Content Notes

Some of my books go to dark places. Here’s a heads-up so you can choose what’s right for you.

These notes may reveal minor plot points. If a book isn’t listed, it doesn’t contain major dark themes. Spice runs from 0 (no romance on the page) to 5 (explicit), and it varies by book: my horror has little to no spice, the Richmond Academy books are sweet, and my adult romances range from warm and closed door to explicit. Questions about a specific book? Send me a message.

W.M. Dawson

  • Richmond Academy Series: emotionally controlling parent · threat of forced memory erasure · peril and violence · mild language · YA
    • Trial by Fire: spice 0.5, kissing only
    • Trial by Sea: spice 0, no kissing
    • Trial by Earth: spice 0.5, kissing and yearning
    • Trial by Wind: spice 0.5, kissing, holding, and yearning
    • Trial by Spirit: spice 0.5–1, kissing, holding, and yearning
  • Not Your Maniac Pixie Dream Girl: 17+ · spice 2.5–3, open- and closed-door MF scenes · profanity · violence · death · creature attacks · captivity and experimentation
  • Not Your Book Boyfriend: spice 4, open door · violence · government conspiracy · manipulation
  • Born This Way: spice 0 (prequel to the romance Brax) · threat of forced breeding · coercion by a pack · child in danger · violence
  • Brax: spice 2, warm and closed door · language · child abduction · violence · bigotry and supremacist ideology (villain) · pack war
  • Carter: spice 0.5, no sex, kissing and yearning · repeated death and rebirth of a love interest · possessive hero · kidnapping · lots of violence
  • Jason & Ariel: spice 4, explicit open-door scenes, including one level-5 scene · 18+
  • Welcome to the Jungle: violent transformation · injury and blood · violence
  • Last Rock Standing: witnessed murder · serial killer · being hunted

Wendy Cheairs

  • Cosmic by Celeste: spice 4, open door · death of a parent and mentor · grief
  • Fallon: spice 2.5–3, warm open door, sapphic second-chance romance · human trafficking · kidnapping (including of minors) · cartel violence · gun violence
  • Devoured by Gluttony: spice 3.5, steamy open door · curses and demonic themes · compulsive consumption · violence
  • Tiān Kōng Luán: spice 0 · family estrangement · cult-like community · supernatural violence
  • Staghelm: war · betrayal · self-sacrifice · death of a main character
  • The Alice Murders: spice 0 · violence · serial murder · blood · based on real unsolved killings
  • The Eyes Have It: spice 0 · seriously ill child · hospital setting · hauntings
  • Night Tales: spice 0 · ghosts · murder · cosmic horror · hospital hauntings

Wendy Cheairs Anthologies

  • Holiday Horror Collection (Dark X-Mas, Dark Valentine, Dark Solstice, Dark Celebration, Dark Halloween): graphic horror · gore · death, including of pets · morbid humor · stories vary by author
  • Drabbles of Dread and Forgotten Ones: horror · violence · death · stories vary by author
  • Earth Invasion 2020: alien invasion · mass destruction · violence

Sage Knight

  • Starry Wolf: spice 2.5–3, mostly closed door with one open-door scene · violence · danger and political scheming
  • Frozen War: spice 0, no open-door scenes · violence · death of the main character · mate turned against her · grief and loss
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