The Easy Way by May Archer

The Easy Way by May Archer

Camden Seaver had it easy – a loving family, plenty of money, and the freedom to follow his dreams while his older brother, Sebastian, took charge of the family business. But when a tragic plane crash killed his parents, all the responsibilities he never wanted landed firmly on his shoulders. Now saddled with his crazy, grief-stricken brother and his dad’s multimillion dollar company, Cam doesn’t trust in dreams anymore. He’s forgotten what “easy” feels like.

FBI Agent Kendrick “Cort” Cortland learned the hard way that he couldn’t depend on anyone but himself. Before joining the FBI, the one constant in his life was his foster brother, Damon – and then Damon disappeared... Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a mother & father
  • Disappearance of a sibling
  • Plane crash
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Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews

Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews

On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast. But Dina is…different: Her broom is a deadly weapon; her Inn is magic and thinks for itself. Meant to be a lodging for otherworldly visitors, the only permanent guest is a retired Galactic aristocrat who can’t leave the grounds because she’s responsible for the deaths of millions and someone might shoot her on sight. Under the circumstances, “normal” is a bit of a stretch for Dina… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Blood depiction
  • Explosion
  • Disappearance of a parent
  • Animal death
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Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews

Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews

Dina DeMille isn’t your typical Bed and Breakfast owner. Her inn defies laws of physics, her dog is secretly a monster, and the only permanent guest of the inn is a former Galactic tyrant with a price on her head. The inn needs guests to thrive and guests have been scarce, so when an Arbitrator shows up at Dina’s door and asks her to host a peace summit between three warring species, she jumps on the chance. Unfortunately, for Dina, bridging the gap between space vampires, the Hope-Crushing Horde, and the merchants of Baha-char is much easier said than done. To make the summit a success, she must find a chef, remodel the inn, keep her guests from murdering each other, and risk everything, even her life, to save the man she might fall in love with. But then it’s all in the day’s work for an Innkeeper.…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Explosions
  • Disappearance of a parent
  • War themes
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One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews

One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews

Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about. Guests like a former intergalactic tyrant with an impressive bounty on her head, the Lord Marshal of a powerful vampire clan, and a displaced-and-superhot werewolf; so don’t stand too close, or you may be collateral damage.

But what passes for Dina’s normal life is about to be thrown into chaos. First, she must rescue her long-distant older sister, Maud, who’s been exiled with her family to a planet that functions as the most lawless penal colony since Botany Bay. Then she agrees to help a guest whose last chance at saving his civilization could bring death and disaster to all Dina holds dear… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Blood depiction
  • Death of a spouse recounted
  • Gun violence
  • Disappearance of a parent recounted
  • War themes
  • Genocide
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Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist

After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally sOn a winter trip home to the island of Domarö, Anders and Cecilia take their six-year-old daughter Maja across the ice to visit the lighthouse at Gåvasten. And Maja disappears. Leaving not even a footprint in the snow.

Two years later, alone and more or less permanently drunk, Anders returns to Domarö to confront his despair. He slowly realises that Maja’s disappearance is not the first inexplicable tragedy to strike the islanders. Nor is everyone telling him all they know; even his own mother, it seems, is keeping secrets. And what is it about the sea? There’s something very bad happening on Domarö. Something that involves the sea itself.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Sexual assault
  • Alcohol abuse
  • Blood depiction
  • Disappearance of a child
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Tainted Frost by Maggie Adamyan

Tainted Frost by Maggie Adamyan

In Haven, Alaska, disappearances are not uncommon. But Anna Monroe refuses to believe her father’s disappearance is just another unfortunate case. She’s determined to find him, even if it’s on her own.

One sleepless night, a raven flies in through her bedroom window. In a flash of light, it transforms into Alex Romanov — Anna’s longterm crush. Alex tells her about the witch who lives in the woods, who steals and traps humans, and has taken his two younger brothers. Alex has reason to believe the witch may have Anna’s father as well. Together, they hatch a rescue plan. With Alex’s supernatural abilities and Anna’s help, they are determined to free their loved ones from the witch’s clutches. But of course nothing is ever that simple.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Disappearance of a parent
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We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson

We Now Return to Regular Life by Martin Wilson

Sam Walsh had been missing for three years. His older sister, Beth, thought he was dead. His childhood friend Josh thought it was all his fault. They were the last two people to see him alive.

Until now. Because Sam has been found, and he’s coming home. Beth desperately wants to understand what happened to her brother, but her family refuses to talk about it—even though Sam is clearly still affected by the abuse he faced at the hands of his captor.

And as Sam starts to confide in Josh about his past, Josh can’t admit the truths he’s hidden deep within himself: that he’s gay…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Homomisia & homomisic slurs
  • Child sexual abuse recounted
  • Kidnapping
  • Disappearance of a child
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100 Cupboards by ND Wilson

100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson

Twelve-year-old Henry York is going to sleep one night when he hears a bump on the attic wall above his head. It’s an unfamiliar house—Henry is staying with his aunt, uncle, and three cousins—so he tries to ignore it. But the next night he wakes up with bits of plaster in his hair. Two knobs have broken through the wall, and one of them is slowly turning…

Henry scrapes the plaster off the wall and discovers doors—ninety-nine cupboards of all different sizes and shapes. Through one he can hear the sound of falling rain. Through another he sees a glowing room—with a man strolling back and forth! Henry and his cousin Henrietta soon understand that these are not just cupboards. They are, in fact, portals to other worlds.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Loss of limb
  • Smoking
  • Disappearance of a mother & father
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Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

Twenty years ago Claire Scott’s eldest sister, Julia, went missing. No one knew where she went – no note, no body. It was a mystery that was never solved and it tore her family apart. Now another girl has disappeared, with chilling echoes of the past. And it seems that she might not be the only one. Claire is convinced Julia’s disappearance is linked. But when she begins to learn the truth about her sister, she is confronted with a shocking discovery, and nothing will ever be the same… 

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape & paedophilia
  • Suicide mentioned
  • Drug abuse
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Death of a sister & spouse
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Gun violence
  • House fire
  • Kidnapping
  • Disappearance of a sibling
  • Animal abuse mentioned

The Million Pieces of Neena Gill by Emma Smith-Barton

The Million Pieces of Neena Gill by Emma Smith-Barton

Neena’s always been a good girl – great grades, parent-approved friends and absolutely no boyfriends. But ever since her brother Akash left her, she’s been slowly falling apart – and uncovering a new version of herself who is freer, but altogether more dangerous.

As her wild behaviour spirals more and more out of control, Neena’s grip on her sanity begins to weaken too. And when her parents announce not one but two life-changing bombshells, she finally reaches breaking point. But as Neena is about to discover, when your life falls apart, only love can piece you back together.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Anxiety
  • Panic attacks
  • Psychosis & psychotic episode
  • Depression
  • Alcohol abuse
  • Suicide discussed
  • Disappearance of a loved one
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