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Hopeless: A High School Bully Romance (Playa Del Mar Book 1) by McKayla Box
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The Seven Devils
Sara Danvers - 2011
Ellen soon meets Neil, a gorgeous loner with a bad reputation. Her classmates warn her to stay away, but he seems to be the only one who understands her. Besides, the rumors about Neil are too far-fetched to be believed. When she is threatened by Derrick (a jealous classmate) it becomes clear that there is more to Neil than meets the eye. In this sexy page turner, Ellen must discover Neil's dark secrets and learn to stand up for herself before the plot hatched against her unfolds.
Beauty and the Bully
Mya West - 2020
I did what I had to do to survive.I thought I finally caught a break when a terrible accident turned into an oppurtunity. I started at Ryland Academy, the country's wealthiest high school. I’ve somehow managed to get the full attention of three of the hottest guys here- Chase, Jaxson and Lance.But things are worst than ever.They made sure of it.Now I’m part of their sick game. Ryland Academy is full of secrets, just like the town that surrounds it. I hear rumours about who really controls everything and everyone around me. I’ve been warned to stop asking so many questions. I should have listened.This place is not what I thought it would be.They are not who I thought they were.
Their problem? I’ll get my revenge, or die trying.
Beauty and the Bully is is a dark bully high school romance filled with mystery, suspense, and heat.Warning: This is a young adult/new adult bully romance high school series that does contain mature scenes and ends on a cliff-hanger, but the series will end in a HEA.
It Just Had To Be You (Second Chances, #1)
Jacqueline Francis - 2021
Scott Carter is a racist. Scott Carter is the most arrogant douche I have ever met. This man-whore charms the pants off all the girls, but not me - the Latina from the wrong side of town - I see none of that charm. I get the worst of him. He has made my life a living hell, tormenting me for years with no reprieve.Just when I’m at breaking point, Scott Carter steps in and makes everything ten times worse. My whole life is turned upside down in an instant. And now, after he’s messed up everything, that’s when he decides that maybe we should try to be friends. He wants to reconcile and put the past behind us.Ugh! No! He can go to hell. I want nothing from Scott Carter…but it’s starting to look like he wants something from me.If you're looking for haters-to-lovers romance with a sexy, cocky hero and a sassy, quick-witted heroine, this one is just for you. #slowburn #highschooldramaDear Reader,Although this is definitely not a 'dark romance', please take note that this book contains many triggers that may be offensive such as suicide (before the book begins) and bullying. In particular, there are some racial slurs. As a woman of color myself, I fully understand how hurtful these words can be. I am no stranger to them either. However, I did not want to tiptoe around this issue or sugarcoat the severity of it. I wanted to highlight how damaging such slurs (or any kind of name-calling for that matter) can be to the person on the receiving end. It also contains strong language and sexual content and is not recommended for readers under 18 years of age or sensitive readers.
Bluestone Academy
Klarissa King - 2020
I'm an elite, my brother is in with the it crowd, but I'm shunned.Money can't buy you everything. Well, it certainly can't buy me acceptance in our world.At Bluestone Academy, it doesn't matter that I'm a witch like the rest of them. I'm a deadblood—a witch without power.And I pay for my acceptance into the witching school every single day.It doesn't end out of the doors, either.This is my life. I'll always be one of them, and forever be shunned—by the one I've loved my whole life.Bluestone Series1. Bluestone Academy2. Bluestone Elite3. Bluestone Runaway (TBA)
The Way We Dance
Katie Rae - 2021
Everything about me exuded prim and proper. At least that was the part of me everyone saw. Tyson Black was a struggling football player. Big and scary looking. Tattoos and muscles everywhere. Kind of annoying.He was also my newest ballet student. Neither one of us were thrilled about it,And it only took us one lesson to learn we didn’t see eye to eye. But after a series of break-ins in Atlanta, including one in my studio,I was on edge and my stoic demeanor started slipping.Everything seemed to be spiraling. Somehow, I managed to push through my fears and teach my classes. It helped that Ty and I had found a rhythm we could agree on. Eventually, I was able to see that we had a lot more in common than just the way we danced.And while that should have been what brought us together, it was actually what threatened to keep us apart.
Tangled Truths: an enemies to lovers high school reverse harem (The Apocalypse Society Book 2)
Aly Beck - 2022
Resolve: A High School Bully Romance - Bridal Creek High Book 3
K. Walker - 2020
Coming in March! Authors Note: BCH or Bridal Creek High is a young and new adult reverse harem academy highschool bully series. This is recommended for 17+ readers because of cursing and 'certain scenes'. So if you're into that kind of thing then stick around. #whychoose bully romance.
The Hot Guy in the Woods
London Casey - 2017
but what happens when it's time to go back to reality?And all the truths come out...
* Full length standalone romance with guaranteed HEA and no cheating *
My Sweet Bully
Penny Wylder - 2020
That's what I am to her.It's not a name I ever expected to be called, but after what she did to me that one awful summer, I'll wear it with pride. It's the least I can do after she put my older brother behind bars.Prairie Westmin-- her face is burned into my mind. And now I have to stare at it every day of our senior year. I want to make her miserable. I know she's my enemy.So why am I defending her from others on campus?I tell myself it's because she's MINE. I'm the only one who can bully her. Just me.That logic is warping the longer I'm around her.Fury becomes curiosity.Anger becomes passion.Cruelty becomes love.One kiss and I forget that I'm supposed to hate her to my very core.This woman is beating up my heart and ruling my world.Am I her bully... or is she mine?(My Sweet Bully is a full length romance with all the delicious chemistry and tension that only a pair of 18 year olds in high school can bring. Drama, angst, and all the red-hot-love you trust me to write. xoxoxo)
Revenge
Carmen Black - 2020
They ruled Woodman High - doing whatever they wanted to whomever they wanted - and I was a prime target. My best friend, Pierre, and I had suffered through the pranks, name calling, and ridicule but finally we were about to be free. Once I graduated, I wouldn’t have to see any of them ever again.Or so I thought. It turns out college has its own share of bullies, including my new roommate Vivian. After she turned my first days into a living hell, I decided that I wasn’t going to spend another four years under someone’s thumb, and I turned to the only people that I knew could help me fight back. Fortunately, Elliot, Felix, and Leo agreed to help me get my revenge… but at what price?
Trick Me
Erin Trejo - 2021
It's our time to shine and do what we please.Every year we pick a new victim. This year, I choose her.The new girl, Nikki. She's the perfect choice.She isn't like the other girls here at Shaden Prep. She stands up for herself and I like that.But that also proves to be a challenge. Our regular bullying won't work with her.
Shattered Princess
Amber Vant - 2022
The elites run this town, but they aren’t ready for a girl like me.Especially the boys who made it known from the beginning I wasn’t wanted here that one summer I stayed with my father. I hadn’t belonged—I knew that—but now I was coming back. Forced into the one place I despised after my addict mother unexpectedly dies. Only months before my eighteenth birthday.The worst of them all is my half-brother’s best friend. The leader of the group. The oppressor, my enemy. Those hate-fueled cerulean eyes still haunt me in my dreams. He thinks he can break me, but what he doesn’t know is I’ve already been shattered.I hope they’re ready because I wasn’t the obedient, delicate person they remembered. It’s my turn to watch them simmer. Welcome to the world of the hellhounds.You’ll hate it here.SHATTERED PRINCESS is a full-length new adult high school enemies-to-lovers novel. It is the first book in the Hardin Hellhounds Series and does end in a cliffhanger.
The Ruthless Gangster
Avery Kane - 2021
but I did.I was taken, stolen and completely destroyed.The Shadows were hovering upon me to wreck me, hiding and waiting- until they finally attacked.Ace West is on a mission to ruin me.He told me he’ll break me in the most ruthless way.What he doesn't know is that you can't break someone who’s already broken.And you definitely can't break the girl you love without destroying yourself.The Ruthless Gangster is book ONE in an ALL-new college romance series- The Shadow Sinners- with your favorite enemies to lovers trope by debut author Avery Kane! This is a mature new adult book and contains dark themes like kidnapping.
Fractured Faith
B.C. Morgan - 2020
Instead of facing my fear and risking embarrassment, I chose someone else. But he was always there; in my dreams, in my nightmares - haunting my every move.When I moved away I thought it would all be over, but it wasn’t, and I fell right back into Bradley’s arms. When he rejected me everything came crashing down, and I found myself in a danger I never even considered.Maddox, my hero, whisks me away to Switzerland to give me time. Time to heal and figure out what I need.I never imagined the boy from so many years ago would appear, or that I would find myself wishing he would wreck me in all the rights ways.I know I should swear off from all things Harkwright! But how do you make your heart listen to sense when it’s faced with the one thing it has always wanted?35k novella book 2.5 in the Harkwright Trilogy.Reading order:1 - Hollow Hearts2 - Mangled Minds2.5 - Fractured Faith3 - Shattered Souls
Rich Boys vs. Poor Boys
Devon Hartford - 2019
Turns out they'll throw me to the wolves like so much trash and I'll never see it coming.I was dumb enough to let them use me for their dirty schemes and wicked games, but still they betrayed me. Ripped my heart out and shredded it in their cruel claws.If it wasn't for those three beautifully vicious Rich Boys standing by my side in my darkest hour, I'd be going to prison.Actual prison.Tried as an adult because I just turned sixteen.Because of me, a war is brewing between the Rich Boys and the Poor Boys and I'm caught in the middle. It would be insane for me to stay all four years.But I can't leave.I ran away from my shattered past to get here.There's no going back now.* * * Rich Boys vs. Poor Boys is a full-length reverse harem high school bully romance with an HEA at the end of the series. This is book 1. Like in real life, the teenagers in this story frequently use graphic language, some underage drinking does occur, and there are some consensual sexual situations.