7 Authors Like Rina Kent [Available on KU Today!]
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If your go-to tropes include alpha males, bully romance, and enemies-to-lovers, you’ve probably heard of Rina Kent. The BWBH has seven authors similar to Rina Kent, who are must-reads.
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Tell Me About Rina Kent
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Tell Me About Rina Kent
Rina Kent is a USA Today, international, and #1 Amazon bestselling author of everything enemies to lovers romance.
She’s known to write unapologetic anti-heroes and villains because she often fell in love with men no one roots for. Her books are sprinkled with a touch of darkness, a pinch of angst, and an unhealthy dose of intensity.
She spends her private days in London laughing like an evil mastermind about adding mayhem to her expanding universe. When she’s not writing, Rina travels, hikes, and spoils cats in a pure Cat Lady fashion.
Source: https://www.rinakent.com
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God of Malice
Legacy of Gods, Book One
God of Malice by Rina Kent is for readers who enjoy:
- BDSM
- Bully Romance
- College Romance
- Mafia Romance
- Obsessive MMCs
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Book Description
I caught the attention of a monster.
I didn’t ask for it.
Didn’t even see it coming.
But the moment I do, it’s too late.
Killian Carson is a predator wrapped in sophisticated charm.
He’s cold-blooded, manipulative, and savage.
The worst part is that no one sees his devil side.
I do.
And that will cost me everything.
I run, but the thing about monsters?
They always chase.
Not all girls like the hero. I was fated to fall in love with the villain. Because I know, I just know that he’ll put me ahead of everyone. Himself included.
God of Malice
7 Authors Like Rina Kent
Sophie Lark
Brutal Prince
Brutal Birthright, Book One
Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark is for readers who enjoy:
- Alpha Males
- Dark Romance
- Enemies-to-Lovers
- Mafia Romance
- Marriages of Convienence
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Book Description
He’s No Prince Charming…
Callum Griffin is the heir to the Irish Mafia. He’s ruthless, arrogant, and he wants to kill me.
We got off on the wrong foot when I set a (very small) fire in his house.
Our families believe a marriage pact is the only thing that will prevent all-out warfare.
I think I might need to murder him while he sleeps.
This would all be a lot easier if Callum wasn’t so damned good-looking.
But I’ve got a lockbox around my heart. Because even if I’m forced to marry him…
I could never love a brutal prince.
Andi Jaxon
Hidden Scars
Darby U Hockey Boys, Book One
Hidden Scars by Andi Jaxon is for readers who enjoy:
- Angsty Romance
- Enemies-to-Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Hockey Players
- MM Romance
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Book Description
Charles Preston Carmichael is the most infuriating man I’ve ever met.
I want to sock the golden boy of college hockey right in the mouth.
He enjoys telling me everything I’m messing up. Publicly.
And since he’s my roommate for the next year, I can’t avoid him.
Yet there’s something about him that makes me watch him.
Something dark.
A secret I want to uncover.
When he returns from a weekend away, broken and haunted, I can’t keep my distance anymore.
He needs someone and I’ll be damned if it’s not me.
Soon my life no longer revolves around hockey, but the nightmares he’s living with.
Desperately I want to save him but I can’t, not yet. The timing has to be just right.
Can I watch him destroy himself as he tries to hold tight to the things that matter or will I be the final hit in the destruction of his life?
Shantel Tessier
The Ritual
L.O.R.D.S., Book One
The Ritual by Shantel Tessier is for readers who enjoy:
- Arranged Marriages
- BDSM
- Dark Romance
- Enemies-to-Lovers
- Secret Societies
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Book Description
THE CHOSEN ONE
I vow. You vow. We vow.
Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.
People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, it’s not. My entire life has been planned out for me. I never got the chance to do what I wanted until Ryat Alexander Archer came along and gave me an option for a better life. He offered me what no one else ever had—freedom.
I chose to be his. He made me believe that anyway, but it was just another lie. A way that the Lords manipulate you into doing what they want.
After being sucked into the dark, twisted world of the Lords, I embraced my new role and allowed Ryat to parade me around like the trophy I was to him. But like all things, what started out as a game soon became a fight for survival. And the only way out was death.
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RuNyx
The Predator
Dark Verse, Book One
The Predator by RuNyx is for readers who enjoy:
- Age Gaps
- Contemporary Romance
- Enemies-to-Lovers
- Mafia Romance
- Slow Burns
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Book Description
In the dark underbelly of the mob, Tristan Caine has been an anomaly. As the only non-blooded member in the high circle of the Tenebrae Outfit, he is an enigma to all – his skills unparalleled, his morality questionable, and his motives unknown. He is lethal and he knows it.
As does Morana Vitalio, the genius extraordinaire daughter of the rival family. What Caine does with weapons, Morana does with computers. When a twenty-year old mystery resurfaces, Morana infiltrates Caine’s house, intent on killing him, unaware of a tie that binds them together. Hate, heat, and history clash together with unexpected sparks.
But something bigger, something worse is happening in their world. And despite their animosity, only they can fight it down.
Penelope Douglas
Corrupt
Devil’s Night, Book One
Corrupt by Penelope Douglas is for readers who enjoy:
- Bully Romance
- College Romance
- Dark Romance
- Enemies-to-Lovers
- Revenge
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Book Description
Erika
I was told that dreams were our heart’s desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession.
His name is Michael Crist.
My boyfriend’s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He is handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college’s basketball team and now gone pro, he’s more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.
But I noticed him.
I saw him. I heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid…For years, I bit my nails, unable to look away.
Now, I’ve graduated high school and moved on to college, but I haven’t stopped watching Michael. He’s bad, and the dirt I’ve seen isn’t content to stay in my head anymore.
Because he’s finally noticed me.
Michael
Her name is Erika Fane, but everyone calls her Rika.
My brother’s girlfriend grew up hanging around my house and is always at our dinner table. She looks down when I enter a room and stills when I am close. I can always feel the fear rolling off of her, and while I haven’t had her body, I know that I have her mind. That’s all I really want anyway.
Until my brother leaves for the military, and I find Rika alone at college.
In my city.
Unprotected.
The opportunity is too good to be true as well as the timing. Because you see, three years ago she put a few of my high school friends in prison, and now they’re out.
We’ve waited. We’ve been patient. And now every last one of her nightmares will come true.
S. Massery
Brutal Obsession
Hockey Gods, Book
Brutal Obsession by S. Massery is for readers who enjoy:
- Bully Romance
- College Romance
- Forced Proximity
- Hockey Players
- Stalkers
Booklists that feature S. Massery
9 Hockey Romances That Will Melt Ice
Book Description
Greyson Devereux is a menace–but only to me.
To everyone else, he’s charismatic.
He’s the son of a senator and the star of the university’s hockey team.
When all I want is to be invisible, he drags me into the spotlight.
He wants my blood, my fear, my attention.
Resisting him only worsens his obsession.
Fighting solidifies it.
He’s brutal, and he draws out a sick darkness in me that enjoys it.
But I’ll be damned if I let him become my downfall.
Nordika Night
Garron Park
From Nothing, Book One
Garron Park by Nordika Night is for readers who enjoy:
- Enemies-to-Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Found Family
- MM Romance
- Sports Romances
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Book Description
Garron Park, where hope dies and no one ever gets ahead. Until…
When Devon Sawyer desperately searches for his brother in the middle of the night, beaten and broken, he finds Maddox Kane instead.
With his dad on his trail, he has no choice but to stand on his enemy’s doorstep and let Maddox help. Maddox has never seen Devon this vulnerable. Living in Garron’s trailer park means families dole out discipline on the regular and violence is a part of life, but something about how far Jim Sawyer takes it this time has Maddox unnerved.
Rivals in motocross, work, and life itself, they’re forced to work together for one night. Perspectives change and their friction morphs into something unexpected. Hatred turns to lust. Tensions switch from hostile to aroused. While their competitiveness remains, their dynamic shifts. Their acceptance is anything but graceful.
Two guys who come from nothing, with very little to look forward to, find themselves craving each other in new and fiery ways.
Reluctantly.
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