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Bully

by Penelope Douglas

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy·spoiler·Fall Away #1
Available on Kindle Unlimited

Why Read This?

You get a cathartic journey from brutal enmity to a hard-won, deeply emotional love that feels earned.

Synopsis

My name is Tate. He doesn't call me that, though. He would never refer to me so informally, if he referred to me at all. No, he'll barely even speak to me. But he still won't leave me alone. We were best friends once. Then he turned on me and made it his mission to ruin my life. I've been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through high school. His pranks and rumors got more sadistic as time wore on, and I made myself sick trying to stay out of his way. I even went to France for a year, just to avoid him. But I'm done hiding from him now, and there's no way in hell I'll allow him to ruin my senior year. He might not have changed, but I have. It's time to fight back. I'm not going to let him bully me anymore. ***This novel contains adult/mature young adult situations. It is only suitable for ages 18+ due to language, violence, and sexual situations.

At a Glance

3.84 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingmedium burn

Top Tropes

bully romancechildhood sweethearts reunitedthe one that got away

Mood

darkintenseangstyemotionalbrooding

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.84 ★

Page Count

333 pages

Published

2013

Primary Genre

New Adult

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Medium Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Abby Craden

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Characters

FMC: damaged survivor sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

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sexual assault (referenced)child abuse (referenced)self-harmattempted sexual assaultviolenceemotional abusetraumaPTSDsubstance abuseparental deathchildhood traumagenerational traumabullyingalcoholismgaslightingabandonmentdepressionanxietysuicidal ideationstalkingpsychological manipulationrevengegriefdubious consentpublic humiliation

World & Setting

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Reading Context

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