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We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin

We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin

It’s been a decade since Trumanell Branson disappeared, leaving only a bloody handprint behind. Her pretty face still hangs like a watchful queen on the posters on the walls of the town’s Baptist church, the police station, and in the high school. They all promise the same thing: We will find you. Meanwhile, her brother, Wyatt, lives as a pariah in the desolation of the old family house, cleared of wrongdoing by the police but tried and sentenced in the court of public opinion and in a new documentary about the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse
Loss of limb & vision
Murder
Car accident

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project – a literal dream come true – Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward. Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school – archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away. But when her equipment starts to go mis… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Workplace sexual harassment mentioned
Death of a parent recounted
Attempted murder
Gun violence

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. Troy has fallen. From the Trojan women whose fates now lie in the hands of the Greeks, to the Amazon princess who fought Achilles on their behalf, to Penelope awaiting the return of Odysseus, to the three goddesses whose feud started it all, these are the stories of the women whose lives, loves, and rivalries were forever altered by this long and tragic war.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Slavery
Rape
Adult-minor relationship
Cheating
Suicide & attempted suicide
Blood & gore depiction
Death of a child
Death of a parent
Death of a spouse
Murder
Kidnapping
War themes
Animal death

Date Night by Samantha Hayes

Date Night by Samantha Hayes

Returning early from a disastrous date night with my husband, I know something is wrong the moment the wheels crunch the gravel drive of our home. Inside, the TV is on and a half-eaten meal waits on the table. My heart stops when I find our little girl is alone in the house and our babysitter, Sasha, is missing. Days later, when I’m arrested for Sasha’s murder and torn away from my perfect little family, I’ll wish I had told someone about the threatening note I received that morning. I’ll hate myself for not finding out who the gift hidden inside my husband’s wardrobe was for… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder
Death from anaphylactic shock

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

Carolyn’s not so different from the other human beings around her. She’s sure of it. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. She even remembers what clothes are for. After all, she was a normal American herself, once. That was a long time ago, of course—before the time she calls “adoption day,” when she and a dozen other children found themselves being raised by a man they learned to call Father. That was a long time ago, of course—before the time she calls “adoption day,” when she and a dozen other children found themselves being… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Incest
Claustrophobia
Cannibalism
Eye trauma
Murder
Torture
Fire
Animal attack (dog)
Animal death & hunting

Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer

Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer

Enola Holmes is the much younger sister of her more famous brothers, Sherlock and Mycroft. But she has all the wits, skills, and sleuthing inclinations of them both. At fifteen, she’s an independent young woman–after all, her name spelled backwards reads ‘alone’–and living on her own in London. When a young professional woman, Miss Letitia Glover, shows up on Sherlock’s doorstep, desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister, it is Enola who steps up. It seems her sister, the former Felicity Glover, married the Earl of Dunhench and per curt note… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Death of a parent
Murder

The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets by Nancy Springer

Sherlock Holmes is missing his right hand man, Dr Watson. His much younger sister Enola is hiding from her older Holmes brothers, but knows the bizarre bouquet that arrives at the Watson residence spells death – convolvulus, hawthorn, and white poppies. She dons her most discerning disguise, and seeks the sender.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Parental abandonment
Murder mentioned
Kidnapping

The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin

The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin

Everyone thinks seventeen-year-old Noah Shaw has the world on a string They’re wrong. Mara Dyer is the only one he trusts with his secrets and his future. He shouldn’t And both are scared that uncovering the truth about themselves will force them apart. They’re right.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Graphic suicide & attempted suicide (multiple)
Suicidal ideation
Self-harm
Murder of a mother & father mentioned
Torture mentioned

Perfect Gravity by Vivien Jackson

Perfect Gravity by Vivien Jackson

Kellen Hockley usually keeps quiet about his past, but once upon a time, he loved a girl named Angela. He hasn’t seen her in a decade, but now he has to break the news to her that his team of rogue treasure hunters accidentally killed her husband. He’s had better days. It’s not the news that’s delivered to Angela Neko that breaks her apart–it’s the rumbly, Texas drawl delivering it. She can’t believe she’s hearing Kellen’s voice again. But there’s no time for distractions. When Angela’s own life is threatened, yielding up all of her lies and secrets, she and Kellen must figure out how to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Domestic violence
Attempted murder
Bombing
Refugee experiences

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

Meet Chloe Sevre. She’s a freshman honour student, a leggings-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. Her hobbies include yogalates, frat parties, and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her. Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study for psychopaths—students like herself who lack empathy and can’t comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape of a minor mentioned
Adult-minor relationship
Suicide
Murder
Stalking