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Malice


Coralee June - 2021
    Don't ask any personal questions.2. Don't show up at her house unannounced.3. Don't ever, ever let anyone know you're friends.For three years, I followed the rules. Vicky and I met once a week at the diner where I worked. I was her slice of normalcy, she was the one person I could confide in. It might have been unconventional, but it worked for us.One night, all hell broke loose and I got caught up in a battle of bloodshed where we almost lost our lives. I ended up face to face with Vicky's dangerous older brothers. Anthony, William, and Nicholas Civella--the made men of the Kansas City Mob.After fighting for my life and proving myself worthy, they brought me into their deadly world. It was glamorous but twisted. Torture, death, and crime followed me everywhere I went, chiseling away at parts of me until I wasn't the same anymore.Slowly, I betrayed my best friend, and fell in love.Chances are they'll ruin me. This thing between us has deadly consequences. But in this criminal world, I'm learning that the rules don't apply when you're the boss.*๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด 18 +. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜น ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ. ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.*

Riot House


Callie Hart - 2020
    As far as the boys who run Americaโ€™s most exclusive international academy are concerned, Iโ€™m an unwelcome interloper, an inconvenience, and theyโ€™re determined to make my life a living hell. When Wren Jacobi sets eyes on Wolf Hall Academyโ€™s newest inductee, all he sees is an easy mark. A reserved little girl with a target painted on her back. He knows nothing of my troubled past, though. Nothing of my motherโ€™s suspicious death, or the horrific treatment Iโ€™ve had to endure at the hands of my psychotic father. And he has no idea of the lengths that I, unassuming little Elodie Stillwater, will go to in order to break the savage beast who dreams of breaking me first. Thereโ€™s a wolf stalking the forests that surround my new school. Little does he knowโ€ฆThere are far scarier predators lurking out there in the dark.

The Revenge You Seek


Tracy Lorraine - 2021
    or forgiven her.And I never will.Because piece by piece, sheโ€™s taken away everything I care about.And for that sheโ€™ll pay.When I claim my crown at Maddison Kings University, Iโ€™m going to make sure hers is tarnished.Scarlett Hunter is about to experience the revenge of a Legend.Dear Reader,The Revenge You Seek is the first book in Letty and Kane's trilogy. This book is a dark bully romance that contains mature content and demanding alphaholes that some readers may find disturbing. You have been warned.

See No Evil


Ivy Fox - 2020
    They have been sentenced. All that remains is their execution.No one goes unpunished. Weโ€™ll make sure of it.We are The Society and all who dare cross us will find their miserable end by our hand.Donโ€™t be fooled. This is not their story.Itโ€™s ours.FinnAs long as I can remember, Iโ€™ve played by the rules.On and off the football field, Iโ€™ve done everything that has been expected of me.Until that fatal night.Now my life and the lives of my best friends hang in the balance, hung there by a sadistic sinister shadow forcing us to do their will.And itโ€™s just my damn luck that Iโ€™m the first to be put on their butcherโ€™s block.I must prove my worth by eradicating a certain pebble in their shoe.The order is simple.To save ourselves, I must ruin anotherโ€”a life for a life.Meaning Stone Bennettโ€™s life is about to be forfeited in exchange for my own.The poor girl never stood a chance.StoneHeโ€™s all American perfection.Iโ€™m the poster child for this countryโ€™s rejects.Heโ€™s old Asheville money and privilege.Iโ€™m the Southie eyesore people stay clear from.Heโ€™s caviar dreams and champagne wishes.Iโ€™m the trailer trash his momma probably warned him about.I doubt it can get any further away from the elitistโ€™s social spectrum than the two of us.So why the hell is Finn Walker, Richfieldโ€™s football god, suddenly all in my face wanting my attention?Nothing good can come from this.I can feel it.*The Society is an Enemies to Lovers, New Adult College Romance.*Each book can be read as standalones. However all four books in this series have an entwined subplot, that will only be resolved in the final book.*Recommended 18+ due to mature language and situations.

His Hollow Heart


Rachel Leigh - 2021
    Two orphans who vowed to never part. I was selfish. For once, I had to be. The last time I saw Callum he was standing at the dormer window as I sat in the back seat of the car. His dark eyes foreign to me. The hatred that radiated from his glare shot through me with more force than a silver bullet. In a matter of minutes he had become a stranger. No longer my best friend. He was now a boy with a hollow heart who was headed down a dark path. A path I knew Iโ€™d never cross again. Or, so I thought. CallumWe had a dealโ€”always stay together. The day Bella left, I vowed I would find her. And when I did, she would feel what I felt as I watched her pull away into a new life, with a new family. Leaving me behind to endure a life that was wrapped inside the hands of a monster.Itโ€™s been twelve years, but Iโ€™ve finally found her. Now itโ€™s time for her to bask in the darkness sheโ€™s created inside of me.

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 donโ€™t fit in with these rich, privileged students.Iโ€™m the daughter of a drug addict.A girl with a half-remembered past.A foster kid whoโ€™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, theyโ€™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.Iโ€™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 thereโ€™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.**

Boys of Brayshaw High


Meagan Brandy - 2019
    I didn't listen, and now I'm on their radar. They expect me to play along in their games of hierarchy, to fall in line in the social order they've deemed me fit. Too bad for them, I don't follow rules. Too bad for me, they're determined to make sure I do. Inconceivably attractive and treated like kings...these are the boys of Brayshaw High.And I'm the girl who got in their way.

Savage Hate


Amanda Richardson - 2022
    And I never thought Iโ€™d see Silas Huxley, Damon Brooks, or Jude Vanderbilt againโ€”especially not after what happened.But here they are, in all of their grown, badass gloryโ€”brutal, tatted, muscular, and no longer the boys I knew at Ravenwood Academyโ€”the boys I bullied relentlessly.I made their life a living hell back then, so they plan on making my life a living hell now.Theyโ€™re out for bloodโ€”my blood. Their ruthless thirst for revenge turns my skin to ice, and I soon discover just how savage and hateful they are.But despite popular opinion, my life was never full of butterflies and sunshine. Iโ€™ve endured a hell of a lot worse than what they plan to do to me.They may think Iโ€™m back in Greythorn with my tail between my legs, all battered and bruisedโ€”but what theyโ€™ve forgotten is that I am the original Queen of Ravenwood Academy.And I refuse to be dethroned.Savage Hate (Savage Hearts Book One) is a spinoff of the Ruthless Royals duet, which does not have to be read first. It is a full-length enemies-to-lovers/bully reverse harem romance, and while it doesnโ€™t end with a true cliffhanger, there will be unanswered questions. It is advised to read them in order. Please note Savage Hate contains explicit language, bullying, needles, and violence. There are flashbacks of abuse/grooming/trauma. The series will have a HEA.

Pretty Little Savage


Lucy Smoke - 2020
    1: Donโ€™t piss off the Sick BoysTheyโ€™re cruel. Reckless. Impossibly fucked up.The Sick Boys feed on the order they create. They rule Eastpoint University just as their families have for decades. But their power doesnโ€™t stop there. The three of them are heirs to some of the largest fortunes in the world, and behind that kind of wealth lies an underworld of corruption.On the surface, theyโ€™re perfect princes and he is their King. But underneath it all, theyโ€™re filled with blood, lies, and secrets. With all of their connections, they have the power to crush anyone who gets in their way. But just because theyโ€™re as warped as I am doesnโ€™t mean Iโ€™m going to give them a free pass.Because I, Avalon Manning, bow to no one, and I live to break the fucking rules.***This is a Dark MF New Adult Enemies to Lovers Romance.***

Broken Bonds


J. Bree - 2021
    This book will end on a cliffhanger. It's recommended for 18+ due to language and sexual situations.

Crowned Crows of Thorne Point


Veronica Eden - 2021
    My hope is cracking and Iโ€™m running out of options.But thereโ€™s a rumor on campus.And Iโ€™m desperate enough to seek out the Crows as my last resort.Wren Thorneโ€™s reputation precedes him, but I wonโ€™t take no for an answer.๐˜ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏThe night belongs to us.We run this town.Wear the rumors like crowns.But after losing the most important thing, my brothers are all I have left.Our bond runs deeper than blood.When Rowan comes looking for our help, I do one thing I shouldnโ€™t: ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.She asked for monsters? Iโ€™ll show her one.Crowned Crows of Thorne Point is a dark new adult enemies to lovers college romantic suspense intended for mature readers. This book is the first in the Crowned Crows series following a gritty brotherhood of antihero bad boys and the feisty heroines that capture their hearts. The plot continues across the next novels and each book in the series should be read in order. If youโ€™re not a fan of morally bankrupt book boyfriends, steer clear. This mature new adult romance contains dubious situations, crude language, and intense sexual/violent content that some readers might find triggering or offensive. Please proceed with caution.

Kings of Quarantine


Caroline Peckham - 2020
    Heartless. Quarantined.The ruthless boys of Everlake Prep never saw lockdown coming.But the virus isnโ€™t their number one enemy.I am.And as if being confined to a boarding school for the elite wasnโ€™t bad enough, now Iโ€™m stuck in isolation with the boys who hate me most too.Saint, Kyan and Blake. The Night Keepers. Or so they call themselves. Theyโ€™ve embodied the Native American legend which lives in this valley, taking on the role of the monsters who lurk in the forest. And though they act like beasts, they may also bethe most tempting creatures Iโ€™ve ever seen.With the virus escalating and my dadโ€™s name splashed through the news, my entire world is falling apart. What he did has cast a dark shadow over me. And the Night Keepers want to make me pay for his crimes.Then things went from bad to worse when I touched the sacred rock. A rock which supposedly holds a curse to bind me as the Night Keepersโ€™ slave. And as crazy as it sounds, I decided to play along. Because there are things about me they donโ€™t know. Things my dad has hidden from me for years. All I can be sure of is that I have to find a way to escape this school. But until then, those savage boys are making my life a living hell.As the virus sweeps through the country and the world twists into something ugly and unknown, the kings of this school become true monarchs. Even the teachers bow to them now. And Iโ€™m kinda glad about that โ€˜stay six feet away from one anotherโ€™ rule, because without it, I know theyโ€™d rip me apart.At least thereโ€™s a silver lining. Iโ€™m cosying up to Coach Monroe. My hot as hell, brooding P.E. teacher who has a vendetta of his own against the Night Keepers. And with his help, I may succeed at doing more than escaping the clutches of these heartless fiends. I might even destroy them along the way.My father taught me how to be strong.How to prepare for the end of the world.So this isnโ€™t going to be the end of my world, mark my words.But if Iโ€™m able to use my mind and body to bring these assholes to their knees, it might just be the end of theirs.This is a high school bully RH series with off the charts angst, dark themes and is not for the faint of heart. Prepare to enrol at Everlake Prep. Bring your hand sanitiser, face masks and toilet paper to barter with, but donโ€™t expect to hold onto them for long. Because itโ€™s time to go into quarantine with the Night Keepers. And everything you own now belongs to them.

Laces


Tempi Lark - 2021
    Not because of their impressive rap sheets, but because of how they look.And when I arrive, they take notice. Especially their king: Lincoln โ€œLacesโ€ Caster.Heโ€™s dark and disturbed.Heโ€™s controlling and possessive.Exactly the kind of boy I should stay away from if I want to clear my name and get out of here.*LACES is not intended for readers under seventeen. This book does have strong language/cursing and triggering scenes (that might not be suitable for everybody).

Bully King


J.A. Huss - 2020
    And the secret society that meets deep in the woods is even more exclusive. Only a select few will get in during the summer rush--and Cadee Hunter wants to be one of them. Too bad it's Cooper Valcourt's mission to make sure she fails. Bully boys.Arrogant tyrants.Blue-blood bastards.Call them whatever you want.Around here, we just call them Kings.Fancy boats.Lakeside mansions.Luxe watches and bespoke suits.The Kings of High Court College act like Gods.And Cooper Valcourt is the worst of them.He is the bully king.His family owns everything.And his mission is to put me in my place and send me packing.But Cooper and I have a history filled with secrets.And everyone knows that power doesnโ€™t come from having money.It comes from holding secrets.And Iโ€™m holding one of his.A very dark secret that can bring him to his knees.***** Bully King is new-adult, dark, bully romance from New York Times bestselling author JA Huss featuring boys with power and girls at their mercy. Itโ€™s a campus shrouded in lies and a summer rush into an elite society that can propel a poor girl straight into the ruling class.Ifโ€ฆ sheโ€™s willing to pay the price.

Crooked Crows


Elena Lawson - 2021
    Heartlessly cruel. Broken beyond repair.Corvus, Rook, and Grey โ€“ The Crows. Bred in a world of gang wars, violence, and secrets, they rule the bloody town of Thorn Valley and all the people in itโ€ฆtoo bad for me Iโ€™ve never been good at kissing ass or keeping quiet.Even if their savage spirits awaken something inside of me I thought was long dead, I canโ€™t break. I wonโ€™t. They think they scare me, that Iโ€™ll run and hide, but the jokeโ€™s on them. The Crows arenโ€™t the first monsters Iโ€™ve faced, and they wonโ€™t be the last. There are worse evils out there waiting to take their stab at Ava Jade Mason.I say let them try. Iโ€™m tired of running. Tired of holding back my darkness. Thorn Valley isnโ€™t ready for a new boogie man. Too bad Iโ€™m already here.Crooked Crows is a dark enemies-to-lovers reverse harem romance, meaning the main character will have more than one love interest.Warning: This series contains foul language, explicit sexual content, graphic depictions of gang violence, and jealous/possessive themes. Recommended for readers aged eighteen and up. Please read responsibly.