Decoy Training by Caridad Piñeiro

Decoy Training by Caridad Piñeiro

Former marine Shane Adler’s used to perilous situations. But he’s stunned to find danger in the peaceful Idaho mountains—especially swirling around his beautiful dog trainer. After tragically losing her hero husband, Piper Lambert’s rebuilt her life. Now it’s up to Shane—and his loyal K-9 in training, Decoy—to make sure a mysterious enemy won’t derail her new beginning…or his.  

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Chronic injury sustained from a car bomb
  • Death of a husband recounted
  • Military service
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Finn and the Subatomic Slip-And-Slide by Michael Buckley

Finn and the Subatomic Slip-And-Slide by Michael Buckley

After his adventures through time, Finn returns home to a world he doesn’t recognize. Changing the past has created an all-new present, one in which he and his friends never vanquished the Plague. Now the giant bugs rule Earth from their spaceship! What’s an intergalactic traveler to do? The answer is obvious. Finn, Lincoln and Julep must defeat the Plague. Again. But how? Julep and Lincoln don’t remember Finn or their friendships. In fact, they’ve changed just as much as the world itself has, and they want nothing to do with his dangerous plan to save humankind … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Physical assault
  • Explosion
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The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo

The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Yoko Tanaka

What if? Why not? Could it be? When a fortuneteller’s tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller’s mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Physical injury
  • Death of a mother in childbirth recounted
  • Death of a father during military service recounted
  • Explosion mentioned
  • Animal illness & injury
  • Animal attack
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Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie

Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie

Ettian Nassun’s life was shattered when the merciless Umber Empire invaded. He’s spent seven years putting himself back together under its rule, joining an Umber military academy and becoming the best pilot in his class. Even better, he’s met Gal Veres–his exasperating and infuriatingly enticing roommate who’s made the Academy feel like a new home. But when dozens of classmates spring an assassination plot on Gal, a devastating secret comes to light: Gal is the heir to the Umber Empire. Ettian barely manages to save his best friend and flee the compromised … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child abuse
  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Torture mentioned
  • Explosion
  • Electrocution
  • Hostage situation
  • War themes
  • Homelessness
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Thirsty by Mia Hopkins

Thirsty by Mia Hopkins

My name is Salvador Rosas. Back in the barrio, my past is written on the walls: ESHB. Short for East Side Hollenbeck, my father’s gang—my gang. Hell, it’s a family tradition, one that sent both my brothers away. They used to call me “Ghost” because I haunted people’s dreams. Now I’ve got nothing going for me except a hipster gringo mentoring me in a new career. An ex-con making craft beer? No names. Still, people in this neighbourhood look out for one another. That’s how I became Vanessa Velasco’s unwelcome tenant. Chiquita pero picosa. She’s little, but with curves so sweet they’re dangerous. I remember… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Recreational drug use
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Hospital
  • Death of a mother in a car accident recounted
  • Death of a sister
  • Gang violence
  • Bombing
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Crossbones by Kimberly Vale

Crossbones by Kimberly Vale

The Blood Bell tolls, marking the death of the pirate king and the start of the Trials—a heart-stopping competition where the reward is the Bone Crown. Only one contender can claim the coveted island throne; each will gamble life and limb to win. Csilla Abado yearns to prove her strength to the seasoned pirates who balk at her youth and to her elder sister who has always craved Csilla’s captainship. She will risk everything to become the first pirate queen, no matter the cost. Kane Blackwater wants to leave… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a mother, on-page and recounted
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Eye trauma & loss of vision
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Explosion
  • Drowning
  • Fire
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The Angel of Waterloo by Jackie French

The Angel of Waterloo by Jackie French

The soldiers she saved called her the Angel of Waterloo. The husband she loved and lost called her Hen. The patients she treated in secret called her Auntie Love. She was Henrietta Bartlett, a surgeon’s daughter, a survivor of the Napoleonic Wars. But now the battlefield is just a blood-soaked memory, and Hen dreams of peace, a home, and a society that allows women to practise medicine. On the other side of the world, the newly founded colony of New South Wales seems like a paradise. But Europe’s wars cast long shadows …

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Attempted murder
  • Medical treatment & procedures
  • Amputation mentioned
  • Death of a husband in an explosion
  • Napoleonic War
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Give Up the Ghost by Jenn Burke

Give Up the Ghost by Jenn Burke

Immortal not-ghost Wes Cooper and his vampire partner, Hudson Rojas, have it all—rewarding private investigation work, great friends and, most important, a love that’s endured. But ever since Wes sent a demon screaming back to the beyond, his abilities have grown overpowering and overwhelming. He’s hiding the fact that he’s losing control the best he can, but it’s hard to keep anything a secret for long when your partner’s a former cop…and especially when your partner’s a former cop who wants to move in toge… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Depression
  • Suicide
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Recreational drug use mentioned
  • Blood-drinking
  • Coma
  • Hospital
  • Murder recounted
  • Gas explosion
  • Car accident
  • Strangulation
  • Loss of autonomy (mind & memory manipulation)
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The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer

The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer

The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency hum within the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location. The heartbreaking truth is that for decades, even centuries, the leaders of the great Hives bought the world’s stability with a trickle of secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction could ever dominate. So that the balance held. The Hives’ façade of solidity is the only hope… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Bombing
  • Kidnapping
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The Tracker’s Mate by Ingrid Seymour

The Tracker’s Mate by Ingrid Seymour

I’m a kick-butt tracker. The best in the business. Dead or alive, I find them. No one can hide from me, including people’s predestined mates. I can hook couples up better than Tinder. It’s my specialty. A year ago, I opened my own agency, and now that I’m finally looking out for number one, my bank account has regained its lost confidence. So when Jake Knight suddenly returns, determined to drag me back into the dangerous life I used to lead—the same one where ramen was a staple and I became homeless—I put my brand new Louis Vuitton boot down… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Abandonment
  • Parental abuse
  • Amnesia
  • Hospitalisation
  • Medical treatment
  • Surgery
  • Burns
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Hostage situation
  • Explosions
  • Animal death
  • War themes
  • Poverty
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