life. Desperate, he returns to his humiliating old gig as an elf at the Santa’s Village in his hometown’s dying mall.

Twice Hunter’s size and age, lumberjack Nick makes Hunter tingle. Too bad he’s super grumpy and intimidating. Years after the tragic death of his partner, Nick has his beagle and long, hard days on his Christmas tree farm. That’s plenty… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a partner recounted

The Trouble with Christmas by Amy Andrews

The Trouble with Christmas by Amy Andrews

All Suzanne St. Michelle wants is an over-the-top, eggnog-induced holiday with her best friend in Credence, Colorado. But when her hoity-toity parents insist she come home for Christmas in New York, she blurts out that her sexy landlord is actually her boyfriend and she can’t leave him—Joshy loves Christmas. The more twinkle lights the better.

Rancher Joshua Grady does not love Christmas. Or company, or chatty women. Unfortunately for him, the chattiest woman ever has rented the cottage on his ranch, invited her rich, art-scene parents… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a girlfriend recounted

Deadline by Mira Grant

Deadline by Mira Grant

Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn’t seem as fun when you’ve lost as much as he has. But when a CDC researcher fakes her own death and appears on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun has a newfound interest in life.

Because she brings news-he may have put down the monster who attacked them, but the conspiracy is far from dead… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Self-sacrifice
Hallucinations
Blood & gore depiction
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a sister
Death of a friend
Death of a spouse
Gun violence
Animal testing

The World on Either Side by Diane Terrana

The World on Either Side by Diane Terrana

After the death of her boyfriend, sixteen-year old Valentine stops going to school, quits seeing her friends, and, finally, won’t leave her bed. Desperate for her daughter to recover, Valentine’s mother takes her on a trek in Thailand. In the mountains north of Chiang Mai, Valentine finds a world she didn’t know existed, where houses are on stilts and elephants still roam wild. She learns about the Burmese civil war and the relentless violence against the Karen and Rohingya peoplest… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Human trafficking
Rape
Depression
Attempted suicide by overdose
Self-harm (cutting)
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a boyfriend recounted
Murder
Graphic animal cruelty & abuse
Poaching

Everything That Makes You by Moriah McStay

Everything That Makes You by Moriah McStay

One girl. Two stories. Meet Fiona Doyle. The thick ridges of scar tissue on her face are from an accident twelve years ago. Fiona has notebooks full of songs she’s written about her frustrations, her dreams, and about her massive crush on beautiful uber-jock Trent McKinnon. If she can’t even find the courage to look Trent straight in his beautiful blue eyes, she sure isn’t brave enough to play or sing any of her songs in public. But something’s changing in Fiona. She can’t be defined by her scars anymore… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Facial scars (burns)
Cheating
Physical injury
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a twin brother recounted
Death of a boyfriend from heart disease

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls—nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it’s a different woman every night, but that’s just fine with her. When Delilah’s estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding with a guilt trip and a five-figure check, Delilah finds herself back… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Lesbomisia (d slur)
Cheating recounted
Parental abandonment, off-page
Emotional abusive relationship & gaslighting mentioned
Toxic relationship with step-parent
Alcohol consumption
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father from an aneurysm recounted
Death of a mother from cervical cancer recounted
Death of a spouse from cancer mentioned

Reaper’s Stand by Joanna Wylde

Reaper’s Stand by Joanna Wylde

As Reapers Motorcycle Club president, Reese “Picnic” Hayes has given his entire life to the club. After losing his wife, he knew he’d never love another woman. And with two daughters to raise and a club to manage, that was just fine with him. These days, Reese keeps his relationships free and easy—he definitely doesn’t want to waste his time on a glorified cleaning lady like London Armstrong. Too bad he’s completely obsessed with her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape mentioned
Death of a spouse
Torture

Love on a Summer Night by Zoe York

Love on a Summer Night by Zoe York

Zander Minelli has six months left in his Army career, and then he’s coming home to Pine Harbour for good. But first he needs to figure out what he’s going to do with the rest of his life–after he spends a good long while kicking back and enjoying his freedom. Widowed single mother Faith Davidson is ready to start dating again. But only someone solid, with a job and a pension and absolutely no tattoos. Definitely not someone who’s only in town for a week, whose extended life plans include riding his motorcycle across the country and sleeping until noon.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a husband

Love on a Spring Morning by Zoe York

Love on a Spring Morning by Zoe York

Single father and widower Ryan Howard has zero interest in the movie being filmed in Pine Harbour or the high-maintenance stars staying in the cottages at the end of his lane. He’s just barely holding on to the raw remains of his life and the fantasy world being concocted around him is, as far as he’s concerned, a complete waste of time and energy. The one bright light in his life is an intern on the set, Holly Cresinski, and their quiet conversations at the end of the day on his back porch. Determined to solve the case, Danika’s only lead is Rayne, a vampire whose power… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a wife

Falling Under by Danielle Younge-Ullman

Falling Under by Danielle Younge-Ullman

After surviving a turbulent childhood, Mara Foster has finally gained independence and success as a painter. Now in her late twenties, she lives alone, still burdened by a troubled past involving a teenage affair with an older man and the tragic loss of her college boyfriend. But when Mara meets Hugo, the walls she has built around herself begin to crumble. Despite herself, she starts to fall in love and realizes she must either confront her dark secrets or be consumed by them. And either way, she risks losing Hugo and her second chance at happiness

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Anxiety
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a boyfriend recounted