Organised Crime – Trigger Warning Database

Inferno by Luna Mason

Are you prepared to participate in the decadence experience? Where your inhibitions must be left at the gates. The rules are simple. You SUBMIT to the challenges in five rooms. Only the surviving contestant shall win a golden ticket to lead them to the Master of Inferno. Be warned, one must be prepared to step into hell to explore both their desires and nightmares. Good luck and may all your erotic dreams come true.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger and Content Warnings

Domestic violence & abuse including martial rape & sexual assault*
Forced marriage*
Alcohol consumption
Pregnancy
Murder & torture
Kidnapping of a minor*
Organised crime (mafia)
Fire, blood & knife play (consensual, on-page)

Context : The female protagonist is kidnapped when she is 18-years-old and forced to marry a man who physically & sexually abuses her.

Straight as a Wheel by K.A. Merikan

Zolt. Gay. Player. Predator. Fetish: Straight guys. Leo. Straight. Biker. Prey. Fetish: True love. Zolt knows what he wants from life–cold hard cash so that he can enjoy an early retirement in the Carribean as rent boys serve him drinks on the beach. Meanwhile, he’s got his pawn shop as a front for illegal operations, and a baseball bat to deal with troublemakers. When it comes to men, Zolt loves the chase, and his favourite, most elusive prey is curious straight guys. He goes out of his way to seduce and devour them. If he can be their first, all the better. His next mark? A biker. And… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger and Content Warnings

Homophobia & coming out themes
Suicidal ideation
Organised crime (outlaw motorcycle club)
Gun violence
Hostage situation
Animal death (pet)

Shine On, Luz Véliz! by Rebecca Balcárcel

Luz Véliz is a soccer star―or rather, she was a soccer star. With her serious knee injury, it’s unlikely she’ll be back on the field anytime soon. But without soccer, who is she? Even her dad treats her differently now—like he doesn’t know her or, worse, like he doesn’t even like her. When Luz discovers she has a knack for coding, it feels like a lifeline to a better self. If she can just ace the May Showcase, she’ll not only skip a level in her coding courses and impress Ms. Freeman and intriguing, brilliant Trevor—she’ll have her parents cheering her on from the sidelines, just the way she likes it… Read more.

Goodreads

Trigger and Content Warnings

Disappearance of a child recounted
Gang violence in Guatemala mentioned

Trashed by Mia Hopkins

My name is Eddie Rosas, but everyone calls me Trouble. Since I got out of prison six months ago, I’ve had one goal: find my father, whatever the cost. My older brother says I need to move on. He also wants me to leave our gang, East Side Hollenbeck, and go straight, but I can’t–not until I uncover the truth about our family and its missing piece. One problem? I’m distracted. My distraction’s name is Carmen Centeno. Smart, passionate, and tough as hell, Carmen is a woman from the neighbourhood who’s… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger and Content Warnings

Domestic violence recounted
Alcoholism
Substance addiction & recovery
Drug use
Gang violence
Gun violence
Car accident mentioned

The Master by Kresley Cole

Rich, irresistible politician/Mafya boss Maksimilian Sevastyan prefers tall, obedient blondes to fulfill his… complicated desires. That is, until the icy Russian encounters a disobedient brunette whose exquisite little body threatens his legendary restraint. Catarina Marín was a well-off young wife until her world fell apart. Now she’s hiding out, forced to start working as an escort in Miami. Her very first client is beyond gorgeous, but when he tells her what he plans to do to her, Cat almost walks out of the door… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape mentioned & dubious consent (‘dubcon’)
Sex work (protagonist, on-page)
Intimate partner violence & attempted murder
Infidelity (by husband)
Alcohol consumption
Death of parents in a car accident
Murder
Death of a mother from murder
Whipping & resulting scars discussed
Organised crime (mafia)

Context : The heroine’s husband is a serial killer & con man who marries women for their money and then murders them. He is also cheating on her with his real partner. When the heroine accidentally kills his partner, he tries to kill her in revenge.

Taming Seraphine by Gigi Styx

They captured me, broke me. Molded me into their perfect weapon. They made me murder and seduce strangers. Until a hitman killed my captors and set me free. Leroi: I rescued a girl from a basement thinking she was innocent, but I brought home a serial killer whose darkness borders on insanity. Now, I need to tame her murderous instincts before I become her next victim. Seraphine is reckless, unstable, and likely to get us both destroyed. Every instinct says I should end her, but she’s too captivating to resist.Each day, she draws me deeper into her web, her allure stripping my self-control. But I’m harboring secrets treach… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape, sexual assault & dubious consent (‘dubcon’)
Paedophilia & child sexual abuse
Child abandonment
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Drugging
Blood & gore depiction
Cannibalism
Gential mutilation (castration) & dismemberment
Grief & loss depiction
Murder
Torture
Knife play
Electrocution
Organised crime
Car accident
Kidnapping
Human & organ trafficking

Snaring Emberly by Gigi Styx

Revenge was supposed to be simple, but love had other plans Emberly: When an abusive ex corners me in a nightclub, I cling to the first man I see for protection. Little do I know he’s a mafia Don, fresh out of prison and eager for a one-night stand. One night extends into two, then three. I’m beginning to suspect I can’t leave. But every time I raise questions, he answers with offers impossible to resist. Sometimes, it’s hard to tell if I’m just paranoid or a pawn in a much larger game. Roman: When a man gets jailed for a crime he didn’t commit, the first thing he wants after leaving death row is vengeance. The bastard who framed me… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape mentioned
Domestic violence mentioned
Elder abuse
Forced marriage
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & panic attacks
Attempted suicide, immolation & threats of suicide bombing
Drugging
Forced pregnancy due to birth control tampering
Male genital mutilation
Dismemberment, desecration of a corpse, and cremation of living people
Murder
Torture (waterboarding)
Organised crime (mafia)
Kidnapping & imprisonment

Context : Depiction of BDSM & kink, including voyeurism, exhibitionism, and mentions of urophilia

Manipulate by Pam Godwin

Tula Gomez is in the most ruthless prison in Latin America. She only drove to Mexico to help her sister. She did nothing wrong. But her quiet life changed in an instant. To survive the violent, cartel-controlled prison where men blend with women, she pledges her loyalty to the notorious leader in exchange for the one thing she needs most. Protection. When she agrees to seduce the suspicious new inmates, Martin Lockwood and Ricky Saldivar, she doesn’t expect to enjoy it. Sure, they’re gorgeous, irresistibly alpha, and insanely talented with their hands and mouths… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape, paedophilia & sexual assault mentioned
Imprisonment (theme)
Organised crime (cartel)

Wolf.e by Paisley Hope

As president of the Hounds of Hell motorcycle club, my life has been infused with darkness and trauma since the day I was born. Chaos is my birthright. I crave it to feel stable. Secure. Whole. The only people I care about are the ones who don my cut. Women are just a tool. Never to covet, only to use, each face blending into the next. The formula I live by is simple. Death is always at my door. I am a soldier of bedlam. Until a little hummingbird flies into my crosshairs, and I’m forced to feel something I haven’t felt for as long as I can remember…alive. Let the hunt begin.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger and Content Warnings

Domestic abuse recounted
Sexual assault of a minor recounted (off-page)
Alcohol consumption & drug use
Blood & knife play (consensual) and consensual non-consent (CNC)
Murder & torture
Gun violence
Military service recounted (protagonist, marine)
Organised crime (outlaw motorcycle club)

All the Truths by Rina Kent

Revenge shouldn’t be rushed. It needs to be savored. Reina ruined my life and it’s only fair I ruin hers back.
Or that was the plan. That was before she got under my skin and flowed into my blood. Life as we know it crashes and burns. All we have left is revenge. Or is it?

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger and Content Warnings

Death of a sister from suicide
Organised crime (mafia)