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The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie

The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie

For Cassandra Leung, bossing around sea monsters is just the family business. She’s been a Reckoner trainer-in-training ever since she could walk, raising the genetically-engineered beasts to defend ships as they cross the pirate-infested NeoPacific. But when the pirate queen Santa Elena swoops in on Cas’s first solo mission and snatches her from the bloodstained decks, Cas’s dream of being a full-time trainer seems dead in the water. There’s no time to mourn. Waiting for her on the pirate ship is an unhatched Reckoner… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Slavery mentioned
Suicide, attempted suicide & suicidal ideation
Emesis
Murder
Torture
Kidnapping & captivity
Graphic animal death & cruelty

The Ability by MM Vaughan

The Ability by M.M. Vaughan and illustrated by Iacopo Bruno

No one has any confidence in twelve-year-old Christopher Lane. His teachers discount him as a liar and a thief, and his mom doesn’t have the energy to deal with him. But a mysterious visit from the Ministry of Education indicates that Chris might have some potential after all: He is invited to attend the prestigious Myers Holt Academy. When Christopher begins at his new school, he is astounded at what he can do. It seems that age twelve is a special time for the human brain, which is capable of remarkable feats—as… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Death of a father during military service
Death of a child
Kidnapping
Loss of autonomy (mind control)
Animal injury

The Butterfly Project by Emma Scott

The Butterfly Project by Emma Scott

At age fourteen, Zelda Rossi witnessed the unthinkable and has spent the last ten years hardening her heart against the guilt and grief. She channels her pain into her art: a dystopian graphic novel where vigilantes travel back in time to stop heinous crimes—like child abduction—before they happen. Zelda pitches her graphic novel to several big-time comic book publishers in New York City, only to have her hopes crash and burn. Circumstances leave her stranded in an unfamiliar city, and in an embarrassing moment of weakness, she meets a guarded young man with a past he’d do anything to change… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & panic attacks
Substance addiction & relapse
Kidnapping of a sister (off-page)
Poverty/financial difficulties discussed

The Safe Place by Anna Downes

The Safe Place by Anna Downes

Emily Proudman just lost her acting agent, her job, and her apartment in one miserable day. Scott Denny, a successful and charismatic CEO, has a problem that neither his business acumen nor vast wealth can fix. Until he meets Emily. Scott offers Emily a summer job as a housekeeper on his remote, beautiful French estate. Enchanted by his lovely wife Nina, and his eccentric young daughter, Aurelia, Emily falls headlong into this oasis of wine-soaked days by the pool. But soon Emily realizes that Scott and Nina are hiding dangerous secrets, and if she doesn’t play along, the consequences could be deadly.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse, implied
Alcohol consumption
Drug use
Kidnapping

Killing Me Softly by Various

Killing Me Softly by Various

Contributions from Lena Bourne, Lexy Timms, Charlotte Byrd, Lisa Lang Blakeney, Lux Miller, Drethi Anis, Linnea May, Ivy Fox, Sahara Roberts, Adelaide Forrest, Adora Crooks, Emily Bowie, Theresa Sederholt, LC Taylor & Allie Rose, Paige P. Horne, K.A Knight, Avery Sen, Margot Scott, Nikita Slater, Ashley Lane, Molly Sloan, Jas T. Ward, and Kristin Alexander.

When his master’s eccentric brother chooses him to be his manservant, Wash is terrified of the cruelties he is certain await him. But Christopher Wilde, or “Titch,” is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor, and abolitionist. He initiates Wash into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky; where two people, separated by an impossible divide, might begin to see each other as human; and where a boy born in chains can embrace a life of dignity and meaning. But when a man is killed and a bounty is placed on Wash’s head, Titch abandons everything to save him… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder
Kidnapping & captivity

How You Grow Wings by Rimma Onoseta

How You Grow Wings by Rimma Onoseta

Sisters Cheta and Zam couldn’t be more different. Cheta, sharp-tongued and stubborn, never shies away from conflict—either at school or at home, where her mother fires abuse at her. Timid Zam escapes most of her mother’s anger, skating under the radar and avoiding her sister whenever possible. In a turn of good fortune, Zam is invited to live with her aunt’s family in the lap of luxury. Jealous, Cheta also leaves home, but finds a harder existence that will drive her to terrible decisions. When the sisters are reunited, Zam alone will recognize just how far Cheta has fallen—and Cheta’s fate will rest in Zam’s hands.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Classism
Colourism
Physical & verbal child abuse
Panic attacks, on-page
Drug abuse mentioned
Death of a grandparent
Gun violence
Kidnapping

Breathless by Beverly Jenkins

Breathless by Beverly Jenkins

As manager of one of the finest hotels in Arizona Territory, Portia Carmichael has respect and stability—qualities sorely missing from her harsh childhood. She refuses to jeopardize that by hitching herself to the wrong man. Suitors are plentiful, but none of them has ever looked quite as tempting as the family friend who just rode into town…and none have looked at her with such intensity and heat. Duchess. That’s the nickname Kent Randolph gave Portia when she was a young girl. Now she’s a stunning, intelligent woman… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Parental abandonment recounted
Murder
Kidnapping

Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy

Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy

Newlyweds Sam Statler and Annie Potter are head over heels and excited to say goodbye to New York and start a life together in Sam’s sleepy hometown in upstate New York. Or, it turns out, a life where Annie spends most of her time alone while Sam, her therapist husband, works long hours in his downstairs office, tending to the egos of his (mostly female) clientele. Little does Sam know that through a vent in his ceiling, every word of his sessions can be heard from the room upstairs. The pharmacist’s wife, contemplating a divorce. The well-known painter whose… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abandonment
Cheating
Overdose
Kidnapping

Bad Alpha by Kathryn Moon

Bad Alpha by Kathryn Moon

Eve had one job. Kill Adam. But when her mark for the night turns out to be a gift-wrapped omega, Eve can’t resist delaying the job and enjoying the opportunity before her. One bite is all it takes That’s what Adam is counting on. One bite and he might live till morning. Success is complicated and on the run for their lives, Eve and Adam need the one thing neither of them wants. A pack. Can three good men tame the killer and the con artist? Not if this bad alpha can help it.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Human trafficking
Sexual assault
Foster care system experiences mentioned
Nightmare
Alcohol consumption
Drugging
Physical injuries & illness including septic gunshot & knife wounds
Murder
Disappearance & presumed kidnapping of a sibling
Fire