Even if it Hurts (Coastal Elite #1)
Sam Mariano
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
3.84
· Steam/Spice level: 5 of 5
Explicit and plentiful [?]
· 70 ratings · 424 pages · Published: 27 Jul 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 scary, but being without him is impossible.
He makes it impossible.
Dare’s no hero, that much is clear, but maybe…
Maybe he’s mine.
This story contains triggers and is intended only for a mature, adult audience. See the opening author's note for more explicit triggers, but know this is a very dangerous relationship with a very dark hero.
Tagged as:
- virgin heroine 11
- dark romance 11
- cruel hero/bully 10
- possessive hero 10
- rich hero 9
- high school 8
- vengeance 8
- contemporary 8
- alpha male 8
- suspense 8
- bad boys 7
- enemies to lovers 7
- angst 7
- sweet/gentle heroine 6
- love triangle 6
- new adult 5
- consensual non-consent 5
- other man/woman 4
- somnophilia 4
- young adult 2
- m-f romance 2
- cheating 1
- class difference 1
- dual pov 1
- working class heroine 1
- second chances 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- rape 11
- dubious consent 11
- abuse 8
- non-consent between mcs 6
- birth-control non-consent 4
- abuse between mcs 3
- nontraditional hea 2
- terminal illness 1
- death / grief 1
- graphic violence 1
romance tags
The 'Coastal Elite' series
164 ratings 3.73 ·
from hate to love · bad boys · explicit-plentiful · contemporary · rape · super rich hero · new adult · alpha male · erotica · young adult · length-long · cruel hero · dual-pov · dark · virgin heroine · possessive hero · class difference · forced proximity · birth-control-non-con · sweet heroine
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