Tag Archives: Self-Harm

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for her, scouted from the streets of Newcastle. Placed on sabbatical from her dead-end bar job, she is offered an exhibition at a fashionable London gallery, promising to revive her career in the art world and offering an escape from her rut of drugs, alcohol, and extreme cinema. The news triggers a self-destructive tailspin, centred around Irina’s relationship with her obsessive best friend, and a shy young man from her local supermarket who has attracted her attention….

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Antisemitism & Nazism mentioned
  • Rape & sexual assault
  • Child pornography, paedophilia & grooming mentioned
  • Disordered eating & body dysmorphia
  • Self-harm
  • Alcohol consumption & drug abuse (on-page)
  • Murder

Beneath the Surface by Emily McIntire

We all have scars. Mine are hidden beneath ink and smiles, hard to see and easy to feel. But the most painful ones are deeper. Branded on my soul, reminding me of what I’ve lost. I’m broken. Sick. Disturbed. Then he shows up, and loves my jagged pieces. But monsters linger long after they’re gone, and sometimes you can’t outrun their shadows. No matter how much you ache to forget. We all have secrets. Mine are hidden beneath ink and lies, hard to find and easy to fake. But the most painful ones are bigger. Branded on my soul, reminding me of what I’ve lost. I’m an enigma. A mirage. A liar. Then I find her, and she loves my hidden… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Consensual nonconsensual (rape fantasy)
  • Sexual abuse of a minor & grooming
  • Abusive foster care experiences
  • Domestic abuse
  • Forced abortion
  • Self-harm
  • Drug use

Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander

Meredith Maggs has everything a person needs. A best friend in Sadie. A beloved cat in Fred. Jigsaws to fill the time. Recipes to perfect. Even a weekly visit from the Tesco delivery guy. So what if she hasn’t left the house in 1,214 days? That her memories are treacherous, and it’s getting harder to ignore the estranged sister knocking at her door. How long can one woman keep the world out? How long before she invites in what’s out there? And how long does it take to discover the person you were meant to be?

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Sexual assault
  • Child abuse & domestic violence
  • Familial estrangement discussed
  • Attempted suicide recounted
  • Self-harm
  • Agoraphobia & depression (protagonist)
  • Miscarriage & stillbirth

She Started It by Sian Gilbert

Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe are best friends—or were, as children. Despite drifting apart in adulthood, shared secrets have kept them bonded for better or worse, even as their childhood dreams haven’t quite turned out as they’d hoped. Then one day they receive a wholly unexpected—but not entirely unwelcome—invitation from another old friend. Poppy Greer has invited them all to her extravagant bachelorette party: a first-class plane ticket to three days of white sand, cocktails, and relaxation on a luxe private island in the Bahamas. None of them has spoken to… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Homophobia
  • Substance addiction
  • Eating disorder
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Self-harm
  • Bullying

Dear Laura by Gemma Amor

Every year, on her birthday, Laura gets a letter from a stranger. That stranger claims to know the whereabouts of her missing friend Bobby, but there’s a catch: he’ll only tell her what he knows in exchange for something… personal. So begins Laura’s sordid relationship with her new penpal, built on a foundation of quid pro quo. Her quest for closure will push her to bizarre acts of humiliation and harm, yet no matter how hard she tries, she cannot escape her correspondent’s demands. The letters keep coming, and as time passes, they have a profound effect on Laura.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Paedophilia
  • Self-harm
  • Murder
  • Stalking

Seven Sleepless Nights by Chloe Walsh

Seven nights of passion from some the characters of Chloe Walsh’s best-selling novels. A short, sexy tale for every night of the week from couples like Johnny and Shannon from the Boys of Tommen, Noah and Teagan from The Carter Kids Series, and, of course, the much loved Kyle and Lee from The Broken Series, not to mention some other treats and surprises along the way. Immerse yourself in the world of Walsh’s most treasured heroes and heroines for a tantalizing night of sensual passion, and become engrossed in their love stories once more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Sexual assault
  • Infidelity
  • Self-harm & suicidal ideation
  • Alcohol consumption & drug use

God of Fury by Rina Kent

I’m not attracted to men. Or so I thought before I slammed into Nikolai Sokolov. A mafia heir, a notorious bastard, and a violent monster. An ill-fated meeting puts me in his path. And just like that, he has his sights set on me. A quiet artist, a golden boy, and his enemy’s twin brother. He doesn’t seem to care that the odds are stacked against us. In fact, he sets out to break my steel-like control and blur my limits. I thought my biggest worry was being noticed by Nikolai. I’m learning the hard way that being wanted by this beautiful nightmare is much worse.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Sexual assault of a minor recounted
  • Self-harm (cutting)
  • Attempted suicide
  • Blood depiction
  • Murder

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

Picture a lovely cottage on a cliff, with sloping lawns, walking paths, and beautiful flowers. It’s Gabe and Pippa Gerard’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their perfect house hides something sinister. The tall cliffs have become a popular spot for people to end their lives. Over the past several months, Gabe comes to their rescue, literally talking them off the ledge. Until one day, he doesn’t. When Pippa discovers Gabe knew the victim, the questions spiral. . . .Did the victim jump? Was she pushed? And would Gabe, the love of Pippa’s life, her soulmate . . . lie? As the perfect façade of their marriage begins to crack, the deepest… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Infidelity
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Suicide
  • Self-harm
  • Alcohol abuse
  • Death of a partner
  • Murder

Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore—from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean for the rich—lives which intersect across divides of class, generation, and religion. Their various fates and struggles cause their community dynamic to sizzle and sometimes explode: The wealthy Ammar family employs young Maysoon Baladi, whose family struggles financially, to clean up after their spoiled teenagers. Meanwhile, Marcus Salameh, whose aunt married into the wealthy Ammar family, confronts his father in an effort to protect his younger sister for “dishonor… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Sexual assault
  • Domestic abuse
  • Eating disorder
  • Self-harm
  • Cancer
  • Murder
  • Police brutality
  • Gun violence

The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to bear—that her sister was murdered by a serial killer and there is precisely nothing she can do to change it. If there’s anything Zara cannot stand it’s feeling powerless, so she decides she will do whatever it takes—even if that means partaking in the occult—to bring her sister back from the dead.Jude Wolf might be the daughter of a billionaire, but she is also undeniably cursed. After a deal with a demon went horribly wrong, her soul is now slowly turning necrotic. Flowers and insects die in her wake and monstrous things come to taunt her at night. If Jude can’t find the… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment
  • Minor self-injury for magic
  • Body horror
  • Emesis
  • Graphic murder
  • Gun & knife violence