Tag Archives: Fire & Arson

The Lost Property Office by James Hannibal

The Lost Property Office by James R. Hannibal

Thirteen-year-old Jack Buckles is great at finding things. Not just a missing glove or the other sock, but things normal people have long given up on ever seeing again. If only he could find his father, who has disappeared in London without a trace. But Jack s father was not who he claimed to be. It turns out that he was a member of a secret society of detectives that has served the crown for centuries and membership into the Lost Property Office is Jack s inheri… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Loss of limb
  • Kidnapping
  • Blackmail
  • Electrocution
  • Great Fire of 1666 described
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The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions – including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons. Thanks to a DNA test, Avery knows that she’s not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. As the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different direct… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Suicidal ideation
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Infertility
  • Miscarriage
  • Death of a parent
  • Murder
  • Gun violence
  • Explosion
  • Kidnapping
  • House fire recounted
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Second Nature by Amber Boudreau

Second Nature by Amber Boudreau

Mavis Corvid can’t remember. Not who she is, nor where she came from. It’s been six months and nothing. Zip. Zilch. Now she’s settling into a new life. She’s back on her feet, literally, and working at a garage in Eustace Park for a boss as grumpy as he is handsome. She has an apartment, friends, and an insatiable curiosity about werewolves. No one knows why the wolves disclosed their existence to the world, but the one-year anniversary of their reveal is fast approaching. A fight brews between two alphas that could threaten the rest of humanity unless Mavis can remember… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Persecution for witchcraft
  • Panic attack
  • Amnesia
  • Depersonalisation
  • Dysphoria
  • Drugging
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Body horror
  • Physical injuries & illness, including burns, anaphylaxis, and loss of limb
  • Dead bodies & body parts
  • Medical experimentation
  • Medical procedures & treatment
  • Hospitalisation & psychiatric hospitalisation
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of friend
  • Death of brother
  • Death of son
  • Death of parent
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Poisoning
  • Gun violence
  • Home invasion
  • Captivity & confinement
  • Disappearance of a loved one
  • Fire
  • Animal death & death of a pet
  • Animal illness & injury
  • Poverty
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Facing the Flame by Jackie French

Facing the Flame by Jackie French

There have been fires before, but not like this. In 1978, as the hot wind howls and the grass dries, all who live at Gibber’s Creek know their land can burn. But when you love your land, you fight for it. For Jed Kelly, an even more menacing danger looms: a man from her past determined to destroy her. Finding herself alone, trapped and desperate to save her unborn child, Jed’s only choice is to flee – into the flames.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape recounted
  • Sexual assault by a step-parent recounted
  • Death of a baby recounted
  • Bushfire
  • Animal death
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Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

In Regency London, Zacharias Wythe is England’s first African Sorcerer Royal. And that’s only the first of his problems. He must juggle the conflicting demands of a wayward Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers, where a faction schemes to remove him from his position by fair means or foul. He must cope with the Fairy Court refusing to grant Britain the magical resources it needs. And now the British Government is avid to deploy this increasingly scare magic in its war with France. He must also contend with rumours that he murdered his predecessor and guardian… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism & racial slurs
  • Colourism
  • Misogyny
  • Classism
  • Slavery & indentured servitude
  • Hallucinations mentioned
  • Suicide recounted
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Burns
  • Dead bodies
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a husband
  • Death of a father
  • Murder discussed
  • Fire
  • Death by drowning recounted
  • War & colonialism themes
  • Workplace bullying
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Hush by Dylan Farrow

Hush by Dylan Farrow

Seventeen-year-old Shae has led a seemingly quiet life, joking with her best friend Fiona, and chatting with Mads, the neighbourhood boy who always knows how to make her smile. All while secretly keeping her fears at bay… Of the disease that took her brother’s life. Of how her dreams seem to bleed into reality around her. Of a group of justice seekers called the Bards who claim to use the magic of Telling to keep her community safe. When her mother is murdered, she can no longer pretend. Not knowing who to trust, Shae journeys to unlock the truth, instead finding a new… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Medical experimentation
  • Death of a parent
  • Murder
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Fire
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The Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz

The Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz

A middle grade novel about 14-year-old Nat Beacon, a Broadway super fan who happens to use a wheelchair, and the summer she overcomes fears to turn her fandom into stardom.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Fire
  • Car accident mentioned
  • Animal death mentioned
  • Bullying mentioned
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Sistersong by Lucy Holland

Sistersong by Lucy Holland

In the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia, there is old magic to be found in the whisper of the wind, the roots of the trees, and the curl of the grass. King Cador knew this once, but now the land has turned from him, calling instead to his three children. Riva can cure others, but can’t seem to heal her own deep scars. Keyne battles to be accepted for who he truly is—the king’s son. And Sinne dreams of seeing the world, of finding adventure. All three fear a life of confinement within the walls of the hold, their people’s last bastion of strength against the invading Saxons. However, change… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny
  • Transmisia
  • Misgendering
  • Deadnaming
  • Religious persecution
  • Pregnancy
  • Chronic leg & hand injury
  • Physical injury & illness including death from blood poisoning, head injury, and graphic burn scars
  • Dead body & mutilation
  • Death of a father, on-page
  • Death of a sister
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Death from a fall, on-page
  • Knife & sword violence
  • Arrow violence
  • Whipping, off-page
  • Fire recounted
  • Loss of autonomy (glamour magic)
  • War themes & battle scenes
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Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody

Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody

Enne Salta was raised as a proper young lady, and no lady would willingly visit New Reynes, the so-called City of Sin. But when her mother goes missing, Enne must leave her finishing school—and her reputation—behind to follow her mother’s trail to the city where no one survives uncorrupted. Frightened and alone, Enne has only one lead: the name Levi Glaisyer. Unfortunately, Levi is not the gentleman she expected—he’s a street lord and a con man. Levi is also only one payment away from cleaning up a rapidly unravelling investment scam, so he doesn’t have time to investigate… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Paedophilia
  • Gambling & mentions of past substance addiction
  • Blood & injury depiction including burns
  • Death of a mother
  • Death of a friend in a fire
  • Murder & regicide (on-page)
  • Torture
  • Physical assault
  • Poisoning
  • Bullying

Abel by Katee Robert

Abel by Katee Robert

Eight years ago, my family was betrayed by those closest to us. Now we’re back in Sabine Valley, staging our return during the feast of Lammas, where I step into the ring and ensure we’re given what we’re owed. Who we’re owed. Our enemies send their seven best warriors against me. With each victory, I win a Bride for each of my brothers. And for me? I’m saving the best for last. My Bride is Harlow, the woman claimed by the man I used to call friend—the one responsible for our exile. Eli. And if Eli has a problem with it? Well, then I’ll take him as my Bride, too. All the better to enact my revenge…and bring Sabine Valley to its knees.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Child abuse recounted
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Injury requiring surgery (gunshot wound)
  • Death of a mother from cancer mentioned
  • Murder of a father recounted
  • Gun violence
  • Mass death in an arson fire mentioned