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A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands

A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands

Lissianna has been spending her centuries pining for Mr. Right, not just a quick snack, and this sexy guy she finds in her bed looks like he might be a candidate. But there’s another, more pressing issue: her tendency to faint at the sight of blood…an especially annoying quirk for a vampire. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that this man has a delicious-looking neck. What kind of cold-blooded vampire woman could resist a bite of that? Dr. Gregory Hewitt recovers from the shock of waking up in a stranger’s bedroom pretty quickly – once he sees a gorgeous woman about to treat him to a… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Child abuse mentioned
Parent with alcoholism mentioned
Death of a parent in a fire
Blood depiction & blood drinking
Kidnapping

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

When Nadia’s family moves to Captive’s Sound, she instantly realizes there’s more to the place than meets the eye. Descended from witches, Nadia can sense that a spell has been cast over the tiny Rhode Island town—a sickness infecting everyone and everything in it. The magic at work is darker and more powerful than anything she’s come across and has sunk its claws most deeply into Mateo, her rescuer, her friend, and the guy she yearns to get closer to even as he pushes her away. Mateo has lived in Captive’s Sound his entire life, shadowed by small-town gossip and his family’s tormented past. Every generation… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language,
Racist microaggressions
Sexual assault (by coercion)
Sexual harassment
Parental abandonment
Parental divorce
Nightmares
Hospitalisation
Coma
Facial scars mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother from suicide by drowning recounted
Death of a grandfather in a fire mentioned
Death of a mother & father from viral pneumonia mentioned
Murder & attempted murder
Near-drowning
Car accident, on-page
Loss of autonomy (memory manipulation and mind control)
Sinkholes, on-page
Bullying

Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh

Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh

Harper doesn’t trust her new home from the moment she steps inside, and the rumors are that the Raine family’s new house is haunted. Harper isn’t sure she believes those rumors, until her younger brother, Michael, starts acting strangely. The whole atmosphere gives Harper a sense of déjà vu, but she can’t remember why. She knows that the memories she’s blocking will help make sense of her brother’s behavior and the strange and threatening sensations she feels in this house, but will she be able to put the pieces together in time?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Blood & injury depiction
Loss of autonomy (possession)
Fire

Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter

Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter

Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for the prom. For an athlete, who is smart, pretty and well-liked, this night that should be the highlight of her high school career. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, that secret will be silenced forever. Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains a mystery. Her tight-knit group of friends closed ranks; her respected, wealthy family retreated inwards; the small town moved on from her grisly attack. But all that’s about to change. US Marshal Andrea Oliver arrives in Longbill Beach on her first assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But, in reality, Andrea is there… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Domestic violence
Alcohol & drug abuse
Pregnancy
Murder
Fire

This Is Not a Ghost Story by Andrea Portes

This Is Not a Ghost Story by Andrea Portes

Daffodil Franklin has plans for a quiet summer before her freshman year at college, and luckily, she’s found the job that can give her just that: housesitting a mansion for a wealthy couple. But as the summer progresses and shadows lengthen, Daffodil comes to realize the house is more than it appears. The spacious home seems to close in on her, and as she takes the long road into town, she feels eyes on her the entire way, and something tugging her back. What Daffodil doesn’t yet realize is that her job comes with a steep price. The house has a long-ago grudge it needs to settle . . . and Daffodil is the key to settling it.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abandonment
Fire mentioned
Car accident

Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews

Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews

An escaped spider, the unexpected arrival of an Imperial Russian Prince, the senseless assassination of a powerful figure, a shocking attack on the supposedly invincible Warden of Texas, Catalina’s boss… And it’s only Monday. Within hours, the fate of Houston—not to mention the House of Baylor—now rests on Catalina, who will have to harness her powers as never before. But even with her fellow Prime and fiancé Alessandro Sagredo by her side, she may not be able to expose who’s responsible before all hell really breaks loose.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Classism
Domestic abuse
Blood & gore depiction
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Fire

The Widow of Walcha by Emma Partridge

The Widow of Walcha by Emma Partridge

All farmer Mathew Dunbar ever wanted was to find love and have a family of his own. That’s why, just months after meeting Natasha Darcy, the much-loved grazier didn’t hesitate to sign over his multi-million-dollar estate to her. When Mathew died in an apparent suicide soon afterwards, in a stranger-than-fiction twist, Natasha’s estranged husband – who she was once charged with trying to kill – was the first paramedic on the scene after the murder. When Mathew died in an apparent suicide soon afterwards, in a stranger-than-fiction twist, Natasha’s estranged husband… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Homophobia
Rape mentioned
Suicide mentioned
Murder & attempted murder
Fire

The End by Charlie Higson

The End by Charlie Higson

It all comes to an end in the final book in The Enemy series The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. Now they roam the streets – Crazed and hungry. Sickos swarm the streets of London. Gathered in the centre of the city, they lie in wait. The survivors have one final epic battle to overcome. Together they must work out a plan of attack and end the grown-ups reign of terror before it’s too late. The end is coming.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction including body horror
Death of a child
Death of a friend
Fire

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

All I wanted to do was live my life in peace. Maybe get a cat, expand my spice farm. Really anything that doesn’t involve going on a quest where an orc might rip my face off. But they say the Goddess has favorites. If so, I’m clearly not one of them. After saving the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, all he wanted to do was kill an evil witch enslaving his people. I mean, I get it. Don’t get me wrong. But he’s dragging me along for the ride, and I’m kind of peeved about it. On the bright side, he keeps burning off his shirt.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Slavery
Fatmisia
Threats of rape & dubious consent
Alcohol consumption, on-page
Blood, gore and injury depiction including dead bodies and nonconsensual amputation
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Disappearance and presumed death of a sister recounted
Murder
Whipping
Fire
Animal death, on-page (crocodile)

*Context : Demons are enslaved by humans by magical forces which render them completely at the mercy of their masters. The plotline follows the hero and heroine joining together to rescue all the demons. The heroine is confronted with bandits who threaten sexual violence when they attack, The heroine is mourning her younger sister who disappeared when they were children.

Murder on Mustique by Anne Glenconner

Murder on Mustique by Anne Glenconner

Mustique is in a state of breathless calm as tropical storm Cristobal edges towards it across the Atlantic. Most villa owners have escaped the island but a few young socialites remain, unwilling to let summer’s partying end. American heiress Amanda Fortini is one such thrill-seeker – until she heads out for a morning swim and doesn’t return. Detective Sergeant Solomon Nile is just 28 years old and the island’s only fully trained police officer. He quickly realises he needs to contact Lord and Lady Blake, who bought the island decades ago and have invested time, money and love creating a paradise. Jasper is in St Lucia… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Drug use mentioned
Graphic dead bodies
Death of a friend
Murder
Gun violence
Kidnapping
Fire