King's Heart Series by L. Waltree

Landon. King’s Heart Preparatory Academy for Young Men. A place I don’t want to be. But it’s a good opportunity. So I take it, hoping it’ll help me land a scholarship and eventually get my family out of our tiny trailer. Though I didn’t know he’d be here. That sickly kid from my past who always tried to mess with me. Now he’s all grown up and captain of the football team I’m joining. He wants me to be miserable. He wants me to leave... moreLandon. King’s Heart Preparatory Academy for Young Men. A place I don’t want to be. But it’s a good opportunity. So I take it, hoping it’ll help me land a scholarship and eventually get my family out of our tiny trailer. Though I didn’t know he’d be here. That sickly kid from my past who always tried to mess with me. Now he’s all grown up and captain of the football team I’m joining. He wants me to be miserable. He wants me to leave. But when I get too close and see everything he holds under the surface, all I want to do is stay. Grant. What is he doing here? He’s from a time that no one is supposed to know about. A secret that continues to haunt me under my angry facade. I try to make him miserable. I try to make him leave. He won’t budge, threatening everything I’ve kept hidden away. But when I accidentally let him in, I find that he makes me feel the one thing I’ve been chasing all these years. Safe. Safe is an MM bully romance that contains the following tropes: sports, hurt/comfort, forced proximity, and high angst. Please check the CW to see if this book is for you. less

Declan. He was supposed to be the one that understood. The one that was different. But he’s just like everyone else. It doesn’t really matter, though. At school, I’m the weird outcast, and he’s the big popular jock. We were doomed from the start. And yet, I keep finding myself drawn to him, no matter how much I don’t want to be. I need to stay away, but I don’t think I can. Javier. He was all I had in the world. Mi muñequito. Then he threw it all away. So I wiped my hands of him. Or I tried... moreDeclan. He was supposed to be the one that understood. The one that was different. But he’s just like everyone else. It doesn’t really matter, though. At school, I’m the weird outcast, and he’s the big popular jock. We were doomed from the start. And yet, I keep finding myself drawn to him, no matter how much I don’t want to be. I need to stay away, but I don’t think I can. Javier. He was all I had in the world. Mi muñequito. Then he threw it all away. So I wiped my hands of him. Or I tried. But he crept his way back into my brain. Back into my life. I need to leave him in the past, but I don’t think I can. Pretty is an MM second chance romance and the second book in the King's Heart series. It can be read as a standalone, but is better understood reading Safe: An MM Bully Romance first. Here's what you can expect: friends to enemies to lovers, secret relationship, "mine", neighbors, jock x outcast, high angst, and a Latino MC. Please check the CW to see if this book is for you. less