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One True Pairing by Cathy Yardley

One True Pairing by Cathy Yardley

Jake Reese needs a decoy girlfriend. Fast. The lead actor of the popular TV show, Mystics, is tired of losing his shirt to overeager fans. Literally. Which is why a chance meeting with gothabilly bookworm-slash-barista Hailey Frost seems almost too perfect to be true. Hailey is not impressed with his TV fame and is desperate to save her family’s bookstore. It’s a match made in Hollywood, but as the two pretend to date, fan fiction becomes reality. Can this OTP become canon?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism
Child sexual abuse recounted
Child physical abuse & neglect recounted
Attempted murder

Banana Fish, Vol 2 by Akimi Yoshida

Banana Fish, Vol 2 by Akimi Yoshida

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of “Papa” Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash’s older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa’s insatiably ambitious hands–and it’s exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx’s acquaintance…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Paedophilia & child sexual abuse
Rape mentioned
Child pornography mentioned
Murder

Hushed by Kelley York

Hushed by Kelley York

Eighteen-year-old Archer couldn’t protect his best friend, Vivian, from what happened when they were kids, so he’s never stopped trying to protect her from everything else. It doesn’t matter that Vivian only uses him when hopping from one toxic relationship to another—Archer is always there, waiting to be noticed.

Then along comes Evan, the only person who’s ever cared about Archer without a single string attached. The harder he falls for Evan, the more Archer sees Vivian for the manipulative hot-mess she really is… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Homomisia
Rape
Sexual abuse
Domestic abuse
Forced suicide
Alcohol abuse
Drug abuse
Murder

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

Jill MacSweeney just wishes everything could go back to normal. But ever since her dad died, she’s been isolating herself from her boyfriend, her best friends—everyone who wants to support her. And when her mom decides to adopt a baby, it feels like she’s somehow trying to replace a lost family member with a new one.

Mandy Kalinowski understands what it’s like to grow up unwanted—to be raised by a mother who never intended to have a child. So when Mandy becomes pregnant, one thing she’s sure of is that she wants a better life for her baby. It’s harder to be sure of herself. Will she ever find someone to care for her, too?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Child sexual abuse
Teen pregnancy
Nonconsensual pregnancy*
Alcohol consumption
Smoking mentioned
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father

* Note : The protagonist fears she became pregnant when she was sexually abused by her mother’s boyfriend.

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter

A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she’s wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim. He waits.

A decade later, the case has been closed. The killer is behind bars. But then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the MO is identical. Although the original trail has gone cold, Agent Will Trent and forensic pathologist Sara Linton must re-open the cold case. But the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wife.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Paedophilia mentioned
Rape
Cheating mentioned
Suicide
Self harm
Graphic blood & gore depiction
Murder
Torture
Stalking

Unseen by Karin Slaughter

Unseen by Karin Slaughter

Will Trent is a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent whose latest case has him posing as Bill Black, a scary ex-con who rides a motorcycle around Macon, Georgia, and trails an air of violence wherever he goes. The cover has worked and he has caught the eye of a wiry little drug dealer who thinks he might be a useful ally. But undercover and cut off from the support of the woman he loves, Sara Linton, Will finds his demons catching up with him.

Although she has no idea where Will has gone, or why, Sara herself has come to Macon because of a cop shooting: Her stepson, Jared, has been gunned down in his own home… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Child abuse
Forced sex work
Sex trafficking
Paedophilia
Rape mentioned
Suicide
Drug abuse
Miscarriage
Blood depiction
Emesis
Death of a spouse recounted
Murder
Gun violence

The Last Window by Karin Slaughter

The Last Window by Karin Slaughter

On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot. Vanished into thin air, the authorities are desperate to save the doctor.

One month later, the serenity of a sunny Sunday afternoon is shattered by the boom of a ground-shaking blast—followed by another seconds later. One of Atlanta’s busiest and most important neighborhood’s has been bombed—the location of Emory University, two major hospitals, the FBI headquarters, and the CDC… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Antisemitism
Homomisia
Misogyny
Racism & white supremacy
Rape
Paedophilia
Child abuse recounted
Blood depiction
Bioterrorism & terrorism
Death of a child
Death of a spouse recounted
Murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Explosion
Mass shooting
Suffocation
Poisoning
Kidnapping

Criminal by Karin Slaughter

Criminal by Karin Slaughter

A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment.

Her blood-soaked body bears a chilling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier.

Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in, and a past that could hold the clue to the killings…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist slurs
Racism & racial slurs
Misogyny
Rape
Murder
Torture

A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter

A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter

Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus. The mutilated body provides little in the way of clues – and the college authorities are keen to avoid a scandal – but for Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things don’t add up.

Two more suspicious suicides follow, and a young woman is brutally attacked. For Sara, the violence strikes far too close to home. And as Jeffrey pursues the sadistic killer, he discovers that ex-police detective Lena Adams, now a security guard on campus, may be in possession of crucial information. But, bruised and angered by her expulsion from the force, Lena seems to be barely capable of protecting herself, let alone saving the next victim…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Rape
Domestic abuse
Abusive relationship
Drug use
Graphic physical injuries
Death of a child
Murder
Physical assault

Kisscut by Karin Slaughter

Kisscut by Karin Slaughter

When a teenage quarrel in the small town of Heartsdale explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton – paediatrician and medical examiner – finds herself entangled in a horrific tragedy. And what seems at first to be a terrible but individual catastrophe proves to have wider implications when the autopsy reveals evidence of long-term abuse and ritualistic self-mutilation.

Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver start to investigate, but the children surrounding the victim close ranks. The families turn their backs. Then a young girl is abducted, and it becomes clear that the first death is linked to an even more brutal crime. And unless Sara and Jeffrey can uncover the deadly secrets the children hide, it’s going to happen again…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Rape
Paedophilia & child pornography
Incest
Suicide
Self harm
Female genital mutilation
Death of an infant & child
Murder
Gun violence
Kidnapping