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A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

London, 1887. At the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task–saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Ramsforth, accused of the brutal murder of his mistress, Artemisia, will face the hangman’s noose in a week’s time if the real killer is not found. But Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of many secrets Veronica must uncover. Together with her natural… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Racism mentioned
Homomisia mentioned
Cheating discussed
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Infertility & miscarriage mentioned
Death of a sister in childbirth mentioned
Mild blood & injury depiction
Exsanguination
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Knife violence
False incarceration

Ain’t Never Not Been Black by Javon Johnson

Ain’t Never Not Been Black by Javon Johnson

Engaging with themes of masculinity, racism, love, and joy, Johnson is at once critical and creative. His spoken word performance transfers effortlessly to the page, with poems that will encompass you. This is a book about blackness and survival, and how in American these are inseparable. In a world of individualism, who can you hold close? In a world of danger, what makes you feel safe? From a poem written in the form of a syllabus, to another about the time his grandmother literally saved his life, Johnson’s creative expression is constantly enacting the feminist mantra, “the personal is political.”

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism & racial slur
Cancer
Murder
Police brutality & violence
Gun violence

Vanished by EE Cooper

Vanished by E.E. Cooper

Kalah knows better than to fall for Beth Taylor . . . but that doesn’t stop her from falling hard and falling fast, heart first into a sea of complications. Then Beth vanishes. She skips town on her eighteenth birthday, leaving behind a flurry of rumours and a string of broken hearts. Not even Beth’s best friend, Britney, knows where she went. Beth didn’t even tell Kalah goodbye. One of the rumours links Beth to Britney’s boyfriend, and Kalah doesn’t want to believe the betrayal. But Brit clearly believes it—and before Kalah can sort out the truth, Britney is dead… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Ableism
Suicide

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson

Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She’ll be working in her family’s ice cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend—whose kisses never made her feel desire, only discomfort—and her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word. But when she gets a letter from her biological father—a man she hoped would stay behind bars for the rest of his life—Lou immediately knows that she cannot meet him, no matter how much he insists. While King’s… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Amisia
Racism & racial slurs
Rape recounted, off-page
Cheating mentioned, off-page
Alcohol consumption
Smoking
Abortion mentioned
Teen pregnancy recounted
Blackmail
Stalking

Why We Fly byKimberly Jones and Gilly Segal

Why We Fly by Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal

Two high school cheerleaders face the ultimate test when an act of solidarity spurs chaos. With a rocky start to senior year, lifelong friends Eleanor and Chanel have a lot on their mind. Eleanor is still in physical therapy months after a serious concussion from a failed cheer attempt. Chanel’s putting tremendous pressure on herself to get into the best colleges and starts making questionable decisions. But they have each other’s backs just as always. Eleanor’s new relationship with star quarterback Three may be causing a rift between the best friends. When the cheer squad decides to take a knee at the season’s first football game… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism

Fair Game byJosh Lanyon

Fair Game byJosh Lanyon

A crippling knee injury forced Elliot Mills to trade in his FBI badge for dusty chalkboards and bored college students. Now a history professor at Puget Sound university, the former agent has put his old life behind him—but it seems his old life isn’t finished with him. A young man has gone missing from campus—and as a favour to a family friend, Elliot agrees to do a little sniffing around. His investigations bring him face-to-face with his former lover, Tucker Lance, the special agent handling the case… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Homomisia
Sexual assault
Murder
Gun violence
Kidnapping

Rogue Countess by Amy Sandas

Rogue Countess by Amy Sandas

Forced into marriage by her family and abandoned by her husband, Anna vowed to never again be anyone’s pawn. Her only weakness might be the love she still harbours for the man who betrayed her. A wicked and deceitful plot brought about the unwanted marriage between young Anna Locke and Jude Sinclair, the handsome son of an earl. Furious over his new circumstances, the groom left his bride and England behind to travel the world. When he returns after eight long years, his first intention is to put an end to his farce of a marriage once and for all. But he never expected the woman his wife has become, or his… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Drug use
Blackmail

Jacob Michaels Is Tired by Chase Connor

Jacob Michaels Is Tired by Chase Connor

Jacob Michaels…er, Robert Wagner…is tired. Hollywood has been kind. But it’s also left him skinny, exhausted, unsure of who he is, whom he wants to be…and without love. A decade earlier, he ran away from home to pursue fame. Unlike many before him, he actually succeeded. Now he’s back in his hometown of Point Worth, trying to make amends with his grandmother, trying to regain his health, trying to not be recognized, and trying to figure out who he really is. Maybe he’ll find love along the way…if people and things weren’t so…weird.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Depression

Haunted Heroine by Sarah Kuhn

Haunted Heroine by Sarah Kuhn

Everything in Evie Tanaka’s life is finally perfect. As a badass superheroine, she defends San Francisco from demon invasion on the regular. Her relationships with superhero partner Aveda Jupiter, little sister Bea, and hot, half-demon husband Nate have never been stronger. Maybe it’s possible for a grad school dropout turned put-upon personal assistant turned superhero to have it all? As if things can’t get any better, Evie learns she’s pregnant. She’s overjoyed but also worried about whether she’s cut out for motherhood. Before she can dwell on her dilemma too much, a women’s college reports a string of mysterious “hauntings,”… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Panic attacks

Heart Ripper by KA Merikan

Heart Ripper by K.A. Merikan

David. Catholic. Gay. Set on keeping his purity ring. Raja. Biker. Manwhore. Never refuses a bet. David has always tried to be the best son his parents could dream of. Always at church on Sunday. Always eager to help with the garden. Always trying his best at school. Prim, proper, innocent, and kind. But deep inside of him, there is a yearning planted by the devil himself, and when a cocky, foul-mouthed biker pulls him a step too far, David doesn’t fall into the abyss. He leaps. Raja is all he’s ever dreamed of, yet didn’t dare voice. Older, dangerous, a wall of muscle with a grip so… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Homomisia
Outing
Conversion therapy recounted
Organised crime (motorcycle gang)