Physical Injuries & Illness – Trigger Warning Database

The X-list by Evie Mitchell

Rune: What kind of crazy person doesn’t read? Apparently my new neighbour. She’s loud, sassy, flirty and infuriatingly, annoyingly cheerful. And a non-reader. The worst kind of human. So why is that when I dare her to enter the charity read-a-thon, I suddenly find myself carefully curating her list? And those books… they’re definitely not your momma’s romance. Gabby: I’m used to people underestimating me. Normally I can brush it off with a laugh. But Rune? He gets under my skin. So when he make an off-handed comment that a non-reader like me shouldn’t bother with the town’s charity event, I can’t help… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Homophobia recounted
Foster care system experiences recounted
Breast cancer recounted

Knot My Type by Evie Mitchell

Frankie: When you say you’re a sexologist, people imagine Marilyn Monroe. They don’t expect a woman who uses a wheelchair. As the host of the All Access Podcast, I’m breaking barriers, crushing stigmas, and creating sexual connections that are fulfilling for my fans. I’m like cupid, but with pink hair and fewer diapers.
Only, I’ve hit a snag. A lovely listener wants some advice about accessible rope play and I’m drawing a big fat blank. Which leaves me with no option but to get out there and give it a go. Which is how I meet Jay Wood—rigger, carpenter, and all-round hottie… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism
Abusive relationship recounted
Cheating recounted
Parent with addiction mentioned
Emesis
Cancer recounted
Bullying

Codebreaker by Jay Martel

Mia Hayes has peaceful plans for the summer—find a part-time job at a coffee shop and work on her application for Harvard. Those plans are shattered one night when government agents arrive unannounced at her home seeking something they believe her father has taken. When the dust settles, her mother is dead and her father is gone, a fugitive on the run. Three weeks later, and still reeling from her father’s betrayal, Mia spends her seventeenth birthday at a protest in the heart of D.C., where she meets Logan, a rebellious and charming hacker. Just as she’s enjoying… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Minor injury depiction, including a concussion & gunshot wounds
Grief & loss depiction
Death of parents in a car accident recounted
Car chase, resulting in a car falling into the river and a fatal drowning
Gun violence
Physical assault (fistfights)

The Love Coupon by Ainslie Paton

Flick Dalgetty knows what she wants and how to get it, which is why she’s about to start her dream job in Washington. Until then, she needs somewhere to crash, and Tom O’Connell’s place is her sole option. He’s a repressed, antisocial ogre…but man can he kiss. For Tom, being around Flick is like being too close to the sun. Her untamed energy is overwhelming, and he’d spontaneously combust if he had to live with her long-term. Housemates with benefits—and an expiration date—suits him just fine. Then Flick gives Tom thirty coupons, each entitling him to one… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Cancer
Death of a parent recounted

Painted Scars by Neva Altaj

Nina: Charming, captivating, and seductive, and a cold-blooded killer. But I married the Pakhan of the Russian Bratva anyway. I had to. It was part of the deal. Now, I’m faking marital bliss, As I tremble with fear, And I cannot wait to be out of the clutches of this ruthless man. Roman: I get anything I desire. And I want this perfectly imperfect little manipulator. The way she can deceive anyone into believing she’s crazy in love with me, just makes me want her even more. She doesn’t know it yet, but I am not letting her go. The deal – is off.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Sexual assault recounted (off-page)
Arranged marriage
Organised crime (bratva/mafia)
Severe physical injury (leg)*
Murder & attempted murder

*Context: The protagonist uses a wheelchair while he is in physical therapy/recovery for a severe leg injury sustained during an attempted assassination.

The Conjoined by Jen Sookfong Lee

On a sunny May morning, social worker Jessica Campbell sorts through her mother’s belongings after her recent funeral. In the basement, she makes a shocking discovery — two dead girls curled into the bottom of her mother’s chest freezers. She remembers a pair of foster children who lived with the family in 1988: Casey and Jamie Cheng — troubled, beautiful, and wild teenaged sisters from Vancouver’s Chinatown. After six weeks, they disappeared; social workers, police officers, and Jessica herself assumed they had run away. As Jessica learns more about Casey… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Adult-minor relationship (a forty-year-old man and a teenage girl)
Domestic violence
Miscarriage
Terminal cancer
Death of a parent

Love at First Psych by Cara Bastone

This Psych 312 assignment just might send me off the deep end. Determining whether love at first sight really exists with Robbie Moravian as my project partner of all people? He’s the sappiest man alive, so upbeat I could scream, and clearly rooting for happy endings at every turn. How does he not learn from experience considering our own meet-cute last semester almost got us expelled? But we both need to pass… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Divorce (secondary characters)
Parent in cancer remission mentioned

No Matter What by Cara Bastone

Roz and Vin can’t look each other in the eyes anymore, let alone share a bed. It’s been a year since they survived a life-altering accident, and their marriage hasn’t been the same. But Roz has held out hope that they can fix things, until she discovers Vin has signed a new lease. So she does what any soon-to-be-divorced Manhattanite would do: sign up for a figure-drawing class. Between Roz’s determined attempts to improve her artistic skills and her adventures with her best friend, Raffi, she can almost ignore Vin’s impending move-out date and his footsteps in… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption & drug use
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & panic attacks
Grief & loss depiction
Scars & injuries sustained in a car accident

Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone

Lenny’s a bit of a mess at the moment. Her best friend, Lou, recently passed away after a battle with cancer, and her death has left Lenny feeling completely lost. She’s avoiding her concerned parents, the apartment she shared with Lou, and the list of things she’s supposed to do to help her live again. The only thing she can do is temporary babysitting gigs, and luckily, she just landed a great one, helping overworked, single mom Reese and her precocious daughter, Ainsley. It’s not perfect: Ainsley’s uncle, Miles, always seems to be around, and is kind of… a huge jerk. But if Lenny acts like she has it all together, maybe no… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Parental infidelity
Stroke
Death of a parent from cancer recounted

Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone

Paint your toes. Pick up the wrong coffee and bagel order. Drive from Brooklyn to Jersey in traffic so slow you want to tear your hair out. It’s amazing all the useless things I can accomplish while on hold for three hours with customer service. Three hours when I should be getting the Date-in-a-Box website ready to launch at the big business expo in a few days. Except my shiny new website is glitching, and my inner rage-monster is ready to scorch some earth… when he finally picks up. Not the robot voice I expected but a real live human named Cal. He’s surprisingly helpful and really knows his stuff, even if he’s a little awkward… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Secondary character with a broken foot
Blackmail & catfishing