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A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached

A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached

When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it’s just a normal part of life for her and her parents and little brother. The city of Beirut is cut in two, separated by bricks and sandbags and threatened by snipers and shelling. East Beirut is for Christians, and West Beirut is for Muslims. When Zeina’s parents don’t return one afternoon from a visit to the other half of the city and the bombing grows ever closer, the neighbors in her apartment house create a world indoors for Zeina and her brother where it’s comfy and safe, where they can share cooking lessons and games and gossip. Together they try to make it through a dramatic day in the one place they hoped they would always be safe–home.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Explosions
War themes

Resilient Heart by Annabeth Albert

Resilient Heart by Annabeth Albert

Army IT specialist Xander keeps his emotions wired as tight as his NETCOM gear, but when he’s seriously injured by an IED, his whole life unravels. Running out of options, Xander must accept help from his ex-friend-with-benefits, Mackey. However, Xander’s had feelings for Mackey for years, and close quarters only complicates his emotions. Further, Xander doesn’t know which is worse: combating his inner demons or dealing with Mackey’s guilty kindnesses.

Mackey’s always kept his emotions close to his chest, but now he’s got a secret that could destroy his one chance with the man he cares far too much for. Both men will have to heal their wounded hearts to ensure a future together.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Depression
Suicidal ideation
Loss of limb in an IED incident
Military service recounted

Wheels Up by Annabeth Albert

Wheels Up by Annabeth Albert

Adrian Gottlieb is winning at life. He’s a successful video game designer with everything a man could ask for, including a warm comfy ride to Denver and a date for his sister’s wedding. But he finds himself in need of a total reboot when he’s left stranded at a snowy campground in Utah. Holiday plans? Epic fail.

That is until Noah Walters offers him shelter for the night and a reluctant cross-country ride. Nothing about the ultraconservative geoarchaeologist should attract Adrian, but once he discovers Noah’s hidden love for video games, the two connect on a new level. Soon, a quiet but undeniable chemistry sparks… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Bimisia mentioned
Coming out themes
Alcohol consumption
Family member with a chronic heart condition
Explosion
Death of a pet dog recounted

27 Hours by Tristina Wright

27 Hours by Tristina Wright

Rumor Mora fears two things: hellhounds too strong for him to kill, and failure. Jude Welton has two dreams: for humans to stop killing monsters, and for his strange abilities to vanish.

But in no reality should a boy raised to love monsters fall for a boy raised to kill them.

Nyx Llorca keeps two secrets: the moon speaks to her, and she’s in love with Dahlia, her best friend. Braeden Tennant wants two things: to get out from his mother’s shadow, and to unlearn Epsilon’s darkest secret… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Panic attacks
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injury
Death of a friend
Death of a mother & father mentioned
Death of a parent by a cave collapse
Death from drowning
Explosion
Fire
Colonialism & war themes

City of Secrets by Victoria Ying

City of Secrets by Victoria Ying

Ever Barnes is a shy orphan guarding a secret in an amazing puzzle box of a building. Most of the young women who work at the building’s Switchboard Operating Facility, which connects the whole city of Oskar, look the other way as Ever roams around in the shadows. But one of them, Lisa, keeps an eye on the boy. So does the head of the Switchboard, Madame Alexander . . . a rather sharp eye. Enter Hannah, the spunky daughter of the building’s owner. She thinks Ever needs a friend, even if he doesn’t know it yet. Lisa and Madame Alexander are each clearly… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Hospitalisation for injury & blood depiction
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Death from a fall
War themes, including a missile strike
Child homelessness & poverty

Eidolon by ES Yu

Eidolon by E.S. Yu

Vax is an assassin without a past, working for a corporation without a conscience. When bioaugmentation giant Cyrex Corp sends him to assassinate journalist Zai Lumero, he thinks it’ll be a straightforward job. With his bioaugments, he’s never botched a job before. But then Vax unexpectedly fails his assignment and realizes he’s become the newest addition to Cyrex’s hit list.

The last thing Vax wants is to partner with a justice crusader who hates his profession, but he doesn’t have a choice… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Rape, off-page
Depression
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Attempted suicide
Suicidal ideation
Nonconsensual medical treatment
Grief & loss depiction
Murder
Physical assault
Explosions

Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter

Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter

Also known as Skin Privilege.

Sara Linton–resident medical examiner/pediatrician in Grant County, Georgia, –has plenty of hardship to deal with, including defending herself in a heartbreaking malpractice suit. So when her husband, Police chief Jeffery Tolliver, learns that his friend and coworker detective Lena Adams has been arrested for murder and needs Sara’s help, she is not sure she can handle the pressure of it all.

But soon Sara and Jeffery are sitting through evidence, peeling back the layers of a mystery that grows darker by the day–until an intricate web of betrayal and vengeance begins to unravel. And suddenly the lives of Sara, Lena, and Jeffery are hanging by the slenderest of threads.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism & white supremacy
Rape recounted
Drug abuse
Abortion mentioned
Death of a child
Murder
Explosion
Car accident
Fire & immolation

The Last Window by Karin Slaughter

The Last Window by Karin Slaughter

On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot. Vanished into thin air, the authorities are desperate to save the doctor.

One month later, the serenity of a sunny Sunday afternoon is shattered by the boom of a ground-shaking blast—followed by another seconds later. One of Atlanta’s busiest and most important neighborhood’s has been bombed—the location of Emory University, two major hospitals, the FBI headquarters, and the CDC… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Antisemitism
Homomisia
Misogyny
Racism & white supremacy
Rape
Paedophilia
Child abuse recounted
Blood depiction
Bioterrorism & terrorism
Death of a child
Death of a spouse recounted
Murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Explosion
Mass shooting
Suffocation
Poisoning
Kidnapping

Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

Andrea Oliver’s mother, Laura, is the perfect small-town mum. Laura lives a quiet but happy life in sleepy beachside Belle Isle. She’s a pillar of the community: a speech therapist, business owner and everybody’s friend. And she’s never kept a secret from anyone. Or so Andrea thinks.

When Andrea is caught in a random violent attack at a shopping mall, Laura intervenes and acts in a way that is unrecognisable to her daughter. It’s like Laura is a completely different person – and that’s because she was. Thirty years ago. Before Andrea. Before Belle Isle… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Domestic abuse
Suicide
Drug abuse
Loss of a pregnancy
Blood & gore depiction
AIDS
Emesis
Death of a sibling
Murder
Gun violence
Knife violence & stabbing
Explosions

The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith

The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith

Once again blending multiple story strands that transcend time and place, Andrew Smith tells the story of 15-year-old Ariel, a refugee from the Middle East who is the sole survivor of an attack on his small village. Now living with an adoptive family in Sunday, West Virginia, Ariel’s story of his summer at a boys’ camp for tech detox is juxtaposed against those of a schizophrenic bomber and the diaries of a failed arctic expedition from the late nineteenth century. Oh, and there’s also a depressed bionic reincarnated crow.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Rape mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Starvation mentioned
Blood depiction
Death of a brother mentioned
Mass murder by gun violence & poison gas recounted
Knife violence & stabbing
Explosions
Physical assault mentioned
Refugee experiences