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Striker
Rachel Leigh - 2020
MarniI wasn't supposed to be at that house.I should have never wandered away from the party.And I definitely shouldn't have pressed my ear to that door.The words I heard play in my mind like a record on repeat.Now, they want my silence.The four guys who terrorize the streets of Redwood as a sport will stop at nothing to make sure that my lips are sealed.What they don't know is that I refuse to go down without a fight. TalonMarni Thorn thinks she's holding all the cards. She believes she's harboring our secret. Little does she know, it wasn't ours to begin with. We made a rule that she's off limits.But a body like that is meant to be touched. Limits are pushed, and rules are broken. But one thing is for certain, I have my little rebel right where I want her.Striker is a Dark Bully Romancethat contains explicit sexual content,graphic language, and situations that somereaders may find uncomfortable.
Pretty Little Puppet
L.J. Woods - 2021
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐
๐ถ๐๐๐Christian Perez thinks heโs entitled to my attention but heโs as delusional as this elite small town.Doesnโt matter how sparkly his eyes are, or how chiselled his body is.I hate that bully and everything he stands for.But when he finds me in the worst position imaginable, thereโs nowhere left to run.Being the coachโs daughter wonโt help me now. Fake-dating the star hockey captain is my only solution.Now Iโm his puppet. Perez property who must bow to his demands.Every want, every desire, Iโm at his beck and call.But something tells me this campus โKingโ wonโt stop until he owns my all.๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉโ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.๐๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ช๐ทI have one rule on campus. Donโt get distracted.But Rayne Rose is the sultriest, sassiest distraction yet.Sheโs also the coachโs daughter and thatโs one line I canโt cross.That is until sheโs everything I need to save my future NHL career.Fake-dating the enemy is my only solution.Sheโs burned me once and I wonโt let her do it again.Iโm not a bully, Iโm determined and for three months, Rayne is mine.Sheโll do what I say. Even if it breaks her.But when secrets unravel, my career isnโt the only thing on thin ice.Iโll have to risk my heartAnd my life.Love rich alpha possessive bad boys? This book is for you! PLP is a full-length new adult college sports romance novel with mature themes that include bullying. This enemies-to-lovers romance is recommended for mature readers.Authors note: This is a standalone book that can be read as part of an interconnected series. PLP is a spin-off of Elite Royal Academy with characters and storylines that overlap. That said, prior reading is NOT required.
The Heir
Sophie Lark - 2021
Where mafia heirs are trained to control, dominate, infiltrate, and kill.I followed Anna because sheโs my best friend. Iโve always been right by her side.She needs me to protect her. Especially from Dean Yenin, a Bratva heir with a lethal grudge.He plans to take everything from me. Starting with Anna...โThe Heirโ is the first book in the epic dark mafia Kingmakers Series. Itโs a forbidden friends-to-lovers romance filled with mystery, suspense, and kindle-melting bedroom scenes that take place everywhere but the bedroom.
Vindictive
Mae Doyle - 2020
Ruthless.
After I ruined my own life two years ago I never had anyone else to blame. Iโve had to live with my own hate without any way to release it. Until Elle shows up. Iโve never hated anyone the way I hate her. Sheโs a dead ringer for my dead girlfriend, and now Elle needs to join her. Iโm the prince of this school and I rule my subjects fairly. But not her. Iโm going to destroy her. Elleโs in my sights and thereโs nothing that can stop me from pushing her over the edge. Vindictive is a high school bully romance that contains mature themes and dark scenes that some readers may not enjoy. Guaranteed HEA with no cheating.
Devious Little Liars
Elle Thorpe - 2020
Some of us are just better at not getting caught.โHe murdered my uncle then covered it with fire. A fire that should have killed me, too. Instead, he hauled me from the floor while flames licked the walls, strong arms holding me close.He saved my life.Now I want to know why. I never saw his face. All I know is the letters on his shirt. SVH.Saint View High.The worst school in a hundred miles. Full of drugs and despair. Breeding ground for future criminals. Armed security guards and weapon checks at every door.A far cry from my privileged life of money, private school, and fancy vacations.With the police doing nothing, I take matters into my own hands. I enroll in a school I have no business being at.But the Untouchables are quick to let me know exactly how big a mistake Iโve made. Theyโre the group of boys even the teachers are scared of.Colt. Banjo. Rafe.Every teenage girlโs dream. Good looking. Popular. Powerful.And determined to break me.Thing is, Iโm not that easily broken. And Iโm coming for them, too.Devious Little Liars is the story of three bad boys and a girl who knows how to stand her ground. It is a mature high school/new adult, reverse harem, #whychoose romance, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. This book contains enemies-to-lovers and bullying themes. It is the first book in an ongoing trilogy.
Reckless Hate
Thandiwe Mpofu - 2019
The results? Reckless Hate & Catastrophe."Westbrook had four boys that ruled my life once.They were hell raisers.Cunning Athletes.Skilled Manipulators.Hateful Assholes.Gorgeous gods.Heartbreakers. . .Only I never counted on them breaking my heart as savagely as they did, sending me away when I needed them the most. Making me spiral into a vicious abyss of darkness where I'm haunted by a pair of frosty blue eyes filled with hate.But now I'm back and this time around, for a reason that makes breathing almost completely impossible.And if they think I won't get revenge for my brother--one of the Blue Boys--then they have another kind of hell to face.Because I'm no longer their little Blue girl from four years ago. . .
A Hurt So Sweet
Isabella Starling - 2019
She died years ago. This town broke her. Iโll burn it to the ground before I let that happen to me.In Eden Falls, Iโm forced to attend a school for the elite. The Firstborns own this place and they think they own me, too. Itโs not long before Dexter, Caspian, Lai, and Julian become the bane of my existence. There are only two people Iโm afraid of โ my strict father, and my malevolent fiancรฉ. Unfortunately for me, my husband-to-be is one of the Firstborns ruining my life.Dexter Booth and I will marry on my birthday to secure our familiesโ bond. Every woman in this damn town wants to be Dexterโs toy. Except me.Dex and his Eden Falls Prep cronies have forced me to give up my body. I know my betrothed wants my mind next.I play alongโฆ But soon, Iโll leave the beautiful jerk behind without the thing he wants most from me.His heir.
Unbidden
Cala Riley - 2020
I didn't ask for my mom to die, leaving me alone in the world. I didn't ask for my estranged aunt to take me in, thrusting me into the lions den. I certainly didn't ask to be tossed into Brighton Academy. Yet, here I am. They think I want their money, but that couldn't be further from the truth. They think they know who I am, but they are wrong. They think they can run me out of this town, but you can't scare someone who has nothing to lose. They underestimate me, but who am I to walk away from a good fight?
Dirty Lie
K. Walker - 2020
That's all a girl really needs anyway until it's not there anymore. In the blink of an eye, I'm ripped away from everything I've ever known by the rich and powerful Lucas Cabot, a man I've never met before.Being thrust into a world of wealth and prestige while grieving the death of my mother has me in a whirlwind, and I'm stuck trying to navigate this new world without those I've always trusted.As if that isn't bad enough, Lucas's middle son, Wes, doesn't want me there and he certainly isn't afraid to show it either. Neither do his best friends, Hunter and Jaxson. They've made it perfectly clear I don't belong and they'd rather I'd be gone. I'd rather that too. The further away from them, I can get the better. Except everywhere I turn, Wesley is there, in my face. But just like Mom always was, I'm a survivor. If I can handle everything Compton threw at me, then I can handle a bunch of damn spoiled rich kids.God help me because I'm going to need it.Authors Note: Forrest Grove Academy is a high school bully romance, teen and young adult series. This is book one and does end with a cliffhanger. It's recommended for mature readers 17+ because of cursing and 'certain scenes.' If you're cool with that, then dive in and enjoy the ride!
No Prince
Stevie J. Cole - 2020
He was the top of the food chain. And I was next in line to be dragged into the lionโs den. At least thatโs what he thoughtโฆ Good girls wanted to tame him. Bad girls want to be tainted by him. Everyone bowed down to him. And me?I hated Zeppelin Hunt with every fiber of my being.Which was why I stayed away from the arrogant bad boy with tattoos and a rap sheet.Until I couldnโt.Until we traded favors, and I owed him three months of my life. I never thought I would end up in his bed, and when I did, I had to remind myself that he hated me as much as I hated him.Until I didnโt. Zepp Hunt was no prince, and I absolutely refused to be his damsel in distressโฆ
United
M.J. McKinlay - 2019
They pursue in packs, choosing their prey carefully, just like their forefathers did. Three mouth-watering, gorgeous alpha males rule these school halls. There is no question. They're cruel, they're powerful, but most of all, they are irresistible. They have power and they know how to use it. They're well practiced, and I'm their next target. I don't belong here. I'm nothing to them. I won't stand for it, they don't know who I am or where I've come from. My pride is at stake, this opportunity is all I've ever dreamed of. I won't give in. I'll find their secrets. I have to do what I have to do, even if it means risking it all. AUTHORโS NOTE: St Alderville: United is a Bully Romance, High School Reverse Harem book. This is the first book in the trilogy. This book contains sexual scenes, triggers and very bad-boy language.
The Essence of You
J.A. Owenby - 2020
But the darkness never stays neatly tucked away when I learn the reasons that dumped me in foster care.Will I lose the only man Iโve ever loved, or will my past ruin my future as well?An enemies-to-lovers standalone with an HEA and no cliffhanger.
Glass Heart Savage
Lindsey Iler - 2020
๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.The elite come to play on the campus of Glass Heart Academy.๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ซMy sister was their everything. Iโm their nothing.They waited three hundred and sixty-five days after her disappearance to acknowledge Iโm alive.Their wicked games should scare me.Except they donโt know Iโm not much different than her.๐๐๐ซ๐๐คPalmer Weston isnโt anything like her sister.Sheโs sweet and naive. There are plenty of reasons why I should keep my distance.Except whereโs the fun in that.Iโm a boy who loves his toys and Iโve kept her on the shelf long enough.It seems someone is determined on giving Palmer the same fate as her sister.Problem is Iโve never been good at sharing.{Glass Heart Savage is the first book in the Glass Heart Academy Series.}
The Sinner
Kelsey Clayton - 2020
She ruined my life in one fell swoop, and didnโt even have the heart to warn me.Now, nearly a decade later, Iโm back in the town I grew up in, determined to make her pay.They say revenge is a dangerous game, but Iโve never been one to play it safe. There is nothing Iโll love more than to find her weakness and use it to destroy her. The lie she told all those years ago will be her undoing.Savannah Montgomery may be queen of the rich and entitled, but sheโs about to meet her match.
THE SINNERย is a standalone and part of the Haven Grace Prep series. It contains angst, violence, and scenes that may be triggering for some readers. If you're looking for a sweet love story, this may not be for you.
Trick Me Twice
Becca Steele - 2020
That was my plan.The thing about plans? They change.One day, I was an invisible loner, the next, my name was on everyoneโs lips.Why?I caught the attention of the wrong person.I tricked Carter Blackthorne, the king of Alstone High.He found out.And now?Now, heโs making me pay.Itโs time for you to pay the price.You tricked me once, but you wonโt trick me twice.Ready or not, here I come...Trick Me Twice is a standalone new adult high school romance with bullying and enemies to lovers themes. This book contains mature situations and content.