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In Ruins


K.G. Reuss - 2020
    If they don’t keep my secret, it could destroy more than my friendship.They own me.And my former best friend is making it his mission to ruin me.But not if I ruin them first.In Ruins is a #whychoose romance. Due to dark content, this book is recommended for eighteen and older.

Hidden Embers


Amanda Perry - 2018
    Her only goal is to play it safe until she turns eighteen and can finally live on her own. But she’s unprepared for a family, who actually wants her there, or the strangers she’s asked to share the home with. Not only does Riley gain a new brother with this family, but she also shares the house with his girlfriend and her brother. Caleb, her step-brother’s best friend, confuses Riley with his overprotectiveness and sweet remarks. Always wary of strangers, why does she feel safe with him when they don’t know each other? What is with the weird connection they seem to share, and why can Riley relax around him more easily than around her own family? When the nightmares that plague Riley every time she falls asleep come into her waking world, Riley will discover that not everything in her new home is as it seems. Magic exists, and Riley might just have abilities she never dreamed possible. With a dark force stalking her, can she learn to trust her new family, or will she run away?

Abandoned Heart


Skye MacKinnon - 2018
    Unbroken people don't live in a house together with their colleagues. They have lives, families. They don't take in strays." Emily never expected to find herself on the street and looking for a place to stay. A park bench doesn't seem very inviting in the depths of winter.Her luck changes when a mysterious stranger offers her shelter. It seems too good to be true, and when she meets his other two house mates, she starts to question if he's the good Samaritan he seems to be.Staying means things she couldn't even dream of, but could mean a broken heart if the dream shatters. Going means facing the dangers of the winter streets. Can she make the impossible choice? And will she make the right one? A contemporary reverse harem set in Edinburgh, Scotland featuring a strong and independent heroine, three charismatic men, spies (although they don't like that word) fighting organised crime, very steamy scenes and nail-biting action. Warning: There are some scenes that readers may find triggering. This is a full-length, standalone novel that's part of the Defiance trilogy:  Three books, three women, three real-life stories. These dark contemporary reverse harem romances can be read individually or as part of the series. They are loosely connected by side characters and settings, but they each have a different heroine, theme and love interests.Abandoned HeartBroken PrincessStolen Soul (coming soon)skyemackinnon.com/defiance

Finding Happiness


Scarlett Water - 2018
    For the next several years she lives in what feels like hell until one fateful day she is saved. Now all she wants to do is be a normal teenager and find a little happiness when she'd never really had any before. Enter Draco, Falcon, and Hawke who warm her heart in ways that she didnt even think possible. And like any relationship there will be ups and downs, and of course people that think one female with three males is unorthodox. But Paige's never had a normal life. Will she ever get to be normal and find happiness, especially when danger lurks right around the corner?

Under The Magnolia


Kelsey Soliz - 2021
    Constantine, Cameron, and Alexander. Our teacher bade us stand together in front of the class because we all had birthdays that first week. By the time we're 10, we've established our secret meeting spot amidst the branches of the giant magnolia tree that looms between my house and theirs. At 13, they finally noticed I was a girl. It wasn't until we were 16 that they did anything about it. By then, it was too late. My father controlled my body and stole me from them. Then my Aunt sent me away, and I was taught that I was wicked for loving three boys. Wicked, wicked Amelia Poppy.The fire tried to permanently take me away, but Theo was there. Theo became my everything, but the past refuses to stay in the past. The problem is, will they ever be able to love someone so broken?This is a contemporary Reverse Harem novel with themes of sexual & physical abuse. It is a story about childhood love being strong enough to grow and change to be what it was always intended to do.

Wake


Cilla Raven - 2021
    They don’t ride in on a white horse, reaching a gloved hand down so they can whisk you away into the sunset.They drive up on Harleys, hand you a helmet, tell you to hold on tight, and f*ck your world up in the best way possible.Too bad I had to go through a certified villain before I learned this… before I finally woke up to reality.AUTHOR'S NOTE & TRIGGER WARNINGWake is a contemporary romance novel set in Topsail Island, North Carolina.It has some dark themes including abuse, drug references, foul language, violence, sexual situations, and content that could be triggering for some people. It is only intended for readers 18 years and older.

Brutal Bully


Logan Fox - 2019
    A new town, a new school—perfect for easing a mind racked by tragedy.Then the invincible, untouchable monster who runs Lavish Prep sets his eyes on me.Handsome, intelligent, gifted Prince Briar should have been this school's most eligible bachelor...but no one is brave enough to find out if the disturbing rumors about him are true.Except me.Ever since I arrived, he's punished and humiliated me.I'm done letting him rip me apart.I'm earning myself a place in history by taking down the Dark Prince of Lavish Prep. All I need to do is expose his disturbing secret to the world.I'm brave enough to stand up to him, but am I strong enough to destroy him before he breaks me?Brutal Bully is a dark enemies-to-lovers new adult romance. This standalone dark high school bully romance novel is intended for mature readers only as it contains material that some may find triggering.

Echo


Seven Rue - 2020
    Or so I thought.I ran away from the vile man my mother left me with, hoping to start over again in a different town.But deep in the Alaskan wilderness, where I chose to run off to, there wasn’t a place I could settle down.After days of walking and getting lost, I found shelter in a cabin, far away from civilization.Until one day, they arrived.Three brothers, one stronger and more complex than the other. They let me stay, and the more time that past, the closer I got to each of them.I soon realized that all three had an effect on me, and I couldn’t deny the feelings I felt when I was around them.Our bond grew strong, and before leaving the cabin to go home with them, they promised me to keep me safe forever.But when the two people I wanted to leave behind came looking for me, promising me to be a family again, I had to decide if I wanted to spend the rest of my life with them, or the three men who took care of me. This is a reverse harem romance with age gaps up to nineteen years.

Heartless


Ivy Fox - 2019
     They saw me for the girl I am and the person I yearn to become one day—a woman who thrives in her freedom and dances away in her rightfully earned independence.They saw all the strong, unafraid parts of me, and coaxed each one of them out, daring me to dream bigger, climb higher.They never once saw the girl I had been groomed to see in the mirror.The abandoned daughter of a dead man.The unwanted child of a woman who despised her.The broken body formed wrong and built on a shaky foundation, threatening to fall apart and shatter.They made all the ugliness disappear and left only wonder and promise. The love we shared for each other was probably the only miracle I would be granted in this life, and I knew they felt the same. Or so I thought. Everything I held dear has been robbed from me, and I’ve been a victim of theft too many times to mention.I will not have them steal my pride.They can keep my heart, for all I care. The day they became my stepbrothers, it stopped working anyway. Heartless is the first book in The Privileged of Pembroke High trilogy which ends in a cliffhanger. This is a bully/enemy-to-lovers, #whychoose, new adult contemporary romance, full-length novel. *Recommended 18+ due to mature language, adult situations, and sensitive content.

Home


Nikita Parmenter - 2020
    I didn't get to say goodbye, I didn't get to explain to them that my dad had finally gone off the deep end.Of course, they wouldn't have understood anyway, we were only eight and I never told them how bad it had gotten. Maybe if I had I wouldn't be in this fucked up situation. I wouldn't of seen and done the things I've had to do in order to survive, maybe I would've even been able to stay with the boys I loved.Well jokes on me, life's thrown me yet another freaking curve ball and I'm going back, I'm going home but they're not boys anymore and although they've still got the traits of the boys I once loved, I don't know them like I used to. They sure as hell aren't going to remember me. I had to change a lot in order to protect myself and to survive. I'm so far away from who I used to be, I'd be surprised if they even recognized me, I sure as hell don't.I'm going to lose them all over again, and I barely survived losing them the first time.This is a medium burn contemporary reverse harem that will have some m/m.Warnings: Please be advised that this book contains dark themes, including abuse, violence and cursing. Additionally, sexual themes suitable for mature audiences 18+.All sex is consensual.

Beautiful Survivors


C.M. Stunich - 2017
    Gunner. Maddox. Hitch.And me, Merit Burden.Falling in love wrapped in the gritty arms of reality.Poverty, danger, uncertainty.And the only way we can tackle it is together.BEAUTIFUL SURVIVORS (Book #1 in the Five Forgotten Souls Trilogy) - a full-length novel with no cliff-hanger and a happily ever after waiting at the end of the trilogy. This is a reverse harem story (one girl with four love interests aka MFMM romance) set in the new adult/young adult genre with steamy scenes best suited for ages 18+.MORE REVERSE HAREM/MENAGE ROMANCE by C.M. Stunich1. The Rock-Hard Beautiful Trilogy (Groupie, Roadie, Moxie)2. The Seven Mates of Zara Wolf Series (Pack Ebon Red is book #1)

The Angels


Ruby Vincent - 2020
    Nothing could unite the two factions until I set foot on campus.For the first time in our history, they all agree on one thing:I must pay for my father’s sins.But why should I care?The joke is on them because I have nothing left inside. No part of me that isn’t already broken. I invite them to do their worst.Until The Angels enter the game.The most dangerous gang in town has a score to settle with my family, and Cassius, Clay, Hiro, and Royal are here to collect.Raven River soon becomes a battleground of lies, deceit, and violence, and I stand at the heart of it.The gorgeous otherworldly Angels will remind me that there is one thing left that I care about… and they’ll destroy it in heavenly fire.

Savage


Caitlyn Dare - 2021
    Welcome to Savage Falls...A brand new dark reverse harem bully romance trilogy from bestselling author Caitlyn Dare, coming this summer!Two dirty-talking tattooed bikers, a pretty boy football player with secrets, and the MC princess who will bring them to their knees...Are you ready for a SAVAGE summer?

The Cardinal Bird


Mia Smantz - 2019
    She was made fun of for being a math-whiz in school up until she was kidnapped. Growing up in the crime world from a young age, she was turned into a language savant and a hacker-expert. She tried to do what she was told and keep her head down...but...that was easier said than done. Trouble seems to follow her like it's her middle name. Eventually, things come to a head that puts her in the sights of a secret government organization. She finally has some allies in the form of several muscular, irresistibly handsome and talented guys. Callie wonders if she'll be able to find peace at last, but the struggles only keep piling up as she is shuffled around, wondering when or even if she will ever find somewhere she feels like is safe. People who she thought were safe might not be. And not only that, but her kidnapper is not willing to give her up without a fight, and he shows her all too well that he will go to some very dangerous lengths to get her back.

Lost & Found


E.B. Brooks - 2020
    When she earns a scholarship to a university in Georgia, half the country away from where she grew up, she’s determined to start new. Unfortunately for Maddy, her carefully laid plans take a nosedive as soon as she arrives. But Maddy is determined to make it on her own, and she’s well versed in rolling with the punches. When she meets a handful of men eager to help her out, Maddy’s suspicion kicks in. But they’re determined to fight past her defenses and become the family she’s never had.Soon, though, Maddy discovers not everything is as it seems with them. They have secrets they can’t share, and their hot kisses followed by cold shoulders leave Maddy reeling. Where does she really stand with this group of men? Can she believe their words when their actions say something different?When Maddy’s past rises to haunt her, will they be there to save her? Or will everything she worked so hard to build come crashing down?