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Welcome to the Dark Side by Giana Darling

Welcome to the Dark Side by Giana Darling

I was a good girl. I ate my vegetables, volunteered at the local autism centre and sat in the front pew of church every Sunday. Then, I got cancer. What the hell kind of reward was that for a boring life well lived? I was a seventeen-year-old paradigm of virtue and I was tired of it. So, when I finally ran into the man I’d been writing to since he saved my life as a little girl and he offered to show me the dark side of life before I left it for good, I said yes. Only, I didn’t know that Zeus Garro was the President of The Fallen MC and when you made a deal with a man who is worse than the devil… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Adult-minor relationship
  • Domestic violence
  • Pregnancy
  • Cancer
  • Hospital
  • Murder

Silver Silence by Nalini Singh

Silver Silence by Nalini Singh

Control. Precision. Family. These are the principles that drive Silver Mercant. At a time when the fledgling Trinity Accord seeks to unite a divided world, with Silver playing a crucial role as director of a worldwide emergency response network, wildness and chaos are the last things she needs in her life. But that’s exactly what Valentin Nikolaev, alpha of the StoneWater bears, brings with him. Valentin has never met a more fascinating woman. Though Silver is ruled by Silence—her mind clear of all emotion—Valentin senses a whisper of fire around her. That’s what keeps him… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Parental abandonment mentioned
  • Physical injury
  • Suicide
  • Pregnancy, premature labour & childbirth mentioned
  • Hospitalisation
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Gun violence
  • Poisoning
  • Drowning mentioned

Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh

Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh

When socialite Nina Rai disappeared without a trace, everyone wrote it off as another trophy wife tired of her wealthy husband. But now her bones have turned up in the shadowed green of the forest that surrounds her elite neighbourhood, a haven of privilege and secrets that’s housed the same influential families for decades. The rich live here, along with those whose job it is to make their lives easier. And somebody knows what happened to Nina one rainy night ten years ago. Her son Aarav heard a chilling scream that night, and he’s determined to uncover the ugly truth that lives beneath the moneyed elegance but no one is read… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Parental emotional abuse
  • Intimate partner violence
  • Statutory rape
  • Depression
  • Alcoholism
  • Suicide
  • Overdose
  • Hospitalisation
  • Murder

Ocean Light by Nalini Singh

Ocean Light by Nalini Singh

Security specialist Bowen Knight has come back from the dead. But there’s a ticking time bomb in his head: a chip implanted to block telepathic interference that could fail at any moment—taking his brain along with it. With no time to waste, he should be back on land helping the Human Alliance. Instead, he’s at the bottom of the ocean, consumed with an enigmatic changeling. Kaia Luna may have traded in science for being a chef, but she won’t hide the facts of Bo’s condition from him or herself. She’s suffered too much loss in her life to fall prey to the dangerous charm of a human who is a dead man walking. And she carries a devast… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Child abuse mentioned
  • Anxiety & panic attack
  • Attempted suicide mentioned
  • Miscarriage mentioned
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Hospitalisation in a present vegetative state recounted
  • Death of a parent
  • Murder
  • Kidnapping

The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James

The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James

Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people on the planet after a virus caused global infertility. Closeted in a pocket of London and doted upon by a small, ageing community, the pair spend their days mudlarking for artefacts from history and looking for treasure in their once-opulent mansion. Their idyllic life is torn apart when a secret is uncovered that threatens not only their family but humanity’s entire existence. Lowrie and Shen face an impossible choice: in the quiet at the end of the world, they must decide who to save and who to sacrifice.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Anxiety & panic attacks
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Infertility (theme)
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Hospitalisation
  • Death of a friend
  • Death of parents recounted
  • Helicopter accident
  • Building collapse
  • Drowning
  • Cave collapse
  • Fire
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Forgiven by Garrett Leigh

Forgiven by Garrett Leigh

When Mia Amour returns to England to open a florist shop, all she wants to do is put her lousy ex behind her and never look back. But getting a fresh start is easier said than done when her first love, the boy who once broke her teenage heart, strolls back into her life. He’s every bit as sexy as she remembers, and the urge to melt back into his arms almost makes her forget how devastated she was when he took off without a word. Almost. Left with no choice, Luke Daley did what he had to do, leaving town to earn enough money to save his broken family, though it just about broke… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Drug use mentioned (sc)
  • Hospitalisation
  • Death of a parent from illness recounted
  • Stalking

Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Six months after Paola Santiago confronted the legendary La Llorona, life is nothing like she’d expected it to be. She is barely speaking to her best friends, Dante and Emma, and what’s worse, her mom has a totally annoying boyfriend. Even with her chupacabra puppy, Bruto, around, Pao can’t escape the feeling that she’s all alone in the world. Pao has no one to tell that she’s having nightmares again, this time set in a terrifying forest. Even more troubling? At their centre is her estranged father, an enigma of a man she barely remembers. And when Dante’s abuela falls… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Hospitalisation
  • Death of a parent
  • Murder
  • Fire
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New Ink on Life by Jennie Davids

New Ink on Life by Jennie Davids

Leaving a dependable job to apprentice as a tattoo artist was a drastic step after surviving breast cancer, but Cassie Whiteaker is nearly five years cancer-free. Nearly. She’s not ready to go out on her own until she clears that all-important hurdle. Also off-limits are relationships and sex—something Cassie is sure she’ll never want again. Struggling tattoo shop owner MJ Flores doesn’t give a damn what people think, but losing Thorn & Thistle would mean losing everything. When her former mentor’s protégé arrives at her door, MJ hires her out of obligation…at first. Cross-stitching goody-goodies are not her type, but… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Lesbomisia
  • Panic attack
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Breast cancer treatment & recovery
  • Surgery mentioned
  • Hospitalisation
  • Scars
  • Death of a mentor mentioned
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The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich

The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich

High schooler Matt’s father is rich, powerful, and seemingly untouchable—a criminal with high hopes that his son will follow in his footsteps. Matt’s older brother Luke seems poised to do just that, with a bevy of hot girls in tow. But Matt has other ambitions—and attractions. And attraction sometimes doesn’t allow for good judgement. Matt wouldn’t have guessed that when he makes a new friend, one who is also carrying a secret. The boys’ connection turns romantic, a first for both. Now Matt must decide if he can ever do the impossible and come clean about who he… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Child abuse
  • Hospitalisation
  • Death of a parent mentioned
  • Gun violence
  • Gang violence mentioned
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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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