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Red Island House by Andrea Lee

Red Island House by Andrea Lee

Shay is surprised when her husband Senna declares his intention to build her a spectacular dream house on an idyllic beach in the tropical island nation of Madagascar. Shay is surprised when her husband Senna declares his intention to build her a spectacular dream house on an idyllic beach in the tropical island nation of Madagascar. At first, she’s content to be an observer of the passionate affairs and fierce ambitions and rivalries around her. But as she and her husband raise children and establish their own rituals on the island, Shay finds herself drawn ever deeper into an extra… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Racism & racial slurs
Misogyny
Child neglect
Suicide mentioned
Drug abuse
Miscarriage
Lynching

Beard with Me by Penny Reid

Beard with Me by Penny Reid

No one is better at surviving than Scarlet St. Claire and making the best out of circumstances beyond her control is Scarlet’s specialty. In an apocalyptic situation, she’d be the last person on earth, hermitting like a pro, singing along to her CD Walkman, and dancing like no one is watching. Scarlet is clever, Scarlet is careful, and Scarlet is smart, except when it comes to Billy Winston. No one is better at fighting than Billy Winston and raging against his circumstances—because nothing is beyond his control—is Billy’s specialty. In an apocalyptic situation, he’d be the first person on earth to lead others to safety, overcome catastrophe… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Adult-minor relationship mentioned
Physical & emotional child abuse
Teen pregnancy
Miscarriage mentioned
Homelessness
Poverty themes

Lord and Lady Spy by Shana Galen

Lord and Lady Spy by Shana Galen

Lord Adrian Smythe may appear a perfectly boring gentleman, but he leads a thrilling life as one of England’s most preeminent spies, an identity so clandestine even his wife is unaware of it. But he isn’t the only one with secrets. Now that the Napoleonic wars have come to an end, daring secret agent Lady Sophia Smythe can hardly bear the thought of returning home to her tedious husband. Until she discovers in the dark of night that he’s not who she thinks he is after all.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Miscarriage recounted
Blood depiction
Murder
Gun violence

Reasons to Heal by Jenn Matthews

Reasons to Heal by Jenn Matthews

When is it time to put yourself first for once? English police constable Molly Blue is devastated when an assault forces her to endure weeks of therapy and disrupts her promising career. The cute physiotherapist getting her back on her feet is an intriguing distraction at least. English police constable Molly Blue is devastated when an assault forces her to endure weeks of therapy and disrupts her promising career. The cute physiotherapist getting her back on her feet is an intriguing distraction at least. But when Molly takes a visit home, it rocks her to the core. She is forced to decide whether to stay and look after her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Pregnancy mentioned
Miscarriage mentioned
Cancer mentioned
Gentrification
Animal death mentioned

Restore Me by JL Seegars

Restore Me by J.L. Seegars

Dominic Alexander is my late husband’s best friend and the last man on Earth that I should want. He’s arrogant, dismissive, and up until recently has only ever used those dark eyes of his to look right through me. For the last ten years, he’s taken a sick pleasure in making me feel paper thin, like my entire existence is of no consequence to him at all. But now, things are different. After one drunken night, and a surprisingly sexy act of heroism, he’s started to be…nice. Treating me like something other than the physical embodiment of his annoyance, which would be nice if it didn’t make me feel all the things I swore to never feel for …Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse
Miscarriage
Grief & loss depiction

I Promise You by Ilsa Madden-Mills

I Promise You by Ilsa Madden-Mills

There’s a legend at Waylon University: the first girl you kiss freshman year at the bonfire party is the one you’ll never forget. She’ll crawl under your skin. She’ll spark a passion so fierce you’ll burn the world down to possess her. You might even put a ring on it. But…timing is everything. That kiss can go horribly wrong. She might run in the opposite direction. And boy, did Serena run. Dillon is Waylon’s hotshot quarterback with something to prove. All he wants is to graduate and make it to the NFL. What he doesn’t need is to finally meet the mystery girl he kissed at the bonfire freshman year. Isn’t it enough that she’s haunted his… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating recounted
Divorce recounted
Miscarriage recounted
Death of a parent, off-page
Death of a sibling, off-page

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Seventeen-year-old Iris Hollow has always been strange. Something happened to her and her two older sisters when they were children, something they can’t quite remember but that left each of them with an identical half-moon scar at the base of their throats. Iris has spent most of her teenage years trying to avoid the weirdness that sticks to her like tar. But when her eldest sister, Grey, goes missing under suspicious circumstances, Iris learns just how weird her life can get: horned men start shadowing her, a corpse falls out of her sister’s ceiling, and ugly, impossible memories start to twist their way to the forefront of… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault & attempted rape recounted, on-page
Familial estrangement
Hallucinations & delusions
Self-injury mentioned
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Recreational drug use
Miscarriage mentioned
Psychiatric hospitalisation of a parent mentioned
Graphic body horror
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injuries, including gunshot wounds
Graphic dead bodies
Emesis
Skinning mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a sister by drowning recounted
Death of a father from suicide mentioned
Death of a child, off-page
Gun violence
Knife violence & stabbing
Strangulation
Physical assault
Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping recounted
Disappearance of a sister
Fire
Bullying
Animal dead bodies mentioned

Little Eve by Catriona Ward

Little Eve by Catriona Ward

On the wind-battered isle of Altnaharra, off the wildest coast of Scotland, a clan prepares to bring about the end of the world and its imminent rebirth. The Adder is coming and one of their number will inherit its powers. They all want the honor, but young Eve is willing to do anything for the distinction. A reckoning beyond Eve’s imagination begins when Chief Inspector Black arrives to investigate a brutal murder and their sacred ceremony goes terribly wrong. And soon all the secrets of Altnaharra will be uncovered.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Paedophilia
Child abuse & neglect
Self-harm
Miscarriage
Death of a child & infant
Murder
Animal death

If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser

If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser

In the Frederick Douglass Project where DeShawn lives, daily life is ruled by drugs and gang violence. Many teenagers drop out of school and join gangs, and every kid knows someone who died. Gunshots ring out on a regular basis. DeShawn is smart enough to know he should stay in school and keep away from the gangs. But while his friends have drug money to buy fancy sneakers and big-screen TVs, DeShawn’s family can barely afford food for the month. How can he stick to his principles when his family is hungry?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Substance addiction
Drug use & abuse
Pregnancy
Death of a child from fall
Death of a pregnant woman from gun violence
Murder

The Girl in the Photograph by Kate Riordan

The Girl in the Photograph by Kate Riordan

In the summer of 1933, Alice Eveleigh has arrived at Fiercombe Manor in disgrace. The beautiful house becomes her sanctuary, a place to hide her shame from society in the care of the housekeeper, Mrs Jelphs. But the manor also becomes a place of suspicion, one of secrecy. Something isn’t right. Someone is watching. There are secrets that the manor house seems determined to keep. Tragedy haunts the empty rooms and foreboding hangs heavy in the stifling heat. Traces of the previous occupant, Elizabeth Stanton, are everywhere and soon Alice discovers Elizabeth’s life eerily mirrors the path she herself is on.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Emotional child abuse & gaslighting
Postpartum depression
Suicide
Self-harm
Abortion mentioned
Miscarriage