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Need to Know by Karen Cleveland

Need to Know by Karen Cleveland

Vivian Miller is a CIA analyst assigned to uncover Russian sleeper cells in the USA. After accessing the computer of a potential Russian spy, she stumbles on a secret dossier of deep-cover agents living in her own country. Five seemingly normal people living in plain sight. A few clicks later, everything that matters to Vivian is threatened – her job, her husband, even her four children. Vivian has vowed to defend her country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. But now she’s facing impossible choices. Torn between loyalty and betrayal, allegiance and treason… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Threats of rape, on-page
Suicide, on-page
Miscarriage, on-page
Cancer
Murder, on-page
Gun violence, on-page
Blackmail

In Bed with the Devil by Lorraine Heath

In Bed with the Devil by Lorraine Heath

They call him the Devil Earl—a scoundrel and accused murderer who grew up on the violent London streets. A proper young lady risks more than her reputation when consorting with the roguishly handsome Lucian Langdon, but Lady Catherine Mabry believes she has no choice. To protect those she loves, she would do anything—even strike a bargain with the devil himself. Lucian desires respectability and a wife above all else, but the woman of his choosing lacks the social graces to be accepted by the aristocracy. Catherine can help Lucian gain everything he wants. But what she asks for in exchange will put their very lives in… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape of a child recounted
Domestic violence (sc)
Cheating*
Death of a parent, on- & off-page
Murder of an uncle, off-page
Murder of parents

*Context : While the hero falls in love with the heroine, he proposes to another woman who does not love him back.

The Killing Lessons by Saul Black

The Killing Lessons by Saul Black

When the two strangers turn up at Rowena Cooper’s isolated Colorado farmhouse, she knows instantly that it’s the end of everything. For the two haunted and driven men, on the other hand, it’s just another stop on a long and bloody journey. And they still have many miles to go, and victims to sacrifice, before their work is done. For San Francisco homicide detective Valerie Hart, their trail of victims–women abducted, tortured and left with a seemingly random series of objects inside them–has brought her from obsession to the edge of physical and psychological… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut-shaming
Sexism
Rape
Child abuse
Alcoholism
Miscarriage
Murder
Torture
Kidnapping
Stalking

Given to the Sea by Mindy McGinnis

Everyone has a place. Khosa was born to be fed to the sea, to prevent the kind of wave that once destroyed the Kingdom of Stille. She can’t be sacrificed until she produces an heir, but human touch repulses her…except for the touch of the Indiri. Dara and Donil are the last of the Indiri, a native race with magic that’s seductive—a force of nature—but dwindling since the Pietra slaughtered their people. Witt leads the Pietra, the fierce warriors who are now marching on the Kingdom of Stille. The stone shores of Witt’s kingdom harbour a secret threat, and to ensure the… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Attempted rape (on-page)
Animal cruelty

Dangerous Desires by JT Geissinger

Dangerous Desires by J.T. Geissinger

With Nasir’s life on the line, Eva makes a deal with the devil. She slips away to return to Dimitri, the mob boss who held her captive for years, only to step into a new world of trouble. Abducted by one of Dimitri’s most cunning adversaries, Eva finds herself an unwitting pawn in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. When Eva disappears, Naz is prepared to do anything to find her. Tracking her to the remote regions of Portugal is just the beginning of the hunt. Bewitched by Eva’s beauty, the darkly seductive spy who abducted her now has more than business on his mind, but the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Human trafficking
Threats of rape
Kidnapping

A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son. Xavier is headed to college in the fall, and after years of single parenting, Valerie is facing the prospect of an empty nest. All is well until the Whitmans move in next door – an apparently traditional family with new money, ambition, and a secretly troubled teenaged daughter. Thanks to his thriving local business, Brad Whitman is something of a celebrity around town, and he’s made a small fortune on his customer… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racial slurs
Rape
Incest (step-parent/step-child)
Suicide
Death of a husband from a brain injury
Murder by gun violence (dream sequence)

Stung by Bethany Wiggins

Stung by Bethany Wiggins

There is no cure for being stung. Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she awakens, her world no longer exists. Her house is abandoned and broken. Her neighborhood is barren and dead. And there is a tattoo on her right hand. A tattoo Fiona doesn’t remember getting…but somehow she must conceal at any cost. Because humanity has been divided. Those bearing the tattoo have turned into mindless, violent beasts that roam the streets and sewers, preying upon the unbranded, while a select few live protected inside a fortresslike wall… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sex slavery
Rape
Starvation

Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre

Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre

On an Earth scarred by nuclear war, Snake harnesses the power of venom to cure illnesses and vaccinate against disease. The healer can even ease patients into death with the power of her dreamsnake. But she is not respected and trusted by all, and when she tries to help a sick nomad child, the frightened clan kills her dreamsnake. Ashamed of being misjudged and grieving the loss of her dreamsnake, Snake has one choice to maintain her livelihood: she must travel to the city, which jealously guards its knowledge. And before she faces the prejudices and arrogance…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Paedophilia
Child abuse
Substance addiction
Medical procedures
Torture
Animal cruelty

The Wedding of Molly O’Flaherty by Sierra Simone

The Wedding of Molly O’Flaherty by Sierra Simone

One empty bed. One bold plan. One tragedy that changes everything. – Silas Cecil-Coke is not a man who is easily dissuaded. So when Molly leaves him without a word of goodbye, he is even more determined to save her from her enemies and claim her as his bride. But neither of them are prepared for the betrayals and tragedies that await them before they can even approach the altar…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape recounted
Sexual harassment of a teenager
Grey-area cheating
Alcohol consumption
Unplanned pregnancy
Death of a brother & sister-in-law from cholera
Erotic asphyxiation

A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra Simone

A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra Simone

When librarian Poe Markham takes the job at Thornchapel, she only wants two things: to stay away from Thornchapel’s tortured owner, Auden Guest, and to find out what happened to her mother twelve years ago. It should be easy enough—keep her head down while she works in the house’s crumbling private library and while she hunts down any information as to why this remote manor tucked into the fog-shrouded moors would be the last place her mother was seen alive. But Thornchapel has other plans for her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape & attempted gang rape recounted
Child abuse recounted
Alcohol consumption
Blood & injury depiction
Blood drinking
Death of a mother & father
Disappearance of a parent