Tag Archives: Physical Injuries & Illness

This page lists books that contain trigger warnings for the depiction of physical illness and medical conditions and physical injuries, including burns, wounds, fractures, and scars.

Wild Invitation by Nalini Singh

Wild Invitation: A Psy-Changeling Collection by Nalini Singh

Wild Invitation is a collection of four astonishing novellas set in the Psy-Changeling world from New York Times bestseller Nalini Singh. Beat of Temptation – Tamsyn has always had a special place in her heart for the dominant leopard in her pack, Nate. He doesn’t want to trap her with the fierceness of a mating bond before she’s ready but Tamsyn has her heart set on him, and what she wants, she’s determined to get. Stroke of Enticement – meet Zach, an irresistable DarkRiver soldier, and Annie, the human woman who finds herself drawn into entanglement with this… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Beat of Temptation :

  • Parent with alcoholism recounted
  • Death of a father from suicide by car accident
  • Death of a mother from suicide recounted
  • Murder mentioned

Stroke of Enticement :

  • Ableism
  • Fatmisia
  • Chronic leg injury from a train accident recounted

Declaration of Courtship :

  • Facial scar
  • Nightmares
  • Murder of both parents recounted
  • Death of parents in a car accident recounted

Texture of Intimacy :

  • Suicide mentioned
  • Abortion mentioned
  • Pregnancy (secondary character)

Silver Silence by Nalini Singh

Silver Silence by Nalini Singh

Control. Precision. Family. These are the principles that drive Silver Mercant. At a time when the fledgling Trinity Accord seeks to unite a divided world, with Silver playing a crucial role as director of a worldwide emergency response network, wildness and chaos are the last things she needs in her life. But that’s exactly what Valentin Nikolaev, alpha of the StoneWater bears, brings with him. Valentin has never met a more fascinating woman. Though Silver is ruled by Silence—her mind clear of all emotion—Valentin senses a whisper of fire around her. That’s what keeps him… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Parental abandonment mentioned
  • Physical injury
  • Suicide
  • Pregnancy, premature labour & childbirth mentioned
  • Hospitalisation
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Gun violence
  • Poisoning
  • Drowning mentioned

Shards of Hope by Nalini Singh

Shards of Hope by Nalini Singh

Awakening wounded in a darkened cell, their psychic abilities blocked, Aden and Zaira know they must escape. But when the lethal soldiers break free from their mysterious prison, they find themselves in a harsh, inhospitable landscape far from civilization. Their only hope for survival is to make it to the hidden home of a predatory changeling pack that doesn’t welcome outsiders. And they must survive. A shadowy enemy has put a target on the back of the Arrow squad, an enemy that cannot be permitted to succeed in its deadly campaign. Aden will cross any line to keep his people safe for this new future, where even an… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Threats of sexual assault
  • Child physical abuse
  • Drugging
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Brain damage mentioned
  • Death of a parent
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Torture
  • Gun violence
  • Kidnapping of a child

Love Hard by Nalini Singh

Love Hard by Nalini Singh

Jacob Esera, star rugby player and young single father, has worked hard to create a joyous life for his six-year-old daughter. After the death of his childhood sweetheart soon after their daughter’s birth, all Jake wants is safety and stability. No risks. No wild chances. And especially no Juliet Nelisi, former classmate, scandal magnet, and a woman who is a thorn in his side. As a lonely teenager, Juliet embraced her bad-girl reputation as a shield against rejection. Years later, having kicked a cheating sports-star ex to the curb, she has a prestigious job and loyal friends and wants nothing to do with sportsmen. The last … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fatmisia
  • Cheating recounted
  • Teen pregnancy recounted
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a wife from bacterial meningitis
  • Death of parents recounted

Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh

Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh

Though DarkRiver sentinel Mercy is feeling the pressure to mate, she savagely resists when Riley Kincaid, a lieutenant from the SnowDancer pack, tries to possess her. The problem is not simply that he pushes her buttons; the problem is that he’s a wolf, she’s a cat, and they’re both used to being on top. But when a brilliant changeling researcher is kidnapped from DarkRiver territory, Mercy and Riley must work together to track the young man—before his shadowy captors decide he’s no longer useful. Along the way, the two dominants may find that submitting to one another uncovers not just a deadly conspiracy, but a passion so raw… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Pregnancy mentioned
  • Physical injuries & illness, including coma & a broken leg
  • Death of parents recounted
  • Murder
  • Plane crash mentioned

Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh

Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh

Dev Santos discovers her unconscious and battered, with no memory of who she is. All she knows is that she’s dangerous. Charged with protecting his people’s most vulnerable secrets, Dev is duty-bound to eliminate all threats. It’s a task he’s never hesitated to complete…until he finds himself drawn to a woman who might yet prove the enemy’s most insidious weapon. Stripped of her memories by a shadowy oppressor, and programmed to carry out cold-blooded murder, Katya Haas is fighting desperately for her sanity itself. Her only hope is Dev. But how can she expect… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Memory loss
  • Pregnancy
  • Physical injuries
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Murder of a mother recounted
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Torture, including sensory deprivation, food depravity & mind invasion

Allegiance of Honour by Nalini Singh

Allegiance of Honour by Nalini Singh

The Psy-Changeling world has undergone a staggering transformation and now stands at a crossroads. The Trinity Accord promises a new era of cooperation between disparate races and groups. It is a beacon of hope held together by many hands: Old enemies. New allies. Wary loners. But a century of distrust and suspicion can’t be so easily forgotten and threatens to shatter Trinity from within at any moment. As rival members vie for dominance, chaos and evil gather in the shadows and a kidnapped woman’s cry for help washes up in San Francisco, while the Consortium turns its murderous gaze toward a child who…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Pregnancy & childbirth mentioned
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Alcoholism & recovery
  • Chronic pain & leg injury
  • Physical injury, including broken bones & loss of vision
  • Torture mentioned
  • Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping
  • Car accident

Reunited With Her Bull Rider by Genevieve Turner

Reunited With Her Bull Rider by Genevieve Turner

He chased his rodeo dreams and she chased him. But one day it wasn’t enough. With their relationship now firmly in the rearview mirror, Penny’s gotten on with her life and her veterinary practice. But a late night plea for help from an injured Beau brings the bull rider crashing back into her life, and she discovers that the fire between them burns as strong as ever. In fact, it might be even hotter than before. But this time Penny’s not willing to be Beau’s second best. Can they find a way to make it work? Or will her heart be scorched when he leaves again?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Physical injury (shoulder)
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Forever a Bad Boy by Genevieve Turner

Forever a Bad Boy by Genevieve Turner

Being the bad boy of the freestyle motocross world has made Travis Green rich. The more dangerous the tricks—and the harder he lives off the track—the more the fans love him. But lately, the love of his fans isn’t enough; what he needs is the love of a good woman. And his best friend’s little sister, Evie Sanderson, is the best woman he’s ever known. Evie has been attracted to Travis ever since she can remember—and has known he’s not relationship material for just as long. Besides, Travis has never thought of her as anything more than a sister. Until one day she notices Travis looking at her very differently. When Evie’s brother… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Anxiety
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Pregnancy
  • Physical injury
  • Death of a mother
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Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye

Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye

Timothy and Valentine Wilde must once again delve into the darkest underbelly of old New York. When the beautiful and terrified Mrs Lucy Adams stumbles into the Tombs, headquarters of New York’s newly formed police force, it’s the beginning of a dense, thorny maze of crime for copper star Timothy Wilde. He’s hardened to the injustices of life in the unforgiving city he’s grown up in, but that doesn’t mean he accepts them. With immigrants flooding into the docks every day, each community is both adapting and fighting for its place in the new world, and there are many who… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Slavery
  • Suicide & self-harm
  • Burn scars mentioned
  • Murder
  • Kidnapping
  • Fire mentioned