Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan

Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan

When Bree Prescott arrives in the sleepy, lakeside town of Pelion, Maine, she hopes against hope that this is the place where she will finally find the peace she so desperately seeks. On her first day there, her life collides with Archer Hale, an isolated man who holds a secret agony of his own. A man no one else sees.

Archer’s Voice is the story of a woman chained to the memory of one horrifying night and the man… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Domestic abuse
  • Attempted rape
  • Death of parents, off-page
  • Murder
  • Gun violence
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Congo by Michael Crichton

Congo by Michael Crichton

Ten thousand miles away, Karen Ross, the Congo Project Supervisor, watches a gruesome video transmission of the aftermath: a camp destroyed, tents crushed and torn, equipment scattered in the mud alongside dead bodies — all motionless except for one moving image — a grainy, dark, man-shaped blur.

In San Francisco, primatologist Peter Elliot works with Amy, a gorilla with an extraordinary vocabulary of 620 “signs,” the most ever learned by a primate… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Colonialism
  • Blood & gore depiction including eye trauma
  • Death of a friend
  • Gun violence
  • Explosion
  • Animal death
  • Animal experimentation discussed
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Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

Gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric—a masterpiece of suspense San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man’s guilt. For on San Pedro, memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuo’s wife; memories of land desired, paid for and lost….. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Gun violence
  • Wrongful imprisonment
  • War themes
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Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly 

Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly

It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanov’s. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russia’s Imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. In need of domestic help, they hire. …. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Incestuous sexual assault of a minor (half-siblings)
  • Sexual harassment
  • Death of a child
  • Murder
  • Gun violence
  • Kidnapping
  • World War I
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Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson worships her widowed father. But when he decides to remarry, Molly’s life is thrown off course by the arrival of her vain, shallow, and selfish stepmother. There is some solace in the shape of her new stepsister Cynthia, who is beautiful, sophisticated, and irresistible to every man she meets. Soon the girls become close, and Molly finds herself cajoled into becoming a go-between in Cynthia’s love affairs. But in doing so, Molly risks ruining her reputation in the gossiping village of Hollingford – and jeopardizing everything with the man she is secretly in love with.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death of a friend
  • Blackmail
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Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter

Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter

April thought she had her happy ending. After all, she has her new house and new friends and new guardian. But she also has a very big new secret. The kids of Winterborne House are the only ones who know that Gabriel Winterborne—famous billionaire and terrible cook—is really a sword-wielding vigilante. What they don’t know is that he’s not the only one.

When a masked figure breaks in, looking for… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment, recounted & discussed (on-page)
  • Drugging
  • Blood depiction
  • Physical injuries including gunshot wounds, stab wounds, and a sprained ankle
  • Death of a mother & father recounted
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Gun violence
  • Sword violence & stabbing
  • Fire, on-page & recounted
  • Boating accident recounted
  • Explosion
  • Home invasion
  • Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping
  • Disappearance & presumed death of a loved one
  • Experiences in orphanages, group homes, and foster care discussed including child abuse & neglect
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Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter

Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter

When 11-year-old April joins a group of kids living at Winterborne Home she doesn’t expect to be there for very long. But she soon learns that this home isn’t like any of the others – especially when she unearths the secret of the missing-and-presumed-dead billionaire, Gabriel Winterborne, who is neither missing nor dead but is actually living in a basement lair, sharpening his swords and looking for vengeance… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment
  • Child abuse recounted
  • Serious physical injury
  • Death of a parent
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Knife & sword violence
  • Gun violence
  • Home invasion
  • Bullying
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The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton 

The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton

The Tell Tale has been watching and waiting because there’s something queer about the village of Foel. Beth Griffiths has returned home to raise her daughter in the Welsh hills. They arrive to the open arms of the community, but not all is what it seems and Beth isn’t home for the reason she pretends either.

Vicious notes start appearing that reveal harsh truths about the village inhabitants, stirring up ancient past and old loves. Not even local dignitary, the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Hate crime
  • Outing
  • Cheating mentioned
  • Domestic abuse
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Drugging
  • Blood depiction
  • Gun violence
  • Homelessness
  • Hunting
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A Lie for a Lie by Helena Hunting

A Lie for a Lie by Helena Hunting

Sometimes I need an escape from the demands, the puck bunnies, and the notoriety that come with being an NHL team captain. I just want to be a normal guy for a few weeks. So when I leave Chicago for some peace and quiet, the last thing I expect is for a gorgeous woman to literally fall into my lap on a flight to Alaska. Even better, she has absolutely no idea who I am.

Lainey is the perfect escape from my life.… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Aerophobia
  • Pregnancy complications
  • Mass shooting
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Clipped Wings by Helena Hunting

Clipped Wings by Helena Hunting

As Hayden and Tenley navigate their newfound but slightly unstable relationship, they want to trust each other, but Hayden is hiding a dark and shameful past that he doesn’t ever want Tenley to find out about. And Tenley has secrets of her own that could make Hayden run away forever. When Tenley asks Hayden to put a beautifully elaborate tattoo across her back, the two form what they thought was an unshakeable bond. But when Tenley’s past shows up on her doorstep, will Hayden stand by her side…or run?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Murder of parents by gun violence recounted
  • Death of a fiancé & parents in a plane crash
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