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The Company of Fiends by Kathryn Moon

The Company of Fiends by Kathryn Moon

After eight years on the stage with The Company of Fiends, the glow of the spotlight is starting to wear thin for Hazel Nix. The theatre is perfect for a girl like her—one with a secret she keeps even from her more monstrous peers—but playing pretend is only exciting for so long. After so many lovers, on stage and otherwise, Hazel has yet to make a lasting connection with anyone and considers taking her last bow at the company. Just as Hazel encounters a new and intriguing patron, disaster strikes the theatre. Girls are going missing… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Human trafficking mentioned
Parental abandonment recounted
Child abuse recounted
Attempted sexual assault
Involuntary body modifications recounted
Cannibalism mentioned
Death of a father recounted
Murder
Torture, off-page
Strangulation
Home invasion
Physical assault (mugging)

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Queermisia
Transmisia
Outing
Slut shaming
Fatmisia & body shaming
Statutory rape mentioned
Sexual assault, on-page
Sexual harassment
Forced sex work mentioned
Forced adult-minor marriage
Hallucinations & delusions
Suicide by drowning, on-page
Childbirth & death from childbirth
Pregnancy & teenage pregnancy
Infertility mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies
Scalping & skinning, off-page
Mutilation & dismemberment mentioned
Cannibalism mentioned
Starvation
Nonconsensual branding
Scars
Death of a wife
Knife & axe violence
Whipping recounted
Lynching, on-page
Animal attack
Animal death, on-page
Animal cruelty mentioned
Bullying

Roar by Cora Carmack

Roar by Cora Carmack

Aurora Pavan comes from one of the oldest Stormling families in existence. Long ago, the ungifted pledged fealty and service to her family in exchange for safe haven, and a kingdom was carved out from the wildlands and sustained by magic capable of repelling the world’s deadliest foes. As the sole heir of Pavan, Aurora’s been groomed to be the perfect queen. She’s intelligent and brave and honourable. But she’s yet to show any trace of the magic she’ll need to protect her people. To keep her secret and save her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted rape & sexual assault
Murder
Imprisonment

Beasts of the Frozen Sun by Jill Criswell

Beasts of the Frozen Sun by Jill Criswell

Every child of Glasnith learns the last words of Aillira, the god-gifted mortal whose doomed love affair sparked a war of gods and men, and Lira of clan Stone knows the story better than most. As a descendant of Aillira and god-gifted in her own right, she has the power to read people’s souls, to see someone’s true essence with only a touch of her hand. When a golden-haired warrior washes up on the shores of her homeland–one of the fearful marauders from the land of the Frozen Sun–Lira helps the wounded man instead of turning him in. After reading his soul… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted rape & sexual assault

Run Posy Run by Cate C. Wells

Run Posy Run by Cate C. Wells

When I fell for Dario Volpe, I thought he was Prince Charming, and I was the luckiest girl alive. He didn’t care about my past. The talk. The stain on my family’s reputation. Then he saw something I never wanted anyone to see. He cares now. This isn’t a breakup, it’s a warning shot, and if I want to get out of this bad romance alive, I have to run and never look back.
Dario Volpe is no storybook hero. He’s a psychopath, and he can’t decide–kiss me? Or kill me?… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut shaming
Threats of sexual assault
Sexual harassment
Revenge porn
Cheating
Intimate partner abuse recounted
Voluntary euthanasia mentioned
Pregnancy & childbirth, on-page
Anti-Social Personality Disorder
Alcohol consumption
Death of a parent from cancer recounted
Death of a daughter in a car accident mentioned
Murder
Kidnapping

Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller

Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller

Stolen as a child from her large and loving family, and on the run with her mom for more than ten years, Callie has only the barest idea of what normal life might be like. She’s never had a home, never gone to school, and has gotten most of her meals from laundromat vending machines. Her dreams are haunted by memories she’d like to forget completely. But when Callie’s mom is finally arrested for kidnapping her, and Callie’s real dad whisks her back to what would have been her life, in a small town in Florida, Callie must find a way to leave the past behind. She must learn to be part of a family. And she must believe that love–even with… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Paedophilia & child sexual assault recounted
Statutory rape
Adult-minor relationship*
Kidnapping of a child
Incarceration of a parent

* Context : The seventeen-year-old female protagonist is in a relationship with her twenty-one-year-old step-uncle.

Lord of Chance by Erica Ridley

Lord of Chance by Erica Ridley

Disguised as a country miss, Charlotte Devon flees London, desperate to leave her tattered reputation behind. In Scotland, her estranged father’s noble blood will finally make her a respectable debutante. Except she finds herself accidentally wed to a devil-may-care rogue with a sinful smile. He’s the last thing she needs…and everything her traitorous heart desires. Charming rake Anthony Fairfax is on holiday to seek his fortune…and escape his creditors. When an irresistible Lady Luck wins him in a game of chance—and a slight… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sex work & assault of sex workers discussed
Gambling addiction
Poverty, debt & financial struggles

The Violence by Delilah Dawson

The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson

Chelsea Martin appears to be the perfect housewife: married to her high school sweetheart, the mother of two daughters, keeper of an immaculate home. But Chelsea’s husband has turned their house into a prison; he has been abusing her for years, cutting off her independence, autonomy, and support. She has nowhere to turn, not even to her narcissistic mother, Patricia, who is more concerned with maintaining the appearance of an ideal family than she is with her daughter’s actual well-being. And Chelsea is worried that her daughters will be trapped just… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Graphic domestic abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Dead bodies
Animal death (dog)
Homelessness
Bullying

Meat Market by Juno Dawson

Meat Market by Juno Dawson

Jana Novak’s history sounds like a classic model cliché: tall and gangly, she’s uncomfortable with her androgynous looks until she’s unexpectedly scouted and catapulted to superstardom. But the fashion industry is as grimy as it is glamorous. And there are unexpected predators at every turn. Jana is an ordinary girl from a south London estate, lifted to unimaginable heights. But the further you rise, the more devastating your fall …

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Body shaming
Transmisia
Victim blaming
Rape
Sexual assault
Sexual harassment
Eating disorder
Drug use
Alcohol consumption
Emesis

The Diabolic by SJ Kincaid

The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid

Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager created to protect a galactic senator’s daughter, Sidonia. The two have grown up side by side, but are in no way sisters. Nemesis is expected to give her life for Sidonia, and she would do so gladly. She would also take as many lives as necessary to keep Sidonia safe. When the power-mad Emperor learns Sidonia’s father is participating in a rebellion, he summons Sidonia to the Galactic court. She is to serve as a hostage. Now, there is… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape & attempted rape mentioned
Forced self-harm
Forced drug use
Murder
Torture
Animal cruelty