Low Spice
The Broken Wife
Kay Elem
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Trigger Warnings
Death of a family member, Adultery, Physical/Emotional Abuse, Childbirth(loss), Sexually Explicit Scenes, Gun/Drug Violence (brief mention)
Aileen remains haunted by the memory of her husband’s tragic death when years later a clue emerges, reigniting her trauma and plunging her into a dangerous path of secrets and lies.
Cooper is used to solving mysteries but never expects to become entangled in Aileen’s case. Neither can deny their growing attraction as they work together to uncover the truth. As secrets are revealed, both must tread carefully, for the answers they seek could destroy everything.
Till It Stops Beating
Hannah R. Goodman
Category
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.
Mars: Ambertide
A. L. Brown
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Trigger Warnings
Contains descriptions and allusions to abuse (various types), assault (various types), violence, gore, strong language, and death
How powerful is the mind? Is it strong because it can block out the darkest truths from our past? Or is it weak because outside influences can easily fool it? Question the validity of everything in search of the truth. As our found family of heroes grapples with their mourning, they become closer to death–literally. Stand by them as they navigate a new society as deceptive as the enchanting waters just offshore, and the rumored curses that plague and protect them.
Time, Swords, and Blood
Hannah Manders
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Trigger Warnings
religious themes, war, descriptions of gore, general violence, swearing, sexual content, death and a main character who experiences anxiety and panic attacks
After time travel was achieved fifty years ago, Delilah is now the proud owner of a Machine, the vessel that grants humans the ability to travel through time and space. During a routine trip, Delilah gets displaced on a whole new world in an unknown time.
Free will is one of the few gifts from the gods and Delilah soon discovers she has an additional one. She must rediscover who she is while choosing whether or not to help her new friends stop a war that has been happening for a thousand years.
Jack & Jill: Too Close to Home
Iain Benson
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Trigger Warnings
Institutional transphobia
When a double homicide in a trans nightclub comes to light, DI Jack Ville is assigned the case. But Jack has a career-ending secret: Jill. And Jill was at that nightclub two hours earlier. Jack must walk the line between solving the case and staying in the closet in a force where transphobia is a threat. When more murders come to light, it might take Jill to solve this one.
Whispers of the Elderoak (Daughter of the Earth Series Book One)
K. M. Gordon
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Trigger Warnings
Grief, death, fantasy violence, torture, brief mention of a past suicide (does not happen on page).
When Ava Winslow inherits a flower farm from her late grandfather’s estate, she’s determined to uncover the secrets she knew her family was hiding. As she draws closer to the truth, the last thing she expects to find is a portal hidden on the property. Desperate to learn what her mother never revealed before her death, Ava is thrust into a magical land of fae on the brink of war. Will she try to return home? Or will she stay and help her new friends triumph over evil?
