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The Major’s Faux Fiancee by Erica Ridley

The Major’s Faux Fiancee by Erica Ridley

When Major Bartholomew Blackpool learns the girl-next-door from his childhood will be forced into an unwanted marriage, he returns home to play her pretend beau. He figures now that he’s missing a leg, a faux fiancée is the best an ex-soldier can get. He admires her pluck, but the lady deserves a whole man—and he’ll ensure she gets one. Miss Daphne Vaughan hates that crying off will destroy Major Blackpool’s chances of finding a real bride. She plots to make him jilt her first. Who cares if it ruins her? She never wanted a husband anyway. But the major is… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Amputation recounted
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent recounted
Death of a sibling recounted
War recounted

American Betiya by Anuradha Rajurkar

American Betiya by Anuradha D. Rajurkar

Rani Kelkar has never lied to her parents until she meets Oliver. The same qualities that draw her in–his tattoos, his charisma, his passion for art–make him her mother’s worst nightmare. They begin dating in secret, but when Oliver’s troubled home life unravels, he starts to ask more of Rani than she knows how to give, desperately trying to fit into her world, no matter how high the cost. When a twist of fate leads Rani from Evanston, Illinois to Pune, India for a summer, she has a reckoning with herself–and what’s really brewing beneath the surface of her first love… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Misogyny
Child abandonment & neglect
Substance addiction
Alcohol consumption
Drug use
Unplanned pregnancy
Suicide & attempted suicide
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a friend
Death of a grandparent

Heart and Seoul by Jen Frederick

Heart and Seoul by Jen Frederick

As a Korean adoptee, Hara Wilson doesn’t need anyone telling her she looks different from her white parents. She knows. Every time Hara looks in the mirror, she’s reminded that she doesn’t look like anyone else in her family–not her loving mother, Ellen; not her jerk of a father, Pat; and certainly not like Pat’s new wife and new “real” son. At the age of twenty-five, she thought she had come to terms with it all, but when her father suddenly dies, an offhand comment at his funeral triggers an identity crisis… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father

Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova

Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova

Lula Mortiz may be a bruja with healing powers, but after her family’s battle in Los Lagos, she feels broken in a way she can’t seem to fix. Then tragedy strikes when a bus crash leaves her friends and her boyfriend, Maks, dead. Desperate to reclaim normalcy, Lula invokes a dark spell to bring Maks back. It isn’t until she hears that all of the bodies from the crash have gone missing that she realizes something is wrong. Lula has unwittingly raised an army of casi muertos–creatures between the living and dead–and they’re hungry for freedom…which they can only achieve if Lula dies.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Self harm for blood magic
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies
Grief & loss depiction
Car accident

The Archived by Victoria Schwab

The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Physical injury
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a brother recounted
Murder
Car accident mentioned

Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon

Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon

Liz Cramer swears she’ll find a way off of this alien planet she’s stuck on–then she meets Raahosh, the surliest and stubbornest alien, who won’t leave her alone, and she just might be okay with that… Twelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. I’m one of them. Yay, me. In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. I like to call it a “cootie.” And my cootie’s a jerk, because it also thinks I’m the mate to the biggest, grumpiest alien of the group… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape mentioned
Dubious consent scenario
Blood depiction
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Kidnapping
Animal death

A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge

A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge

In the underground city of Caverna the world’s most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare — wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as they slit your throat. The people of Caverna are more ordinary, but for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. Expressions must be learned, and only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to show (or fake) joy, despair or fear — at a price… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Murder
Kidnapping & confinement

This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

Sloane isn’t expecting to fall in with a group of friends when she moves from New York to Florida—especially not a group of friends so intense, so in love, so all-consuming. Yet that’s exactly what happens. Sloane becomes closest to Vera, a social-media star who lights up any room, and Gabe, Vera’s twin brother and the most serious person Sloane’s ever met. When a beloved painting by the twins’ late mother goes missing, Sloane takes on the responsibility of tracking it down, a journey that takes her across state lines—and ever deeper into the twins’ lives.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Anxiety & panic attacks
Depression
Alcohol consumption
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Bullying

How to Blow It with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

How to Blow It with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

Once upon a time there was a totally ordinary boy who fell for a cold, beautiful prince. Only it’s not a fairy tale, it’s my life. The prince is a billionaire called Caspian Hart. And we’re trying super hard to live happily ever after. He’s everything I want, need, and can’t resist: a man who looks like a god and bangs like the devil. Except he’s still got his rules and he’s still got his secrets. But if there’s one thing Caspian’s taught me it’s that you should never settle for less than you’re worth. And I’m worth his trust. I have to show him that I see him. That I’m not afraid of his passion… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut shaming
Transmsiia recounted
Panic attack
Attempted suicide by overdose mentioned
Recreational drug use, on-page
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father recounted
Car accident

The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

Elise Beaumont is cursed. With every touch, she experiences exactly how her loved ones will die. And after her brother’s death—a death she predicted but was unable to prevent—Elise is desperate to get rid of her terrible gift, no matter the cost. Claire Montgomery also has a unique relationship with death, mostly because she’s already dead. Technically, anyway. Claire is a vampire, and she’s been assigned by the Veil to help Elise master her rare Death Oracle powers. At first, Elise is reluctant to work with a vampire, but when she predicts a teacher’s imminent murder…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abandonment
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a brother
Murder
Loss of autonomy (mind control)