Even if it Hurts (Coastal Elite #1)
Sam Mariano
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
3.74
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 101 ratings · 424 pages · Published: 27 Jul 2022
He could have been my hero.
He saved my life that night, a beautiful dark angel slicing through my fear and the water, dragging me from its deadly clutches.
He should have been my hero.
I thought maybe he was.
Villains aren’t supposed to win, and good should always conquer evil, but in the elite coastal town I live in, the only purpose a label has is letting you know what something—or someone—costs. Good, bad; it’s all relative, and it hardly matters. Baymont, California is a land of beautiful villains and happy-ever-afters that are just out of reach.
Especially for me.
Until Dare moves the world beneath my feet, and even though I’m afraid to trust it—to trust him—boy, am I tempted.
In more ways than one.
Being with Dare is scary, but being without him is impossible.
He makes it impossible.
Dare’s no hero, that much is clear, but maybe…
Maybe he’s mine.
This story contains triggers and is intended only for a mature, adult audience. See the opening author's note for more explicit triggers, but know this is a very dangerous relationship with a very dark hero.
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Tagged as:
- virgin heroine 14
- dark romance 14
- possessive hero 13
- cruel hero/bully 12
- high school 11
- rich hero 11
- vengeance 10
- contemporary 10
- suspense 10
- sweet/gentle heroine 9
- bad boys 8
- enemies to lovers 8
- angst 8
- alpha male 8
- somnophilia 8
- new adult 7
- love triangle 7
- consensual non-consent 6
- other man/woman 5
- dual pov 4
- m-f romance 4
- class difference 3
- working class heroine 3
- young adult 2
- abduction 2
- cheating 1
- second chances 1
- first person pov 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- rape 13
- dubious consent 13
- abuse 10
- non-consent between mcs 8
- birth-control non-consent 6
- abuse between mcs 5
- nontraditional hea 4
- terminal illness 3
- death / grief 2
- graphic violence 2
romance tags
The 'Coastal Elite' series
3.71 · 235 ratings
from hate to love · super rich hero · bad boys · alpha male · first-person-pov · dual-pov · possessive hero · contemporary · new adult · class difference · birth-control-non-con · dub-con · somnophilia · rape-mc · rape · cruel hero · dark · virgin heroine · m-f · explicit-plentiful
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