Coming of Age
An American Hero
John Lawrence
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no trigger warnings
When he boarded the helicopter, Reem didn’t know if they were alive. Would he find them? Summer 1990 was promising—USC, an architecture degree, and a five-year plan. As the second son of a Kuwaiti millionaire, he hid his wealth to be a regular college kid. Then, on August 2, Iraq invaded Kuwait. Fear, anger, and desperation consumed him. How could he save them?A coming-of-age historical novel from a unique perspective.
PROJECT LOTUS
Kimberlee Ann
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Violence
A local celebrity in the arts community of Quesinberry, Lolly Scarberry shines as one of the main acts at the Lotus Theatre. Lolly earns the affections of others quickly, loving openly and treating everyone with considerable care—even the town’s resident outsider MackLynn Brooks. One impulsive kiss. One show-stopping response. The stage is set, and the next act is anyone’s guess.
Rink of Destiny
T.L. Davis
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no trigger warnings
Popularity is’t sweet when you’re hiding a secret. Sorin is the most popular girl, dating Axel, the star quarterback, but beneath her perfect facade is a darker reality. At home, her stepfather’s threats loom, and the pressure to maintain her image grows. A chance encounter at Legends, the local skating rink, forces Sorin to question everything. As secrets about her best friend’s shady dealings surface, can Sorin find the strength to embrace the life she wants?
Clipped
K.Q. Watson
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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
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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.
Touch of Kindness
R. Loomis
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no trigger warnings
Dori Livingston doesn’t want to be anything special. She’s fine staying in the background, helping her friends, and supporting her single mom any way she can while living in her small Texas town. That all changes when she meets a strange girl at school who is running away. In true Dori fashion, she welcomes the girl into her home without hesitation. Little does Dori know that in helping this girl she’ll spark a chain of events that will change her life forever.
What You Have Tamed
Jim Rose
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Trigger Warnings
gang violence, gun violence, blood, near-death-during-sex
Born to privilege, Reist and Eira never thought about their future. After private school, a boring life awaited them. But when violence shook their world, they find something grander.
Void of any motivation, Reist and Eira bring out the best and worst in each other. She takes him out of his comfort zone, often too far. He grounds her, while chasing a high only she can provide.
Together, they saved a life. Setting in motion a chain of events that brings their planet to ruin. And they’re not done
Of Silk and Death
Samanta Luna
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no trigger warnings
It’s the 1920s and Sarah Dullard is a teen whose parents work at the Arlington Hotel in New York City. In the summer of 1928, the arrival of the hotel’s owner’s son shakes the hotel’s tranquil atmosphere, after a party leads to the disappearance of his companion.
Sarah and the young man then decide to try to find him. But as they connect all the strange events happening around the hotel, they soon realize what is behind the disappearance might be much more complicated and terrifying.
Penny Dreadful
Mary Hallberg
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no trigger warnings
When a teen learns she and her crush both have powers, she recruits him to help resurrect her dead mother and sister.
The Ginhouse Hollow
Koren Freel
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Trigger Warnings
Gunshot, Mental Illness
After fifteen-year-old Rynn learns her grandfather was murdered in 1954, and her mother, Sloane, was the only witness, she vows to protect her mother from past trauma and never speak of it. Thirty years later, when an aging Sloane has a brush with death, Rynn knows she must break her vow, or the truth behind that tragic night will stay buried forever. But will the secrets of the past hold the answers Rynn seeks, or will they tarnish the memory of the family she barely knew?
