I’m not a huge fan of “trigger warnings.” Something that might trigger one reader is innocuous to another. It’s down to readers to manage what does and does not cause them mental harm.
But authors have a responsibility to give readers the tools to do that job. I see content warnings like ingredients on food – content warnings allow readers to “read the label” – and it’s always a good thing to have an informed consumer.
With that in mind, this is a list of content warnings for my books, organized alphabetically within their series. All readers should know up front that my books are high heat. There is more than kissing. There’s more than kissing between people of the same and opposite genders. If kissing, or more than kissing, offends you as a reader, you are definitely not in the right place.
Bad Boys of Bevington Series
- Gabe’s Girl: anal sex, breath play, dubious or coerced consent to sexual acts between adults, graphic character death, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults both of the same gender and opposite gender, impact play, injury, non-graphic description of murder of a child, non-graphic description of child abuse, paganism, power exchange, polyamory.
- Quaternion: anal sex, breath play, graphic character death, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults both of the same gender and opposite gender, impact play, injury, non-graphic description of murder of a child, non-graphic description of child abuse, paganism, power exchange, polyamory.
- Teddy’s Boys: anal sex, graphic violence, graphic violence between family members (parent to adult child), graphic sexual acts between consenting adults both of the same gender and opposite gender, impact play, injury, non-graphic description of murder of a child, paganism, power exchange, polyamory.
- Ulune’s Daughter: drug use, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults both of the same gender and opposite gender, impact play, injury, non-graphic references to non-consensual sexual acts between secondary characters, paganism, power exchange, polyamory, somnophilia.
Crossover – Bad Boys of Bevington/Masters of the Zodiac
Capricorn: anal sex, breath play, graphic character death, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults of the same gender, impact play, injury, non-graphic description of murder of a child, paganism, power exchange, non-graphic description of polyamory.
Daddy P.I. Series
- Blunts Tales: daddykink, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults of the same gender and opposite gender, graphic portrayal of polyamory, impact play, injury, power exchange, non-graphic references to serious illness and death of a spouse, sadomasochism.
- Daddy P.I. 0.5: age-play, daddykink, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults, impact play, injury, past mental abuse by spouse, power exchange, sadomasochism, self-harm.
- Daddy P.I.: abduction fantasy, age-play, consent violation, daddykink, incestuous thoughts by a main character, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults both of the same gender and opposite gender, graphic portrayal of polyamory, impact play, injury, past mental abuse by spouse, power exchange, references to drug abuse, sadomasochism, self-harm.
- Daddy P.I. 2.0: anal sex, age-play, daddykink, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults both of the same gender and opposite gender, graphic depiction of polyamory, impact play, injury, past mental abuse by spouse, past consent violation, power exchange, sadomasochism, self-harm, use of safe word.
- Max’s Bumble: anal sex, cage/confinement play, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults of the same gender, impact play, injury, non-graphic description of childhood sexual abuse, non-graphic description of character death, non-graphic description of death of a child, non-graphic portrayal of sexual acts between consenting adults of the opposite gender, primal play, power exchange.
- Missing Ink: alcohol abuse, anal sex, drug use, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults both of the same gender and opposite gender, graphic depiction of polyamory, impact play, injury, non-graphic description of childhood sexual abuse, non-graphic references to character death, power exchange, sadomasochism, use of “safe word.”
- Warrin With An I (previously included in the Hero Daddies anthology): age-play, daddykink, impact play, non-graphic description of sex trafficking of a minor, power exchange.
Demonsongs Series
- Black Magic Friday: graphic violence, paganism, reference to torture, shopping.
- Blood Yellow: graphic character death, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults both of the same gender and opposite gender, injury, non-graphic depiction of former polyamory, paganism, torture of main character.
- Burning Bones: graphic character death, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults both of the same gender and opposite gender, injury, polyamory, paganism.
- Neon Blue: dubious or coerced consent to sexual acts between adults, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults both of the same gender and opposite gender, injury, paganism, non-graphic description of former polyamory.
Deep Frontier Series
- Curvy Space Girls Need Love, Too: past sexual abuse.
- Snowburn: anal penetration, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults, impact play, injury, power exchange, sadomasochism.
- Throwing Fire: anal sex, graphic character death, graphic violence, graphic sexual acts between consenting adults, impact play, injury, power exchange.
None of my characters exist in a vacuum. All have had previous relationships, good and bad. As with life, not all of these relationships have ended neatly. There is “other woman/man drama” in all of my books.
Some readers have asked for a “light to dark” scale for my books. I may not be the best judge of what is “dark” since age-play, daddykink, and power exchange are “dark” or “taboo” to some readers, but not to me. The least graphic of my books is Neon Blue and the most graphic/dealing with the most distressing subjects is the Bad Boys of Bevington series.
At least until the Omegaverse comes out …
E J Frost 