Book picks similar to
Cruel Boys by Mina Thorne


reverse-harem
high-school
bully
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Magic And Misconduct


Zara Zenia - 2019
     Sleepy Hollow University is the place I can learn to control my powers and be among other supernaturals. But academic competition isn't the only kind I face. With a fae, a vampire, a shifter, and a warlock who should be my enemy all vying for my attention, it's hard to keep my head on academics. I'm as inexperienced with matters of the heart as I am with magic. And when one of my suitors is accused of murder, being afraid of what goes bump in the night takes on a whole new meaning. Note: It includes a strong heroine, four men of mystical backgrounds, mystery, romance, passion and suspense with elements of paranormal, sci-fi, and fantasy.

Heartbreak Prince


C.R. Jane - 2020
    I believe in them. I was lucky enough to have two of them at one point.The only problem. My soulmates happened to be twin brothers.Caiden was the light to Jackson's dark. And after all that I had been through, the light was what I thought I needed.When I chose Caiden, I lost Jackson.Feeling like half a person after Jackson left, I barely survived when tragedy struck and I lost Caiden too.It took me years to admit to myself that I had chosen wrong from the beginning. I’m ready to admit it to Jackson...only problem, he hates me.I’m ready to fight for my happily ever after.But there’s a reason they call him the Heartbreak Prince.

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.

You Suck


Sophie Stern - 2019
    It meant everything. Then my father was taken away and my world was shattered. Where our name once brought glory and recognition, now it brings only disdain. Now when I roam the halls of Crescent Academy, I'm nothing. A nobody. A forgotten girl who gets nasty looks from everyone. Especially Gavin. There was a time when our families were close. Our dads were practically brothers. Now Gavin can't stand to even look at me. Now he's nothing but a bully. And he makes my life hell at every fucking chance. YOU SUCK is a high school bully romance. Not for the faint of heart.

Bad Bad Boy


Angel Devlin - 2021
    She’s the rich girl who wants for nothing. They call them the rats. The people from the poor side of Richstone river. Privilege lies just a short walk away and Liam Lawson wants it. When the head of Richstone Academy offers four places to the students of Sharrow Manor, he hatches a plan to ensure he and his friends get the opportunity to change their lives for the better… forever. Via a pact of blackmail and corruption of the girls of Richstone. They call them the riches. The people from the wealthy side of Richstone river. A life of excess and expectation, but Phoebe Ridley doesn’t want it. When her mother starts a social experiment at Richstone Academy, Phoebe is intrigued to meet the rats, to see how they’ll cope among the elite. She and her friends make up their own experiment. Via a pact of claiming a rat and getting them to do their bidding. But as the two sides of the river collide and the games begin, the stakes get higher and their moves darker and deadlier... And not everyone will make it out alive. Warning: This book ends on a huge cliffhanger, to be answered in Bad Bad Girl, Book Two.

Angel


K.M. Raya - 2020
    They call themselves The Brotherhood. Carter, Holden, Captain and Ellis rule the school like gods while their fathers rule the city. But Angel Valentino has never been one to take orders blindly. After her father, one of the most feared and infamous mobsters on the East Coast sends her to Seaside California, Angel finds herself entangled in a web of love, lies, death and darkness.Being in the Brotherhood comes with a heavy price and an unshakable legacy that spans generations. They don't like this baffling new girl who threatens to turn their world inside out. She might just be the most beautiful, most darkly alluring girl any of them have ever laid eyes on, with a heart of steel and intellect well beyond her years, but Angel has secrets too... and in their world, secrets get you killed.Disclaimer: This is a why choose, RH title in which one woman has multiple love interests and does not have to choose. 18+ due to graphic sexual and violent situations and strong language. Be advised that this book contains situations that can be possibly triggering for some readers. This is a strongly worded novel filled with bullying, Mafia violence, questionable morals and a love that's so dark and twisted, you might want to read it while you're home alone.

Hidden Lies


Lydia Reeves - 2021
    The students here are nothing like me, and all I want to do is get back home to pick up the pieces of my former life.I’m determined to keep my head down and avoid high school politics, but when three of the most dangerous and mysterious of my classmates set their sights on me, I find I don’t know whether to run away or try to get closer.Everyone at Lost Lake has secrets, some more deadly than others. But not everything is as it seems…I might have some secrets of my own.Hidden Lies is a full length reverse harem novel. It is a new adult contemporary romance, and is the first book in a trilogy.

Layers


Sigal Ehrlich - 2013
    According to Hayley love is a subject of ridicule, a myth created by hopeless romantics.When Hayley makes a resolution to declare her loose lifestyle era R.I.P, it’s all good in theory…That is until she meets Daniel Stark, a well-respected, mid-thirties business man who is known for his short temper, lack of steady relationships as well as his strict preserve of his private life.Opinionated, sharp tongued Hayley accidently steps into his office leaving Daniel resolved to put Hayley in her place and have her in his bed.Both Hayley and Daniel can’t avoid the immediate instigation of the attraction between them.In a unanimously agreed upon verdict by Hayley and her two best friends, Ian the gay self-absorbed, aspiring model and Natasha the witty, borderline neurotic soul mate, Daniel Stark is to be Hayley’s pure physical attraction, emotions aside era closure.Will it indeed be a closure, or a beginning to something neither Hayley nor Daniel ever bargained for…

Treacherous


Alex Grayson - 2019
    It was supposed to be an amazing year—the perfect year. And it started out that way… until my mom remarried, and I found myself in a new town, at a new school, and living with quite possibly the most conniving person I had ever met. But my horrible stepbrother wasn’t even the worst part. It was his best friend. Zayden Michaels. Gorgeous. Unpredictable. Treacherous. The kind of guy who sends most sane people running in the opposite direction. He hated me from the first moment he saw me. He made it his mission to make sure I knew it too. I became the target—the bullied. Until suddenly I wasn’t anymore. But in a world of rumors, games, and deceit, you never really know who you can trust. Sometimes the best deceptions are the ones you never see coming.

Bullied by the Baseball Captain


Jenni Sloane - 2019
    Eighteen years old. Framed for a crime I didn’t commit. The man who did commit that crime? He’s been sent to the same reform school as me. Strathmore Reform is draconian—but its strict rules and harsh punishments are nothing compared with the torture I’m suffering at Cole Heller’s hands. Cole Heller, the handsome athlete who can afford to buy himself allies. Cole Heller, who blames me for landing him in here. They’re going to make me pay. Cole has assembled a team to make my life a living hell. There’s Bennett Baker, the brainy TA who I thought might be my protector. Wrong. He’s under Cole’s thumb, and he’s no slouch when it comes to thinking up ways to torture me. Ian Kemp, the rock star who might as well be a god around here—and who’s on nobody’s side but his own. And Ian’s brother and personal bodyguard, Archer—who’s a big, brawny question mark. One timid girl. Four hearts to break. These boys are wealthy, gorgeous, and merciless. If I’m going to survive Strathmore, I have to toughen up. When I hit on the perfect revenge plot, I start to feel like I could take back control. The bullies of Strathmore are determined to break me. But you know what they say: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger—and more devious. I’ve spent my whole life cowering from people like Cole Heller. But now, I’m going to wind these guys around my little finger—then watch them whimper and beg for release. Bullied by the Baseball Captain is a 68,000 word reverse harem high school bully romance. It’s book one of the Bullies of Strathmore Reform series. It contains explicit sexual content involving characters 18+. Ends with a bit of a cliffhanger, but book two is available for pre-order!

Elite


Rachel Van Dyken - 2013
    But after her grandmother's death, Tracey is all her grandfather has. So when Eagle Elite University announces its annual scholarship lottery, Tracey jumps at the opportunity to secure their future and enters. She isn't expecting much-but then she wins. And life as she knows it will never be same . . .The students at Eagle Elite are unlike any she's ever met . . . and they refuse to make things easy for her. There's Nixon, gorgeous, irresistible, and leader of a group that everyone fears: The Elect. Their rules are simple. 1. Do not touch The Elect. 2. Do not look at The Elect. 3. Do not speak to The Elect. No matter how hard she tries to stay away, The Elect are always around her and it isn't long until she finds out the reason why they keep their friends close and their enemies even closer. She just didn't realize she was the enemy -- until it was too late.