Tag Archives: Domestic Abuse & Violence

God of Wrath by Rina Kent

I’m trapped by the devil. What started as an innocent mistake turned into actual hell. In my defense, I didn’t mean to get involved with a mafia prince. But he barged through my defenses anyway. He stalked me from the shadows and stole me from the life I know. Jeremy Volkov might appear charming, but a true predator lurks inside. He’s out to possess, own, and keep me. But I have no plans to stick around in his blood-soaked world. Or so I think.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Attempted rape recounted
  • Dubious consent scenes
  • Drugging recounted
  • Dissociation
  • Emesis recounted
  • Gun violence

*Context : The heroine’s ex-boyfriend drugged and attempted to rape her in the past.

Break My Fall by Chloe Walsh

Desperation led me to his house. Lust led me to his bed.
I was homeless, strapped for cash, and running from my past. Now I’m here, in a brand-new state, miles away from home, and sleeping in the room next to his. The room with the revolving door of females. I know he’s a bad idea for me. He’s cocky, a manwhore, and way too self-assured for a sheltered girl with secrets. But when he smiles at me, I lose my freaking mind…. I don’t want her in my home. She’s too sweet for a prick like me. Too innocent. Too f*cking much. I have more baggage, secrets, and commitments than she could ever understand. I need her gone, dammit, but… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Dubious consent concerning a secondary character and the male protagonist
  • Attempted sexual assault recounted
  • Domestic violence recounted
  • Miscarriage (on-page)

Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada

Stonebridge High’s resident bad boy, Wesley “Big Mac” Mackenzie, is failing senior year—thanks to his unchecked anger, rowdy friends, and a tendency to ditch his homework for skateboarding and a secret photography obsession. So when his mom drags him to a production of The Nutcracker, Wes isn’t interested at all . . . until he sees Tristan Monroe. Mr. Nutcracker himself. Wes knows he shouldn’t like Tristan; after all, he’s a ballet dancer, and Wes is as closeted as they come. But when they start spending time together, Wes can’t seem to get Tristan out of his head… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Internalised homophobia & mentions of disownment by homophobic parents
  • Domestic violence & child abuse recounted
  • Alcoholism & alcohol abuse
  • Attempted murder

The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia

From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales, who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. As he grows up, Simonopio becomes a cause for wonder to the Morales family, because when the uncannily gifted child closes… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Domestic violence & child abuse

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumours, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life. But now phenomenally huge hit true crime… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Sexual assault
  • Infidelity
  • Alcoholism
  • Intimate partner abuse (on-page)
  • Graphic murder (on-page)

The Teacher by Freida McFadden

Lesson #1: Trust no one. Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye. Addie can’t be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that’s what everyone says. But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet…

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Teacher-student relationship & grooming
  • Statutory rape
  • Domestic abuse
  • Alcoholism
  • Blood & injury including concussion
  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Murder by strangulation

Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka

When a beloved high schooler named Lucinda Hayes is found murdered, no one in her sleepy Colorado suburb is untouched—not the boy who loved her too much; not the girl who wanted her perfect life; not the officer assigned to investigate her murder. In the aftermath of the tragedy, these three indelible characters—Cameron, Jade, and Russ—must each confront their darkest secrets in an effort to find solace, the truth, or both.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Paedophilia
  • Domestic violence
  • Stalking
  • Animal death

Wonderland by Jennifer Hillier

Welcome to Wonderland. By day, it’s a magical place boasting a certain retro charm. Excited children, hands sticky with cotton candy, run frenetically from the Giant Octopus ride to the Spinning Sombrero, while the tinkling carnival music of the giant Wonder Wheel—the oldest Ferris wheel in the Pacific Northwest—fills the air. But before daybreak, an eerie feeling descends. Maybe it’s the Clown Museum, home to creepy wax replicas of movie stars and a massive collection of antique porcelain dolls. Or maybe it’s the terrifyingly real House of Horrors. Or…maybe it’s the dead, decaying body left in the midway for all the Wonder Workers… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Transphobia & deadnaming
  • Fatphobia
  • Paedophilia & grooming
  • Child abuse (on-page)
  • Domestic violence
  • Drugging
  • Sexual assault & attempted rape (on-page)
  • Infidelity
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Death of a parent & spouse
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Abortion
  • School shooting mentioned

Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent

Oliver Ryan, handsome, charismatic, and successful, has long been married to his devoted wife, Alice. Together they write and illustrate award-winning children’s books; their life together one of enviable privilege and ease—until, one evening after a delightful dinner, Oliver delivers a blow to Alice that renders her unconscious, and subsequently beats her into a coma. In the aftermath of such an unthinkable event, as Alice hovers between life and death, the couple’s friends, neighbours, and acquaintances try to understand what could have driven Oliver to commit such a horrific act. As his story unfolds, layers are peeled… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Domestic violence & child abuse
  • Pregnancy
  • Death of a parent

The Escape Room by L.D. Smithson

Everything is a clue. Eight strangers arrive at a remote sea fort off the coast of England. They are here to take part in The Fortress, a mysterious reality TV show in which contestants have to solve a series of complex puzzles. But this is no game, and the consequences of failure are more deadly than anyone anticipated. No one leaves. The show’s sinister purpose becomes clear when the first person is evicted from the competition. Instead of being sent home to their family, they are left to die inside a locked room. The only way out is to win. Under scrutiny from the watching public… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Victim-blaming
  • Fatphobia
  • Domestic violence & child abuse mentioned
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Fire