Loved itI read Requiem by Kelly Hart before she got popular for Quicksilver and I loved it. So, I'm excited to see what she does in her other books.
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Requiem (2022)
Others: Positive SORRELL He’s going to pay for what he’s done… Theo Merchant was born into a kind of privilege I’ve never known. He has everything I don’t: Money. A private school education. Popularity. A bright and shiny future, full of success to look forward to. He took the only thing I had going for me—my best friend, Rachel. Now that she’s gone, I have nothing left to lose. I will infiltrate his world. I will cradle his worthless heart in my hands. I will burn down his entire life and destroy everything he holds dear. I haven’t enrolled at Toussaint Academy to learn. I’ve come to destroy a monster… …and I won’t leave until he’s dead. THEO She has no idea what she’s getting herself into… Sorrell Voss is intelligent, caustic as hell, and quite possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. She’s also going to get herself f#cking killed. She’s a fool if she thinks I’ll go easy on her just because she’s broken. You don’t venture into the lion’s den and walk away unscathed. She has her secrets. That’s fine. *My* secrets will unravel her until she comes apart at the seams. She will bow to me, and she will break. Then, and only then, will I make her mine. REQUIEM is a 110,000-word, full-length enemies-to-lovers dark high school romance standalone. Some scenes within this book may be considered triggering to some readers, and it is therefore recommended for an audience 17+.
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