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To Bleed a Crystal Bloom by Sarah Parker

To Bleed a Crystal Bloom by Sarah A. Parker

Nineteen years ago, I was plucked from the heart of a bloody massacre that spared nobody else. Small. Fragile. An enigma. Now ward to a powerful High Master who knows too much and says too little, I lead a simple life, never straying from the confines of an imaginary line I’ve drawn around the castle grounds. Stay within. Never leave. Out there, the monsters lurk. Inside, I’m safe … though at a cost far greater than the blood I drip into a goblet daily. Toxic, unreciprocated love for a man who’s utterly unavailable. My saviour. My protector. My almost executioner… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Arranged marriage
Abusive relationship
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Agoraphobia
Panic attacks
Nightmares & night terrors
Self-harm
Drug use
Blood and gore depiction
Scars
Dead bodies & body parts
Death of a sibling

Careless by Kirsty Capes

Careless by Kirsty Capes

At 3.04pm on a hot, sticky day in June, Bess finds out she’s pregnant. She could tell her social worker Henry, but he’s useless. She should tell her foster mother, Lisa, but she won’t understand. She really ought to tell Boy, but she hasn’t spoken to him in weeks. Bess knows more than anyone that love doesn’t come without conditions. But this isn’t a love story…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Forced marriage discussed
Rape
Foster care system
Postpartum depression
Teen pregnancy
Attempted home abortion
Attempted drowning

A Match Made in Hatred by Morgan Bridges

A Match Made in Hatred by Morgan Bridges

I hated her before I even knew her name. My bride. The daughter of my enemy. She’s nothing more than a part of my revenge. I’m the one who holds her life in my hands, as well as her body. And soon, her very will. Yet, she refuses to break. This woman disarms me, not with weapons but words and not with a fist, but with a simple kiss. A match made in hate can have no other ending except war.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Forced arranged marriage
Kidnaping

Sever by Lauren DeStefano

Sever by Lauren DeStefano

With the clock ticking until the virus takes its toll, Rhine is desperate for answers. After enduring Vaughn’s worst, Rhine finds an unlikely ally in his brother, an eccentric inventor named Reed. She takes refuge in his dilapidated house, though the people she left behind refuse to stay in the past. While Gabriel haunts Rhine’s memories, Cecily is determined to be at Rhine’s side, even if Linden’s feelings are still caught between them. Meanwhile, Rowan’s growing involvement in an underground resistance compels Rhine to reach him before he does something that cannot be undone. But what she discovers… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Adult-minor relationships included forced polygamy
Hospitalisation
Medical experimentation

Wither by Lauren DeStefano

Wither by Lauren DeStefano

By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. She can thank modern science for this genetic time bomb. A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males with a lifespan of 25 years, and females with a lifespan of 20 years. Geneticists are seeking a miracle antidote to restore the human race, desperate orphans crowd the population, crime and poverty have skyrocketed, and young girls are being kidnapped and sold as polygamous brides to bear more children…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Adult-minor relationships included forced polygamy
Rape of a minor, off-page
Child pregnancy
Kidnapping

Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin

Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin

Nell Crane has always been an outsider. In a city devastated by an epidemic, where survivors are all missing parts—an arm, a leg, an eye—her father is the famed scientist who created the biomechanical limbs everyone now uses. But Nell is the only one whose mechanical piece is on the inside: her heart. Since the childhood operation, she has ticked. Like a clock, like a bomb. As her community rebuilds, everyone is expected to contribute to the society’s good . . . but how can Nell live up to her father’s revolutionary idea when she has none of her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Threats of forced marriage
Chronic heart condition
Surgery
Death of a parent

The Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff

So began the ceremony that was to make young Phaedrus, ex-slave and gladiator, Horse Lord of the Dalriadain. Phaedrus had come a long way since the fight in the arena that gained him his freedom. He had left behind his old Roman life and identity and had entered another, more primitive, world—that of the British tribes in the far north. In this world of superstition and ancient ritual, of fierce loyalties and intertribal rivalry, Phaedrus found companionship and love, and something more—a purpose and a meaning to his life as he came fully to understand the significance of the Mark of the Horse… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Sexual assault (nonconsensual kiss)
Forced arranged marriage
Suicide, on-page
Unplanned pregnancy
Emesis
Death of a father recounted
Forced murder of a friend
Animal sacrifice (horse)

Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon by Mary Fan

Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon by Mary Fan

When a powerful viceroy arrives with a fleet of mechanical dragons and stops an attack on Anlei’s village, the villagers see him as a godsend. They agree to give him their sacred, enchanted River Pearl in exchange for permanent protection—if he’ll marry one of the village girls to solidify the alliance. Anlei is appalled when the viceroy selects her as a bride, but with the fate of her people at stake, she sees no choice but to consent. Anlei’s noble plans are sent into a tailspin, however, when a young thief steals the River Pearl for himself.. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Attempted forced adult-minor marriage
Child neglect
Nightmares
Death of a father & mother recounted
Death of a wife recounted
Murder
Torture
Gun & knife violence
Fire
War themes & military violence
Animal attack

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows

Edward (long live the king) is the King of England. He’s also dying, which is inconvenient, as he’s only sixteen and he’d much rather be planning for his first kiss than considering who will inherit his crown.

Jane (reads too many books) is Edward’s cousin, and far more interested in books than romance. Unfortunately for Jane, Edward has arranged to marry her off to secure the line of succession. And there’s something a little odd about her intended… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Forced marriage
Terminal illness
Poisoning

Royally Rearranged by Emma St Clair

Royally (Re)arranged by Emma St. Clair

There will be a royal wedding. The only question–who will be my groom?

An arranged marriage isn’t the worst fate for a princess like me. Especially because I’ve been in love with my intended groom since we were children. But when my prince shows up with an American girlfriend instead of an engagement ring, all arrangements are off. The clock is nearing midnight–I won’t turn into a pumpkin, but if I’m not wed by summer’s end, I’ll forfeit my… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse recounted
Arranged marriage
Alcohol consumption