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Liar by Tate James
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 28 ratings“Liar, liar, pants on fire.”The words scrawled on the back of my newest stalker mail makes my blood run cold. I have no idea if it's the lie I know, or one that I don't.Since arriving back into Shadow Grove, I've been stalked, tormented, chased and almost killed. I've been lied to, repeatedly, by people I was growing to trust.Liar.That word haunts me. Someone knows more about my life than I do... -
Queen of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsOnce upon a time I met four monsters and thought the world would come to an end at their hands.But I was a fool.Because I didn’t understand the bigger picture.That the enemies I thought I knew would become the reason for my entire existence. My strength. My pain. My life. My love.The big bad wolf has teeth and claws as sharp as iron, and the danger before my eyes is blinding... -
Empress in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI'm Vanessa Barsetti, the daughter of the infamous Crow Barsetti. My father taught me how to fight. If a man lays a hand on me, I'll put him in his grave. As a Barsetti, I'm proud, stubborn, and don't take nonsense from anybody. I walk home from a bar and take the wrong path. And witness a brutal crime. The murderer won't let me go. He's handsome, lethal, and terrifying... -
Just Drop Out by J. Bree
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAfter surviving foster care and a high school that breeds gang members and drug dealers I've finally found my path to freedom: emancipation and a full ride scholarship at the ultra-exclusive Hannaford Prep. All I have to do is survive... -
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Buttons & Beauty by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBones is the son of the man who killed my aunt. He's the descendant of a psychopath, a murderer. His handsome face, blue eyes, and strong physique can fool anyone into believing he's a good man. Including me. My loyalty to my family makes me despise him. But I also can't stop thinking about him. Thinking about his kiss... -
Fantasy in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBones is the son of the man who killed my aunt. He's the descendant of a psychopath, a murderer. His handsome face, blue eyes, and strong physique can fool anyone into believing he's a good man. Including me. My loyalty to my family makes me despise him. But I also can't stop thinking about him. Thinking about his kiss... -
Dark Knight by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world.She's the mafia princess he was meant to stay away from. And he did.Until that one night when he was able to hide his identity and his darkness under a different kind of mask. But one taste wasn't enough... -
Stone Cold Queen by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRule No. 2: Show no fear.They’re vile and twisted.The only thing more fucked up than the Sick Boys is me, and I’m ready to show them.The Sick Boys are hiding something from me. They want to pretend like I didn’t kill my rapist and they didn’t help. But we’re not ordinary college students, that much has become clear to me, and I’m growing tired of all of the lies and secrets... -
Rhapsody of Pain by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI know Demyen Zakrevsky is wrong for me.But I can't help hoping... What if he's not?After all, he's saved me time and time again.He's made me a mother twice over.He's healed my broken heart.But he's also the one who sold me in the first place.The one who got my baby stolen away from me.The one who broke my heart over and over and over.I can't decide if he's a saint or a sinner... -
Corrupt Union by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI found everything I didn’t know I needed. Accepted forgiveness I didn’t deserve.She fought for us. Killed for us. She was one of us. And there was no way I was letting her go… again. But I’m not the only one with wicked intentions for my siren. With her missing, we turn our blame to an obvious enemy. But our path of destruction could be leading us right into another trap... -
Tarnished Crown: A Dark Bully Romance by Caitlyn Dare
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWaking up the morning after the night before, Bexley soon realizes his life will never be the same.He’s Electi now.One of them.Everything that Mia despises.She says she’s done, that his betrayal is too much of a burden to bear, but Bexley refuses to let her go.When Mia wakes up the morning after the night before, she realizes she has two choices: accept her fate or fight.She’s stronger now... -
Damaged by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPlay with fire; you’ll get burned.Play with me; I’ll get even.Dynasty came roaring into my life, bringing four of the most incredibly delicious men I’ve ever laid my eyes on, but along with it came a life that I was never expecting.This world is filled with corruption. There are secrets and lies around every corner... -
Victory at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere's one heart you can’t break at Prescott High, not unless you’re one of them.The Havoc Boys.They’re my family, my redemption, and my future.Victory at Prescott High has always meant escape.Once upon a time, that meant graduation and a one-way ticket out of town.But everything is different now.This year, my life changed in irrevocable ways... -
The Dictator by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe only reason I'm still alive is because of the baby growing inside me. My baby saved my life. Now I'm a prisoner inside Cato's fortress. He's pissed at me, livid every time he looks at me. He refuses to sleep with me because now I'm the enemy. But I miss him...and he misses me. I only slept with Cato to save my father, but now he means something to me... -
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Broken Empire by Callie Rose
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTruths will be uncovered. Alliances will shift.And nothing will ever be the same.The final book in the Boys of Oak Park Prep series is coming soon.**The release date will be moved forward... -
The Real Deal by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA mysterious deal maker. A ruthless businessman. And now he’s on her board of directors . . . Holly McGregor shouldn’t be attracted to someone with ulterior motives at her company. But she can’t avoid his unforgiving stare, deny their electric chemistry, or resist his touch, his mouth, the dangerous invitation she sees in his eyes... -
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Wicked Knight #1 (Knight's Ridge Empire) by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance series.The truth is meant to set you free… but not my truth.Mine has sent me deeper and darker, feeding my need for revenge. I want blood for those who wronged me and my family. And my so-called truth is ripping me apart, in a way lies never could... -
Wicked Empire by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you the next installment of her new dark mafia, high school bully romance series.She didn’t want to believe me.She wanted to believe the threat wasn’t really there.But as the sirens ring out in the distance and she stares down into my eyes, she can no longer deny what’s right in front of her... -
Velvet Devil by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt's the first look on my wedding day.I turn... but my husband isn't there.Instead, I see the stranger who ruined my life.Here's the story:Six years ago, I was on the worst first date in history.A blind date with some jerk who wouldn't take no for an answer.The handsome stranger swooped in.Saved me.And sat down to finish the date.I thought it was crazy.But we had insane chemistry... -
Forever Golden: Dark High School Bully Romance by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWest Golden—Fierce protector. The one.The cocky jock I once wanted to kill with my bare hands is now the only one I trust with my heart.In a city full of corruption and dark secrets, knowing who’s on your side gets harder to determine every day. Especially now that Vin’s on the warpath, passing out threats he fully intends to see through to the end... -
Merciless Saints by Michelle Heard
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAt St. Monarch’s Academy, you’re either a predator, a pawn, or prey. It’s the only neutral territory where heirs of the wealthiest rival crime families learn underworld skills.Alliances are made. Loyalty is owned. Love is taken.As the best protector in training, I will be paired with the top assassin. Because I’m unbeatable, everyone fears me.Even her, Winter, Mafia Princess of the Hemsley family... -
Pretty Little Savage: A Dark Enemies to Lovers College Romance by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRule No. 1: Don’t piss off the Sick BoysThey’re cruel. Reckless. Impossibly fucked up.The Sick Boys feed on the order they create. They rule Eastpoint University just as their families have for decades. But their power doesn’t stop there. The three of them are heirs to some of the largest fortunes in the world, and behind that kind of wealth lies an underworld of corruption... -
Natural Born Killers by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRule No. 3: Never let anyone think they can hurt you and get away with it.I thought I’d seen and felt the worst of it, but there’s nothing worse than betrayal.Corina knows who’s behind what happened to me and she may think hiding will keep her safe, but after everything that’s happened, nothing can keep her safe from me and the Sick Boys... -
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The Game by Callie Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBook two of three in the Kings of Linwood Academy series... -
Reckless Dynasty by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy life has been full of half-truths tangled in lies—I’d been to hell and back more times than I could count. But nothing could have prepared me for the fear in her voice, and then the sight of that building going up in flames. After the way I treated her, the way I hurt her, I’d earned that pain back tenfold. I deserved to lose the only bit of light in my dark, twisted life... -
Glass Heart Broken: A Dark High School Bully Romance by Lindsey Iler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLIES. SECRETS. MAYHEM.The campus of Glass Heart Academy will never be the same once we’re through with it.PalmerThey tried to break me, but they underestimated my strength. When Marek says things aren’t always what they seem, I don’t want to believe him. Now, I know the dark truth in his words... -
Speak No Evil: A Secret Society Student Teacher College Romance by Ivy Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey thought they could get away with it, but they are sorely mistaken.They have been judged. They have been sentenced. All that remains is their execution.No one goes unpunished. We’ll make sure of it.We are The Society and all who dare cross us will find their miserable end by our hand.Don’t be fooled. This is not their story.It’s ours... -
Hear No Evil: A New Adult College Romance by Ivy Fox
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEvil cannot take hold of an unconsenting soul.Do not be amazed that hell is empty, since all the devils live here.One by one, they will meet their hellish fate.One down…Three to go.EastonA tyrannous society has discovered our most atrocious secret and decided to wage war on us.They’ve had their fun with Finn, and now it’s my turn to be their little puppet... -
Storm the Gates by Elizabeth Dear
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn Saint Gabriel City, there are the Four Families, and there are those who are owned by them.The Spencers, the Hargraves, the Ferreros, and the Knights rule the City together with their exorbitant wealth and iron fists that no one dare challenge... -
Seize the Castle by Elizabeth Dear
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn Saint Gabriel City, there’s a war brewing.The Four Families have ruled the City for generations, but they made a huge fucking mistake when they murdered my parents and didn’t manage to kill me too.I’ve revealed my true identity, taking the City and Holywell Academy by storm, but the heads of Spencer, Hargraves, and Ferrero continue to underestimate me... -
Dare To Fall by L. Ann, Claire Marta
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsArabella GrayStudious. Good Girl. Liar.She's become my addiction—I feed her my pain.When the threat of losing her awakens the monster, there is no one left to save her from me.Eli TraversOutcast. Artist. Monster.I fell in love with my stepbrother—the Monster.I crave his touch and loathe his name. He took everything I gave and twisted it with hate.The past rises from the dead and stalks the living... -
Party Crashers by Heather Long
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the moment I learned she was coming to our school, I had a gut feeling it would end in disaster. Out of all the schools in the world, why did Kaitlin Crosse have to choose ours? Her presence confused my brothers and created tension between them, but I soon realized my initial assumptions about her were completely wrong...Categorized as:
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Broken by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey broke me. Ryder, Maverick, Ezra, and Jaxson didn't think I would come back for my second year.The coldly cruel knights of Evergreen believed the Mark would be all it took to get rid of me... to keep me quiet.But now I've got a whole new reason to stay. Those four will know a pain far worse than what I've endured. They tore me apart until there was nothing left.. -
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Fallen Heirs : A Dark High School Bully Romance by Laura Lee
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive... Pretty, pretentious little liars. I’m surrounded by them everywhere I turn. But I’m learning not everything is as it seems. The ones who I thought were my enemies have become my greatest allies. And the ones who I severely underestimated turned out to be much eviler than I could’ve ever imagined... -
The Forever Crew by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe secret is out.I’m officially dating the entire Student Council, but that’s not the only thing that’s outside the norm at Adamson All-Boys Academy.Nah, I think the murders are a bit more remarkable, although my dad might disagree. He’s not exactly thrilled with my fake fiancé or the other four boys that make my pulse race...Categorized as:
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Reaper by Rachel Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call me the reaper.Saying I have no soul. A heart that’s charred black. I tell them it’s true,because it is. I’ve been hiding in the shadows.Stealing secrets, destroying the lives of those who deserve it. But there’s one story to be told before this book closes. My story. Don’t be fooled, it’s not a fairytale. I’m no prince.And I certainly don’t want a princess...Categorized as:
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Sweet Pea by Jack Davenport
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings18+ for language and sexual situations… Charles “Sweet Pea” Kimble is a newly appointed Road Captain for the Burning Saints MC. His promotion is overshadowed by issues with a rival club and his attraction to the alluring assistant district attorney is an inconvenience, to say the least... -
A Divided Heart by Alessandra Torre
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan you love two men at once? Is there any future in that?Brant loves me fiercely. A brilliant tech billionaire who has owned my heart for four years, he keeps proposing, and I keep turning him down. I can’t marry him, not with all of the secrets between us.Lee uses me wildly.As grouchy as he is cocky, he's interested in getting me into his bed and little more... -
The Golden Boys: Dark High School Bully Romance by Rachel Jonas, Nikki Thorne
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWest Golden—easy to hate, yet so hard to resist.Don’t let that pretty face of his fool you. He isn’t the boy next door, or the kind you trust with your heart. He’s the devil in designer jeans, with all the charm of a bona fide psycho.Trust me.He swears I did something to cross him before I even stepped foot inside Cypress Prep, but it’s a lie... -
Enthrall Secrets by Vanessa Fewings, Debbie Kuhn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnthrall Secrets is a STANDALONE novel that tells the long-awaited story of Scarlet Winters, the infamous, fiery dominatrix from the exclusive Los Angeles BDSM club Enthrall. The promise of salvation. That was his offer. If I surrendered completely. I'd be rewarded with nothing less than my very own salvation. And I needed it... -
Fragile Things by Samantha Lovelock
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPoe Halliday was an accident. A chance meeting that changed my life forever.My mother didn't have secrets; her secrets had her. After she disappeared, I had nothing.Or so I thought.When the invitation arrived, the opportunity to learn about my mother's past was too great to pass up. Heading west to meet an aunt I had never heard of, I knew I was taking a risk, but I craved answers... -
Cry Havoc by Ashley Gee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCry Havoc, the third and final book in the Vengeance is Mine series, is coming... -
The Billionaire's Claim: Obsession by Nadia Lee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDominic Elizabeth Pryce-Reed. An angel. A virgin. My first love. I fell for her hard and fast ten years ago...and paid the price on a night of shattering betrayal. So I built a billion-dollar empire out of vengeance... And now I'm coming for her. Elizabeth Dominic King. A maverick. A self-made billionaire. My soul mate... -
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The Billionaire's Claim: Redemption by Nadia Lee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElizabeth Pryce-Reed. An angel. A virgin. My first love. She was my life until she betrayed me ten years ago. So I built an empire and came after her, intent on vengeance. Instead of giving me the nasty fight I expected, she gazed at me with tragedy in her eyes...then made an unexpected, gut-wrenching move that left me reeling...and vanished... -
Kill the King by Elizabeth Dear
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsn Saint Gabriel City, the rule of the Four Families ends now.They’re bottom-feeding criminals pretending to be the model of the American dream.They suck the City dry to serve themselves and the elite class that licks their boots day in and day out.They murdered my parents out of sheer, unbridled greed.And now, they’ve dared to take Zach from me... -
Twisted Games by Elena Lawson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwisted Games is a full-length dark enemies-to-lovers reverse harem romance, meaning the main character will have more than one love interest. It is book three in the Boys of Briar Hall series and should be read after Wicked Trials... -
Until I Get You by Claire Contreras
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratings*This is a standalone, new adult, hockey romance novel that contains dark themes*3 years ago, she ruined my life. Now I'm going to return the favor...My reputation at Fairview University preceded me. I was the projected number-one pick in the NHL draft and the fan favorite at the rink. People wanted to be me or be with me. Except for Lyla James Marichal... -
A Reckless Note by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“I can chase you, and I can catch you, but there is nothing I can do to make you mine.” ― Morrissey It all started with a note, just a simple note hand written by a woman I didn't know, never even met. But in that note is perhaps every answer to every question I've ever had in my life. And because of that note, I travel thousands of miles. I look for her, but find him... -
Wild Rebel by Laurelin Paige
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWe were supposed to run away after graduation.When she didn’t show at our meeting place, I got brave and went after her.It was a mistake.I left bloodied and bruised.I had no choice but to walk away. Years passed. I traveled, settled halfway around the world, made enough money that I didn’t have to look back.But I never got over her. Then, out of the blue, she calls...
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