North Shore Stories Series by Lola King

When you were born on the North Shore of the Falls, that’s where you stay. There is no way out, no fairy-tale-like escape, no hope. Our broken town has always been at war. Two gangs fighting to take over the shithole we’re all stuck in. I only know one girl who wants to leave this place. Me.I’ve always been a tough, North Shore girl. Fighting is in my blood, survival in my DNA.But two years ago, Caden King broke me, and he has proof of it.Now he wants to blackmail me into doing a job for him... moreWhen you were born on the North Shore of the Falls, that’s where you stay. There is no way out, no fairy-tale-like escape, no hope. Our broken town has always been at war. Two gangs fighting to take over the shithole we’re all stuck in. I only know one girl who wants to leave this place. Me.I’ve always been a tough, North Shore girl. Fighting is in my blood, survival in my DNA.But two years ago, Caden King broke me, and he has proof of it.Now he wants to blackmail me into doing a job for him. The kind that puts my chance of escaping the North Shore at risk. The kind that means betraying my own crew.He’s on me at all times, his dangerous mind always working on ways to torment me further.Caden is wicked, unhinged. The North Shore Kings wear his name because of the vicious ways his family has been leading their crew.Everyone always says there’s no point in fighting him. He has that madness in him that blurs the line between right and wrong. Now he's got his hold on me, and I have nothing and no one to protect me from him.There’s no way to win.No way to escape him.I’m left with no choice but to do exactly what I’m told.This book is the first in a series of four interconnected standalones. Beautiful Fiend is a dark enemies-to-lovers romance intended for readers over 18. It contains scenes that some readers may find triggering. Please check CW in the book. less

I’m from a place where you eat or get eaten. Two gangs are at war, and I’m hungry for survival.Growing up in a broken town doesn’t make you a good man. In fact, the North Shore of the Falls has made me merciless.I survive because I’m a good soldier for the North Shore Crew. I’m cool-headed, I never lose sight of my goals, and my only obsession is to wrench our town from the clutches of our sworn enemies, the Kings.Alexandra Delacroix is just a job. Plain and simple... moreI’m from a place where you eat or get eaten. Two gangs are at war, and I’m hungry for survival.Growing up in a broken town doesn’t make you a good man. In fact, the North Shore of the Falls has made me merciless.I survive because I’m a good soldier for the North Shore Crew. I’m cool-headed, I never lose sight of my goals, and my only obsession is to wrench our town from the clutches of our sworn enemies, the Kings.Alexandra Delacroix is just a job. Plain and simple. She lives in our neighboring town, in the millionaires’ heaven they call Stoneview.The plan is charm her, uncover incriminating information about her senator father, and tip the balance of power in our favor.But unlike the other rich girls from Stoneview I use as toys, Alexandra is kind, selfless… sweet. Sickeningly so. A bright pink cupcake with glitter and sprinkles on the icing. That kind of sweet.We have nothing in common. Nothing but the secrets we keep.And before I know it, my priorities change.Before I know it… Alexandra Delacroix is my new obsession.This book is a standalone, the second in a series of four interconnected standalones. It contains scenes that some readers may find triggering. Please check CW in the book. less

A dark and sizzling, enemies to lovers, polyamorous standalone romance from bestselling author, Lola King She betrayed them and ran away. Now they want their revenge. In a town where all that matters is loyalty to your gang, I’ve been labeled a traitor. A death sentence. I ran away from the North Shore the day I knew I wasn’t safe there anymore. I left behind the people I thought were my family: My crew, the Kings... moreA dark and sizzling, enemies to lovers, polyamorous standalone romance from bestselling author, Lola King She betrayed them and ran away. Now they want their revenge. In a town where all that matters is loyalty to your gang, I’ve been labeled a traitor. A death sentence. I ran away from the North Shore the day I knew I wasn’t safe there anymore. I left behind the people I thought were my family: My crew, the Kings. More importantly, I turned my back on the two men who once meant everything to me. The hardest thing I’ve ever done. I might have known Elliot and Ethan since we were children, but I betrayed the brothers in more ways than one. Now they want me dead. I should have known no one escapes the Kings. They found me and are taking me back to face my darkest secrets and most haunting memories. A place where I am public enemy number one. I’m stuck with a master manipulator and his bloodthirsty brother. Two men who only want to make me hurt. In more ways than one. They will never let me go. At least not until I’ve paid for my sins. Delightful Sins is the third book in the North Shore Stories. It can be read as a standalone. This book contains scenes and subject matters some readers may find triggering. Please read the content warning inside the book. less

I sent a psychopath to prison. Now he's out and back for revenge.They call me Kayla ‘The Ruthless’ King. The Queen of the North Shore and leader of the Kings’ Crew.Because of the sacrifices I’ve made and the merciless way I run my crew, the North Shore belongs to me.In our town, you can only thrive if you're the worst of the worst. But that all ended when the psychopath I put away returned with a target on my back.If I'm The Ruthless King, Nathan White is The Lawless God... moreI sent a psychopath to prison. Now he's out and back for revenge.They call me Kayla ‘The Ruthless’ King. The Queen of the North Shore and leader of the Kings’ Crew.Because of the sacrifices I’ve made and the merciless way I run my crew, the North Shore belongs to me.In our town, you can only thrive if you're the worst of the worst. But that all ended when the psychopath I put away returned with a target on my back.If I'm The Ruthless King, Nathan White is The Lawless God. The biggest and baddest of them all. He's heartless and cruel, and everyone is safer out of his way. Including me.When he comes back to the North Shore with only my name on his lips, I know my days are numbered. Or so I thought until he took me.Nathan doesn't want me dead. He wants me to suffer. And what better way than to keep me captive as he destroys my crew and legacy.I'm fighting a war that I'm unprepared for, and in the midst of chaos, my feelings blur with the need for survival. My secrets aren't safe anymore, and neither is my heart.You know what they say? Never fall in love with the enemy.Too late for that.This book is a standalone in a series of interconnected standalones. It can be read on its own. less