Contemporary
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
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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.
Penny Dreadful
Mary Hallberg
Category
Trigger Warnings
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 Tree House
Timothy Kyle
Category
Trigger Warnings
Extreme acts of racism, Racial Slurs, Child abandoment/Neglect, Graphic violence, Graphic sex
There’s many forbidden things in 1960s Birmingham, Alabama. Nothing more so than loving outside your race. Benny McClain only loved one thing more than his family: football. But growing up in the south gets more complicated when a neighbor becomes more than family.
Penny Jones only found solace in two things: Benny McClain and his treehouse. But when loving someone is forbidden by skin color, how can two people reconcile? And how can the unthinkable mistakes of one fateful night ever be undone?
The Unexpected Gift: When love transcends borders and distance
Heidi Donohue
Category
Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
When Olivia embarks on a life-changing study abroad in Ecuador, she never anticipates the whirlwind romance that will forever alter her path. But as their passion ignites, the reality of distance casts a shadow over their dreams.
Heartbroken by the devastating news of Javier’s mysterious death, Olivia is desperate for answers. Twenty-five years later, a chance connection with his family sparks a new journey. Can she uncover the hidden truths and find closure?
The Widow’s Curse
Sonia Rompoti
Category
Trigger Warnings
Grief, emotional trauma, references to suicide.
Salome never expected widowhood to feel like this—isolating, haunted, and filled with unanswered questions. Returning to her home, Willow’s End, she is forced to confront the stages of grief. But when strange occurrences blur the line between memory and reality, she realizes that moving forward may be the hardest battle yet. Set against a haunting Halloween backdrop, The Widow’s Curse is a gripping story of love, loss, and the strength it takes to begin again.
Better Luck Next Time + Coming Up Dana
Taylor J. Bridgeforth
Category
Trigger Warnings
drug and alcohol abuse, self harm
The summer before her freshman year of college, everything changed for Tatum Morgan. At USC and with a clean slate, exaggerated tales and an ex-boyfriend attempt to hinder her progress. How will she focus on her future with her past obstructing her present?
Broken Rules of The Hunt
M.C.Paas
Category
Trigger Warnings
violence, criminals, death, torture, experimentation on humans
Wildcat, an elite criminal, becomes hunted by her own society when a Russian syndicate posts a large bounty for her head. Suddenly, she is dragged into a game of survival by Fox, a cunning rival torn between claiming the bounty and helping her. With enemies closing in, Wildcat must decide if she can trust the man who is capable of destroying her. A gripping tale of passion, betrayal, and danger, where love may cost her everything.
Shadow’s Light
Sylvie Helstaff
Category
Trigger Warnings
adult content, explicit sexual situations, stalking, discussion of past domestic violence, description of panic attacks/ptsd, and violence
Ghosts and creatures never scared Zori, not when she’s seen what monsters humans can be. So when she bought a house with a reputation more haunted than her nightmares, she wasn’t worried about who or what came with it. When the strange new human moved into his house, the Shadow wanted her gone, the same as all the rest. But when he sees how haunted she already is, he can’t but want to know why. Two very unlikely housemates who just might hold the keys to setting each other free.
