Sexual Harassment – Page 6 – Trigger Warning Database

Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher

Jack Nolan is a gentleman, a journalist, and unlucky in love. His viral success has pigeon-holed him as the how-to guy for a buzzy, internet media company instead of covering hard-hitting politics. Fed up with his fluffy articles and the app-based dating scene as well, he strikes a deal with his boss to write a final piece de resistance: How to Lose a Girl. Easier said than done when the girl he meets is Hannah Mayfield, and he’s not sure he wants her to dump him. Hannah is an extremely successful event planner who’s focused on climbing the career ladder. Her firm is one of the most prestigious in the city, and she’s determiend to secure,,, Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Sexual harassment
Emotionally abusive relationship
Divorce mentioned
Alcohol consumption

Valley Verified by Kyla Zhao

On paper, Zoe Zeng has made it in New York’s fashion world. After a string of unpaid internships, she’s now a fashion columnist at Chic, lives in a quaint apartment in Manhattan, and gets invited to exclusive industry events. But life in New York City isn’t as chic as Zoe imagined. Her editor wants her to censor her opinions to please the big brands; she shares her “quaint” ( small) apartment with two roommates who never let her store kimchi in the fridge; and how is she supposed to afford the designer clothes expected for those parties on her meager salary? Then one… Read more,

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Misogyny
Fatphobia & body-shaming
Sexual harassment

Undone by the Ex-Con by Talia Hibbert

To protect her brother, Lizzie must seduce the man she despises… Isaac Montgomery is a killer. A savage. He doesn’t belong in the glittering world of high-society, but somehow, that’s where he’s ended up. After all he’s been through, it should take more than a prima ballerina with a cut-glass accent to get under his skin. But when Isaac meets Lizzie Olusegun-Keynes, he doesn’t just lose his cool. He f$*king melts. Lizzie is losing control of her body, her life—and her desires. She shouldn’t want a man like Isaac, a man who’s rough and coarse and forceful, but the lust that sparks between them is impossible to ignore. When a… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Homophobia & parental disownment
Internalised ableism
Sexual harassment
Diabetes
Blackmail

*Context : The protagonist’s employer blackmails her and threatens to out her brother.

Titan by Shantel Tessier

I know I have a black soul. Bloodshed and danger are what I live for. A King is supposed to rule his Kingdom using any means necessary to demand respect. I’m not a weak man. A King kneels to no one. I’ve only ever cared about one other person in my life, but the thing is, she never belonged to me. And before I could tell her how I felt, she left. Now she’s returned, needing someone to save her. Emilee York was always meant to be mine, and I’ll see to it that happens. I always get what I want, even if that means I have to take it. And she’s no different. She’ll be my queen, on…. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism
Misogyny & slut-shaming
Sex work & sex work shaming
Rape by coercion*
Sexual harassment
Intimate partner violence
Infidelity*
Parental divorce recounted
Alcohol consumption
Involuntary body modifications (forced branding)
Death of a mother from cancer (lymphoma), on-page
Death of a grandparent in a car accident
Faked death of a father from a heart attack
Murder
Torture including waterboarding and strangulation
Arson
Physical assault
Kidnapping*
Plane crash recounted

*Context : A secondary character kidnaps the female protagonist (FMC)’s mother and withdraws her medical care until she has sex with him. There are multiple mentions of secondary characters having affair or their infidelity.

Pick Six by Maggie Rawdon

She was his wife, but she should have been mine. What’s worse than playing a fake girlfriend to the all-pro defensive end for the Seattle Phantom? When the same infamous playboy is my ex-husband’s best friend. I’m normally great at keeping my distance from him—pretending like he doesn’t get under my skin. But after he punches a teammate over me, we’re stuck faking a relationship to save his career and mine. If we play the game well, we could both get out ahead. I just have to remember everything about this is for show, including the reformed player act. A few blurred lines and crossed boundaries won’t change things. Because falling for your ex’s best friend is wrong, right?

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Slut-shaming
Sexual harassment
Spousal infidelity*
Divorce*
Alcohol consumption

*Context : The protagonist is recently divorced as her ex-husband cheated on her multiple times. The male protagonist also unknowingly slept with a married woman in the past.

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, she’s had no choice. Her tattered copy of Angharad—Emrys Myrddin’s epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, then destroys him—is the only thing keeping her afloat. So when Myrddin’s family announces a contest to redesign the late author’s estate, Effy feels certain it’s her destiny. But musty, decrepit Hiraeth Manor is an impossible task, and its residents are far from welcoming. Including Preston Héloury, a stodgy young literature scholar determined to expose Myrddin as a fraud. As the two rivals piece together… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism & internalised ableism
Sexual harassment & sexual assault mentioned
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Drug use (smoking)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Anxiety, panic attacks & nightmares
Amputation (protagonist is missing her finger)
Death of a parent mentioned
Torture recounted
Car accident recounted
Drowning & attempted drowning
Flood recounted
Animal death mentioned

*Context : A secondary character is kissed without consent and has plans to kidnap and hold her captive.

Man vs. Durian by Jackie Lau

Durian is my nemesis. We have a long, painful history. In my opinion, the spiky fruit smells like natural gas and rotten onions with eau de vomit. Bleh. So when Valerie Chow spills her durian ice cream all over me, I shouldn’t fall in love. But despite her fondness for durian, Valerie is beautiful and delightfully prickly and stares at me when I take off my soiled shirt. And somehow, this chance encounter leads to me agreeing to be her fake boyfriend to get her mom off her back about her dating life. Her supposed boyfriend is a paediatric resident, but no big deal, right? My job’s in landscaping… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Sexual harassment, off-page

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory’s focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious “Kingkiller” Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and reigning Bad Boy of chess.

Nolan’s loss to an unknown rook-ie shocks everyone. What’s even more confusing?.. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Parental infidelity
Sexual harassment
Parent with rheumatoid arthritis
Hospitalisation mentioned
Death of a father in a drunk-driving accident recounted

Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore, and you comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. Because this was not the first offence against you. This was not the life you ever deserved. And this will not be your undoing. Slowly, you plot.

But when your husband returns in triumph, you become a woman with a choice… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape
Sexual harassment

Deep in Providence by Riss M. Neilson

For best friends Miliani, Inez, Natalie and Jasmine, Providence, Rhode Island has a magic of its own. From the bodegas and late-night food trucks on Broad Street to The Hill that watches over the city, every corner of Providence glows with memories of them practicing spells, mixing up potions and doing séances with the help of the magic Miliani’s Filipino grandfather taught her.

But when Jasmine is killed by a drunk driver, the world they have always known is left haunted… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Sexism
Religious bigotry & trauma
Sexual harassment
Child abandonment
Anxiety
Parent with substance addiction
Alcohol consumption
Drug use & abuse
Overdose
Pregnancy
Abortion
Forced institutionalisation mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Car accident, off-page
Deportation mentioned