There's something dangerously addictive about a bully romance. The tension, the power plays, the moment when hate cracks open and you realise it was something else all along, it's a reading experience like no other. If you're here, you already know.
We've pulled together 10 bully romance books we stock right here at Trilogy of Romance. Every single one of these is available on our shelves (or online), so when you find your next obsession, you can grab it immediately. No waiting. No disappointment.
Let's get into it.
1. Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas
The Dynamic: Pen pals who've never met face-to-face, until they do, and absolutely loathe each other. Except they don't know who the other really is.
Why It Slaps: Mistaken identity meets enemies-to-lovers with a bully twist. Misha is brutal and Ryen gives it right back. The tension is suffocating in the best way. Penelope Douglas practically invented this subgenre and Punk 57 is the proof.
Vibe: High school. Secrets. Vandalism as foreplay.
2. Cruel King by Rina Kent (Royal Elite #0)
The Dynamic: He's the king of the school and she just became his target. Levi doesn't do feelings — he does control. Astrid refuses to bow.
Why It Slaps: Rina Kent writes obsessive, possessive heroes like nobody else. This is the start of the Royal Elite series and it sets the tone perfectly, dark, intense, and completely unhinged in the best way.
Vibe: Elite academy. Power games. "You're mine whether you like it or not."
3. The Dare by Harley Laroux (Losers #0.5)
The Dynamic: Jessica is the mean girl. Manson is the "freak" she wouldn't be caught dead with. One dare changes everything and the power dynamic flips hard.
Why It Slaps: This is a prequel novella to the Losers series but it absolutely stands on its own. Harley Laroux writes kink with confidence and this one has the perfect bully reversal, she bullied him, and now he's going to make her beg.
Vibe: Party scene. Power flip. Filthy and unapologetic.
4. Leave Me Behind by K.M. Moronova
The Dynamic: Dark academia meets psychological warfare. The bully here isn't just cruel, they're calculated. This is mind games on another level.
Why It Slaps: If you like your bully romance with a psychological edge and morally grey characters who make you question everything, this one delivers. The writing is sharp and the tension never lets up.
Vibe: Dark academia. Psychological manipulation. Slow-burn devastation.
5. Fiery Little Thing by Avina St. Graves
The Dynamic: Childhood enemies forced back together. He tormented her growing up and now they're older, but nothing's changed. Except the tension is nuclear.
Why It Slaps: Avina St. Graves brings gothic vibes to bully romance. The heroine is fierce, the hero is awful in all the right ways, and the chemistry is combustible. Dark, atmospheric, and deeply satisfying.
Vibe: Gothic. Childhood enemies. Feral energy.
6. Red Thorns by Rina Kent (Thorns Duet #1)
The Dynamic: She wakes up with no memory of the night before. He knows exactly what happened and he's not telling. Sebastian is possessive, dangerous, and completely obsessed.
Why It Slaps: Rina Kent at her darkest. This one pushes boundaries with its power dynamics and mystery elements. If you like your bully romance with a thriller edge, Red Thorns will wreck you.
Vibe: University setting. Mystery. Obsessive possession.
7. Losers: Part I by Harley Laroux
The Dynamic: Jessica was the bully in high school. Now it's years later and the three guys she tormented? They haven't forgotten. And they have a plan.
Why It Slaps: Reverse bully romance done right. This is a why choose with teeth — three men, one woman, and a power dynamic that shifts constantly. Harley Laroux writes morally complex characters you shouldn't root for but absolutely do.
Vibe: Revenge. Why choose. "You made our lives hell. Now it's our turn."
8. Beautiful Fiend by Lola King (North Shore #1)
The Dynamic: Wrong side of the tracks meets rich girl, except the rich girl is the villain and the "bad boy" is the one getting destroyed. Until he decides to fight back.
Why It Slaps: Lola King flips the script on who the bully is. This is raw, emotional, and unflinching. The class divide adds another layer of tension and the chemistry burns through every page.
Vibe: Class warfare. Enemies with benefits. Emotional destruction.
9. Satanic Shadows by Leigh Rivers (Broken Realms #1)
The Dynamic: Dark fantasy meets bully romance. The hero is terrifying, powerful, and has zero interest in being nice. The heroine is thrown into his world and has to survive him before she can love him.
Why It Slaps: If you want your bully romance with a paranormal/fantasy twist, Leigh Rivers delivers. The world-building adds stakes that a contemporary setting can't, and the power imbalance hits differently when one of them isn't human.
Vibe: Dark fantasy. Power imbalance. "He could destroy her — and he wants to."
10. Chaotic by Shantel Tessier (L.O.R.D.S. #7)
The Dynamic: Secret societies, power plays, and a hero who thinks he owns her. Shantel Tessier's L.O.R.D.S. series is dark romance royalty and Chaotic brings the bully energy hard.
Why It Slaps: If you've been reading the L.O.R.D.S. series, you know Tessier doesn't hold back. If you haven't, this one will make you go back and devour them all. Possessive, controlling heroes in a secret society setting, it's bully romance on steroids.
Vibe: Secret society. Rituals. "You don't get to say no."
11. The Lies We Steal by Monty Jay (Hollow Boys #1)
The Dynamic: She made one wrong move and landed herself in the crosshairs of the Hollow Boys, wicked, twisted, and completely in control. Now she's stuck in their world, and surviving them might be the hardest thing she's ever done.
Why It Slaps: Monty Jay builds atmosphere like no one else. This is dark, moody, and dripping with tension, a college bully romance set in a gothic seaside town that feels like it was designed to ruin you. The Hollow Boys are the kind of villains you fall for against every instinct.
Vibe: Dark college. Gothic atmosphere. Monsters you'll love anyway.
12. Loving the Tormentor by Lola King (Silver Falls University #3)
The Dynamic: She's the violinist who doesn't belong. He's the genius she's idolised her whole life. When Achilles finally notices her, it's not the way she dreamed, he's dangerous, untouchable, and not even close to done with her.
Why It Slaps: Another banger from Lola King. This one hits the obsessive idol-to-tormentor pipeline hard. The music school setting adds an extra layer of intensity, and the power imbalance between them is absolutely suffocating. In the best way.
Vibe: Elite music school. Idol worship gone dark. He's not a legend, he's a monster.
13. Bully by Penelope Douglas (Fall Away #1)
The Dynamic: They were best friends. Then he turned on her and made it his mission to make her life hell. Now she's done hiding — and she's ready to fight back.
Why It Slaps: This is the OG. The one that started it all for so many readers. Penelope Douglas wrote the blueprint for bully romance and Bully is exactly what it promises — messy, emotional, infuriating, and impossible to put down. If you haven't read it, start here.
Vibe: High school. Best friends to enemies. The one that broke the genre open.
14. If You Dare by Harmony West (Diamond Devils #1)
The Dynamic: Violet didn't mean for anyone to get hurt. Now Wes — the hockey captain she once thought could be something more — hates her with everything he has. And he's not suffering quietly.
Why It Slaps: Grief-fuelled bully romance hits differently. The hate here is raw and complicated because it comes from real loss, which makes the tension between them so much more layered. Harmony West doesn't let either of them off easy, and that's exactly what makes it work.
Vibe: Hockey boys. Grief and guilt. Hate that's covering something so much bigger.
15. Sick Boys by Clarissa Wild (Spine Ridge University #1)
The Dynamic: She came to Spine Ridge University for revenge. She found three boys from the Skull & Serpent Society who had other plans for her — and none of them are good.
Why It Slaps: Secret society, why choose, and a heroine who walked in with a mission and got completely derailed. Clarissa Wild writes dark and dirty and this one doesn't hold back. The three boys are vicious and obsessive in equal measure, and the power dynamics shift constantly.
Vibe: Secret society. Why choose. Revenge that gets very complicated, very fast.
16. Lords of Pain by Angel Lawson & Samantha Rue (Royals of Forsyth University #1)
The Dynamic: Three men from her past she never wanted to see again. Now they're Lords at Forsyth University — more powerful than ever — and she's back on their doorstep with nowhere else to run.
Why It Slaps: Past trauma, why choose, and a heroine caught between men who once destroyed her and a bigger danger she can't outrun alone. Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue write bully romance with genuine emotional weight, and this series opener sets up something addictive.
Vibe: University royalty. Why choose. Running from one monster into the arms of three others.
17. Green Light by Jescie Hall
The Dynamic: An online obsession. A disappeared girl. A stepbrother who wants her to hate him as much as he already hates himself. This one is twisty, dark, and not what it seems on the surface.
Why It Slaps: Green Light is bully romance meets psychological thriller. Dual POV, an over-the-top hero with a revenge mission, and a connection between them that's been rotting for years. Jescie Hall writes chaos and this standalone delivers it in spades.
Vibe: Dark college. Stepsiblings. Online obsession with a body count of secrets.
Whether you want the classic high school torment, a dark college atmosphere, a why choose revenge story, or an obsessive hero who makes terrible decisions extremely well, there's something on this list to wreck you.
Pick one. Or pick all seventeen. We don't judge here, we only enable.
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Happy reading, you unhinged legends. 🖤