Adult
Wild Orchid
Celia Michaels
Category
Trigger Warnings
Sexual situations, emotional trauma, adult language
Hailey Cunningham is fiercely independent, but reviving Paradise Café forces her into an uneasy partnership with Bryan Maddox—charismatic, infuriating, and impossible to resist. As their fiery dynamic turns to something deeper, Hailey’s ruthless father seeks to control the situation, while an unexpected enemy appears on the scene and tries to threaten everything. Caught between passion and ambition, Hailey and Bryan must decide—will they risk it all for love?
Pine Hollow : Coming Home
Matthew Castle
Category
Trigger Warnings
War Violence/Violence
Almost twenty years in the army had carved me into a different man. Physically, I was fit and strong, marked with the scars of war, but inside, I felt lost. My grandfather’s death had brought me back, but the truth that lingered like an unspoken specter clouded that wounded heart
Clipped
K.Q. Watson
Category
Trigger Warnings
Child death, miscarriage, abortion, animal death, dismemberment, drug use, gun violence, violence, suicide, gore, all seven sins
Heaven was perfect, until they came for his son. When angel Zak’s infant son is cast down for being born without wings, he faces Heaven’s cruel mandate: forget, or fall. Clipped, Zak plummets to a broken Earth, where false prophets exploit the faithful, drug lords rule dead cities, and every truth comes with a price. What begins as a father’s desperate search becomes a brutal quest for vengeance that will expose Heaven’s most devastating lies – and make them remember his son’s name.
Even When I’m Leaving
S.C. Meyer
Category
Trigger Warnings
Parental Death, Grief, Spice
Even When I’m Leaving by SC Meyer is a contemporary romance inspired by Taylor Swift’s “‘Tis the Damn Season.” Childhood friends Victoria and Anthony reconnect in their small town after years apart, navigating love, grief, and personal growth during a snowstorm over the holidays. This short, steamy read explores second chances and the power of enduring love through a dual timeline of the summer they fell in love and ten years later when Victoria comes back to town.
Auctioned
Lauren Stevens
Category
Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
LeAnn Wells thought she left Black Water behind until her husband was told about a house for sale. She knew in her bones it had a dark past, but there was never proof. Fletcher Kane never wanted to return to the place that made him an outcast, but his Grandpa’s death left him with unfinished business. The house was meant to be his, but when it is sold, the secrets of the past collide with the present, forcing them to uncover the truth about what happened in the small town of Black Water, Ohio.
Unconquerable: The Hearts Redress Series Book Two
Belle Jay James
Category
Trigger Warnings
Abuse, sexual violence, sexual content, BDSM, violence, guns, anxiety, PTSD, flashbacks.
Devastation and pain seem to just be a staple in Luna’s life. Will she ever find happiness? There is a way but… Will it be enough? Will she ever truly reclaim her life and be able to trust or love again? Luna doesn’t know. All she does know is the path to escaping her monsters is painted crimson. Will the girls of Iron Redemption still love and support her when they find out her plan? Will Gabriel? If you crave the darkness, Luna is waiting for you… To claim redemption!
Undesirable: The Hearts Redress Series Book One
Belle Jay James
Category
Trigger Warnings
Abuse, sexual violence, sexual content, BDSM, violence, guns, anxiety, PTSD, flashbacks.
If you are looking for morally crimson characters, look no further. Follow Luna, in a world where abuse has her memories and present collide. She realizes that changes need to be made. Starting with creating Iron Redemption MC. Where she finds a second chance with a found family. This gripping tale is filled with gut-wrenching pain, unquenchable desire, unconquerable strength, and undeniable love.
Heids Up
Neil Renton and Mark Fleming
Category
Trigger Warnings
Violence, language, references to sex, drugs, child abuse, sectarianism. Descriptions of psychiatric institutions.
Neil Renton and Mark Fleming met at a mental health support group. Neil was candid about the depression which prompted suicidal thoughts, while Mark opened up about spells in psych wards. Finding out they both used creative writing to document harrowing experiences and maintain wellbeing, they collaborated on an anthology. Flash fiction, longer short stories, memoirs and essays intertwine to conjure snapshots of life; dark and disturbing, sometimes hilarious, always life-affirming.
Bound by the Crown
Bernice Najamba
Category
Trigger Warnings
Mentions of sexual assault, abuse, and trauma.
In Regency England, Emmeline Laurent navigates duty and desire as a woman of African descent in a prejudiced society. Torn between her childhood love, Will Hargrave, and a calculated match with Lord Edmund Montfort, Emmeline must choose: obey societal expectations or risk everything for a love that could shatter her world.
Rebecca’s story
K A Fleming
Category
Trigger Warnings
Sexual content
When the new Duke of Sandison returns to his new title after the death of his father he meets Rebecca, a high spirited, unconventional lady of the ton. Although he finds her exasperating, he cannot help but be drawn to her. When her brother, a debauched, evil bully promises her to one of his odious acquaintances dare the duke throw caution to the wind and seek illicit encounters with someone promised to another and can he thwart her brothers plans while pursuing his own secret desires?
