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Even If It Hurts
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Coastal Elite #1

Even If It Hurts

Sam Mariano
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Originally published in the Filthy Elites anthology April 2022!

He could have been my hero. He saved my life that night, a beautiful dark angel slicing through my fear and the water, dragging me from its deadly clutches. He should have been my hero. I thought maybe he was.

Villains aren’t supposed to win, and good should always conquer evil, but in the elite coastal town I live in, the only purpose a label has is letting you know what something—or someone—costs. Good, bad; it’s all relative, and it hardly matters. Baymont, California is a land of beautiful villains and happy-ever-afters that are just out of reach.

Especially for me.

Until Dare moves the world beneath my feet, and even though I’m afraid to trust it—to trust him—boy, am I tempted. In more ways than one. Being with Dare is ...Read More

Dark RomanceVirgin HeroineCruel Hero BullyPossessive HeroHigh SchoolRich HeroContemporarySweet Gentle HeroineSomnophiliaSuspenseAlpha MaleVengeanceBad BoysAngstOther Man WomanM F RomanceClass DifferenceLove TriangleEnemies to LoversConsensual Non ConsentNew AdultWorking Class HeroineAbductionPoor HeroineAthlete HeroYoung AdultForced ProximityCheatingExhibitionismChildfreeBetrayalDarkRomanceAbuseContemporary RomanceEroticaBDSMCrime
Even If It Hurts
Even If It Hurts
Coastal Elite #1

Even If It Hurts

Sam Mariano
Published year: 2022
Pages: 426

Originally published in the Filthy Elites anthology April 2022!

He could have been my hero. He saved my life that night, a beautiful dark angel slicing through my fear and the water, dragging me from its deadly clutches. He should have been my hero. I thought maybe he was.

Villains aren’t supposed to win, and good should always conquer evil, but in the elite coastal town I live in, the only purpose a label has is letting you know what something—or someone—costs. Good, bad; it’s all relative, and it hardly matters. Baymont, California is a land of beautiful villains and happy-ever-afters that are just out of reach.

Especially for me.

Until Dare moves the world beneath my feet, and even though I’m afraid to trust it—to trust him—boy, am I tempted. In more ways than one. Being with Dare is ...Read More

Dark RomanceVirgin HeroineCruel Hero BullyPossessive HeroHigh SchoolRich HeroContemporarySweet Gentle HeroineSomnophiliaSuspenseAlpha MaleVengeanceBad BoysAngstOther Man WomanM F RomanceClass DifferenceLove TriangleEnemies to LoversConsensual Non ConsentNew AdultWorking Class HeroineAbductionPoor HeroineAthlete HeroYoung AdultForced ProximityCheatingExhibitionismChildfreeBetrayalDarkRomanceAbuseContemporary RomanceEroticaBDSMCrime

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