My books have been described as very emotional, sometimes full of angst, usually spicy, and quite often featuring the topic of someone’s emotional damage from the past being wonderfully overcome.
That being said, I absolutely do not want to trigger a reader with one of my stories. I know first hand how important mental health is, and I want to do all I can to protect my readers.
So you’ll find below a list of content warnings for all of my novels. Most of the warnings are mild, and please be aware that all of my books contain references to social alcohol use.
Some warnings will be spoilers so please leave this page if you don’t want to read on!
One Way or Another
- Mention of adoption
- Mention of deceased parent
- Mention of past mental health difficulties
- Back story of a friend’s homophobia
Liberation
- Internalised homophobia
- Sexual interactions in a sex club that don’t always follow safe sex practices (but see Note at start of book)
Counterpoint
- Overly religious/manipulative parent
- Emotional/verbal abuse by a parent
- Reuniting with an absent parent
- Ageism
- Misogyny
- Back story of emotional manipulation of a main character by an ex-partner
A Christmas Chance
- Mention of deceased grandparent
Make Her Wish Come True
- Mention of deceased parent(s)
- Minor traffic accident for secondary character
- References to absent parent
Chasing Dreams
- Detailed scene of cardiac arrest and its aftermath (secondary character who recovers)
- Back story of emotionally distant parents
The Club Revisited
- Description of traumatic arm injury
- Reference to the death of a loved one/partner
- Back story of character being shamed for their sexual desires
- Reference to being caught masturbating by a grandparent
- Sexual interactions in a sex club that don’t always follow safe sex practices
A Heart to Trust
- Back story of parental homophobia
- Emotional manipulation by a manager in the workplace
- Emotional manipulation by a colleague in the workplace
- Casual misogyny
- Mention of cheating
Dare to Love
- Mention of past mental health difficulties
- Parent struggling with teenager’s coming out (but it ends happily!)
- Threatening behaviour to a main character from a secondary character
Never Too Late for Heroes
- Gun use and general violence between superheroes and ‘baddies’
- Mild physical altercations between main characters
- Implied ageism and misogyny
- Mention of drug abuse
The Long Shot
- Emotional manipulation of a main character by an ex-partner
- Misogyny
- Mention of cheating
- Emotionally distant father
Write Your Own Script
- Ageism
- Workplace misogyny
- Discussions of ‘outing’
Up on the Roof
- Back story of parental homophobia
- Mention of spiders
- Emotional manipulation of a main character by an ex-partner
Miles Apart
- Cheating
- Emotional manipulation of a main character by an ex-partner
- Reference to unsafe sex practices
Dark Horse
- Emotional/verbal abuse by a parent
- Death of a parent from brain tumour
- Emotionally distant sister and subsequent reconciliation
- Casual homophobia from a minor character
- Mention of cheating
The Club
- Brief homophobic violence
- Caring for an elderly sick parent
- Mention of cheating
- Reference to a parent dying
- Description of someone dying of breast cancer
- Character with chronic shyness struggling with workplace interactions
- Internalised homophobia
- Back story of character being shamed for their sexual desires
- Sexual interactions in a sex club that don’t always follow safe sex practices
A. L. Brooks 