Content Warnings
Baker Oaks
The Truth Never Spoken
There will be profanity, on-page violence towards a 17-year-old, a toxic parent relationship, and an on-page car accident. Some scenes feature an ambulance ride and a code blue situation at a hospital, as well as a football injury. There is some emotional abuse (neglect) in a marriage. There are on-page descriptions of drinks, drugs, and sex (one particular scene in which the female main character is seventeen)
The Trail Often Crossed
There will be profanity, on-page descriptions of explicit sex with power play, death of parents, death of a child (off-page), breaking and entering, keeping someone against their will, cancer diagnosis, and mental health struggles.
The Road Sometimes Taken
There will be profanity, on-page descriptions of explicit sex, death of children (off-page), mental health struggles, a psychologically and verbally abusive relationship (not the main character), cheating (not the main character), workaholism (on page), and gaslighting (not the main character).
The Lies Always Told
This book includes on-page spice between two consenting adults, slight kink exploration, public sex scenes, light choking, biting, blindfolding, and pleasure-seeking practices. It has a character with cardiovascular diseases as well as Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) both symptomatic. There’s on page anaphylactic shock and an angioedema attack, a rescue by boat, hospital and ICU stay, mentions of self-harm, alcohol consumption, both recreationally and to numb the pain and talk about abuse that happened off page. Miscarriage and infertility discussion by a side character. There are food restrictions on a child (off page), discussion of child abuse (mental) and neglect, discussion of the United States education system from a school counselor’s perspective, on pagegun violence in a school setting that ends in death (not of the main characters), and talk of grief.
The Hope Once Lost
The Hope Once Lost is an emotional love after loss romance, with several themes that might be heavy for some readers. I have them listed here, but there might be spoilers, so I wanted to give you the chance to skip them if you don’t need them. In either case, please take care of yourself. On Page Explicit Sex, Foul Language, Alcoholism, Death of a parent (off page, discussed on page), Death of a sibling (off page, discussed on page), Death of a spouse (off page, discussed on page), Kidney Failure, Fat Shaming (inner monologue), Keloids and scars, Childbirth (off page, discussed on page), Birth Complications (off page, discussed on page), Emergency C-Section (off page, discussed on page), Hysterectomy (off page, discussed on page), Secondary Infertility (off page, discussed on page), Infertility (off page, discussed on page by a secondary character), Car Accident (off page, discussed on page), Mental Health Discussions, Gun Violence (off page, discussed on page), Miscarriage (off page, discussed on page), Addiction, Parental abandonment, Hospital setting, Cemetery setting
The One Final Rule
There might be spoilers, so if you want to skip this next part of the author’s note, you can. There will be profanity, on-page descriptions of explicit sex with slight kink exploration, PCOS, some descriptions of fatphobia, family drama, and some other woman drama.
Once Upon A December
The Season Long Awaited
There’s on-page explicit and consensual sex between two adults, an age gap where she’s older, and profanity on page. There are mentions of child neglect, multiple sclerosis, and infertility (none of the main characters). There’s an unexpected pregnancy that ends in the delivery of a healthy baby, but there’s no labor on page. There are depictions of burn out, lives lost at sea, and discussions of the health care system in the United States.
The Gift Rarely Given
There will be profanity, on-page descriptions of explicit sex, death of children (off page), hospital setting, children in hospice, diet culture toxicity, fatphobia, football injury (off page), and mental health struggles.