The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian

The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian

Lawrence Browne, the Earl of Radnor, is mad. At least, that’s what he and most of the village believes. A brilliant scientist, he hides himself away in his family’s crumbling estate, unwilling to venture into the outside world. When an annoyingly handsome man arrives at Penkellis, claiming to be Lawrence’s new secretary, his carefully planned world is turned upside down. Georgie Turner has made his life pretending to be anyone but himself. A swindler and con man… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism & internalised ableism
  • Rape recounted
  • Anxiety & panic attacks
  • Suicide recounted
  • Death of a father recounted
  • Death of a brother recounted
  • Physical assault
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Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson

Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson

Leah Westfall’s journey has been one of ever-present peril, hidden magic, harsh realities, loss, life, determination, and love. She has searched for a place to belong and a place to call home, and people who can accept a girl with magical powers that prove to be both blessing and curse. Leah is poised to have everything she ever dreamed of on the long, dangerous journey to California’s gold fields—wealth, love, the truest friends, and a home. Thanks to her magical ability to sense precious gold, Leah, her fiancé Jefferson, and her friends have claimed rich land in… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Alcohol consumption
  • Smoking
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Death of parents recounted
  • Attempted murder
  • Gun violence
  • Hanging
  • Physical assault
  • Kidnapping
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Girl, Stolen by April Henry

Girl, Stolen by April Henry 

Sixteen-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of the car while her stepmom fills a prescription for antibiotics. Before Cheyenne realizes what’s happening, the car is being stolen. Griffin hadn’t meant to kidnap Cheyenne and once he finds out that not only does she have pneumonia, but that she’s blind, he really doesn’t know what to do. When his dad finds out that Cheyenne’s father is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes–now there’s a reason to keep her. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Attempted rape
  • Physical child abuse
  • Domestic violence
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Dead bodies
  • Emesis
  • Burns & scars
  • Hospital
  • Murder
  • Gun violence
  • Physical assault
  • Kidnapping
  • Car accident
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Dark Fire by Ruby Dixon

Dark Fire by Ruby Dixon

Azar has taken over Fort Dallas. He rules with complete authority, and everyone bows down to him. Everyone except one woman. Melina, the fort’s medic. No matter what he offers, she refuses to give in. A good man would know to stop asking. Unfortunately for Melina, Azar is not a good man.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Slavery mentioned
  • Dubious consent scenario
  • Pregnancy
  • Pandemic
  • Murder of a spouse
  • Physical assault
  • Loss of autonomy (mind control)
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The Pants Project by Cat Clarke

The Pants Project by Cat Clarke

Whoever wrote the uniform policy decided (whyyy?) that girls had to wear skirts, while boys were allowed to wear pants. Sexist. Unfair. “Girls must wear a black, pleated, knee-length skirt.” I bet I read those words a hundred times during summer vacation. The problem wasn’t the last word in that sentence. Skirt wasn’t really the issue, not for me. The issue was the first word. Girls. Here’s the thing: I may seem like a girl, but on the inside, I’m a boy.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Queermisia
  • Misgendering
  • Coming out themes
  • Sexism
  • Internalised ableism
  • Attempted sexual assault recounted
  • Death of a father
  • Death of a grandfather
  • Physical assault discussed
  • Bullying (theme)
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The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson

The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson

Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a “mudlark,” he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He’s being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a nastier man never walked the streets of London. And he’s got a secret that costs him four precious shillings a week to keep safe. But even for Eel, things aren’t so bad until that fateful August day in 1854—the day the deadly cholera (“blue death”) comes to Broad Street… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child abuse
  • Cholera epidemic
  • Dead bodies mentioned
  • Death of a parent mentioned
  • Physical assault
  • Kidnapping & captivity
  • Animal abuse
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The May Queen Murders by Sarah Jude

The May Queen Murders by Sarah Jude

Those are the rules in Rowan’s Glen, a remote farming community in the Missouri Ozarks where Ivy Templeton’s family has lived for centuries. It’s an old-fashioned way of life, full of superstition and traditions, and sixteen-year-old Ivy loves it. The other kids at school may think the Glen kids are weird, but Ivy doesn’t care—she has her cousin Heather as her best friend. The two girls share everything with each other—or so Ivy thinks. When Heather goes missing after a May Day celebration, Ivy discovers that both her best friend and her beloved hometown are as full of secrets as the woods that surround them.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Bury Your Gays trope
  • Murder
  • Physical assault
  • Animal cruelty
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Ruins by Dan Wells 

Ruins by Dan Wells

There is no avoiding it—the war to decide the fate of both humans and Partials is at hand. Both sides hold in their possession a weapon that could destroy the other, and Kira Walker has precious little time to prevent that from happening. She has one chance to save both species and the world with them, but it will only come at great personal cost.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Gun violence
  • Physical assault
  • Nuclear warfare
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Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet by Charlie Holmberg 

Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet by Charlie N. Holmberg

Maire is a baker with an extraordinary gift: she can infuse her treats with emotions and abilities, which are then passed on to those who eat them. She doesn’t know why she can do this and remembers nothing of who she is or where she came from. When marauders raid her town, Maire is captured and sold to the eccentric Allemas, who enslaves her and demands that she produce sinister confections, including a witch’s gingerbread cottage, a living cookie boy, and size-altering cakes… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Slavery
  • Rape mentioned
  • Physical assault
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The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige 

The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige

To make Oz a free land again, Amy Gumm was given a mission: remove the Tin Woodman’s heart, steal the Scarecrow’s brain, take the Lion’s courage, and then Dorothy must die… But Dorothy still lives. Now the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked has vanished, and mysterious Princess Ozma might be Amy’s only ally. As Amy learns the truth about her mission, she realizes that she’s only just scratched the surface of Oz’s past—and that Kansas, the home she couldn’t wait to leave behind, may also be in danger. In a place where the line between good and evil shifts with just a strong gust of wind, who can Amy trust—and who is really Wicked? 

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Knife & sword violence
  • Physical assault
  • Imprisonment
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