Even if it Hurts (Coastal Elite #1)
Sam Mariano
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
3.75
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 118 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 17
- dark romance 17
- cruel hero/bully 16
- possessive hero 16
- high school 15
- rich hero 15
- vengeance 14
- sweet/gentle heroine 13
- contemporary 13
- suspense 13
- alpha male 12
- bad boys 11
- angst 11
- somnophilia 11
- enemies to lovers 10
- love triangle 9
- consensual non-consent 9
- other man/woman 8
- m-f romance 8
- new adult 7
- class difference 6
- working class heroine 5
- abduction 3
- young adult 2
- forced proximity 2
- athlete hero 2
- cheating 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- rape 16
- dubious consent 16
- abuse 13
- non-consent between mcs 11
- birth-control non-consent 9
- abuse between mcs 8
- nontraditional hea 6
- terminal illness 6
- death / grief 3
- graphic violence 3
- geography
- north america 2
- usa 2
- california 2
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 8
- first person pov 4
- male pov 1
romance tags
The 'Coastal Elite' series
3.71 · 265 ratings
alpha male · contemporary · audiobook · from hate to love · explicit-plentiful · bad boys · super rich hero · dual-pov · dark · first-person-pov · possessive hero · m-f · new adult · male-pov · forced proximity · somnophilia · dub-con · birth-control-non-con · rape · class difference
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