One protagonist encounters a man looking for her mother, who occasionally engages in sex work. When she says her mother is not there, he tries to assault her, and she defends herself. Another protagonist beats up his longtime partner while they are in a car together. There are not really consequences for his actions. Multiple main characters in this book are telepaths, and they can influence non-telepaths to do things they normally wouldn't, including sex. In general, this series involves a lot of incest.