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Hacking Darkness


Marissa Farrar - 2017
    Hard men. Criminals, I'm sure. Willing to do anything to break me, and take what they want.    But locked in the dark, I soon realize it's not only what's in my head they're after. The glint in their eyes, lingering touches and heavy breaths tell a different story.   Darcy, we're here, we're watching you...    Now I have to decide if I want to become part of that story, too.Book one in a brand new Reverse Harem series, with a dark romance twist.

Their Kingdom Come


Logan Fox - 2020
    Now no one stands in our way.No one, except one girl.Trinity Malone doesn't know about our past.She doesn't have a say in our future.At least, so we thought.Until we realized Trinity's exactly who we were looking for.She's our secret weapon.Soon, she'll be seeking revenge...Just like us.Contains strong language, violence, and sexual situations some may find triggering.HEA guaranteed with multiple love interests.

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+

Freestyle


Bea Paige - 2020
    Dance is in my blood.It’s what keeps me sane, out of trouble. It used to keep them out of trouble too. A group of boys I grew up with.Xeno, York, Zayn and Dax.We were a crew once and we ruled the clubs.Separate we were insanely good, together we were unbeatable. F*&ing on fire. I was their girl and they were my Breakers.Until they did something they promised they never would; break my heart.We were sixteen when they left me.You see, for kids like us, dance was all we had.Growing up in a rundown housing estate in London with no prospects can make you view the world differently.It can make you choose the wrong path.I chose dance, and they chose crime.Three years later I’ve won a scholarship to Stardom Academy. I try to forget my past.But how can I do that when the four boys who hurt me are back?And this time they won’t walk away even when I ask them too.Freestyle is book one of this new gritty, contemporary reverse harem academy trilogy for 17+ readers and deals with adult themes and some subjects you may find upsetting. If you love dance, your men on the criminal side, alpha hot holes and the enemies-to-lovers trope, this is for you. Contains foul language and sexual scenes.

Reckless Rules


Rebel Hart - 2019
    And now she must be punished. Ophelia Lopez is the most recent scholarship recipient to be admitted to Weis-Jameson Preparatory Academy. A nationally ranked top-fifty 300-meter hurdler, she suspects her recent invitation to WJ Prep has a lot to do with the Academy’s Nike-sponsored Invitational next May. She couldn’t be more wrong.When she steps through the doors of WJ Prep, she lands on the wrong side of the Elites who rule the school.They’ve brought her here to play, ruin, and hurt.There is a code to follow and a strict order when it comes to engaging with the Elites. They seem intent on ruining the only chance Ophelia has to escape from this hellhole: a college running scholarship. But she refuses to yield to their intimidation, sexual assault, blackmail, and grade tampering. They’ve messed with the wrong girl.If she can get the Elites to trust her, to believe they’ve beaten her into submission, she will bring them down from the inside.Except that the Elite she’s chosen—her worst tormenter, the one she needs to convince the most—isn’t buying her pretty, submissive act. What’s more, their chemistry has been undeniable from the start.Problem is that, in between moments of severe cruelty and anger, Ophelia glimpses a boy caught in a game, just as she is. What happens when players get played? Hearts get broken, secrets get revealed, and no one is who they say they are. Sign up at www.RebelHart.net or text REBEL to 77948 to don't miss this Dark High School Bully Romance!

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 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.

Cruel Saints


Evie Kady - 2021
    It isn’t a school for foreigners, either.The peacekeeper? She’s going down.-----I’m already an outsider at this elite political academy in Scotland.A target has been painted on my back by the most popular guys in school.Musical royalty. Political royalty. Actual royalty.They seem to hate girls, especially girls like me who try their best to ignore them.It’s boys vs girls and I’m trapped in the middle.Fine. Because I’m going to show them it’s more powerful to be a sinner when everyone believes you’re a saint. Cruel Saints is a plotty, slow-burn bully romance set in a political academy. It’s Reverse Harem, which means the main character doesn’t choose between her love interests. This is Book 1 of 4, and the series will contain MM.

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+

Wicked Gods


Michelle Hercules - 2019
    I’ve been offered a place at the prestigious Gifted Academy, an opportunity very few Norms get.To survive, I must become invisible. But my hope to get through the academy unscathed goes down the drain when the most powerful boys in school set their eyes on me.They hate me simply because I’m a Norm. If they knew who I truly am, they’d tear me apart limb by limb. But I’m done cowering away from Idols. It’s time for the Norms to fight back, and it all starts with me.*Wicked Gods is a steamy, paranormal academy RH bully romance.

Perfection of Suffering


M. Sinclair - 2021
    Specifically, their sons - the heirs to some of the largest fortunes in the country. I had grown used to them acting as my shadows, protecting me and surrounding me with enough affection that I never questioned if their words were in fact the truth.Then the Brooks twins came to town. Suddenly, everything I had known about myself was being shattered as they dug up my worst insecurities and exploited them to the world. I began questioning everything.Kingston Ross. Stratton Lee. Yates Carter. Lincoln & Sterling Gates.They have been able to protect me from everything… but myself. My boys carry a darkness inside of them that has never scared me. The shadows of deeds done at night, away from the spotlight of being who we were in this societal hierarchy. They think I’m afraid of that, but they couldn’t be farther from the truth.I wasn’t afraid of their darkness.I wasn’t afraid of my feelings for them, ones that had grown from friendship into so much more.I wasn’t even afraid of expressing that to them… eventually.What I was afraid of? That I would hurt those around me with my shame and pain.I would just have to perfect the art of suffering in silence.Wildberry Lane - Home to the extremely wealthy and powerful Southern elite.Perfection of Suffering, book 1 in The Shadows of Wildberry Lane trilogy, is M. Sinclair’s debut contemporary reverse harem novel. This work features a naive female character hiding a dark secret of her own, the men in her life that will do anything to keep her safe, and a scandal that stretches far beyond the safety of Wildberry Lane’s gate.Warning: This book does contain sexual content for +18, swearing, violence, and triggers when it comes to specifically, but not limited to, eating disorders and bullying. Important to note, the bullying is NOT done by the harem, but rather outside sources. This is a slow/medium burn series.

Holy Trinity


Savannah Rose - 2019
    Drop dead gorgeous. The flame of hell in their eyes. And rage. Pure, unadulterated rage in every word, every look and every breath they send my way. There's every indication they're out to break me. Maybe I'll let them. Maybe I'll bite back. After all, what's a girl got to lose when her heart's already been obliterated? Holy Trinity is a high school bully romance fit for readers who love the transition from enemies to lovers.

Crooked Crows


Elena Lawson - 2021
    Heartlessly cruel. Broken beyond repair.Corvus, Rook, and Grey – 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 it…too bad for me I’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 can’t break. I won’t. They think they scare me, that I’ll run and hide, but the joke’s on them. The Crows aren’t the first monsters I’ve faced, and they won’t be the last. There are worse evils out there waiting to take their stab at Ava Jade Mason.I say let them try. I’m tired of running. Tired of holding back my darkness. Thorn Valley isn’t ready for a new boogie man. Too bad I’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.

The Help


Callie Rose - 2019
    It contains cursing and sexual situations.

Take My Crown


Louise Rose - 2020
    Like in all the pretty pictures, King Town looks perfect. But underneath the cracks, that a painting can never altogether hide, lies and sins rule the town with the Academy right in the middle of it.Kidnapped and forced from my latest foster home into the dangerous world of King Academy and the games they play, I find out I’m from here and now there is no escaping this world. I’m born to play the same games they do. Four houses rule this small gated town, and they always have done, poisoning the waters with their sins and darkness. And their heirs? Well, they think they rule everything and everyone. They use their money and good looks to charm the academy into calling them their kings.But I’m not falling for that bullshit. Romeo Navarre, Archer Knight and Declan Dauphin may think they own the academy, own the town, and get everything they want…but then they have just met me.They will soon find out I’m not falling for the sexy boys of King Academy. Recommend for 18+ readers due to content. This is a full-length book and the first of five books in this series and a reverse harem romance which means the main characters has more than one love interest.Release dates for the series-Take My Crown #1- July 10thTake My Place #2- August 10thTake My Throne #3- September 10thBe My Traitor #4- October 10thBe My Heart #5- November 10th