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The Accidental Pinup by Danielle Jackson

The Accidental Pinup by Danielle Jackson

Photographer Cassie Harris loves her job—her company Buxom Boudoir makes people look beautiful and feel empowered with her modern twist on classic pinup photography. Cassie’s best friend, Dana, is about to launch her own dangerously dreamy lingerie line and wants Cassie to shoot and direct the career-changing national campaign. But company politics and Dana’s complicated pregnancy interfere, and Cassie finds herself—a proud plus-size Black woman—not behind the camera but in front of it… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Racism, fatphobia & sexism
Parental abandonment recounted
Gambling addiction (secondary character)
Alcohol consumption
High-risk pregnancy mentioned (secondary character)

16 Steps to Forever by Georgia Beers

16 Steps to Forever by Georgia Beers

If there’s one thing Brooke Sullivan knows for sure it’s that people let you down, but that hasn’t stopped her from going after the life she wants. In a new city, with a new job and a new start as a high-end real estate agent, she’s finally back on her feet. The last thing she needs is a distraction. Not her volatile neighbours, not a damn stray cat, and certainly not the flaky, infuriatingly adorkable girl-next-door property stager she has to work with. Macy Carr believes in soul mates and true love. She knows because she had it all until a freak accident took the love of her life… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Panic attack

11 Paper Hearts by Kelsey Hartwell

11 Paper Hearts by Kelsey Hartwell

Ella’s life was picture perfect. She had a circle of close friends, a jam-packed social life, and an amazing boyfriend. But then something completely unexpected happened: a car accident after a Valentine’s Day dance. When Ella woke up in the hospital, she couldn’t remember the accident . . . or anything about the weeks before it, including the reason she broke up with her boyfriend. Now, a year later, she begins receiving paper hearts from a mysterious admirer who seems to have the answers she craves. Ella is intrigued. The hearts contain clues to help Ella remember her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Retrograde amnesia
Physical injuries
Car accident

*Context: The protagonist suffers from memory loss (retrograde amnesia) as a result of head injuries sustained during a car accident.

100 Days of Cake by Shari Goldhagen

100 Days of Cake by Shari Goldhagen

There are only three things that can get seventeen-year-old Molly Byrne out of bed these days: her job at FishTopia, the promise of endless episodes of Golden Girls, and some delicious lo mien. You see, for the past two years, Molly’s been struggling with something more than your usual teenage angst. Her shrink, Dr Brooks isn’t helping much, and neither is her mom who is convinced that baking the perfect cake will cure Molly of her depression—as if cake can magically make her rejoin the swim team, get along with her promiscuous sister, or care about the SATs… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Depression

Head of the River by Pip Harry

Head of the River by Pip Harry

It’s the most elite school sporting event in the country. Nine rowers, 2000 gruelling metres and one chance for glory in the ultimate team sport. Sit forward … ROW. Tall, gifted and the offspring of Olympians, superstar siblings Leni and Cristian Popescu are set to row Harley Grammar to victory in the Head of the River. With six months until the big race, the twins can’t lose. Or can they? When Cristian is seduced by the easy route of performance-enhancing drugs, and Leni is suffocated with self-doubt, their bright futures start to fade. Juggling family, high expectations, study… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Eating isorder

Because of You by Pip Harry

Because of You by Pip Harry

Tiny is homeless. Nola has everything she could ask for. They meet when Nola is forced into volunteer work for the writers’ group at the homeless shelter where Tiny is staying, and at first, it seems impossible that two people who are so different could ever be friends. But despite her initial prejudice, Nola quickly learns that there isn’t much separating her from the people who live on the streets. And Tiny begins to see that falling down doesn’t mean you never get back up. Because of You is a story about homelessness, prejudice and the power of words to provide a little hope… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Post-natal depression
Substance addiction
Suicidal ideation
Drug abuse
Death of a friend
Homelessness

The Little Wave by Pip Harry

The Little Wave by Pip Harry

When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very different kids find each other and themselves. Noah is fearless in the surf. Being at the beach makes him feel free. So where does his courage go when his best mate pushes him around? Lottie loves collecting facts about bugs, but she wishes her dad would stop filling their lonely house with junk. She doesn’t know what to do about it. Jack wants to be a cricket star, but first he has to get to school and look after his little sister. Especially if he wants to go on the class trip and see the ocean for the first time.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parent with Hoarding Disorder
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother & wife recounted
Near-drowning recounted

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

Seeking Mansfield by Kate Watson

Seeking Mansfield by Kate Watson

When teen movie stars Emma and Harlan Crawford move next door to the Bertram’s, they immediately set their sights on Oliver and his cunning sister, Juliette, shaking up Finley and Oliver’s stable friendship. As Emma and Oliver grow closer, Harlan finds his attention shifting from Juliette to the quiet, enigmatic, and thoroughly unimpressed Finley. Out of boredom, Harlan decides to make her fall in love with him. Problem is, the harder he seeks to win her, the harder he falls for her. When teen movie stars Emma and Harlan Crawford move next door to the Bertram’s, they… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

On Deck by Kimberly Readnour

On Deck by Kimberly Readnour

There are two types of people in Bellow Bay. The rich.
And me, Dalton Boyd. But my baseball scholarship is my one-way ticket out of this town and away from judgmental eyes. Nothing stands in my way. That is, until a pretty blonde with the brightest blue eyes breezes into town and tilts my world. Cassie Green comes with one simple rule. Don’t fall in love. One summer is all we have. And trust me, a summer fling isn’t a problem. But there’s one small glitch in our plan.
I’ve never been one to follow the rules. Only this time, it may be me wishing I’d stuck to the plan.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abandonment
Alcoholism
Drug abuse
Attempted shooting during a robbery