The Misfit (Oakmount Elite #5)
J.L. Beck
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· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 17 ratings · 354 pages · Published: 25 Feb 2025
That's what they call me - Lee Sterling, Oakmount University's favorite disaster.
Everyone thinks they know me, but they only see what I let them.
I’m the guy who can charm his way out of anything and never takes life seriously. But it's all a ruse. They don't see the mask I wear or the cage of family expectations slowly threatening to suffocate me.
Six months. That's how long I have to find someone "suitable" to present at the Sterling New Year's Gala, or it's over.
I tell myself I can handle it, like I handle everything else - with a smile and a shot of bourbon, but deep down, I know I'm inching closer and closer to the edge.
Then I meet Salem Masters in a dark pantry at a party, and suddenly, nothing feels simple anymore.
They call her crazy, and broken. The girl who wears latex gloves and counts her steps.
I call her beautiful, careful, haunted.
One encounter and I’m obsessed. I need to know more about her. I need to know if she's just like me.
When I discover we share a common interest, I convince her to be my fake girlfriend. She could use the protection, and I need to convince my family I’m normal…but when our fake relationship turns real I discover just how close to danger I am.
Because for the first time in my life, I want something that I can't have, that I don't deserve.
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- new adult 4
- rich hero 3
- dark romance 3
- contemporary 2
- m-f romance 2
- bisexuality 2
- class difference 2
- insta-love 2
- forbidden love 2
- other man/woman 2
- praise kink 2
- shy heroine 2
- possessive hero 2
- bad boys 2
- virgin hero 2
- marriage of convenience 1
- bdsm 1
- college 1
- poor heroine 1
- cruel hero/bully 1
- height difference 1
- fake relationship 1
- friends with benefits 1
- friends to lovers 1
- hurt/comfort 1
- bondage 1
- exhibitionism 1
- alpha male 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- asexual hero 1
- tortured hero 1
- independent heroine 1
- competent heroine 1
- sweet/gentle heroine 1
- tortured heroine 1
- betrayal 1
- disabilities & scars 1
- neurodivergent mc 1
- good grovel 1
- slow burn 1
- angst 1
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- mental illness 2
- mental trauma 2
- misogyny 1
- religious trauma 1
- self harm 1
- suicide / ideation 1
- past child abuse 1
- past child neglect 1
- alcoholism 1
- past abuse 1
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The 'Oakmount Elite' series
3.90 · 248 ratings
dark · dual-pov · super rich hero · new adult · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · possessive hero · first-person-pov · from hate to love · competent heroine · college · explicit-open-door · past-abuse · angst · suspense · alpha male · cold hero · tortured heroine · cruel hero
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