Steadfast by Claudia Gray

Steadfast by Claudia Gray

Nadia, Mateo, and Verlaine have saved Captive’s Sound from the dark Sorceress Elizabeth…or so they thought. Despite their best efforts, a crack opened and a new, greater evil seeped through. With Mateo as her Steadfast, Nadia’s magic is magnified and she is more powerful than ever. But there is still so much she doesn’t know about the craft, leaving her open and vulnerable to a darker magic…which has begun to call Nadia’s name. 

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape & attempted rape by coercion (off-page)
  • Parental abandonment
  • Parental divorce
  • Nightmares
  • Suicide discussed
  • Hospitalisation
  • Coma
  • Eye-gouging mentioned
  • Death of a mother from suicide by drowning mentioned
  • Death of a mother & father from viral pneumonia mentioned
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Loss of autonomy (mind control)
  • Sinkholes, on-page
  • Animal attack
  • Animal death (birds)
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Is This Tomorrow by Caroline Leavitt

Is This Tomorrow by Caroline Leavitt

In 1956, when divorced, working-mom Ava Lark rents a house with her twelve-year-old son, Lewis, in a Boston suburb, the neighborhood is less than welcoming. Lewis yearns for his absent father, befriending the only other fatherless kids: Jimmy and Rose. One afternoon, Jimmy goes missing. The neighborhood in the era of the Cold War, bomb scares, and paranoia seizes the opportunity to further ostracize Ava and her son. Lewis never recovers from the disappearance of his childhood friend. By the time he reaches his twenties, he’s living a directionless life, a failure in love, estranged from his mother. Rose is now a schoolteacher in… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Divorce recounted
  • Bullying

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Then. Twentysomething writer Chani Horowitz is stuck. While her former MFA classmates are nabbing book deals, she’s in the trenches writing puff pieces. Then she’s hired to write a profile of movie star Gabe Parker. The Gabe Parker–her forever celebrity crush, the object of her fantasies, the background photo on her phone–who’s also just been cast as the new James Bond. It’s terrifying and thrilling all at once… yet if she can keep her cool and nail the piece, it could be a huge win. Gabe will get good press, and her career will skyrocket. But what comes next proves to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Divorce
  • Alcoholism (recovery)
  • Weight loss & gain discussed
  • Death of a father mentioned

What Might Have Been by Holly Miller

What Might Have Been by Holly Miller

Lucy is at a crossroads. The same night she quits her thankless job she meets Caleb, a local photographer in her seaside town, and has a run-in with Max–the once love of her life. As Lucy decides the right path forward–finally pursue her dream of becoming a writer, or move to London and revive her career–her choice will change her life in unimaginable ways. Stay. After a decade of trying to run from her dream, Lucy is finally facing her fears and putting pen to page. With her budding romance with handsome, artistic Caleb, she has more inspiration now than ever. But can Lucy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Divorce
  • Physical assault

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

When Nadia’s family moves to Captive’s Sound, she instantly realizes there’s more to the place than meets the eye. Descended from witches, Nadia can sense that a spell has been cast over the tiny Rhode Island town—a sickness infecting everyone and everything in it. The magic at work is darker and more powerful than anything she’s come across and has sunk its claws most deeply into Mateo, her rescuer, her friend, and the guy she yearns to get closer to even as he pushes her away. Mateo has lived in Captive’s Sound his entire life, shadowed by small-town gossip and his family’s tormented past. Every generation… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism & ableist language,
  • Racist microaggressions
  • Sexual assault (by coercion)
  • Sexual harassment
  • Parental abandonment
  • Parental divorce
  • Nightmares
  • Hospitalisation
  • Coma
  • Facial scars mentioned
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a mother from suicide by drowning recounted
  • Death of a grandfather in a fire mentioned
  • Death of a mother & father from viral pneumonia mentioned
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Near-drowning
  • Car accident, on-page
  • Loss of autonomy (memory manipulation and mind control)
  • Sinkholes, on-page
  • Bullying
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Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters

Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters

School’s out, senior year is over, and Isaac Martin is ready to kick off summer. His last before heading off to college in the fall where he won’t have his best friend, Diego. Where—despite his social anxiety—he’ll be left to make friends on his own. Knowing his time with Diego is limited, Isaac enacts a foolproof plan: snatch up a pair of badges for the epic comic convention, Legends Con, and attend his first ever Teen Pride. Just him and Diego. The way it should be. But when an unexpected run-in with Davi—Isaac’s old crush—distracts him the day tickets go on sale, suddenly he’s two badges short of a perfect summer. Even worse, now he’s left… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Homomisia
  • Parental abandonment
  • Divorce mentioned
  • Infidelity mentioned
  • Anxiety
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With You Forever by Chloe Liese

With You Forever by Chloe Liese

Rooney Sullivan is sunshine incarnate. Warm, bright, always smiling, she’s everything I’m not and the last person I have any business desiring. Desperate to hide a hopeless attraction, I’ve done everything possible to keep my distance until a charades game gone wrong brought that to a grinding halt. Since then, steering clear of Rooney has been impossible. In a matter of months, she’s kissed me speechless, commandeered my art career, and infiltrated not only my dreams but my home. The woman who was once avoidable has become the last thing I needed: temptingly within reach. Axel Bergman is a gorgeous… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Parental divorce recounted
  • Anxiety
  • Medical procedures & needles
  • Unplanned pregnancy recounted
  • Chronic illness (ulcerative colitis)
  • Death of a parent from cancer recounted
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Homecoming King by Penny Reid

Homecoming King by Penny Reid

Rex “TW” McMurtry’s perpetual single-hood wouldn’t bother him so much if all his ex-girlfriends didn’t keep marrying the very next person they dated, especially when so many of those grooms are his closest friends. He may be a pro-football defensive end for the Chicago Squalls, but the press only wants to talk about how he’s always a groomsman and never a groom. Rex is sick of being the guy before the husband, and he’s most definitely sick of being the best man at all their weddings. Bartender Abigail McNerny is… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Divorce recounted
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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
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Goodbye Again by Mariah Stewart

Goodbye Again by Mariah Stewart

In the wake of her daughter’s unexplained suicide and her husband Jim’s sudden abandonment, Liddy Bryant is determined to move on and make some positive changes in her life. In her hometown of Wyndham Beach, the neglected and shuttered bookstore is also in need of renewal, and Liddy recognizes an opportunity to get herself and the bookshop back on track. With a little help from her friends, she’s well on her way. Local contractor Tuck Shelby has been a friend of Liddy’s forever. He’s made himself indispensable in the rehab of her shop—and in her life—but now he wants out of the friend zone. Then Jim returns with a long-overdue apology, hoping for forgiveness and a… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Divorce
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a daughter from suicide
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