In Command by Aileen Erin

In Command by Aileen Erin

Amihanna di Aetes is used to fighting, surviving, and relying on her strength to get through the hard times. She thought the worst was over when she accepted her engagement to Lorne ni Taure, the High King of the Aunare, and claimed her place as the future High Queen. It should be easy to slide into her new role. How hard can it be living in luxury with your soulmate after growing up alone on the streets? But the more she learns about the Aunare and their politics, the more she realizes that the true test of her strength is just beginning.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Torture

The Dark Club Deceit by Alison Goodman

The Dark Days Deceit by Alison Goodman

Lady Helen has retreated to a country estate outside Bath to prepare for her wedding to the Duke of Selburn, yet she knows she has unfinished business to complete. She and the dangerously charismatic Lord Carlston have learned they are a dyad, bonded in blood, and only they are strong enough to defeat the Grand Deceiver, who threatens to throw mankind into chaos. But the heinous death-soaked Ligatus Helen has absorbed is tearing a rift in her mind. Its power, if unleashed, will annihilate both Helen and Carlston unless they can find a way to harness its ghastly force and defeat their enemy.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny
  • Cheating
  • Drugging
  • Miscarriage mentioned
  • Murder
  • Infanticide

The Dark Club Pact by Alison Goodman

The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman

London, April 1812. On the eve of eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Wrexhall’s presentation to the queen, one of her family’s housemaids disappears-and Helen is drawn into the shadows of Regency London. There, she meets Lord Carlston, one of the few who can stop the perpetrators: a cabal of demons infiltrating every level of society. Dare she ask for his help, when his reputation is almost as black as his lingering eyes? And will her intelligence and headstrong curiosity wind up leading them into a death trap?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Misogyny (theme)
  • Slut-shaming
  • Sexual assault
  • Domestic & child abuse
  • Suicide
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Recreational drug use
  • Blood, gore and injury depiction including graphic dead bodies
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a mother recounted
  • Murder
  • Loss of autonomy (possession)
  • Drowning

Nightingale by Amy Lukavics

Nightingale by Amy Lukavics

At seventeen, June Hardie is everything a young woman in 1951 shouldn’t be–independent, rebellious, a dreamer. June longs to travel, to attend college and to write the dark science fiction stories that consume her waking hours. But her parents only care about making June a better young woman. Her mother grooms her to be a perfect little homemaker while her father pushes her to marry his business partner’s domineering son. When June resists, her whole world is shattered–suburbia isn’t the only prison for different women. June’s parents commit her to Burrow Place Asylum, aka the Institution. With its sickening cond… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Sexism
  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Domestic violence
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Psychiatric hospital

Tripwire by Lee Child

Tripwire by Lee Child

For Jack Reacher being invisible has become a habit. He spends his days digging swimming pools by hand and his nights as the bouncer in the local strip club in the Florida Keys. He doesn’t want to be found. But someone has sent a private detective to seek him out. Then Reacher finds the guy beaten to death with his fingertips sliced off. It’s time to head north and work out who is trying to find him and why. 

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexism
  • Rape
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Death of a parent mentioned
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Gun violence
  • Car accident
  • Fire
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Echo Burning by Lee Child

Echo Burning by Lee Child

Hitching rides is an unreliable mode of transport. In temperatures of over a hundred degrees, you’re lucky if a driver will open the door of his air-conditioned car long enough to let you slide in. That’s Jack Reacher’s conclusion. He’s adrift in the fearsome heat of a Texas summer, and he needs to keep moving through the wide open vastness, like a shark in the water. The last thing he’s worried about is exactly who picks him up. He never expected it to be somebody like Carmen. She’s alone, driving a Cadillac. She’s beautiful, young and rich. She has a little girl who is being watched by unseen observers. And a husband who is in jail. Who will beat her senseless when he comes out. If he… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism & racial slurs
  • Sexism
  • Hate crime
  • Sexual assault
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Murder
  • Gun violence
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Ruin of Stars by Linsey Miller

Ruin of Stars by Linsey Miller

As one of the Queen’s elite assassins, Sal finally has the power, prestige, and permission to hunt down the lords who killed their family. But Sal still has to figure out who the culprits are. They must enlist the help of some old friends and enemies while ignoring a growing distaste for the queen and that the charming Elise is being held prisoner by her father. But there’s something terribly wrong in the north. Talk of the return of shadows, missing children, and magic abounds. As Sal takes out the people responsible for their ruined homeland, Sal learns secrets and truths that can’t be forgotten.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misgendering
  • Misogyny
  • Child abuse mentioned
  • Graphic dead bodies
  • Medical experimentation
  • Panic attack
  • Death of a friend mentioned
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Skinning
  • Torture
  • Physical assault
  • Immolation
  • Kidnapping
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Always by Lynsay Sands

Always by Lynsay Sands

Bastard daughter to the king, Rosamunde was raised in a convent and wholly prepared to take the veil . . . until King Henry declared she would wed Aric, one of his most valiant knights. Suddenly she found herself promising to love, honor, and obey. Rosamunde’s education had not covered a wedding night, but the handsome warrior she was now bound to seemed intent on giving her a lesson in the art of pleasure. In no time, Aric was certain she would surrender to the irresistible passion he promised. And while Rosamunde’s spirited nature often put her at odds with her new husband, his mastery in seduction was quickly melt… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexism
  • Cheating mentioned
  • Poisoning mentioned
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Sweet on You by Carla de Guzman

Sweet on You by Carla de Guzman

For barista and café owner Sari Tomas, Christmas means parols, family and no-holds-barred karaoke contests. This year, though, a new neighbor is throwing a wrench in all her best-laid plans. The baker next door—“some fancy boy from Manila”—might have cute buns, but when he tries to poach her customers with cheap coffee and cheaper tactics, the competition is officially on. And Baker Boy better be ready, because Sari never loses. Foodie extraordinaire Gabriel Capras wants to prove to his dad that his career choice doesn’t make him any less a man. The Laneways might not be Manila, but the close-knit community is the… Read more,

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fatmisia
  • Sexism
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The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer

The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer

Enola Holmes’s landlady, Mrs. Tupper, is the closest thing Enola has to family these days, besides her occasional run-ins with her brother Sherlock. Even though Mrs. Tupper is nearly deaf and can barely cook, she’s an endearing presence as Enola longs for her absent mother. So imagine her horror when Enola comes home to find Mrs. Tupper kidnapped! Who would take her, and why? And what does Florence Nightingale have to do with it?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny
  • Parental abandonment
  • Kidnapping
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