Shadows You Left by Taylor Brooke and Jude Sierra 

Shadows You Left by Taylor Brooke & Jude Sierra

The white picket fence. The happily-ever-after. That life was never meant for him. For years he’s been bouncing from city to city—from one cage fight to another. That’s his outlet. That’s pain Erik can control. But in Seattle, everything changed. River’s an artist. He’s a pretty boy. He does yoga. Someone so soft shouldn’t be intrigued by Erik’s rough edges… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Murder
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A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie

A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie

The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.’ A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death of a sister from pneumonia
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Gun violence
  • Home invasion
  • Poisoning
  • Strangulation
  • Near-drowning
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The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

One Tuesday evening a group gathers at Miss Marple’s house and the conversation turns to unsolved crimes.

The case of the disappearing bloodstains; the thief who committed his crime twice over; the message on the deathbed of a poisoned man which read ‘heap of fish’; the strange case of the invisible will; a spiritualist who warned that ‘Blue Geranium’ meant death… Now pit your wits against the powers of deduction of the ‘Tuesday Night Club’.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Sexism
  • Fatmisia
  • Infidelity
  • Domestic abuse, implied
  • Suicidal ideation mentioned
  • Suicide
  • Dieting mentioned
  • Death of a husband
  • Death of a granddaughter from pneumonia
  • Death of a son mentioned
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Drowning
  • Poisoning
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The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

Adventure-seeking Anne Beddingfeld is in London when she sees a stranger fall to his electrifying death in the tubes. A dreadful accident? If so, who is the man in the brown suit fleeing from the scene? Curiosity, and one cryptic clue, lead Anne aboard a cruise ship to Cape Town and into the confidence of Colonel Race, counterintelligence officer for MI5. Drawn into a dangerous conspiracy, Anne’s found the adventure she wanted. And as she’s chased across continents, all she must do now is survive it.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Antiziganism
  • Physical illness
  • Murder & attempted murder by strangulation
  • Gun violence
  • Accidental death from falling onto live train tracks, on-page*
  • Kidnapping & captivity
  • Military deployment during World War One recounted

*Note : Discussed whether it was suicide or not.

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To Best the Boys by Mary Weber 

To Best the Boys by Mary Weber

Every year for the past fifty-four years, the residents of Pinsbury Port have received a mysterious letter inviting all eligible-aged boys to compete for an esteemed scholarship to the all-male Stemwick University. The poorer residents look to see if their names are on the list. The wealthier look to see how likely their sons are to survive. And Rhen Tellur opens it to see if she can derive which substances the ink and parchment are created from, using her father’s microscope… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexism
  • Classism
  • Ableism
  • Parent with serious illness
  • Dead body
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Bears Behaving Badly by MaryJanice Davidson

Bears Behaving Badly by MaryJanice Davidson

Werebear shifter Annette Garsea is a caseworker for the Interspecies Placement Agency. When a selectively mute and freakishly strong teen werewolf is put in her custody, Annette has to uncover the young girl’s secrets if she’s to have any hopes of helping her. And not even the growling of a scruffy private investigator can distract her from her mission

Bear shifter David Auberon appreciates Annette’s work with at-risk teen shifters, but he’s not sure if her latest charge is so much a vulnerable teen as a pre… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child abuse
  • Amputation & loss of a finger
  • Drug use mentioned
  • Physical injury
  • Death of a mother mentioned
  • Death of a parent from cancer recounted
  • Death of a parent in a car accident
  • Fire mentioned
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40-Love by Olivia Dade 

40-Love by Olivia Dade

When a rogue wave strips Tess Dunn of her bikini top, desperate, half-naked times call for desperate, please-cover-me-kids-are-coming-closer measures. Enter Lucas Karlsson, AKA that flirty Swede in the water nearby. When he prevents her bare buoys from being exposed to fellow vacationers, even an ocean can’t drown the sparks that fly.

Lucas, a former top-level tennis pro now giving lessons at the resort, fled there after the abrupt, painful end to his injury-plagued career. But he’s finally ready… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fatmisia & body-shaming
  • Cheating recounted
  • Arthritis (neck)
  • Chronic knee & back pain
  • Wrist & knee surgery mentioned
  • Car accident recounted
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Brisingr by Christopher Paolini 

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini 

It’s been only months since Eragon first uttered “brisingr”, an ancient language term for fire. Since then, he’s not only learned to create magic with words — he’s been challenged to his very core. Following the colossal battle against the Empires warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still, there is more adventure at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Alcohol consumption
  • Smoking
  • Self-harm
  • Graphic blood & physical injuries
  • Decapitation
  • Whipping
  • War themes & battle scenes
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Eragon by Christopher Paolini 

Eragon by Christopher Paolini 

When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Smoking
  • Physical injuries
  • Death of a child
  • Death of parents recounted
  • Torture
  • Decapitation
  • Whipping
  • Kidnapping
  • Animal hunting
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Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson worships her widowed father. But when he decides to remarry, Molly’s life is thrown off course by the arrival of her vain, shallow, and selfish stepmother. There is some solace in the shape of her new stepsister Cynthia, who is beautiful, sophisticated, and irresistible to every man she meets. Soon the girls become close, and Molly finds herself cajoled into becoming a go-between in Cynthia’s love affairs. But in doing so, Molly risks ruining her reputation in the gossiping village of Hollingford – and jeopardizing everything with the man she is secretly in love with.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death of a friend
  • Blackmail
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