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Even If I Fall by Abigail Johnson

Even If I Fall by Abigail Johnson

A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his best friend, Calvin. Brooke and her family became social pariahs, broken and unable to console one another. Brooke’s only solace remains the ice-skating rink, where she works but no longer lets herself dream about a future skating professionally. When Brooke encounters Calvin’s younger brother, Heath, on the side of the road and offers him a ride, everything changes. She needs someone to talk to…and so does Heath. No one else understands what it’s like. Her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Depression
Grief & loss depiction
Murder
Bullying

My Husband, My Stalker by Jessa Kane

My Husband, My Stalker by Jessa Kane

I saw her on the news one night and everything changed. Including me. She wants normal? I’ll give her that, even if I have to pretend. I’ll become the paper-pushing insurance salesman next door and earn her trust. Make her my wife. She’ll never find out she’s married to a hitman. She’ll never know I spend my days following her. Watching and listening. Obsessing over her happiness to the point of madness. She’ll never find out. Or will she?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Panic attack
Self-harm
Kidnapping mentioned
Stalking

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

One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner

One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner

Frankie Elkin, who readers first met in Before She Disappeared, learns of a young man who has gone missing in a national forest. Law enforcement has abandoned the search, but a crew of people led by the young man’s father are still looking. Sensing a father’s desperation, Frankie agrees to help–but soon sees that a missing person isn’t all that’s wrong here. And when more people start to vanish, Frankie realizes she’s up against something very dark–and she’s running out of time.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcoholism
Abortion
Blood depiction
Cancer

Fire and Blood by George RR Martin

Fire and Blood by George R.R. Martin

Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms turned to ash. So began the Targaryens’ bloody rule, with fire and blood. Setting brother against brother, mother against daughter, and dragon against dragon. Chronicled by a learned maester of the Citadel, this thrilling and bloody history of Westeros tells the story of where the battle for the Iron Throne began…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Rape & gang rape
Paedophilia & child sexual assault
Domestic violence
Alcoholism
Drug abuse
Suicide
Self harm
Infertility
Miscarriage
Infanticide
Lynching
Torture
Immolation
Kidnapping

Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich

Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich

Headless bodies have started appearing across town in Trenton, New Jersey. At first, it’s just corpses from a funeral home and the morgue that have had the heads removed. Then a homeless man is murdered and dumped behind a church. Stephanie Plum knows that she’s the only one with a prayer of catching this killer. If that’s not enough, Diesel’s back in town. The six-foot-tall, blond-haired hunk accepts no limits – that includes locked doors, closed windows and underwear. Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, isn’t pleased at his arrival, nor is Ranger, the high-powered security consultant with his own plans for Stephanie… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Substance addiction
Drug use
Murder
Stalking

Swamp Blood by KA Merikan

Swamp Blood by K.A. Merikan

After months of recovering from his injuries, Seth struggles with who he has become. Afloat in a reality he never planned, he tries to find the lost pieces of himself again. Find the purpose, motivation, and strength to get back into shape. He is sick and tired of being a burden for Domenico, who seems to have it all together. When Domenico’s jealousy pushes them into the spotlight of a biker gang with connections to their former mafia family, Seth decides to step up, and make his own decisions, no matter what risks they might entail. Domenico Acerbi can’t trust anyone… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Human trafficking
Homomisia
Sexual assault
Sex work
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Depression
Torture
Organised crime (motorcycle gang)

No Matter What by KA Merikan

No Matter What by K.A. Merikan

Ghost. Not a member of the Coffin Nails MC. Not a doctor anymore. Not gay. Luca. Bent, not broken. Will not let go of Ghost. No matter what. Ghost finds out the hard way that people you meet online aren’t always who they seem to be. When he met ‘Zara’ five years ago, they became inseparable. She’s been with him through the rough and the smooth. He’s been there for her when her abusive boyfriend had her in tears. She is The One, and despite all his friends considering him crazy, Ghost is about to propose. But ‘Zara’ turns out to be Luca, and Luca is most definitely a guy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Statutory rape & rape
Abusive relationship
Panic attacks
Catfishing
Organised crime (mafia, motorcycle gang)

Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins

Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins

With his father’s ponzi scheme assets frozen, Tom Worthington believes finishing college is impossible unless he can pay his own way. After months sleeping in his car, he’s ready to do just that. But his new, older-student housing comes with an unapologetically gay roommate. Tom doesn’t ask why Reese Anders has been separated from the rest of the student population. He’s just happy to be sleeping in a bed. Reese isn’t about to share his brutal story with his gruff new roommate. You’ve seen one homophobic jock, you’ve… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Antiziganism (g slur)
Sexual assault recounted
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Attempted suicide mentioned
Self-harm mentioned
Physical injury (steam burn)
Incarceration of a parent

Broken by Nicola Haken

Broken by Nicola Haken

When Theodore Davenport decides to switch his mundane job for a career, he walks into Holden House Publishing with enthusiasm and determination to succeed. As he settles into his new role, makes new friends, and dreams of making it to the top, everything is going to plan. Until he meets James Holden, CEO of Holden House. James Holden hasn’t been able to stop thinking about his encounter with the timid man he met in a club bathroom last week, and when he discovers the one haunting his dreams is an employee, he can’t seem to stop himself from pursuing him… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Queermisia
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Suicidal ideation
Self-harm