Thriller/Mystery

Wide Awake
Lauren Stevens
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Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
The story creates a sense of mystery and suspense as employees navigate through their daily lives while dealing with disturbing occurrences. Dreamdom: A company that develops and authorizes the purchase of Dreams in the year 2125 has a new President Kit. As he began expanding his company, he developed a new department that was supposed to be strictly research. Someone has gotten impatient while waiting for approval for cultivating dreams in the Nightmare Department.

And Let Time Stand, Still – The Elemental Pentology: Five
Ariadne Pautina
Category
Trigger Warnings
Alcohol use; blood and gore; epidemics; explicit content; family conflict; infidelity; manipulation; mass deaths / murder; physical abuse / assault; pregnancy / birth; sex; torture; violence; war
Zoya Iskralin is testing the boundaries of discovery. Testing how humans investigate cruelty and if her reckless games would be exposed. With increasing threats, Zoya is called home; her skills needed to assist her sisters, to protect the Compound, and to save the world. Katya’s endgame jeopardised by devastating loss. Will Katya’s sisters forgive her, once the truth is revealed?

Sempiternal – The Elemental Pentology: Four
Ariadne Pautina
Category
Trigger Warnings
Alcohol use; blood and gore; drowning; epidemics; explicit content; infidelity; manipulation; mass deaths / murder; physical abuse / assault; pregnancy / birth; sex; torture; violence
Calina Iskralin is searching for evidence of the past. Searching for means to repair a broken world. With the release of a deadly virus, Calina must make a world-changing decision. A horrific sacrifice which will fuel the division between the two factions. Both sides harbouring lies and manipulating perception to gain advantage. The alliance devastated by loss, with war’s arrival bringing potential annihilation.

Torrefy – The Elemental Pentology: Three
Ariadne Pautina
Category
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
Category
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
Category
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.

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.

The Con
Rachel Rosato
Category
Trigger Warnings
Mild violence, kidnapping, emotionally abusive relationships, substance abuse, severe depression, explicit language
Elsie and her friends are looking forward to letting loose at WyvernFest, a popular cosplay convention. After leaving a toxic relationship, Elsie is eager to have fun and feel like her old self again, but the group’s plans take an unexpected turn when the headlining celebrity guest — Elsie’s idol, Tamara Jenkins — fails to show up to her events. Unsure of whom they can trust, the group must work together to unravel the truth and bring Tamara home safely before it’s too late.

The Broken Wife
Kay Elem
Category
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.

Sunkissed
A.E. Fox
Category
Trigger Warnings
Self harm, domestic violence, terminal illness, hospitalization, ableism and sexual assault
Valor can’t make a good decision to save his life. Liam can’t save his life no matter the decision he makes. With a new hunter in town, a councilman dead, and their mass of intricately woven lies coming unraveled, the pair flees the country to avoid their past. Though, with Liam terminally ill and Valor still chained to Hell, it’s their future that may prove to be the most difficult to escape. At the end of it all, there can only be a goodbye.
