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Devious Hate: A Dark Bully Romance (A Blackthorn Elite Novel Book 1) Kindle Edition

by J.L. Beck (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.2 2,164 ratings

Book 1 of 4: A Blackthorn Elite Novel

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Two years ago she ruined my family’s life. Maybe she thought it was only a little lie. That she did the right thing, that the worst was behind her, that no one had gotten hurt.

Oh how naive the black haired beauty was. Fate has finally brought her back to me, to Blackthorn Academy. Once upon a time I was obsessed, consumed with the need to make her mine. Now I just want revenge, and I’ll do whatever I can to get it.

You see the beautiful, sweet, Willow doesn’t realize the mistake she’s made yet. She doesn’t realize that she’s entered the lion's den and there won’t be any escaping her fate.

I’m Parker Rothschild, and I’ll become her nightmare, her enemy, her bully. By the time I’m finished with her she’ll be begging me for forgiveness and pleading to confess her sins.

**This is a standalone DARK bully romance. This book contains scenes that may be triggering to some readers. This is not a YA romance novel and should be read by those only 18+ or older. **

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07XD77TJG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Beck Romance Books LLC (November 21, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 21, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1888 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 204 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #10,294 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #358 in Contemporary Women's Fiction
- #372 in Contemporary Women Fiction
- #679 in Women's Romance Fiction

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J.L. Beck
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J.L. Beck writes steamy romance that’s unapologetic.
Her heroes are alphas who take what they want, and are willing to do anything for the woman they love.
She loves writing about darkness, passion, suspense, and of course steam.
Leaving her readers gasping, and asking what the hell just happened is only one of her many tricks.
Her books range from grey, too dark but always end with a happily ever after.
Inside the pages of her books you'll always find one of your favorite tropes.
She started her writing career in the summer of 2014 and hasn’t stopped since. She lives in Wisconsin and is a mom to two, a wife, and likes to act as a literary agent part time.
Visit her website for more info: www.beckromancebooks.com
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C. Hallman
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Born and raised in Germany, Cassandra attended business school in her hometown before immigrating to America when she was only eighteen. At nineteen, she married her husband, who was active duty military at that time. Together, they traveled the country for years, before finally settling down. Now, she lives in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband of sixteen years, their three children, two dogs, and one hairless cat.
With a love for reading, that love slowly transpired into writing, she put her fingers to the keyboard and started writing about the dark side of romance.
C. Hallman is a USA Today Bestselling Author who wrote her debut novel in 2018 and has since published over 100 books in various romance subgenres. Her works have been on numerous bestseller lists and have been translated into 8 languages around the world.
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MLS

WOW!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024

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Wonderful story! Can't wait to read the entire collection. Had no clue that his brother was actually guilty. Thank you.

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Kmount5740

Possessive alpha hero

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2020

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J.L. Beck and C. Hallman write another book that had me hooked from the first page. This was a bully book with dark elements.

Parker wants revenge on Willow for the mistakes that she has made. He believes that she lied, and he wants her to pay.

Parker was a possessive a$$hole that rules everyone at the school. He is an alpha who is in charge, and gets whatever he wants. He does not let anyone, but him touch Willow.

Willow shows up at Blackthorn Academy after leaving two years ago. She is trying to keep her sister safe by helping her father make business contacts.

Willow was a pushover, and let all the men in her life push her around. She let her father control her actions so she could protect her sister. She did everything that Parker wanted her too.

This book definitely had some hot scenes.

Overall I really liked the story between Parker and Willow. They had this obsession with each other from the very beginning that just got stronger.

I recommend this book to anyone who wants a dark bully Romance with possessive alpha hero.

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If you enjoy RAPE then this is your book!

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2020

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This book disgusts me. The fact that these two amazing Authors, who wrote 5 star series (Northbrook) turned around & CHISE to try & make rape & abuse seem OK or even attractive. IT IS NOT!! I can't hardly believe they wrote this garbage!! That they would think that rape could be forgiven. That they would twist abuse trying to make it glamorous. Writing as If it's a turn on to be roughed up, pinned down or forced to comply against everything you hate could somehow turn you on & make you fall in love. GROSS !! EVERYTHING that Parker the (MMC) did to Willow (MFC) was basically sick & twisted. Any man who gets off by scaring, hurting, or controlling a woman is a sick SOB & NO woman after being treated like a door mat, being finger raped & blackmailed into giving blowjobs etc. Deserves to have his dick cut off & rot in Jail !! The fact that he stole her virginity & then blew it off like that was nothing shows he is a douchebag. In the end she should have run as far away as she could & never look back. Even tho the "Parker" personality in the end was good, NO man who is that twisted & sick can change on a dime & suddenly be good. I actually believed the (MMC)'s brother was innocent. When his true colors shown thru I wish the Authors would have had her kill him, or beat him within an inch of his life. After all he took what wasn't his & raped a girl with the help of his buddy. SMH. I'm not even sure I want to read the remaining books in this series. No Author should take pleasure in writing this garbage. I've read plenty of "dark romance" novels that don't glamorize Rape & Abuse but these two seem to think this is acceptable because it's "fiction" Newsflash it's not. I WILL NOT BE FOLLOWING either one of these Authors anymore. I am ashamed I've recommended their books to my friends & will take the remaining books written by them off the book clubs list. If they can't respect a woman & write books without abusing women (which seems to be all their books are about. Pain, abuse & rape) then pretending to be sorry or "innocent" then I have no desire or interest in supporting them. The fact they let the MFC be physically & emotionally abused -- then suddenly makes her in love with the perv. Psycho just infuriates me. I WILL NOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK OR THIS SERIES!! THEY WRITE GARBAGE!! I PLAN TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE READING BOOKS wether digitally on Kindle, electronically, or in hard copy ...that women Should I boycott their books!!
#Not worth the paper it's written on!

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mama schatz

Amazing!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2024

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I loved this book! The hate, love relationship between Willow and Parker is off the charts. This is a dark bully college romance. It has spice, conflicted feelings, and a plot twist that shocked me. I will be recommending this book to all my dark romance girls for sure!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2023

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This romance novel was wicked, so good! Parker and Willow were the perfect shade of black! I didn’t see those twists and turns.

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2021

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What would you do if your brother was jailed by the girl you loved? Everything to get her to tell the truth. This is a true dark, enemies and bully romance. It is spicy and can be triggering for some readers. Beck and Hallman have created a real world University with characters that capture your hate, love and heart. For me, she wrote a story I cannot only see, but feel and hear. See I am writing this review a year after reading it. All I had to do was read the last chapter and the entire story came back to me. If you want to read about one alpha male and a righteous girl, then this is story as long as you can take the stalking, threats and bullying.

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Melissa Gloria

Another great book by these amazing authors!

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2019

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Intense, intriguing, suspenseful, full of drama and angst is how I would sum up Hating You. This book captured me from the very beginning. What really happened to Willow's sister, why does Parker hate Willow and her family so much, who's telling the truth. This book had me at the edge of my seat. I kept thinking I knew what happened or who did it only to learn I was wrong. I love a book that can have me fully immersed in a book that I don't want to put it down to save my life. Hating You will grab your attention, shock you to the core and when you learn the answers to your questions you'll be left with your mouth hanging open and in disbelief. Parker and Willow, the battle to who's right and who's wrong will keep you in suspense. Loved this book from beginning to end and cannot wait for the rest of the series!!

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mommyroy

Played out an unoriginal

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2023

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3 stars solely Based on the fact that there was an interesting twist at the ending. As a kindle unlimited it takes a lot for me to actually pay for a book at this point. But the reviews were so glowing I really thought I was gonna stumble onto an original tale of a dark bully romance. Unfortunately there's barely enough development to make me like either of these characters. It's the same old revenge story that I've read previously with much better character development and story depth. I mean the 1st time the bully Even attempts to harass The female main character he's already getting feelings for her. He has immediate regrets there is no developed feelings there is no Come to Jesus moment or even any revelation that she might be there from the beginnings of the part really just doesn't play out. Much better read out there

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Power Librarian

Deliciously dark!

Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2024

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For fans of Sam Mariano’s Untouchable
This is a dark, dark romance with darker themes (check the triggers!) Willow attends college and meets the younger brother of someone her sister had put away for a long time. He believes his brother is innocent, and as the reader, we know she lied about… something. This book has an intriguing mystery, a lot of spice, and quite a bit of angst. It has strong enemies-to-lovers vibes, as both characters want revenge on each other (but which one is in the right?)
This is a standalone, but also the first in a series featuring other boys from the same college, and we get to meet Warren, who stars in the second book.

Filerimos

Snow White and her Huntsman

Reviewed in Germany on January 1, 2024

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Willow and Parker's story is anything but simple. Their relationship is shaped by their shared past and is extremely toxic at some points in this book. That's why this book can be triggering (sexual coercion, humiliation, dead, etc.). Sensitive readers should therefore be careful.

The story is written in a really exciting way and shortly before the end the plot takes another complete turn, so that the initial "negative touch" of this relationship is completely eliminated. I thought that was brilliantly implemented.

yoneidis

Del odio a la obsesión

Reviewed in Spain on January 8, 2020

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Parker lleva queriéndose vengar de Willow desde hace 2 años, desde que ella testificara diciendo que Brett, su hermano mayor, había abusado de la hermana de Willow, Ashton.
Una historia de abusos físicos y psicológicos con unos giros inesperados.

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Mz T-Bash

"Two lost souls looking for something to cling to"

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2019

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HATING YOU (Blackthorn Elite #1)
Dark College Bully Romance
J.L.Beck & C.Hallman

POV: Dual

Willow was the popular girl as was her sister, Ashton in high school. Then an incident involving Ashton. Then just like that, they're family's a disgrace. She has no friends, and their father practically disowns Ashton.
Now that Willow's in Blackthorn, by her father's pushing and blackmailing ways. She's there to make connections to get her father's reputation back. Even though she despises him. He's a heartless monster. Doesn't care about anyone, except getting his social standing back.

Finding out that Parker is at Blackthorn is like a bucket of cold water. With what his family has done to her family. But with his family connections Willow's father has instructed her to get connections, to do whatever's necessary, to build up his business and reputation, after what happened years before.
Basically she's to sell her soul to the devil.

Parker is determined on getting revenge for what Willow and her sister have done to his family. And he'll do whatever he can to get that revenge. Even his father says to do whatever, just to get it done. But there's a part of Parker that still remembers the naive, beauty from there social circles and that he's drawn to her. But looking past his attraction for her, he's got a revenge plot to get done and ruin Willow.

Such a gripping read. Rollercoaster of emotions, twists and turns galore.
Secrets are revealed, truth about the lies are uncovered.
Will Parker go too far with his revenge?
How far will Willow go with Parker and her father's threats?

Breaking You (Blackthorn Elite #2) is Warren's book thats next, coming 20th Dec.

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Great story

Reviewed in Australia on April 24, 2020

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I have read the Bayshore Rivals and North Woods University series from these 2 authors and really liked them. This book, while beautifully tragic, didnt disappoint. On to book 2.

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