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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.
Now or Never
Lucy Smoke - 2017
A sign. Something. Nearly getting run over was not the sign I was looking for, but it’s what I got. That and a group of guys who say they work for something called Iris. No, thank you. I had enough to deal with, thank you very much. No brother. No dad. No sanity most of the time. I certainly didn’t need to be dealing with thieves and wild cats and guys that were way too good looking. That is…I didn’t need them until they were all I had left. Now I have to make a decision about my future and whether or not they’re going to be in it. ***This is a Reverse Harem title***
Ache
S.M. Soto - 2019
What happens when you fall for the boy next door? Bea Norwood had the market on normal. Drama free life? Check. A single-mother who doubled as her confidant and partner in crime? Check. A neighbor and best friend she trusted more than anyone? Check. But that was until the day her mother remarried. The day that changed everything.When her best friend's cousin, Liam Falcon, is sent to live with his aunt and uncle to clean up his act, Bea finds herself falling for the boy next door. With their hearts so infinitely entwined, Bea turns to Liam as her only escape from her new step-brother's daily torment at home. Bea thought their love could conquer anything. But she was wrong. Love was for fools, and she was the biggest fool of them all. When Liam left Lakeport, he took her heart with him, shattering the organ to pieces. Six years later, Liam takes a trip back to Lakeport to visit his family, and to see HER. His first love.The girl who holds his heart.The same girl who shattered it six years ago without looking back. Liam is hell-bent on seeing Bea again after six years, but what he finds tears his heart in half. Bea Norwood is a shell of the girl he fell in love with. Underneath the baggy clothes, and pale skin, he knows she's still in there somewhere, he just needs to find her. Liam will stop at nothing to win his girl back, but sometimes, ignorance is bliss, and Liam isn't prepared for Bea's truth. *Some aspects of this story may be sensitive for readers.*
Landon & Shay: Part One
Brittainy C. Cherry - 2019
When she came my direction, I went the other. When we locked eyes, she’d turn and walk away.All of that changed the day I was presented with a challenge. It started out as a stupid bet: make Shay fall in love with me before I fell in love with her first.That was an easy bet for me to win.I didn’t love, I hardly liked.Yet slowly the game started to shift. Shay made me crave things I never knew I wanted.Love.Happiness.Her.The closer we grew, the more she challenged my darkness, and the parts I kept locked away.The hurts.The pains.The truth.The game between us became too real, our feelings intermixed, and the risks of hurting one another grew higher.But you know what they say...All’s fair in the game of love and war—especially the heartbreaks.(Book one in the L&S Duet)
Into the Seas Embrace
Avery Thorn - 2018
Before I get to send another letter and tell you about what happened to me. It all started when my family and I came to the quiet town of Argos, Washington to start a new life. Again. However, the more I learned about this run-down seaside town, the more mysterious it became. Sea monsters in the bay, weird and extremely secretive townsfolk, and too handsome men. Oh, the men. Every corner I turn, I'm meeting another one that’s making me slip up and forget the real reasons my father, sister, and I have to hop from place to place. Even though our very lives are at stake, I can't seem to stay away from them. But I have to be careful, as they’re involved with whatever is going on in this town. They might even be at the center of it. My bet is on some sort of cult, and the sea monster is a weird fish they worship. I'll find out what is wrong with this town one way or another, hopefully before I have to leave again. Signed, The Girl With No Name. Into The Sea’s Embrace is a slow burn, ‘why choose’ romance with some M/M and M/F/M themes. While the sea may hold more secrets than she has, would being lost be frightening or would it be liberating? It all depends on who's embrace you’re caught in. Warning. This book contains adult language, sexual content, graphic violence, and deals with sensitive issues such as suicide, depression, anxiety disorder, and PTSD. Reader discretion is advised.
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.
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.
Second Chances
Alisha Williams - 2021
It's gonna be a sexy ride”Okay! So breaking into my work at night to steal some cash and then running from the cops may not have been my brightest idea. But I needed the money. A girl had to eat.I had a choice. Go to juvie for 18 months or two years at some Prep school for misguided kids.What I did not expect at this prep school, was running into my EX best friend Oliver. Now 6 ft tall, sexy as hell, covered in tattoos and all muscles. Who by the way, literally fucked me over.Oh and his two equally as sexy best friends Talon,full of himself walking sex god with pantie melting smile.And Ben with his shy smile and mysterious vibe.Add on my drop dead gorgeous roommate Charlie, sassy/bubbly personality with a heart of gold. And don't forget to throw in some crazy psycho bitch who wants me dead.Fun, games and mind blowing sex aside, the other shoe always drops. I sure as hell was not ready for it. Will Charlie and the guys be ?Emerald Lake Prep is a Reverse harem series and has a lot of sexual scenes that are meant for 18+ . Please note that all characters involved in sexual activity are all over the age of 18 and consensual. F/F and M/M content. Trigger warnings. Drug and alcohol use. Attempted sexual assault. Miscarriage.
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.
Masks & Mayhem: The Hannover Heathens Book 1
Lauren Ellis - 2021
I mean, I get good grades, and I’ve never been arrested, but it’s not for lack of a little law-breaking. I don’t have the time or luxury of a moral compass--not when I have someone counting on me. So, I’ve been keeping my head down, getting everything ready for us to flee this place as soon as I turn eighteen. But the past has a way of catching up to us. And mine drags me kicking and screaming into the dark world of the Hannover Heathens, the gang that rules this city and everyone in it. While they debate whether to use me or kill me, I’m assigned some semi-psychotic, heavily tattooed babysitters to watch my every move. They think they’ve got my secrets all figured out, that I’m just some innocent, naïve girl who stumbled into the underbelly of this city.But I’m familiar with their dark world, and it’s not a scary place for the reasons they think. It’s scary because this kind of darkness fits me all-too-well. But if it’s one thing I’m counting on, it's being the kind of girl they underestimate. So, go ahead, boys--wear your masks. You haven’t realized just yet, but I’m wearing one too. **Warning: This is a SLOW-BURN RH/#whychooseromance, meaning the FMC will date more than one guy and won't have to choose between them. This series contains potentially triggering content, including but not limited to: sexual scenes, dark themes, love of the 'f' word & other foul language, gang violence, torture, and abuse. Even though this is a high school setting, this is recommended for readers 18+ and is considered NA romance. This will end in a cliffhanger, BUT this is only book one and there will be a HEA (eventually).
Cruel Intentions
Siobhan Davis - 2019
It’s a truth my mother rebelled against, and she paid for it with her life. Now, I play their game. Publicly accepting the destiny that lies in wait for me when I turn eighteen. But, behind closed doors, I plot my escape. Trent, Charlie, and my twin, Drew, rule the hallways of Rydeville High with arrogance and an iron fist. I execute my role perfectly, hating every second, but they never let me forget my place in this world. Everyone obeys the rules. They have for generations. Because our families have always been in control. Until Cam, Sawyer, and Jackson show up. Throwing their new money around. Challenging the status quo. Setting hearts racing with their gorgeous faces, hot bodies, and bad boy attitudes. Battle lines are drawn. Sides are taken. And I’m trapped in the middle, because I made a mistake one fateful night when I gave my V-card to a stranger in a blatant F you to my fiancé. I thought it was the one thing I owned. A precious memory to carry me through each dark day. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Because the stranger was Camden Marshall, leader of the new elite and my perpetual tormenter. He hates me with a passion unrivaled, and he won’t be the only one. Fire will rain down if the truth is revealed, threatening alliances, and the power struggle will turn vicious. My life will hang in the balance. But I’ll be ready, and I’m not going down without a fight. Due to mature content and themes this book is recommended to readers eighteen and over.
Cruel Black Hearts
Candace Wondrak - 2019
My name is Stella, and I am empty. I am broken. I am nothing. The only thing I enjoy about my life is my job at the Tribune. My focus in both my editorial and my personal writing involves serial killers. Even my best friend doesn’t understand my obsession with them. No one does. Until I meet them. Until Lincoln and Edward come crashing into my life, setting a fire inside me and awakening parts of me I never knew existed. Lust, desire, total submission. Together, they make me feel alive. Almost whole. Instantly I realize they’re both hiding something from me. Edward and Lincoln are not who they pretend to be—there’s a darkness inside of them, and it’s just like mine. Beasts waiting to emerge. But their darkness is not the only thing stalking my thoughts. There’s a killer on the prowl, making his victims pray to their gods after he kills them. I call him the Angel Maker—and I, I just might be his next angel. This is a why choose dark romance intended for 18+ readers. ***TW: This is a dark, psychologically twisted tale involving violence, stalking, and other topics some readers might find triggering. 18+ Be warned.***
Cruel
Raven Kennedy - 2019
Savannah, Georgia is full of debutantes and greed. The Heirs own this town. They own me, too. I don’t know what I did to ruin what we had. But their kindness turned cruel almost a year ago. I was prepared to leave it all behind and start over at a new school. But Rogue Kelly, the king of the Heirs, ruined that. He doesn’t want me anymore but doesn’t want anyone else to have me either. I know too much to be set free, but not enough to stay. The Heirs aren’t through with me yet. And I crave their cruelty too much to give up now.
Spineless
Autumn Reed - 2020
My mother’s marriage to Vincent Sharpe meant security and three stepbrothers who were already my best friends. But Mom’s mysterious death one week before the wedding turned my world upside down. The day of her funeral, I was whisked away to live with my aunt in Kansas, and I never heard from the Sharpes again... Until a devastating tornado leaves me destitute. Now, Vincent is offering me the opportunity of a lifetime—he’ll pay for my tuition and expenses at an exclusive university. All I have to do is move back in with him and his sons. Knowing this is my one chance to discover what really happened to my mother, I grudgingly accept. But if I thought living in the same house with a potential murderer was going to be my biggest obstacle, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Leo, Hayle, and Tristin Sharpe are no longer the boys I remember. They're all grown up, with the adult attitudes, tensions, and sex appeal to prove it. They aren’t my problem anymore. Yet, somehow, they keep drawing me into their web of drama. I might be the only person who can fix what’s broken between them. But I don't trust that they won't shatter me in the process. *The Lonely Souls trilogy is a contemporary reverse harem series inspired by the main characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...except, this version of Dorothy and her friends is a little twisted.
Tarnished
Indie Black - 2021
Instead, he made me fear the dark. He was supposed to love me. In the end, his love was sickening, cruel and filled with malice.Five years ago, the only bright lights in my world were extinguished. One decision. One text. One sentence and my fragile life shattered. I never expected the depravity and lies that greets me when I return to Montecito, leaving me with one goal... To flee and never look back.Everything changes when three gorgeous guys crash into my life. They’re determined to mark me as theirs, and make me question everything I hold true.But when the ghosts of my past and future collide, who will be left standing? Me… or the monster who coveted me for all of the wrong reasons, turning me into what I am today…Tarnished. *Tarnished is the first book in the Tainted by Ruin Trilogy and cannot be read as a standalone. It is a Dark High School Reverse Harem Romance that contains scenes that may be triggering to some. Including : sexual assault (minor), physical abuse & self harm. Recommended for readers 18+.