The Cruelty by Scott Bergstrom

The Cruelty by Scott Bergstrom

When Gwendolyn Bloom’s father vanishes, she sets off on a journey she never bargained for. Traveling under a new identity in a world of assassins, spies, and criminal masterminds, she uncovers a disturbing truth. To bring her father back alive, she must become every bit as cruel as the men holding him captive.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Human trafficking
  • Attempted rape
  • Sex work mentioned
  • Murder
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The XY by Virginia Bergin

The XY by Virginia Bergin

Also known as Who Runs the World?.

Sixty years ago, a virus wiped out almost all men on Earth. Now women run the world, and men are kept in repopulation facilties, safe from the deadly virus. At least, that’s what everyone has been led to believe…until River discovers a young man on a country road—injured but alive. Mason has been outside for five days since escaping from his facility, and no one can understand how he has survived. Hiding the boy violates the rules of their world, but as the women of the town band together to try to save him, River begins to suspect that the truth behind Mason’s existence is darker than she could have imagined.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Attempted rape
  • Murder
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Riggs by Sawyer Bennett

Riggs by Sawyer Bennett

As a professional hockey player, people think I live a charmed life. On the surface, I do. But they don’t know the horrors of my childhood or the real reason that I have custody of my seventeen-year-old sister, Janelle. And that’s exactly the way I like it. They may think I’m a prick because I don’t like to share, but that’s fine. They don’t know me, and they don’t need to. In an effort to help Janelle get settled in Phoenix and stay out of trouble at school, I set her up with a job at Clarke’s Corner, the local bookstore owned by the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Attempted sexual assault of a minor recounted
  • Physical assault, on-page
  • Stabbing recounted
  • Attempted kidnapping
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Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett

Off Sides by Sawyer Bennett

Ryan Burnham is the privileged son of a U.S. Congressman and captain of his university’s hockey team. While he is on the verge of fulfilling his dreams to play in the NHL, his parents want him on a different course. One he is expected to accept for the sake of his family’s public image.

Forced her to abandon her music career after the heartbreaking death of her parents, Danny Cross exists on the opposite side of the tracks from… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Attempted rape
  • Death of a parent from cancer recounted
  • Death of a parent from an overdose recounted
  • Bullying
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The Love Act by Zara Bell

The Love Act by Zara Bell

I never wanted to be famous. I’m perfectly happy working backstage at a late-night chat show, safely hidden off-camera. But when a paparazzo snaps a misleading photo of me and a bratty celebrity guest, my life is ruined overnight. Suddenly, the whole world is convinced I’m having a torrid affair with the snarly, stuck-up cinema star Jack Hale. And thousands of people hate me. Excellent. To make things even weirder, now Jack is demanding that I pretend to be his fake girlfriend for two months, in exchange for a cool half a million. It’s an offer I can’t refuse, literally… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Slut shaming
  • Sexual assault
  • Sexual harassment
  • Agoraphobia
  • Panic attacks
  • Drug use & abuse mentioned
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Highlander Most Wanted by Maya Banks 

Highlander Most Wanted by Maya Banks

Genevieve McInnes is locked behind the fortified walls of McHugh Keep, captive of a cruel laird who takes great pleasure in ruining her for any other man. Yet when Bowen Montgomery storms the gates on a mission of clan warfare, Genevieve finds that her spirit is bent but not broken. Still, her path toward freedom remains uncertain. Unable to bear the shame of returning to a family that believes her dead or abandoning others at the keep to an imposing new laird, Genevieve opts for the peaceful life of an abbess. But Bowen’s rugged sensuality stirs something deep inside her… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape & attempted rape, on-page & recounted
  • Murder
  • Attempted murder by stoning, on-page
  • Kidnapping recounted

Never Love a Highlander Lass by Maya Banks 

Never Love a Highlander by Maya Banks

Caelen McCabe’s young, reckless heart nearly destroyed his clan. Now, putting family loyalty above all else, he steps up to marry his older brother’s jilted bride and salvage the uneasy alliance between the two clans. While beautiful Rionna McDonald is a fit wife for any man, Caelen trusts no woman, especially not this sweet temptress who torments him with white-hot longing. As the sacrificial lamb in her father’s power game, Rionna will do her duty but vows to protect her heart and her pride from humiliation. Despite everything, though, the heat in Caelen’s touch melts her defenses… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape mentioned
  • Sexual assault, on-page
  • Murder, on-page

Seduction of a Highland Lass by Maya Banks 

Fiercely loyal to his elder brother, Alaric McCabe leads his clan in the fight for their birthright. Now he is prepared to wed for duty, as well. But on his way to claim the hand of Rionna McDonald, daughter of a neighbouring chieftain, he is ambushed and left for dead. Miraculously, his life is saved by the soft touch of a Highland angel, a courageous beauty who will put to the test his fealty to his clan, his honour, and his deepest desires… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Attempted rape
  • Physical injury

Saturdays at Noon by Rachel Marks 

Saturdays at Noon by Rachel Marks

Emily just wants to keep the world away. She doesn’t want anyone to know all the ways her life is messed up. Going to anger management every Saturday, talking to strangers, was not part of the plan.

Jake just wants to keep his family together. He’s also messed everything up. Going to anger management is now his best hope for bonding with his six-year-old Alfie. Emily can’t understand why Jake… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Paedophilia & child sexual abuse
  • Sexual assault
  • Physical child abuse
  • Alcoholism
  • Substance addiction
  • Blood depiction
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Safe Passage by Rachel Ford

Safe Passage by Rachel Ford

Go big or go home. For privateer Captain Magdalene Landon, it’s all about going big. For Kay Ellis, it’s about getting home. Together, they’re about to architect the most daring heist in the galaxy. Kay knows too much. She knows it’s a matter of time before a Conglomerate hitman finds her. She’s desperate for safe passage back to Union space. Then Magdalene shows up, promising a way in exchange for that information. It’s a risky bet, but Kay is out of options. So she strikes a deal: the heist of the century for her freedom… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Attempted rape
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