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Cruel Games
Sofia Daniel - 2019
They’re cruel, vicious, and drop dead gorgeous.And they’re used to getting everyone to follow their lead.But I won’t—and they’re determined to make me suffer.What they don’t realize is that I can give as good as I get.Cruel Games is a reverse harem high school bully romance and the first book of the Templar Academy trilogy. It contains cursing, dark themes, and sexual situations.
Savage Lessons
Elle East - 2020
Now the Vicious Crew own me. The second I walk into the waste dump that is Marter High, I know I’ve made a mistake—and they are determined to teach me a lesson. The four of them terrify the other students—and in a place like Marter, that’s saying something. Ruthless. Violent. Merciless. Rumor has it they even have ties to the mafia. Abandoned by my parents. Kicked out of my fancy prep school. Penniless. All I have left in the world is my sister and I’ll do everything in my power to protect her. A stupid decision. A stupid self-sacrifice, and suddenly I owe the Vicious Crew three “favors” and they can ask for anything they want. I need to be strong for her, but I don’t know if I can survive them. They hate me. They are determined to destroy me. But I refuse to make it easy for them. SAVAGE LESSONS is a reverse harem #whychoose high school bully romance. It’s the first book of the Vicious Boys of Marter High series so this one ends in a cliffhanger. It’s an eventual enemies-to-lovers story. It contains some dark scenes which may not be suitable for everyone. This book is recommended for readers aged eighteen and over.
Sinners
Cassie James - 2019
Everything Juliet is not.
After spending the first sixteen years of her life in a dead-end town, she’s thrust into the spotlight of a legacy she never knew she had. With it comes a decades long mystery about a hidden family fortune.
But if Juliet wants to claim the treasure her grandfather left behind, she must survive a dangerous game of cat and mouse with four boys that are equally as hot as they are cruel.
It’s a dangerous game they’re playing. Not everyone will survive.
There are two types of people in Patience:
The sinners.And the pawns.
Sinners is the first book in a series of full-length reverse harem high school bully romances. Some scenes portray subject matter that may be difficult for some readers. Enjoy at your own risk!
Lies and Other Drugs
Coralee June - 2018
Against the advice of my alcoholic therapist, I've left my life behind, moving across the country with just two goals in mind: Take down the elite Ivy League School that covered up my twin brother’s death, and seek revenge on the ones responsible. But nothing is what it seems at Blackwood University, and it starts to feel like I'm grieving a stranger. Although I’m prepared to do whatever necessary to bring his murderers to justice—nothing could prepare me for falling in love.
When Sinners Play
Eva Ashwood - 2020
I never wanted to come here.The scholarship to Hawthorne University is my ticket to a better life,but I don’t fit in with these rich, privileged students.I’m the daughter of a drug addict.A girl with a half-remembered past.A foster kid who’s seen too much of the wrong side of humanity.My tattoos are my battle scars, and my heart beats for no one.Until I meet them.Gray, Declan, and Elias.The Sinners.They run this school, and one day, they’ll run this whole city.They snap their fingers, and the world falls at their feet.They breathe a word, and that word becomes law.I’ve been numb my whole life, but when they touch me, sparks dance across my skin.For the first time in years, I feel.I feel so fucking much.Confusion.Desire.Anger.Need.Too bad there’s only one thing the Sinners feel for me.Hate.**This is the first book in the Sinners of Hawthorne University series, a new adult reverse harem bully romance. It contains violence, dark subject matter, and steamy sex.**
Consequence
G. Bailey - 2019
It’s a nasty secret, one I never want the world to find out. But now someone knows and they want me to get revenge for them. Ethan Remington, Josh Dedican, Hunter Cross, Nathan Cross and Lucas Georgian are my targets, and they just so happen to rule the little town of Holly. I have to end their rule at the local academy I’ve just moved into or else my secret is out. That cannot happen. I’ll do whatever it takes to keep my secret safe—even if that means taking down my unlucky victims one by one. Don’t feel sorry for them. They did bad things too, almost as terrible as me. I'm going to be their worst nightmare imaginable. And the best part? They don't get to wake up from it. If I’m going to hell, they are coming down with me. Welcome to Holly Oak Academy, where money talks more than education and the rich boys do very bad things. Now they’ve met their match — me — and I’m bringing them down no matter what it takes. I have to, or else I’m a goner. 18+ RH Romance.
Spite
Candace Wondrak - 2019
I say it’s better hot. My name is Elle Payne, and I never thought I’d be back at River High, but I am—and there are three boys calling my name. Christian Moore, Alec Perry, and Xander Hill. The Dick Squad. The three boys who made my life a living hell growing up. They won’t see me coming. They might’ve forgotten about me, but I didn’t forget about them. My memories burn, and I want nothing more than to destroy them the same way they destroyed me. Six years ago I did something I’m not proud of. Surrounded by bullying and my parents’ failing marriage, I tried to end it all, but I failed. I am stronger now than I ever was before, and even if it’s the last thing I do, the Dick Squad will pay for what they did to me. This revenge will be the sweetest of all, because it’s one they’ll never see coming. Breaking their hearts should be easy. Protecting mine might not be. This is a bully reverse harem novel, containing some dark themes, including self-harm and suicide.
Broken Trust
R.A. Smyth - 2021
Today I start school at Pacific Prep. This is my new lease on life, and I won’t be wasting it. I need this, now, more than ever. I need the education, the promise of a future that I wouldn’t get anywhere else. These rich kids don’t like me though. When Hawk Davenport decides he doesn’t want me here, his friends back him. Along with Hawk, Westley Warren, Cam Rutherford, and Mason Hayes rule this school and nobody dares go against them. They don’t know the real me. I won’t back down.***This book is a reverse harem, meaning the FMC will have three or more love interests. The book also has trigger warnings for emotional/physical bullying, abuse, violent scenes, reference to self-harm and mature content/swearing, so please do not read if you are easily offended or have the mentioned triggers.This book is intended for 18+
The First Time
Wendi L. Wilson - 2020
Or my boring night shifts at the convenience store. Even dodging my skeezy ex-boyfriend’s bumbling attempts to seduce me.To say my life wasn’t great was an understatement. But at least it was mine.Or it was until Mom came home and announced she was getting married. That was the day my life became unrecognizable.As if a new home and a new family weren’t enough, I found myself enrolled at Everly Prep—an exclusive academy where the rich send their pampered and privileged teenagers to be educated.And it was immediately obvious I didn’t belong.Patronizing staff members, mean girls, and snobs galore greeted me as I roamed the hallowed halls, but it didn’t bother me. I invited them to do their worst.Then I met them.Seth, Theo, Cooper, and Mason—known as “The Rogues”—ran the school with iron fists and wicked tongues, making Everly Prep their own private kingdom. They were powerful, gorgeous, and brutal, a deadly combination that made them invincible.And I was the perfect target…or so they thought. But I'm Chaz Miller, and I don't go down without a fight.
Steal Me
M. Sinclair - 2020
Now she finds herself attending college in California, in hopes that her FBI agent ex won't be able to locate her. She's done her best to stay away from everyone, trying not to get attached in case she has to disappear again....Because Sloane would die rather than let Pierce lay another finger on her.To support herself she works as a teller at a local bank and on an ordinary day at work, her life will change forever when she gets kidnapped at gunpoint by four masked bank robbers.But what happens when she realizes that she knows those four men from college? Suddenly, Sloane fears for her life because she’s now a liability, bound to get them identified and caught. Especially when Pierce catches up with them and a wild chase across three states begins.But things get complicated when her kidnappers turn into her protectors... when Sloane can’t help but feel safe with the brothers Royce and Blaine, with the intense and gorgeous Kaden and even with dangerous and crazy River.Their futures, their hearts, and their lives hang in the balance when she realizes that each man was robbing banks for a reason.* TRIGGER WARNING *Please be advised this action flick, heist romance duet contains darker themes such as PTSD, swearing, and violence. Additionally, sexual themes are suitable for mature audiences 18+. Cliffhanger warning for duet.
Those Heartless Boys
E.M. Moore - 2020
Maybe just maim him a bit. Peel off his perfectly chiseled handsome looks until he knows what it feels like to be normal. And while I’m at it, I’ll throw his friends in, too. They all deserve to be taken down.I should’ve seen it coming. I should’ve felt it in my gut. The moment my treasure hunter father went missing, my arch enemies sprang into action. While I still reeled, they mapped out their twisted trail of retaliation. They planned their payback, finally acting on what they’ve always wanted.Because grieving is the perfect time to blackmail someone in the Jacobs’ playbook. Well, I have news for them. My back may be up against the wall now, but a Wilder will never bow to a Jacobs. Never.
Toxic Creek
K.C. Kean - 2021
It’s like the trash took itself out.”I had everything I ever wanted, until my life was flipped upside down. Now, I’m suddenly being forced to live in my parent’s hometown, with complete strangers. Like my heart isn’t broken enough. Could I fall any further?Yes. Yes, I could.Why might that be?The Allstars. Xavier Knight, Hunter Asheville, and Tobias Holmes. Asheville High’s prestigious star football players.They’re my worst nightmare. But damn – why do they have to be so mouth-wateringly hot? I mean I’m sure there is more to them, I can see it in their eyes, but I won’t be getting any closer to pin-point what it is exactly.They seem to think I’m breakable, but they obviously don’t know me at all. The Allstars have no idea of what I’m dealing with, and I’m not above biting back. I’m here out of a promise to my mother, but this damn town screws with you. Knight’s Creek welcomes you in, with its picture perfect neighborhoods, making you think it’s safe, quaint, and wholesome. But in reality, this toxic town seeps into your soul and tears you apart.Now, I have no choice but to stay and piece myself back together. The second I graduate, I’m getting the hell out of here.In theory, it sounds simple. Right?Toxic Creek is Book One in The Allstars Series, which is a contemporary, bully reverse harem. Some scenes may be classed as triggering to some, and with sexual scenes throughout it is recommended for those 17+. F/M/M/M steam, so for clarification there will be NO MM and Eden is everyone’s soul focus; if they get over their egos that is!
Charity Case
Ivy Clyde - 2019
But before I can get too comfortable, I am shown the door out of the glittering world I’ve just stepped in.The Kings of Knightswood Academy don’t want me there.And they will make sure I understand just how badly and why…For I am nothing but the charity case. Someone they can step on, trample over and force to leave because Knightswood Academy is reserved only for the elites.But I’m a girl who grew up in the shadiest parts of town. I am prepared to stay and carve my place at the academy despite every single barb and stone thrown my way.The only thing I never expected was to come face-to-face with the darkness the academy hides in its polished halls and the only people I can trust to get me out alive are my three tormentors.
Charity Case
is the first book in a contemporary reverse harem high school romance series.
Note:
The Kings of Knightswood Academy
is a reverse harem academy series meant for mature readers who enjoy their academy romances with some bullying and no restraint to language, violence and a few heated scenes.
Forbidden
Melissa Adams - 2020
Everything fell apart when they became my stepbrothers and things between us changed.Our friendship ended and was replaced by indifference and distance.Three years later I’m back in Star Cove and so are Chase and Reid with their two hot and friendly best friends Bryce and Parker. This is the summer before college and I’m stuck in the past, between my forbidden stepbrothers, the boy I’m dating and a kiss that’s lost forever. Warning: this book is part of a trilogy and ends in a cliffhanger. This is a why choose story where the heroine won’t have to choose between her different love interests and has sexual scenes, swearing and mild violence. Suitable only for readers aged 18+
Hollow Hearts
B.C. Morgan - 2020
A three year stay will award you with an education that will rival any college and enough money to aid you in whatever career you choose to take.I’m applying to give my mom the life she deserves, to fund my sister’s medical bills and so I can be sure to have the only thing I truly want. For my family I will give them my time, my soul and my body, but I will never give them my heart. This place is going to test me and the guys very well could break me, but they won't keep me down forever.