Böcker av Ketley Allison

I thought I knew evil.I thought I knew love.But here, locked within the rotting walls of an abandoned manor, something much darker unfurls-something that makes my previous life seem like a childhood fairy tale.Morgan, Rio, Xavier. Each one a jagged puzzle piece that somehow fits perfectly into my shattered life.Rossi. The man I can't figure out, yet the one who holds the key to the riddle that surrounds us all.In this house, every whisper becomes a scream, every touch leaves a burn. We share secrets, tangled sheets, and rituals too dangerous to utter aloud.When Rossi lays a choice at my feet-one that could either save us or doom us all-I realize how precarious loyalty can be.We've sworn vows, some in blood, some in tears.I thought I was ready for the fallout.I was wrong.--This is Book 2 of a duet. It is highly recommended you indulge in Book 1, Broken Beauty, first.

The charmer.The stalker.The tortured leader.The unhinged psychopath.Which one will break me?I'm the weird girl on campus.With an overbearing father, a criminal family, and my attendance at an isolated university in the mountains, no one ever had the chance to love me or leave me.Until I catch the attention of four men, the enigmatic Vultures, a ruthless mafia group searching for a hidden fortune on campus, where my comfortable life takes a treacherous turn.They're cold-blooded killers, but nobody would know. Their disguise is that good.The worst part is, I'm just as obsessed with the treasure as they are.They've figured out they need me, and I've found myself torn between my own desires and the darkness that consumes them.But as much as I'm drawn to them, losing my morals will turn into my biggest mistake.Because the problem with Vultures?They love picking at fresh meat.Broken Beauty can be read on its own, but be warned - its twisted path intersects with the captivating world of Cruel Promise.

He will sacrifice everything he's gained ... if it means he can win her back.I never thought I'd see the boy who broke my heart again, especially the day after I poured hot coffeeover his cocky grin and threw him in the trash.I wish I'd scalded his actual face. Sadly, it was just his picture in a tabloid magazine.Notorious bachelor Stone Williams shouldn't even qualify as an after-thought. Until he bursts into the childhood home he left behind-where I'm currently staying.A decade is a long time to be away from someone you once thought you knew better than you knew yourself. I've given up my dreams to stay in our small town as a nurse, while he didn't just surpass his dreams-he exploded them into the atmosphere like fireworks.Stone makes it clear he hasn't returned to rekindle our relationship and I couldn't agree more. He's here for his mother, a woman I care for, and she doesn't have much time before her illness takes over.When her dying wish is for Stone and me to live together and help her in her final days, I can't say no. I could have fought harder against her demands that Stone and I both stay in the same house to help her in her final days. And I definitely could have argued against sharing a bedroom.But when our grudges turn into explosive lust, we begin losing sight of why we hate each other.I've rewritten my dreams once to remove Stone Williams. He can't expect me to rewrite them again.... until an unexpected tragedy forces us to rewrite our reality.Home for Always is a steamy, angst-filled emotional romance with a happy ending and is a complete standalone.

I haven't seen my best friend's brother in years...Until he sneaks up behind me during my first day at college and says, "You shouldn't have put yourself back on my radar, princess."To notorious bad boy Tempest Callahan, I was the overlooked best friend, an annoying sidekick to his baby sister who trailed behind him and lurked in the shadows, eavesdropping on his every delicious word.But I didn't know his secrets when I admired his gorgeous face and his Adonis body. I had no idea how damaged he was on the inside while appearing so charismatic and unattainable.It never occurred to me that during one of those evenings when I followed behind him, what I witnessed would make him want to kill me.Now we're older and at the same college ... and he's determined to make me succumb to his pain.

Ember is a succubus, consuming in every sense.My theory is proven when I specifically ignore Ember for an entire month, yet her scent remains in my nostrils, the vision of her in my mind's eye. Her peppery musk dances along the back of my tongue, ruining my taste for anyone else.I was whipped for her, lashed in front of the entire Nobility, and I should despise her for it.Yet, I've protected her.Chased Ember down on the night of the challenge that should've killed her, and kneeled in front of her. Me. Bleeding and weak, opening myself up to her, and for what?Savannah Merricourt is labeled as my intended, and I should accept it, as I do everything, because my father's too powerful and I've been locked in the basement too many times.Outwardly, I can do what he wants while actively forging my own pathway to independence, but that simply can't work when imprisoned for weeks on end.And so, like I stated to Ember, we're at an impasse.Will it leave room for a truce?Never.LIAR is the third and final installment of the dark and spicy Thorne of Winthorpe Academy series. It may contain triggering content, such as bullying, language, enemies-to-lovers themes, and mature situations. Recommended for those 17+.

CALLIEI always thought at Briarcliff Academy, Chase Stone was the ultimate ruler.He had the followers. The brutal upbringing. The supplicants.I'm the nobody he tortured, then loved, then ignored.Until I became the somebody of the Virtues.Now, Chase will tell you my exiling is for my own good and that he wants to shield me.He's wrong.Chase wants to protect his legacy as badly as I want to tear his societies down.Our happy ending has turned into star-crossed lovers. So be it. Let my reign begin.CHASEThen let my sabotage begin, too.REIGN is the fourth and final full-length novel in the Briarcliff Society Series and contains enemies-to-lovers, bullying, and other mature themes. Recommended for readers 17 and over. It is NOT a standalone.