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content guidance 

Aubrey provides comprehensive lists* of content / trigger warnings so readers can make an informed choice before venturing into her written world.

This is a text-only version suitable for Kindle.​

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* Please note that content guidance may include spoilers.

What Went Wrong duet

Words We Didn't Say

On-page incidents

  • Sexual harassment, intimidation and assault (grabbing/pushing) of main female character (perpetrated by side character)

  • Instances of 'slut-shaming' about former sexual partners (perpetrated by side characters)

  • Workplace bullying and intimidation (perpetrated by side characters)

  • Other woman drama

  • Perceived cheating - main female character witnesses/overhears situation with other woman

  • Violence, including one serious incident of physical assault 

  • Explicit and consensual sexual scenes, including without the use of protection

  • Side character experiencing intimate partner abuse, including one on-page scene of overheard violence

  • Workaholism

  • Alcohol consumption

  • Strong language / cursing

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Mentions / events occurring primarily off-page​

  • Main female character has experienced childhood physical violence and abuse (non-sexual)

  • Main male character has past depression and previous suicide attempt (brief, non-graphic references)

  • Parent in remission from breast cancer

  • Death of a parent during childhood

  • Previous workplace relationship

  • Side character's parents not accepting of homosexuality

  • Main characters from impoverished backgrounds

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Scars We Didn't See

On-page

  • Main female character has experienced past intimate partner abuse in the forms of coercive control, verbal and physical abuse (perpetrated by side character), including one full chapter where these forms of abuse are depicted on-page when the former partner returns

  • Main male character has post-traumatic stress disorder, including references and depictions of anxiety, panic attacks and flashbacks

  • Explicit, consensual sexual scenes, including without the use of protection

  • Bullying and intimidation

  • Violence / physical assault of side character

  • Workplace injury (cut) and medical procedure (stitches)

  • Side character with disability (left-side paralysis) following car accident

  • Strong language / cursing and blasphemy

  • Small-town gossiping and meddling

  • Alcohol consumption

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Mentions / events occurring primarily off-page

  • Characters who are former police officers

  • Passing of main male character's father through illness (coronary arrest)

  • Side character has experienced domestic and family violence (including brief mentions relating to a child)

  • Car accident (serious injuries and fatalities)

  • Side character's mother passed away following ovarian cancer (very brief reference)

  • Side character's mother has depression 

  • Flashback of childhood accident (broken arm)

  • Very brief mention of a snake sighting

  • Medical / surgical procedures

Standalone books

Push

On-page 

  • Infidelity / cheating (a kiss and past emotional cheating)

  • Scenes depicting physical and sexual assault (kiss and groping) (perpetrated by side character)

  • Characters discuss events related to organized crime (including drug dealing, assault, murder)

  • Characters discuss past childhood physical abuse, abandonment, neglect and parent who was an alcoholic (please see further notes in 'mentions' below for other parental issues)

  • Explicit, consensual sexual scenes, including without the use of protection

  • Navigating a separation / potential divorce

  • Other man drama 

  • Other woman drama

  • Class differences 

  • Stalking

  • Drink spiking and mentions/use of drugs (by side characters)

  • Actual and referenced physical violence (punching)

  • Gambling addiction (side character)

  • White collar crimes

  • Car accident (no injuries)

  • Scenes that take place in an Australian court room and police station

  • Scenes in a strip club

  • Scene in a casino

  • Scenes involving therapy

  • Scenes where characters vomit

  • Characters who are dentists, with references to dental procedures 

  • Alcohol consumption

  • Strong language / cursing and blasphemy

  • A nine-month-old baby (the main couple's child) appears extensively, as well as other children

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Mentions / events occurring primarily off-page​

  • Organized crime (including drug dealing, assault, murder)

  • Parent who was an alcoholic and addicted to opioid medications

  • Parental abandonment, significant childhood abuse primarily against side-character child, and neglect

  • Parent who passed away from coronary arrest

  • Parents with narcissistic personality traits 

  • Parental infidelity
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Off Script Summer

On-page 

  • Main male character with adjustment disorder (anxiety, depression) following workplace accident

  • Main female character has experienced infidelity ending past romantic relationship

  • A seven-year age gap between the two main characters

  • Explicit, consensual sexual scenes, including exploring gentle dominance and the use of protection (condoms)

  • Poolside accident involving a child, including a description of CPR being performed

  • Other man drama (ex-boyfriend)

  • Brief instance of other woman drama

  • Brief instances of body shaming perpetrated by side characters

  • Main female character's mother suffering from major depression following infidelity and separation

  • Alcohol consumption

  • Strong language / cursing

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Mentions / events occurring primarily off-page​

  • Workplace accident (compound fracture)

  • Brief mentions of past suicidal ideation

  • Over-protective sibling threatening ex-boyfriend following break-up

  • Parental abandonment

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