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Hothouse Flower by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie

Hothouse Flower by Krista Ritchie & Becca Ritchie

Twenty-five-year-old Ryke Meadows knows he’s hard to love. With a billion-dollar inheritance, a track-star resume, and an alpha-male personality—he redefines the term likable asshole. But he’s not living to make friends. Or enemies. He just wants to free climb three of the toughest mountains in Yosemite without drama or interruption. And then he receives a distressed call from a girl in Paris—a girl that he has never been allowed to have… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia & body shaming
Slut-shaming
Adult-minor relationship
Paedophilia & grooming
Sexual assault
Abandonment
Parental abuse
Alcoholism
Sex addiction
Nightmares
Disordered food & weight thoughts
Cancer
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Wrongful incarceration
Bullying

Addicted for Now by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie

Addicted for Now by Krista Ritchie & Becca Ritchie

No. More. Sex. Those are the three words Lily Calloway fears the most. But Loren Hale is determined to be with Lily without enabling her dangerous compulsions. With their new living situation—sleeping in the same bed, for real, together—Lily has new battles. Like not jumping Lo’s bones every night. Not being consumed by sex and his body.

Loren plans to stay sober, to right all of his… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut-shaming
Fatmisia & body shaming
Rape mentioned
Sexual assault
Parental abuse & neglect
Abandonment
Disordered food & weight thoughts discussed
Sex addiction
Alcoholism
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Drug use
Drugging

Ricochet by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie

Ricochet by Krista Ritchie & Becca Ritchie

As a sex addict, Lily Calloway must do the impossible. Stay celibate for 90 days. Cravings and fantasies become her new routine, but while Loren Hale recovers from his alcohol addiction, Lily wonders if he’ll realize what a monster she really is. After all, her sexual compulsions begin to rule her life the longer she stays faithful to him. Progress. That’s what Lily’s striving for. But by trying to become closer to her family… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut-shaming
Fatmisia & body shaming
Rape mentioned
Sexual assault
Parental abuse & neglect
Abandonment
Disordered food & weight thoughts discussed
Sex addiction
Alcoholism
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Drug use
Drugging

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Sixteen-year-old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Stockholm Syndrome (theme)
Suicidal ideation
Self-harm
Drugging
Kidnapping & captivity

Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett

Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett

Being the spawn of two infamous occultists (and alleged murderers) isn’t easy, but freewheeling magician Arcadia “Cady” Bell knows how to make the best of a crummy situation. After hiding out for seven years, she’s carved an incognito niche for herself slinging drinks at the demon-friendly Tambuku Tiki Lounge. But she receives an ultimatum when unexpected surveillance footage of her notorious parents surfaces: either prove their innocence or surrender… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drugging mentioned

The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell

The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell

2017: 19-year-old Tallulah is going out on a date, leaving her baby with her mother, Kim.

Kim watches her daughter leave and, as late evening turns into night, which turns into early morning, she waits for her return. And waits. The next morning, Kim phones Tallulah’s friends who tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a party at a house in the nearby woods called Dark Place. She never returns… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drugging
Murder
Kidnapping

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village’s quiet charm, eventually causing one recipient to commit suicide. The vicar, the doctor, the servants—all are on the verge of accusing one another when help arrives from an unexpected quarter. The vicar’s houseguest happens to be none other than Jane Marple.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicide discussed
Drugging
Murder & attempted murder
Plane crash recounted, off-page
Blackmail

Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter

Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter

April thought she had her happy ending. After all, she has her new house and new friends and new guardian. But she also has a very big new secret. The kids of Winterborne House are the only ones who know that Gabriel Winterborne—famous billionaire and terrible cook—is really a sword-wielding vigilante. What they don’t know is that he’s not the only one.

When a masked figure breaks in, looking for… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abandonment, recounted & discussed (on-page)
Drugging
Blood depiction
Physical injuries including gunshot wounds, stab wounds, and a sprained ankle
Death of a mother & father recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Sword violence & stabbing
Fire, on-page & recounted
Boating accident recounted
Explosion
Home invasion
Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping
Disappearance & presumed death of a loved one
Experiences in orphanages, group homes, and foster care discussed including child abuse & neglect

The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton

The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton

The Tell Tale has been watching and waiting because there’s something queer about the village of Foel. Beth Griffiths has returned home to raise her daughter in the Welsh hills. They arrive to the open arms of the community, but not all is what it seems and Beth isn’t home for the reason she pretends either.

Vicious notes start appearing that reveal harsh truths about the village inhabitants, stirring up ancient past and old loves. Not even local dignitary, the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Sexism
Hate crime
Outing
Cheating mentioned
Domestic abuse
Alcohol consumption
Drugging
Blood depiction
Gun violence
Homelessness
Hunting

Nothing But This by Natasha Anders

Nothing But This by Natasha Anders

It’s always been complicated between Libby Lawson and Greyson Chapman—and married life isn’t any simpler. But when Libby gets pregnant, she at last sees a bright future ahead. There’s just one problem: Greyson says he’s sterile.

Furious, Greyson abandons the young family. Equally furious and deeply hurt, Libby cuts all ties with him. After all these years, it seems their relationship has finally expired. But love is resilient and endures… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol abuse
Pregnancy
Drugging
Death of a newborn mentioned, off-page