Thriller/Mystery
Sun On Your Back
Naira Khan
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Trigger Warnings
This book contains depictions of domestic violence, incest, and familial trauma. Reader discretion is advised
Sun on Your Back, the compelling debut novel by Naira Khan, unravels a dark family secret when Shaan calls her sister, Diara in London, with devastating news: their father is dead and their mother claims that she killed him. Set across Zimbabwe and the UK, this gripping tale explores themes of domestic violence, incest, and the bonds of sisterhood as Diara confronts her fractured past and navigates the truth. A haunting tale of survival, resilience, and unearthing buried pain.
Odeum
E.A. Logan
Category
Trigger Warnings
Detailed descriptions of graphic subjects, depictions of violence and abuse, gore, sexism, and other sensitive themes that may be disturbing to readers. The author, E.A. Logan, does not condone or endorse the above subjects or behaviors.
Kaylie Lynn leaves home after high school to pursue her dreams of acting in theater. She is chosen by the theater owner to be in a program for up-and-coming actors to gain theater experience. Kaylie falls for Jas, an actor at the theater, and discovers that he is a vampire who lives with others under the theater. Kaylie finds herself caught in the grasp of a shadowy vampire government called The Council for her crime of associating with vampires as a mortal.
On the Vampire’s Couch: A Couch of Anguish and Blood
Chris Hamilton & E. A. Logan
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Trigger Warnings
blood, death, violence, mentions of sexual abuse, descriptions of sex: self-harm, drug use, attempted suicide, war, racism, colonization, kidnapping, parental/familial abuse, some violence against women
It follows the story of Elias, a 400 year old vampire who was turned against his will, trying to navigate his existence as a vampire, and keep his faith. While trying to do the right thing, he struggles with his need for blood, and constantly has to replace his couches
Last Chance
Sasha Welter
Category
Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
Chance ‘The Troublemaker’ Wright was always pushing boundaries and testing limits. But when his reckless antics end in a deadly accident, Trinity High School breathes a collective sigh of relief. Or do they? As the investigation unfolds, whispers of murder spread like wildfire. Was Chance’s demise a tragic consequence of his own actions, or did someone take matters into their own hands?
Three Sisters Trilogy
Nikki Lewen
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Trigger Warnings
Violence, language, sexual assault, kidnapping, cannibalism, torture, murder.
The Three Sisters Trilogy is the story of Sadie Larkin. One uncommonly courageous woman who survives in a devastated world by finding refuge in the mountains. It’s a story of overcoming hardships, of helping others, of uniting to fight and stay alive.
It’s a story that “just keeps getting better with each book! Totally binge worthy!”
Tropes: Found family, the chosen one, good vs evil, slow-burn, second-chance romance, dystopian society, strong FMC.
Hunter of the Damned: A Walk through Hell
Kevin J. Laws
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Trigger Warnings
Contains information concerning the sexual exploitation of children.
Few jobs are more gut-wrenching than investigating crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. In “Hunter of the Damned,” Laws recounts his days working as an undercover agent, uncovering horror after horror. Laws seeks to combat the pervasiveness of child sexual exploitation by raising awareness “While exposing the heinous nature of child sex crimes, I hope to educate readers on predatory behaviors and provide insight about the perpetrators of child sex crimes.”
FURIES RISING (BOOK ONE: HOLLOW VALLEY)
Andrew Lyons
Category
Trigger Warnings
Death, Gore, Gun Violence, Murder, Violence, Car Accident
Lukas Lincoln is an average 15-year-old enjoying summer camp in the remote Texas Hill Country. But when a strange virus infects 90% of America, killing many and leaving others as relentless flesh hunters, Lukas and a small group of surviving, uninfected campers must find a way to escape. Their journey will take them on a desperate race in search of potential safety. As their personal bonds and will to survive are tested, they will uncover a shocking discovery about the origin of the outbreak.
Proven Innocence
Mary J. Rocco
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Trigger Warnings
Proven Innocence is a suspenseful crime novel. It includes elements of suicide ideation, drug usage, domestic abuse, violence, death, and vulgar language. Readers who might be sensitive to the aforementioned, please read with care.
Cynthia Evans wakes up in the trunk of a car, no idea how she got there, only to discover she’s wanted for the murder of her husband and children. With no memory of life prior, Cynthia is sure she did not commit the crime.
Only problem is-how does she convince anyone she’s not a murderer when she is not sure who she is?
With the help of a downtrodden diner waitress, Gabrielle, Cynthia fights to prove her innocence.
One thing is clear: Rick Evans is dead. But who is the real killer?
Jack & Jill: Too Close to Home
Iain Benson
Category
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.
Demon’s Edge
Iain Benson
Category
Trigger Warnings
None
Pulled into a world on the brink of war, 12 strangers must pull together to survive a hostile desert to reach a human enclave, where they still won’t be safe. In this world where music and crystals combine to make magic, the bards are the wielders of magic. Kara, a talented busker, finds a new talent, but is it enough to find the one being who can send them home? When that one being wants humans exterminated from his world?
