Lessons in Cruelty Dark Academia: Similar romance series

Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac

by Caroline Peckham

4.25 · 1554 ratings

bad boys · fated-mates · reverse harem · super rich hero · dangerous heroine · independent heroine · mystery · fantasy · humor · drug-abuse · werewolves · magic · death · shapeshifters · new adult · mafia · sassy heroine · from hate to love · fae · torture-scs

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Broken Bloodlines

by Sadie Kincaid

3.95 · 631 ratings

graphic-violence · first-person-pov · vampires · dual-pov · magic · paranormal · non-human-hero · fantasy · menage · audiobook · betrayal · anal sex · bodyguard-hero · cold hero · dark · teacher-hero · caretaking · urban fantasy · bad boys · spanking

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Rules of the Game

by Avery Keelan

3.84 · 309 ratings

sports · hockey · sweet heroine · forbidden love · friends to lovers · from hate to love · north-america · new adult · contemporary · audiobook · m-f · friends-benefits · dual-pov · college · sweet-hero · found-family · athletes · young adult · grumpy sunshine · bad boys

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Villain

by Rina Kent

4.10 · 346 ratings

dark · from hate to love · queer · m-m · mafia · contemporary · secret-relationship · vengeance · angst · tortured hero · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · bad boys · super rich hero · length-long · abuse · new adult · queer-awakening · forbidden love · explicit-plentiful

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Kingmakers

by Sophie Lark

3.93 · 422 ratings

dual-pov · multicultural · dark · suspense · contemporary · audiobook · alpha male · new adult · mafia · from hate to love · standalone-first · bad boys · strong heroine · friends to lovers · angst · standalone · cruel hero · young adult · college · forced proximity

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Harem of Hearts

by C.M. Stunich

4.02 · 251 ratings

cold hero · menage · paranormal · competent heroine · audiobook · alpha male · poly · m-f · new adult · shapeshifters · gifted heroine · from hate to love · royalty · sassy heroine · fae · death · magic · reverse harem · fantasy · mystery

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Featherstone Academy

by K.C. Kean

4.22 · 441 ratings

reverse harem · poly · contemporary · new adult · explicit-plentiful · first-person-pov · dual-pov · possessive hero · m-m-f · length-long · mafia · tortured heroine · cold hero · grumpy sunshine · m-f-m · forced proximity · queer-awakening · bisexual · fighters · bad boys

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Vipers

by Rina Kent

3.92 · 206 ratings

dark · athletes · hockey · from hate to love · sports · college · contemporary · competent heroine · anal sex · cold hero · possessive hero · consensual-non-con · body-betrayal · poor heroine · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · cruel hero · past-abuse · past-child-neglect · mental-trauma

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Waylon University

by Ilsa Madden-Mills

3.85 · 268 ratings

humor · standalone-first · standalone · length-medium · friends to lovers · sports · new adult · college · audiobook · contemporary · athletes · football · bad boys · sassy heroine · from hate to love · dual-pov · alpha male · young adult · tall-heroine · insta-love

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Royals of Arbon Academy

by Jaymin Eve

4.19 · 200 ratings

from hate to love · royalty · new adult · contemporary · audiobook · political-intrigue · young adult · poly · forced proximity · fantasy · bad boys · love triangle · other-man-woman · dystopian · vengeance · past-child-abuse · class difference · dark · fighters · explicit-open-door

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Bastards of Bainbridge Hall

by Leila James

4.25 · 150 ratings

praise-kink · possessive hero · past-abuse · cruel hero · tortured heroine · first-person-pov · mental-trauma · dark · fighters · georgia · abuse-non-mc · past-child-abuse · tortured hero · north-america · dual-pov · football · athletes · strong heroine · forced proximity · misogyny

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Silvercrest U

by Willow Dixon

4.08 · 188 ratings

dark · graphic-violence · primal-play · explicit-plentiful · first-person-pov · possessive hero · anal sex · hurt-comfort · dual-pov · sweet-hero · fetish · usa · super rich hero · bad boys · forced proximity · suspense · contemporary · found-family · college · m-m

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Edgewood Academy Elites

by P.H. Nix

4.13 · 174 ratings

other-man-woman · usa · curvy heroine · arranged marriage · forced proximity · super rich hero · reverse harem · independent heroine · bad boys · contemporary · alpha male · poly · connecticut · from hate to love · sassy heroine · new adult · cruel hero · teacher-hero · sports · first-person-pov

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Sigma Sin

by Eva Simmons

4.20 · 167 ratings

college · m-f · alpha male · contemporary · audiobook · new adult · height-difference · sassy heroine · rape-non-mc · abuse · explicit-plentiful · bad boys · independent heroine · super rich hero · strong heroine · dual-pov · hurt-comfort · victim-blaming · past-child-abuse · tortured hero

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Halston U

by R.A. Smyth

4.07 · 115 ratings

cold hero · suspense · competent heroine · college · contemporary · secret child · audiobook · poly · new adult · sports · from hate to love · single-mother · abuse · mma-boxing · rape-non-mc · hockey · shy heroine · stepsibling · super rich hero · reverse harem

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Blue Ivy Prep

by Heather Long

4.05 · 150 ratings

from hate to love · new adult · slut-shaming · connecticut · audiobook · contemporary · poly · famous heroine · reverse harem · independent heroine · stepsibling · other-man-woman · high-school · usa · nerdy-hero · substance abuse · virgin hero · north-america · rich heroine · slow burn

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Brutal Boys of SIN

by Leila James

4.31 · 96 ratings

forced proximity · siblings-bff · bad boys · male-pov · reverse harem · first-person-pov · georgia · cruel hero · m-m-f · dark · second chances · usa · from hate to love · queer · bisexual · north-america · m-m · new adult · college · dual-pov

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Silver Valley University

by Alisha Williams

3.97 · 92 ratings

college · poly · contemporary · audiobook · single-mother · bisexual · queer · rape · m-m · new adult · cruel hero · m-m-f · dark · age difference · reverse harem · single-father · dual-pov · secret child · young adult · from hate to love

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Sweetest Revenge

by Zoey Shelby

4.29 · 142 ratings

contemporary · poly · college · dual-pov · mafia · new adult · explicit-plentiful · from hate to love · dark · arranged marriage · cruel hero · first-person-pov · reverse harem · m-f · vengeance · mma-boxing · abuse · rockstars · length-medium · suspense

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Aventine University

by Sadie Hunt

4.04 · 84 ratings

graphic-violence · sassy heroine · new adult · mafia · college · found-family · audiobook · contemporary · poly · alpha male · suspense · competent heroine · mystery · forced proximity · bad boys · super rich hero · reverse harem · length-long · death · independent heroine

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Nerds vs Jocks

by Eli Easton

4.01 · 78 ratings

length-medium · humor · contemporary · queer · explicit-plentiful · m-m · first-person-pov · college · sports · new adult · wisconsin · nerdy-hero · anal sex · usa · athletes · lgbtqia hate · secret-relationship · from hate to love · friends to lovers · class difference

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Lionheart Academy

by T. Ashleigh

3.90 · 54 ratings

queer · high-school · first-person-pov · dual-pov · contemporary · new adult · m-m · friends to lovers · from hate to love · length-medium · explicit-open-door · bad boys · forced proximity · young adult · college · hurt-comfort · secret-relationship · angst · virgin hero · second chances

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Bad Inceptions

by Tal Lewin

4.30 · 47 ratings

found-family · contemporary · abuse · explicit-plentiful · m-m · first-person-pov · caretaking · abuse-non-mc · dark · graphic-violence · usa · super rich hero · slut-shaming · queer · hurt-comfort · california · substance abuse · class difference · other-man-woman · second chances

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