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All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker

All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker

In the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut everything seems picture perfect. Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory. Her father, Tom, becomes obsessed with his inability to find her attacker and seek justice while her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Sexual assault
Infidelity
Suicidal ideation

Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker

Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker

One night three years ago, the Tanner sisters disappeared: fifteen-year-old Cass and seventeen-year-old Emma. Three years later, Cass returns, without her sister Emma. Her story is one of kidnapping and betrayal, of a mysterious island where the two were held. But to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Abby Winter, something doesn’t add up. Looking deep within this dysfunctional family Dr. Winter uncovers a life where boundaries were violated and a narcissistic parent held sway. And where one sister’s return might just be the beginning of the crime.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Paedophilia & child sexual abuse
Sexual assault
Emotional & verbal child abuse
PTSD & trauma

White Stag by Kara Barbieri

As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were becoming wives and mothers, she was taught to hunt, track, and fight. On the day her village was burned to the ground, Janneke—as the only survivor—was taken captive by the malicious Lydian and eventually sent to work for his nephew Soren. Janneke’s survival in the court of merciless monsters has come at the cost of her connection to the human world. And when the Goblin King’s death ignites an ancient hunt for the next king, Soren senses… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Slavery
Rape recounted
Eating disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSDF)
Panic attacks
Blood & gore depiction including body mutilation
Murder & attempted murder
Sword violence & stabbing
Torture recounted
Kidnapping & captivity recounted
Animal death & hunting (theme)

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin’s story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions — affection, despair, and hope.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Misogyny
Rape
Sexual assault

Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita have worked at Truviv, Inc. for years. The sudden death of Truviv’s CEO means their boss, Ames, will likely take over the entire company. Each of the women has a different relationship with Ames, who has always been surrounded by whispers about how he treats women. Those whispers have been ignored, swept under the rug, hidden away by those in charge.

But the world has changed, and the women are watching this promotion differently. This time… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Workplace sexual harassment (theme)
Postpartum depression
Cyberbullying

Indecent Exposure by Tessa Bailey

Indecent Exposure by Tessa Bailey

Jack Garrett isn’t a police officer yet, but there’s already an emergency. His new firearms instructor—the one who just dropped every jaw in the academy gym—is the same sexy Irish stranger Jack locked lips with last night. The Olympic gold medalist and expert markswoman is now officially off-limits, but Jack’s never cared much for rules.

Katie McCoy’s been cooped up in a shooting range for too long. A wild love affair is just what she needs to let loose, though she never imagined it would be with her smokin’ hot trainee… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape recounted*
Alcoholism

* Explanation : At eighteen, the hero was coerced into having sex with one of his mother’s friends when he was drunk. The trauma developed into alcoholism.

Enemies by Tijan

Enemies by Tijan

Stone Reeves was my neighbour, and I’ve hated him since sixth grade. Gorgeous and charismatic, he became the town’s football god, while I became the town’s invisible girl. He went to a Division 1 school for football, while my father was fired by his father. His team won the National Championship, while my mother died the same day.

He was a first-round pick for the NFL.. while I made the worst decision of my life… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape, off-page
Death of parents in a car accident
Death of a parent from cancer, off-page
Stalking

The Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley

The Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley

Circe Quinn goes to sleep at home and wakes up in a corral filled with women wearing sacrificial virgin attire – and she is one of them. She soon finds out that she’s not having a wild dream, she’s living a frightening nightmare where she’s been transported to a barren land populated by a primitive people and in short order, she’s installed very unwillingly on her white throne of horns as their Queen.

Dax Lahn is the king of Suh Tunak, The Horde of the nation of Korwahk and with one look at Circe, he knows she will be his bride and together… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sex slavery & slavery
Rape
Suicide, on-page
Murder, on-page
Kidnapping & captivity

The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley

The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley

Cameron Mackenzie is a man who loves only horses and women—in that order—or so his mistresses say. Ainsley Douglas is a woman with a strong sense of justice and the desire to help others—even if that means sneaking around a rakish man’s bedchamber.

Which is exactly where Cam finds her—six years after he caught her the first time. Only then, she convinced Cam she was seeking a liaison, but couldn’t go through with it because of her husband. Now a widow, she’s on a mission to retrieve letters that could prove embarrassing to the queen. Cam has no interest in Ainsley’s subterfuge… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Sexual assault
Domestic abuse
Suicide
Death of a child

Steel’s Edge by Ilona Andrews

Steel’s Edge by Ilona Andrews

The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale—and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny…

Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare magical healing abilities, her life has brought her nothing but pain. After her marriage crumbles, she flees to the Edge to build a new home for herself. Until Richard Mar is brought to her for treatment, and Charlotte’s life is turned upside down once again… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Slut-shaming
Rape
Parental abandonment
Spousal abandonment due to infertility
Graphic physical injuries
Death of a friend