LGBTQ+
Torrefy – The Elemental Pentology: Three
Ariadne Pautina
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Trigger Warnings
Abuse / abusive relationship; alcohol use; blood and gore; explicit content; fire; infidelity; manipulation; mass deaths / murder; physical abuse / assault; sex; suicide; torture; violence; witchcraft
Levka Iskralin is seeking the source of a disturbance. To discover who is trying to bring forward the Goddess Katalecazo. To eradicate the potential for the truth of the Goddess being revealed, Levka must dismantle a coven, while also protecting her own identity. All while continuing to understand what impact the erasure of Katalecazo’s influence has had on the world. A world moving even closer to war.
Lacrymosa – The Elemental Pentology: Two
Ariadne Pautina
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Trigger Warnings
Abortion; abuse / abusive relationship; alcohol use; blood and gore; diets / eating disorders; drowning; infertility; infidelity; manipulation; mass deaths / murder; physical abuse / assault; sex; sexual abuse / assault; suicide; torture; violence
Talya Iskralin believes she is rebalancing humanity. She seeks out those who have caused harm to others and takes revenge on their behalf. While taking these actions, she sets in motion consequences which will impact those she loves. Not only will her actions increase the potential for war, but she had put her family in peril.
Alabaster – The Elemental Pentology: One
Ariadne Pautina
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Trigger Warnings
Adoption; alcohol use; blood and gore; explicit content; gambling; manipulation; mass deaths / murder; physical assault; sex; suicide; torture; violence
Katya Iskralin has returned for revenge. She is fighting alone and must act without betraying her true self, her location, or the secrets hidden, sealed deep in her soul. Old enemies and newer threats pose a risk to the very world itself, with an old God believing Katya has returned for war.
The Menagerie
Ariadne Pautina
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Trigger Warnings
Abortion; abuse / abusive relationship; bestiality; dubious consent; drug use; incest; infidelity; manipulation; murder; nightmares; physical abuse / assault; rape; sex / sexual abuse / sexual assault; spiders / suicidal ideation; torture; violence
From the opening short story to the final poem, The Menagerie combines varied themes and genres which explore darker experiences with an empowering message of hope. This anthology is a cohesive combination of 55 tales delivering strength.
No matter how hollow you may feel inside. This is a series of creative interpretations of how survival can be brutal, can be beautiful, and can lead you to the brink of destruction before escape is found.
Veins of Sapphire, Hearts of Steel
A.K. Neane
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Trigger Warnings
Explicit content includes: sex, sexual assault, gore, violence, self-harm, descriptions of mental health symptoms, and death. For a detailed list, check the book insert or visit the website.
In a world divided by power and magic, two princesses—one arranged alliance—are bound by fate and a love that could change everything.
UNSEEN
PAM D.
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Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
Kris made the ultimate sacrifice—giving up Lisa, the love of her life, for her brother. But years later, as Lisa remains just out of reach, Kris is haunted by the choice she can’t undo. No matter how hard she tries to move on, Lisa is the one person she can never forget. *Unseen* is a heart-wrenching sapphic novel about love, longing, and the devastating cost of doing what’s right.
The Maddie Chronicles: Books 1-3
Hannah R. Goodman
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Trigger Warnings
Mental health, homophobia, addiction
The Maddie Chronicles follows self-help book junky Maddie Hickman on her quest for self-understanding as she makes her way through high school. Unfortunately, her alcoholic sister and Bad Boy ex-boyfriend hijack the journey and break her heart. As she tries to put the pieces back together, she finds herself facing a terrible tragedy, torn friendships, and family secrets. Through it all, her Bubbie’s words of wisdom and her trusted journal prove to be all the self-help she really needs.
Till It Stops Beating
Hannah R. Goodman
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Trigger Warnings
Cancer, mental health issues, addiction issues
Seventeen-year-old Maddie Hickman has always coped with anxiety by immersing herself into the latest self-help book. Then her grandmother is diagnosed with cancer, and she spirals so far downward that she almost risks losing everything she holds dear. The ever-mounting stress leads to an unexpected road trip where she is forced to listen to her wildly beating heart. It is only in the back of a convertible with pop music blasting, that she discovers what she needs in order to really live.
I Love That Girl
Hannah R. Goodman
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Trigger Warnings
A brief mention of suicide and issues of sexuality
Once called the four-headed monster in high school, only to be decapitated by the disaster of coupling up, four childhood friends thought their wounds were healed now that they are in college, but reuniting for two weeks in paradise results in possible decapitation once again by way of: a rejected proposal, a birth control fail, an almost ménage a quartet, and a secret (and-thought-to-be-impossible) hook-up.
The Starwielder, The Trinity
Ian Cassidy
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Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
Follow along as the Starwielder Minax Bolide, is released from a volcano he’s been hibernating inside, out into a world he doesn’t recognize, with no memory of what happened prior. He must join a philanthropist billionaire, Dorrion Chrisbane a member of a secret society. Two non-related sibling mercenaries Khelu Odena and Cyngosa Maelstrom get dragged into the epic adventure, alongside Saaliha Moonwane the last surviving member of her family whom for generations safeguarded the Starwielder.
