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CORRUPT BY PENELOPE DOUGLAS

9/3/2020

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas is the first book in the Devil's Night series. This is a DARK romance with questionable situations. I freakin loved it! It was a little long, but such a good read.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Genre: New Adult. Dark Romance.
Series: Devil's Night series #1
Pages: 461 pages
Format: eBook. Purchased.

Erika

I was told that dreams were our heart’s desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession.

His name is Michael Crist.

My boyfriend’s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He's handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college’s basketball team and now gone pro, he’s more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.

But I noticed him.

I saw him. I heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid…For years, I bit my nails, unable to look away.

DIRTY GIRLS BY LILY WHITE

7/25/2020

If you mix a bully romance with a murder mystery you get Dirty Girls by Lily White! This book is insanely good and I recommend it to all dark romance fans!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: January 22, 2020
Genre: Dark, Bully Romance. Murder Mystery.
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 345 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited.

They were the boys any good girl knew to avoid.

Rich and privileged.
Gorgeous and cruel.
The poster boys for rebellion…their tongues so sharp they cut to the bone.

We worshipped them despite their dangerous games.
We laughed even as we cried.
It was all fun and games until the first dirty girl died.

Now, as the bodies pile up, I believe I can endure their wicked ways. Only time will tell if I’ll escape.

Because when wealthy boys are accustomed to getting everything they want, not even the lives of those around them are too high an asking price.

THE SINNER BY KELSEY CLAYTON

7/2/2020

The Sinner if the first book in the Haven Grace Prep series and is a must read for fans of bully romances! This is a standalone in the series and is filled with angst!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: March 12, 2020
Genre: Bully Romance. Childhood friends to lovers.
Series: Haven Grace Prep series #1(can stand alone)
Pages: 279 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited.

When I was a kid, my best friend betrayed me in the worst way possible, ripping my family to shreds in the aftermath. She ruined my life in one fell swoop, and didn’t even have the heart to warn me.

Now, nearly a decade later, I’m back in the town I grew up in, determined to make her pay.

They say revenge is a dangerous game, but I’ve never been one to play it safe. There is nothing I’ll love more than to find her weakness and use it to destroy her. The lie she told all those years ago will be her undoing.

Savannah Montgomery may be queen of the rich and entitled, but she’s about to meet her match.

THE SINNER is a standalone and part of the Haven Grace Prep series. It contains angst, violence, and scenes that may be

TELL ME PRETTY LIES BY CHARLEIGH ROSE

4/18/2020

Tell Me Pretty Lies is an angsty new adult romance with an enemies to lovers trope! I devoured this one. Charleigh Rose writes fantastic romances and that's no different with this one.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: April 5, 2020
Genre: New Adult. Enemies to Lovers Romance.
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 289 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

Three things my mother acquired when she became engaged:

1. A brand new Tiffany's ring.
2. A lavish home on Heartbreak Hill.
3. Three privileged stepsons.

The last thing I expected was to fall for one of them, least of all Thayer Ames.
Beautiful, brooding, and untouchable.
I knew it was a bad idea. He warned me himself.
But he was a thunderstorm, and I never could resist the rain.
It was perfect…
Until it wasn’t.
One night was all it took for our world to crumble, leaving only secrets and lies between us.
Now, I have to face him again, but the boy I used to know has become the man who loves to hate me.

THE DAY SHE CRIED BY K. WEBSTER

7/4/2019

The Day She Cried is an emotional bully romance. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my expectations. I felt some things too rushed and would have liked them to be explored more.

Rating: ★★★
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Genre: YA Bully Romance
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 286 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited.

She was my first love.
She was my first hate.
The very sun in my world tried to burn me alive with her lies and cruelty.
Until I dimmed her light for good…
Or so I thought.

Now she’s back.
Cracked. Broken. Lost.
And for the first time in a long time, I feel free.
Free from our past. Free from my present that suffocates me. Free to destroy her future.

Her misery is my music.
Thrilling. Invigorating. Intoxicating.

For so long, all I’ve done is hate her.
So why do I love her?

THE TROUBLE WITH YOU BY L.A. COTTON

6/19/2019

The perfect enemies to lovers romance for new adult/ya romance lovers! I really enjoyed reading The Trouble with You and I know it will be a big hit among those who enjoy bully romances!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: June 19, 2019
Genre: Young Adult/New Adult Crossover romance.
Series: The Rixon Raiders series #1 (can stand alone)
Pages: 364 pages
Format: eBook. ARC.

From the author of the Wicked Bay series, comes an angsty YA/NA enemies-to-lovers romance. Cocky football players, school rivalry, and the girls who get in their way. Get ready … The Raiders are coming!

Hailee Raine only has to survive one more year.
One year of life in her football obsessed town.
One year of nauseating school spirit.
Just one more year of her cruel step-brother Jason; and his cocky, arrogant, football-playing friends.
She hates them. Especially, Cameron Chase, the guy she thought was different.

Cameron Chase has the world at his feet.
He has it all; good looks, talent, and the charm to go with it.
He has colleges lined up at the door, all wanting a piece of Rixon Raiders star wide receiver.
Until something threatens everything he's ever worked for, and only one person can quiet the war raging inside him.

THE REBEL OF RALEIGH HIGH BY CALLIE HART

6/16/2019

While I liked the idea of this book, the execution was lacking. The author threw so many issues at us but never resolved them. It made for a very frustrating read.

Rating: ★★★
Release Date: April 27, 2019
Genre: New Adult. High School. Bad Boy Romance.
Series: Raleigh Rebels #1 (can stand alone)
Pages: 377 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited.

* The Rebel of Raleigh High is the first book in the Raleigh Rebels Series. Please be advised, this book comes with a trigger warning. Intended for readers 17+ *

Silver

Hit me.
Kick me.
Hurt me.
Hate me.

There’s nothing that the students of Raleigh High can do to Silver Parisi anymore. Over the past year, she’s had to endure more pain and suffering than most people are asked to bear in their lifetimes. She’s a pariah, an outcast, a ghost. She’s also never been one to take shit lying down, though…despite what half the football team might say.

PRETTY RECKLESS BY L.J. SHEN

6/12/2019

L.J. Shen has started this series with a bang and you don't want to miss it! If you enjoy angst, bully romances between highschoolers this is your book! While these kids are technically teens, I consider the novel to be New Adult!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: April 21, 2019
Genre: New Adult. High School. Bad Boy Romance.
Series: All Saints High #1
Pages: 362 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited.

From USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen comes an intense, high school enemies-to-lovers romance with a twist.

Penn

They say revenge is a dish best served cold.
I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart was completely iced.
I took her first kiss.
She took the only thing I loved.
I was poor.
She was rich.
The good thing about circumstances? They can change. Fast.
Now, I’m her parents’ latest shiny project.
Her housemate. Her tormentor. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much.

I DARE YOU BY SHANTEL TESSIER

5/18/2019

I just LOVE dark, bully romances and this one fits in with the genre to a T. I know many readers who also enjoy the genre are going to want to read this one. It's so damn good!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Genre: Dark New Adult/Young Adult Romance
Series: Dare series #1 (can stand alone)
Pages: 387 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited.

What do you do when the devil has you in his sights?

You show him that you can play his game.

Austin Lowes is new to town. She's running from a mom who hates her to her dad who cares nothing about her. Only a few months and she will be free, or at least, that's what she hopes ... until she meets him.

Cole Reynolds is the devil disguised as a man. He wants her fear, he wants her blood, and he wants her soul.

Just a little game, he says, I dare you.

Will Austin survive him, or will she lose herself and the game?

Secrets are revealed and justice will be served, but at what cost?
Who survives and who doesn't?

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