Getting His Game Back by Gia de Cadenet

Getting His Game Back by Gia de Cadenet

Khalil Sarda went through a rough patch last year, but now he’s nearly back to his old self. All he has to do is keep his “stuff” in the past. Real men don’t have depression and go to therapy–or, at least they don’t admit it. He’s ready to focus on his growing chain of barbershops, take care of his beloved Detroit community, and get back to being the ladies’ man his family and friends tease him for being. It’ll be easy . . . until Vanessa throws him completely off his game… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Depression
  • Suicidal ideation
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The Suffering Tree by Elle Cosimano 

The Suffering Tree by Elle Cosimano

Tori Burns and her family left D.C. for claustrophobic Chaptico, Maryland, after suddenly inheriting a house under mysterious circumstances. That inheritance puts her at odds with the entire town, especially Jesse Slaughter and his family—it’s their generations-old land the Burns have “stolen.” But none of that seems to matter after Tori witnesses a young man claw his way out of a grave under the gnarled oak in her new backyard.

Nathaniel Bishop may not understand what brought him back, but it’s clear to Tori that he. … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Graphic self-harm (cutting), on-page
  • Suicidal ideation
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Souls Unfractured It by Tillie Cole 

Souls Unfractured by Tillie Cole

Labeled a ‘Cursed’ woman of Eve from birth, Maddie has endured nothing but pain and repression at the hands of The Order’s most abusive elder, Moses. Now living with her sister in The Hangmen’s secluded compound, finally, Maddie, is free. Free from the suffocating faith she no longer believes in. Free from endless years of physical and mental torment.

At age twenty-one, the timid and shy Maddie is content to live within the confines of her new home—safe from the outside world, safe from harm and, strangely, protected by the Hangmen’s most… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape of a child
  • Domestic abuse
  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Suicide
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Self-harm
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Kidnapping
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An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole 

An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole

Daniel Cumberland’s uneventful life as a freed man in Massachusetts ended the night he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. To then have his freedom restored by the very man who stole his beloved’s heart is almost too much to bear. When he’s offered entry into the Loyal League, the covert organization of spies who helped free him, Daniel seizes the opportunity to help take down the Confederacy and vent the rage that consumes him.

When the Union Army occupies Janeta Sanchez’s small Florida town, her family’s goodwill… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Slavery
  • Threats of rape & sexual assault
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Death of a parent mentioned
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Signal Boost by Alyssa Cole 

Signal Boost by Alyssa Cole

In a secluded cabin, John and his loved ones have survived. He should feel grateful. But his family is in his face 24/7, he has to watch his best friend, Arden, and brother, Gabriel, flaunt their love, and as a techie in a Luddite world he’s pretty much useless. The cabin is brimming with people, but he feels utterly alone.

Until he catches Mr Tall, Blond and Gorgeous raiding their garden. Mykhail is an astrophysics student, he makes John’s gaydar ping like crazy and he thinks he knows what caused the devastation… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape
  • Depression
  • Assisted suicide mentioned
  • Suicidal ideation
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Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe 

Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe

The only life Mae has ever known is on the island, living on the charity of the wealthy Prosper family who control the magic on the island and the spirits who inhabit it. Mae longs for magic of her own and to have a place among the Prosper family, where her best friend, Coco, will see her as an equal, and her crush, Miles, will finally see her. Now that she’s eighteen, Mae knows her time with the Prospers may soon come to an end.

But tonight is First Night, when the Prospers and their high-society friends return to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Outing
  • Parental abandonment
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Suicide mentioned
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Drug abuse mentioned
  • Loss of autonomy (possession)
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A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair 

A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

Keera is a killer. As the King’s Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the King’s favoured assassin. When a mysterious figure called the Shadow starts making moves against the Crown, Keera is forced to hunt the masked menace down.

She crosses into the magical lands of the Fae, trying to discern if her enemy is Mortal, Elf, or a Halfling like her. But the Faeland is not what it seems, and neither is the Shadow. Keera is shocked by what she discovers and can’t help but wonder who her enemy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexual assault mentioned
  • Substance addiction
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Self-harm
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Colonialism
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White Cat by Holly Black

White Cat by Holly Black 

Cassel is cursed. Cursed by the memory of the fourteen-year-old girl he murdered. Life at school is a constant trial. Life at home is even worse. No one at home is ever going to forget that Cassel is a killer. No one at home is ever going to forget that he isn’t a magic worker.

Cassel’s family are one of the big five crime families in America. Ever since magic was prohibited in 1929 magic workers have been driven underground and into crime. And while people still need their touch, their curses, their magical killings… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Suicidal ideation
  • Murder
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Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow 

Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow

Hazel knows a lot about the world. That’s because when she’s not hanging with her best friend or helping her two moms care for the goats on their farm, she loves reading through dusty encyclopedias. But even Hazel doesn’t have answers for the questions awaiting her as she enters eighth grade. How can she make friends in a new school where no one seems to understand her? What’s going to happen to one of her moms who’s pregnant again after having two miscarriages? Why does everything have to change when life was already perfectly fine?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Anxiety
  • Suicidal ideation mentioned
  • Self-harm recounted
  • Miscarriage
  • Hospital
  • Bullying
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Cake by J Bengtsson

Cake by J. Bengtsson

Jake McKallister might have been a rock star, but he was no ordinary one. Surviving an unspeakable crime as a young teen had shaped him into a guarded workaholic, and he now lived his life trying to forget. If it hadn’t been for music and the redemption he found through it, he might not have survived. Career success came easily for him. Personal connections did not.

When outspoken, vivacious college student Casey Caldwell was paired with the famously reserved rockstar for a friend’s wedding… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape recounted
  • Sexual assault recounted
  • PTSD & trauma
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Coma
  • Torture
  • Kidnapping of a child
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