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Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee

Meet Anna K. At seventeen, she is at the top of Manhattan and Greenwich society (even if she prefers the company of her horses and Newfoundland dogs); she has the perfect (if perfectly boring) boyfriend, Alexander W.; and she has always made her Korean-American father proud (even if he can be a little controlling). Meanwhile, Anna’s brother, Steven, and his girlfriend, Lolly, are trying to weather a sexting scandal; Lolly’s little sister, Kimmie, is struggling to recalibrate to normal life after an injury derails her ice dancing career; and Steven’s best friend, Dustin, is madly (and one-sidedly) in love with Kimmie… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Racism
Fatmisia
Homomisia
Slut shaming
Cheating
Revenge porn
Depression
Suicidal ideation
Self harm mentioned
Dieting & weight discussed
Alcohol consumption
Drug use
Overdose
Miscarriage & abortion mentioned
Death of a parent mentioned
Fatal train accident
Car accident
Animal death (horse & dog)

If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang

Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s the only scholarship student among China’s most rich and influential teens. But then she starts uncontrollably turning invisible—actually invisible.

When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power—she’ll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Racism
Hate crime mentioned
Parental infidelity mentioned
Threats of revenge porn
Child abuse, off-page
Knife violence
Kidnapping

Djinn City by Saad Z. Hossain

Indelbed is a lonely kid living in a crumbling mansion in the super dense, super chaotic third world capital of Bangladesh. When he learns that his dead mother was a djinn — more commonly known as a genie — and that his drunken loutish father is a sitting emissary to the djinns (i.e. a magician), his whole world is turned inside out. Suddenly, and for reasons that totally escape him, his father is found in a supernatural coma, and Indelbed is kidnapped by the djinn and delivered to a subterranean prison. Back in the city, his cousin Rais and his family struggle to make sense of it all, as an impending catastrophe threatens to destroy… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Classism
Rape
Revenge porn
Child abuse
Drug use
Torture

Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Legend goes that long ago a Flores woman offended the old gods, and their family was cursed as a result. Now, every woman born to the family has a touch of magic.

Sage Flores has been running from her family—and their “gifts”—ever since her younger sister Sky died. Eight years later, Sage reluctantly returns to her hometown. Like slipping into an old, comforting sweater, Sage takes back her job at Cranberry Rose Company and uses her ability to communicate with plants to discover unusual heritage specimens in the surrounding lands… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Threats of revenge pornography
Domestic abuse recounted
Parental abandonment recounted
Death of a parent & sibling recounted

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

Tansy Adams’ greatest love is her family’s bookstore, passed down from her late father. But when it comes to actual romance… Tansy can’t get past the first chapter. Tired of her stepfamily’s questions about her love life, Tansy invents Gemma, a fake girlfriend inspired by the stunning cover model on a bestselling book. They’ll never actually meet, so what’s the harm in a little fib? Yet when real-life Gemma crosses Tansy’s path, her white lie nearly implodes. Gemma van Dalen is a wild child, the outcast of her wealthy family, and now the latest heir to Van Dalen Publishing. But… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Revenge pornography of a minor recounted
Sexual harassment
Anxiety
Alcohol consumption
Emesis mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent

Three Swedish Mountain Men by Lily Gold

Three Swedish Mountain Men by Lily Gold

Three ripped, gorgeous men. One secluded Swedish mountain cabin. It looks like my vacation is about to heat up. After my ex-boyfriend makes me the target of a cruel online hate campaign, I know I have to get away. The last thing I expect on my trip to Sweden is a moose standing in the middle of the road — or the mysterious, bearded ranger who pulls me from my wrecked car. Now a storm’s brewing, and I’m being carried into a secluded mountain cabin by a Nordic God rippling with muscle. Inside, I’m greeted by three sizzling-hot Swedish mountain men: Riven, the cool… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut-shaming
Revenge pornography

Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of mythology’s most well-known stories from creator Rachel Smythe. Featuring a brand-new, exclusive short story, Smythe’s original Eisner-nominated web-comic Lore Olympus brings the Greek Pantheon into the modern age with this sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Sexual assault
Revenge pornography
Child abuse
Trauma & nightmares
Dissociation
Alcohol consumption
Smoking
Drugging
Kidnapping & captivity
Stalking

Enemies With Benefits by Roxie Noir

Enemies With Benefits by Roxie Noir

Eli Loveless was my nemesis from the first day of kindergarten until we graduated high school. Everything I did, he had to do better – and vice versa. The day he left town was the best day of my life. Ten years later, the day he came back was the worst. Now he’s my co-worker. Grown-up Eli Loveless is sexy as sin. He’s hotter than asphalt in the summer. The irritating kid I once knew is gone, and he’s been replaced by a man with green eyes, perfect abs, and a cocky smile. It’s bad that I want him. It’s worse that he… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abandonment
Nonconsensual distribution of nude photographs
Sexual harassment
Slut shaming
Alcohol consumption
Death of a father mentioned
Death of a mother from lung cancer mentioned
Bullying recounted

Empty Net by Avon Gale

Empty Net by Avon Gale

Spartanburg Spitfires’ goalie and captain Isaac Drake ended last season with an unexpected trip to the playoffs. He’s found a home and family with his coach and mentor, Misha Samarin, and he’s looking forward to making a serious run for the Kelly Cup. But things take an interesting turn when Isaac’s archnemesis, Laurent St. Savoy, is traded to the Spitfires. After Laurent’s despicable behavior in the playoffs last year, Isaac wants nothing to do with him – no matter how gorgeous he is. But that changes when Isaac discovers the reason for Laurent’s attitude. Laurent St. Savoy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Misogyny
Homomisia
Threatened outing
Conversion therapy mentioned
Sex work mentioned
Nonconsensual filming of sex mentioned
Physical, verbal & emotional parental abuse recounted
Eating disorder*
Panic attacks
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Alcohol consumption
Blackmail mentioned
Bullying

*Context : This includes disordered eating and food thoughts, food restriction, purging, therapy & recovery, and mentions of relapses.

Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown

Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown

Ashleigh’s boyfriend, Kaleb, is about to leave for college, and Ashleigh is worried that he’ll forget about her while he’s away. So at a legendary end-of-summer pool party, Ashleigh’s friends suggest she text him a picture of herself — sans swimsuit — to take with him. Before she can talk herself out of it, Ashleigh strides off to the bathroom, snaps a photo in the full-length mirror, and hits “send.” But when Kaleb and Ashleigh go through a bad breakup, Kaleb takes revenge by forwarding the text to his baseball team. Soon the photo has gone viral, attracting the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut-shaming
Revenge pornography of a minor