Dropped off at an unusual college filled with kids from criminal families, Tomás has had his life upended and struggles to find his place when he gets on the wrong side of the elite group of students that have more going on than just classes. Kieran was raised a killer and he has plans to topple his family, and the new kid raises his suspicions as well as his becomes an unwanted distraction as Kieran's attraction to Tomás becomes impossible to deny.
From the Beautiful Dark Temptation blurb:
I’ve lost everything.
Forced into a prison masking as a school, I find myself in the crosshairs of more than one killer. My savior? The arrogant prick who wants to control me. Kieran is a nightmare wrapped in a seductive package and when he sets his sights on me I don’t know whether to fight him or kiss him.
Kieran
I am the eldest bastard of one of the four founders of Arcadia University, and I will do anything to see my family fall.
The secrets I’ve kept hidden behind my heart now threaten to bury me alive with the arrival of Tomás. He consumes my space, my thoughts, my nightmares. I hate him for how he makes me feel. This toxic attraction between us forces me to question what matters most—vengeance, power, love. But Tomas doesn’t fit into my world of lies and violence and I’m not ready to lose it all for a beautiful dark temptation.
SNik's review:
First in series (Arcadia U). Adversarial to lovers. Close proximity. Slow burn. Dark themes (mafia, bullying, murder). Dual POV. Cliffhanger. Heed content warnings.
Brought to a special school by the man he tried to kill, Tomás is thrust into a secret society college full of members of criminal families. Kieran is the leader of the top tier group at the school, but he has plans outside of their campus prison, and the beautiful unknown kid that gets placed in his house has him suspicious and unfortunately attracted. An intriguing concept with much more going on than just the surface of being college kids, there is family/political intrigue and all the students come from violent backgrounds.
There is a lot of push and pull between Kieran and Tomás, possessiveness and lust mixed with emotional uncertainty which actually made sense for these two characters. A well written debut, if a little chaotic in the beginning trying to keep track of various names and family members, the story settled into a bully attraction with plenty of secrets and an underlying plot line that will be continuing with future books. I am thoroughly invested and can’t wait for more.
Beautiful Dark Temptation is currently available as an e-book
Beautiful Dark Temptation is currently available as an e-book
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