My Cruelest Bully: A Dark Bully Romance (Bully Lessons #3)
Moira Rivers

Earnest philosophy student Clara Bellweather hopes for intellectual sanctuary at Atheria University but finds herself the target of Nathaniel Cross, the department’s brilliant and cynical teaching assistant. Convinced her passion is a manipulative facade, Nate wages a cruel campaign to expose her.
Yet Clara’s resilience and intellect spark an unwelcome fascination in her tormentor leading to charged encounters that blur the line between intellectual sparring and a dangerous irresistible attraction.
As they uncover a deeper corruption festering within their revered department their bitter animosity ignites into a volatile alliance and a consuming passion. Together they must risk everything to fight for truth even if it means their own destruction.
This standalone book features enemies to lovers, dark academia, mentor figure betrayal, cynic and idealist, redemption arc, forbidden romance, academic rivals, slow burn, whistleblower, power dynamics.