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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.
Renewing the Arbors
Samantha Hickey
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Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
To save his apprentice and the half fairy under his care, Declan has sacrificed himself to the druid’s ancient demon enemies. In this coming of age story, Alia and Galvin must keep one step ahead of those demons and the fairy soldiers after Galvin to rescue Declan and the Groves, all while figuring out how to use their new abilities.
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.
Shadows of Dreams-Angels of Half-light Book 1
Emma Karolina
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Trigger Warnings
None
Protect humanity. Vanquish the demons. She can’t remember a thing! Apparently that’s part of the process when newly awoken. Is the sinister presence also normal that’s lurking inside her head? Being an angel didn’t come with a handbook! Evil visions plague her as she tries to untangle reality from nightmare – while not tumbling into a pair of moody hazel eyes that have her cheeks burning! Demons run rampant, sucking the life out of the innocent. The time is now and there’s no outrunning it.
Club Hades
Cassandra Harken
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Trigger Warnings
Torture (not on page), murder, kidnapping, animal restraint, bombings, panic attacks, claustrophobia.
Vivienne inherited a trust from a relative. Timing couldn’t have been more perfect since she is living in her car. When she learned she had inherited a business, she dreamed of a bookshop or bakery where her only problem would be to solve the occasional murder. Little did she know she had inherited a sex club and with it came a cast of characters. Club Hades is more than it seems and so is the hot self-styled Protector who sits in the club every night. What’s a girl to do?
The Esoteric Design: Civilization Lost (Book 3)
A. R. Redington
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Trigger Warnings
Violence, gore
As darkness plagues the later generations of the Sorcēarian race, Dovian finds that the worst enemies aren’t met on the battlefield but are those closest to him. As corruption spreads through Ives, threatening war on their doorstep, he also discovers that the most brutal battles are sometimes within oneself. Follow the critical moments of Dovian’s life leading to the destruction of his civilization in this prequel to the Esoteric Design series.
The Esoteric Design: Disbanding Hope (Book 2)
A. R. Redington
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Trigger Warnings
Violence, gore
With Ivory and Dovian stranded on Ives, Aria and Troy find that the battle for humanity’s survival grows more dangerous as evil spreads. Desperate for help, Aria bands together with militaries from around the world in the hope of luring Sapphire’s attacks away from the other city-states toward herself.
The Esoteric Design (Book 1)
A. R. Redington
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Trigger Warnings
Violence, gore, discussion of rape
Bio-Tech soldiers, Aria and Troy, investigate a base attacked by demonic forces. Evidence points to the land of Ives, where they meet Dovian, the sole survivor of the angelic Sorcēarian race. Together, they travel to city-states worldwide to solve the mysteries surrounding the monsters and a man named Euclid, who leads the attacks. The series has chapter illustrations, character bios, bestiary, weaponry, and more.
‘Dream Walker’ somewhere between realm and reality
Bruce Martin
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Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
Alison Wilde is an ordinary girl in a nearly normal world, until a turn of events shifts her reality upside down.
Plunged into the Netherworld, with little memory of her life back on Earth, she is faced with a host of fantastical creatures, some more familiar than others. But as her new companions attempt to guide her through their tumultuous realm, dark forces threaten the very fabric of the Universe, who will stop at nothing to prevent Alison from achieving the potential her destiny holds.
