Tropes/Content Warnings

Hello dear readers! Please note that this page is a work in progress. As I have learned more about potentially upsetting tropes, I am working on making lists for my books. At the moment, I am focusing on my current series, and will continue to update this page to include older books.

Please note that these lists may contain spoilers.

Shadowmarked

Shadowmarked is a fantasy romance that features several wildly different worlds in one setting. The first chapters are dark, presenting an extremely misogynstic theocracy that sends women away as tributes to the “demon” kingdom to the south. The romance is not dark, despite the setting, but some readers may find other story elements to be upsetting.

Shadowmarked Details (contains spoilers)
  • First few chapters take place in misogynist theocracy where women are treated as second-class citizens
    • Misogynist language
    • Extreme purity culture/sexual shaming
    • Physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse related to “purification”
    • Women threatened with punishment in the form of being sacrificed to the demons
  • Threats/implications of sexual violence (none on page nor actually carried out)
    • Heroine is propositioned to trade sexual acts for freedom by antagonist
    • Heroine believes that she and other women will be assaulted upon arriving in the demon kingdom
    • Heroine fears and imagines (in vague detail) that her younger sister may be victimized
  • Heroine is branded by the antagonist
  • Heroine is imprisoned by the protagonist upon first arriving in the demon kingdom
  • Heroine is forced to wear a magical silencing device upon first arriving in the demon kingdom
  • Details of medical treatment to a burn wound
  • Depictions of pregnancy/childbirth (other characters)
  • Grief/trauma over familial losses
Cursed Blood

Cursed Blood features vampire heroes who enjoy drinking blood (consensually) along with physical intimacy. These books are slow burn with some explicit sexual content.

The series has an external plot that includes mystery, intrigue, and action-adventure style violence that is consistent with scenes from an R-rated action movie. 

Please click the labels below for more information on individual books! 

The Guardian's Curse
  • Stalking (antagonist toward heroine)
  • Home invasion
  • Action-adventure violence
  • Biting, blood-drinking during sex (consensual)
  • Mind control (heroine + friend, by antagonist)
  • Kidnapping
The Hunter's Curse
  • Kidnapping/imprisonment of heroine and other humans (by antagonist)
  • Physical and mental abuse toward heroine (by antagonist)
  • Mind control (by antagonist)
  • Discussions of childhood trauma, including physical abuse and implied sexual abuse of heroine and heroine’s sister (mentioned in vague terms, primarily implied)
  • Discussions of past physical and sexual abuse of hero (not described in explicit detail, with focus on emotional toll and fear experienced by hero)
  • Supporting character experiences memory loss and fears sexual assault, mention of r**e kit being conducted
  • Extreme illness/pain experienced due to hero’s curse (includes mentions of vomiting)
  • Biting/blood-drinking (consensual with hero, non-consensual with antagonist)
  • Action-adventure violence
  • Illness, near-death of heroine (includes descriptions of hospital setting with medical equipment and intubation)
The Warrior's Curse
  • Robbery/shooting involving heroine
  • Chronic pain experienced by hero
  • Body image issues (heroine)
  • Heroine transitions into a vampire, experiencing physical pain and emotional turmoil
  • Mind control (by hero, in order to calm the heroine and keep her from hurting herself)
  • Action-adventure violence (includes several gruesome scenes in the aftermath of vampire hunter attacks)
  • Interrogation/torture of antagonist’s henchmen
  • Kidnapping of heroine’s daughter
The Assassin's Curse
  • Amnesia + manipulation
  • Mind control by vampires – affects heroine and several supporting characters
  • Heroine transitions into a vampire unwillingly, experiencing physical pain and emotional turmoil
  • Action-adventure violence
  • Torture/interrogation of hero/heroine by villain
The Rogue's Curse
  • Action-adventure violence
  • Mental anguish/depression caused by sleep deprivation
  • Past trauma/imprisonment shared in conversation
  • Hallucinations, mental distress caused by magical curse
The Prince's Curse
  • Action-adventure violence
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Kidnapping/imprisonment
  • Gaslighting/manipulation
The Dragons of Ascavar

The Dragons of Ascavar has an external plot that includes mystery, intrigue, and action-adventure style violence that is consistent with scenes from an R-rated action movie.

Scenes portraying sexual activity are present in most books, with an approximate “heat level” of 3/5 at the beginning of the series and progressing to 4/5 by the end. In other words; it’s on the page but vague at the beginning, and then progresses to being more explicit by the end. 🙂

Book breakdowns coming soon!

Wings of Stone
  • Action-adventure violence
  • Details coming soon