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Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Julia has followed her mum and dad to live on a remote island for the summer – her dad, for work; her mother, on a determined mission to find the elusive Greenland shark. But when her mother’s obsession threatens to submerge them all, Julia finds herself on an adventure with dark depths and a lighthouse full of hope…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Parental abandonment recounted
Parent with Bipolar Disorder including manic and depressive episodes
Attempted suicide of a parent by overdose, off-page
Bullying

Tell Me No Lies by A.V. Geiger

Tell Me No Lies by A.V. Geiger

Love. Obsession. Jealousy. Murder. Love. Obsession. Jealousy. Murder. Agoraphobic fangirl Tessa Hart knows the truth, but she’s finally left her #EricThornObsessed days behind. She has no intention of ever touching her Twitter app again. But Snapchat… That’s safer, right? After months of living under the radar, Tessa emerges from hiding, forced to face the deadly consequences of her past. But in the interrogation room, answers only lead to more questions…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Agoraphobia
Suicide (staged)
Overdose

Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr

Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr

After talking her way into a job with Dan Mansfield, the leading investigative reporter in Chicago, rising young journalist Jules Roth is given an unusual–and very secret–assignment. Dan needs her to locate a painting stolen by the Nazis more than 75 years earlier: legendary Expressionist artist Ernst Engel’s most famous work, Woman on Fire. World-renowned shoe designer Ellis Baum wants this portrait of a beautiful, mysterious woman for deeply personal reasons, and has enlisted Dan’s help to find it. But Jules doesn’t have much time; the famous designer is dying… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Antisemitism
Statutory rape recounted
Alcoholism
Suicide recounted
Drug overdose recounted
Terminal cancer
Murder
Hostage situation
World War Two & the Holocaust

The Cloisters by Katy Hays

When Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, she expects to spend her summer working as a curatorial associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead, she finds herself assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for its medieval art collection and its group of enigmatic researchers studying the history of divination. Desperate to escape her painful past, Ann is happy to indulge the researchers’ more outlandish theories about the history of fortune telling. But what begins as academic curiosity quickly turns into obsession when Ann discovers a hidden… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Fatphobia & misogyny
Suicide (presued)
Alcohol consumption
Drug use & abuse and overdose
Death of a parent
Murder
Fire
Car accident

Wretched by Emily McIntire

Wretched by Emily McIntire

Evelina Westerly has always been the bad guy. As the brains, brawn, and botanist behind her family’s drug empire, she’s her father’s ruthless secret weapon. With her days divided between perfecting her greenhouse, seeking revenge for her sister’s murder, and putting a gun to the head of anyone in her way, Evelina doesn’t have time for anything else. Especially not for love. After a one-night stand with a gorgeous man at a nightclub, she’s sated her urges and is back to her criminal ways. That is, until that same man shows up as the new Westerly lackey under a totally… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Emotional child & sibling abuse recounted
Panic attack recounted
Drug use
Overdose mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a sibling recounted
Death of a parent recounted
Murder
Graphic torture
Gun violence
Physical assault

Den of Vipers by KA Knight

Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel—The Vipers. They run this town and everyone in it. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses. Yes, sold me. They own me now. I’m theirs in every sense of the word. But I’ve never been meek and compliant. These men, they look at me with longing. Their scarred, blood-stained hands holding me tight. They want everything I am, everything I have to give, and won’t stop until they get just… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape
Child abuse
Parent with alcoholism mentioned
Self-harm
Blood & gore depiction including blood play
Graphic mutilation
Death of a relative from terminal cancer recounted
Death of a parent from suicide recounted
Death of a parent from a drug overdose recounted
Graphic murder & attempted murder
Graphic torture
Gun & knife violence and play
Physical assault
Arson
Kidnapping & captivity
Car accident (on-page)
Organised crime (mafia)

Hell Bay by Kate Rhodes

Hell Bay by Kate Rhodes

DI Ben Kitto needs a second chance. After ten years working for the murder squad in London, a traumatic event has left him grief-stricken. He’s tried to resign from his job, but his boss has persuaded him to take three months to reconsider. Ben plans to work in his uncle Ray’s boatyard, on the tiny Scilly island of Bryher where he was born, hoping to mend his shattered nerves. His plans go awry when the body of sixteen year old Laura Trescothick is found on the beach at Hell Bay. Her attacker must still be on the island because no ferries have sailed during a two-day storm.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse
Drug use & abuse
Overdose
Death of a child
Murder
Knife violence

Jade City by Fonda Lee

Jade City by Fonda Lee

The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates that control the island of Kekon. It’s the only place in the world that produces rare magical jade, which grants those with the right training and heritage superhuman abilities. The Green Bone clans of honorable jade-wearing warriors once protected the island from foreign invasion–but nowadays, in a bustling post-war metropolis full of fast cars and foreign money, Green Bone families like the Kauls are primarily involved in commerce, construction, and the everyday upkeep of the districts under their protection… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault of a minor
Cheating
Domestic abuse
Addiction
Dementia
Suicide, off-page
Self harm, off-page
Drug use & abuse
Overdose
Murder
Torture
Gun violence
Animal cruelty

Forever for a Year by B.T. Gottfred

Forever for a Year by B.T. Gottfred

When Carolina and Trevor meet on their first day of school, something draws them to each other. They gradually share first kisses, first touches, first sexual experiences. When they’re together, nothing else matters. But one of them will make a choice, and the other a mistake, that will break what they thought was unbreakable. Both will wish that they could fall in love again for the first time . . . but first love, by definition, can’t happen twice.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted suicide of a parent by drug overdose
Alcohol consumption
Physical assault

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever. He has never once been tempted to break those rules…until her. Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She’s nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed. Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until he’s faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse recounted
Substance addiction mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent during childbirth
Death of a parent in a car accident
Death of a parent from an overdose
Gun violence
Kidnapping mentioned