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Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty by Jody Gehrman

Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty by Jody Gehrman

Geena can’t wait to spend summer vacation with her two best girls: her friend Amber and her cousin Hero. All three are working at the Triple Shot Betty coffee shop together, but the moment Amber and Hero meet, the claws come out. They hate each other on sight. Geena’s dream of a girl-bonding summer flies out of the window, and then threaten to disappear completely when a few cute (okay, drop-dead gorgeous) guys come along to woo the Bettys. But all is not what it seems, and in a story of mistaken identities, crazy summer high jinks, and enough romance to make Shakespear…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut shaming
Teacher-student relationship mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use

How to Belong with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

How to Belong with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

I thought I’d be okay when Caspian Hart left. He was a brilliant, beautiful billionaire with a past he couldn’t escape. And I was … just me: an ordinary man lost in his own life. It would never have lasted. It should never have happened. Not outside a fairytale. And I am okay. I’ve got my job, my family, my friends, and everything Caspian taught me. Except it turns out he’s going to marry his ex-boyfriend. A man who doesn’t understand him. A man who almost broke him. And I’ve finally realized it’s not enough for me to be happy. I need Caspian to be happy too… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Graphic attempted rape
Paedophilia & child sexual abuse recounted
Cheating
Abusive relationship mentioned
Alcoholism recovery
Recreational drug use
Spinal cord injury
Death of a parent

How to Blow It with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

How to Blow It with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

Once upon a time there was a totally ordinary boy who fell for a cold, beautiful prince. Only it’s not a fairy tale, it’s my life. The prince is a billionaire called Caspian Hart. And we’re trying super hard to live happily ever after. He’s everything I want, need, and can’t resist: a man who looks like a god and bangs like the devil. Except he’s still got his rules and he’s still got his secrets. But if there’s one thing Caspian’s taught me it’s that you should never settle for less than you’re worth. And I’m worth his trust. I have to show him that I see him. That I’m not afraid of his passion… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut shaming
Transmsiia recounted
Panic attack
Attempted suicide by overdose mentioned
Recreational drug use, on-page
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father recounted
Car accident

How to Bang a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

How to Bang a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

If England had yearbooks, I’d probably be “Arden St. Ives: Man Least Likely to Set the World on Fire.” So far, I haven’t. I’ve no idea what I’m doing at Oxford, no idea what I’m going to do next and, until a week ago, I had no idea who Caspian Hart was. Turns out, he’s brilliant, beautiful . . . oh yeah, and a billionaire. It’s impossible not to be captivated by someone like that. But Caspian Hart makes his own rules. And he has a lot of them. About when I can be with him. What I can do with him. And when he’ll be through with me… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Victim blaming
Domestic violence mentioned
Suicidal ideation
Attempted suicide recounted
Self harm
Alcohol consumption
Drug use, on-page
Death of a parent

The Sisters of Reckoning by Charlotte Nicole Davis

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Aster, the protector. Violet, the favourite. Tansy, the medic. Mallow, the fighter. Clementine, the catalyst. The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls—they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a “welcome house” as children and branded with cursed markings Trapped in a life they would never have chosen. When Clementine accidentally kills a man, the girls risk a dangerous escape and harrowing journey to find freedom, justice, and revenge in a country that wants them to have none of those things. Pursued by Arketta’s most vicious and powerful forces, both… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Sex slavery & indentured servitude
Rape & attempted rape
Substance addiction
Suicide
Drug abuse & withdrawal
Murder

Fan Club by Erin Mayer

Fan Club by Erin Mayer

Day after day our narrator, a gloomy millennial, searches for meaning beyond her vacuous job at a women’s lifestyle website—entering text into a computer system while she watches their beauty editor unwrap box after box of perfectly packaged bits of happiness. Then, one night at a dive bar, she hears a message in the newest single by child-actor-turned-international-pop star Adriana Argento, and she is struck. Soon she loses herself to the online fandom, a community whose members feverishly track Adriana’s every move… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual harassment
Recreational drug use
Abortion mentioned

The Secret of Nightingale Wood Lucy Strange

The Secret of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange

1919. Mama is ill. Father has taken a job abroad. Nanny Jane is too busy to pay any attention to Henrietta and the things she sees — or thinks she sees — in the shadows of their new home, Hope House. All alone, with only stories for company, Henry discovers that Hope House is full of strange secrets: a forgotten attic, ghostly figures, mysterious firelight that flickers in the trees beyond the garden. One night she ventures into the darkness of Nightingale Wood. What she finds there will change her whole world…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Prescription drug abuse
Medical experimentation mentioned
Forced institutionalisation
Death of a brother in a fire

Four Point by Max Ellendale

Four Point by Max Ellendale

Thirty-two bodies, twenty years, and a cold case that lives inside her alone. Detective Sali James teeters on the edge of sanity as she’s forced to unearth her darkest days in order to stop Washington’s most elusive serial killer.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Panic attacks
Suicide mentioned
Graphic drug use
Emesis
Murder

A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong

A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong

One summer day, Ren meets Luna at a beachside basketball court and a friendship is born. But when Luna moves to back to Oahu, Ren’s messages to her friend go unanswered. Years go by. Then Luna returns, hoping to rekindle their friendship. Ren is hesitant. She’s dealing with a lot, including family troubles, dropping grades, and the newly formed women’s basketball team at their high school. With Ren’s new friends and Luna all on the basketball team, the lines between their lives on and off the court… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia & body shaming
Teacher-student relationship
Threats of sexual assault
Self-harm
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use (smoking)
Cancer mentioned
Death of a parent

Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard

Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard

In one week, Maude will be dead. At least, that’s what she wants everyone to think. After years of research, Maude has decided to fake her own death. She’s figured out the how, the when, the where, and who will help her unsuspectingly. The why is complex: revenge, partly. Her terrible parents deserve this. But there’s also l’appel du vide, the call of the void, that beckons her toward a new life where she will be tied to no one, free and adrift. Then Frankie, a step-cousin she barely knows, figures out what she’s plotting, and the plan seems like it’s ruined. Except Frankie… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Lesbomisia
Outing
Dysphoria
Sexual harassment
Abandonment
Child abuse
Drug use
Blood & injury depiction
Murder & attempted murder
Fire
Explosion
Kidnapping
Bullying