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Maddison Kings University #1-3

Bitter Sweet Revenge: Kane & Letty Trilogy

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USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you this dark bully college romance collection that includes Letty and Kane's The Revenge You Seek, The Deception You Weave and The Betrayal You Serve— from their tragic beginning to the twisted conclusion no one saw coming. Scarlett Hunter might’ve gotten away, but that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten... or forgiven her. Revenge is funny like that. And finding her is only half the fun. Making her pay for her deception… well that was my specialty. A cat and mouse game we keep on playing. Until I find out about the secret she’s been keeping… one that could destroy us both. Her secrets might have been exposed, but mine are still hanging over us. Scarlett’s love could be my undoing, but her betrayal will be my ruin. Because I only have two choices— walk away from the only life I’ve ever known, everything I’ve worked for. Or lose her for good.

762 pages, Paperback

Published June 30, 2023

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Tracy Lorraine

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Tracy Lorraine is a M/F and M/M contemporary romance author. Tracy has just turned thirty and lives in a cute Cotswold village in England with her husband, baby girl and lovable but slightly crazy dog. Having always been a bookaholic with her head stuck in her Kindle Tracy decided to try her hand at a story idea she dreamt up and hasn’t looked back since.

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Profile Image for Book  Junkie.
296 reviews5 followers
August 16, 2023
I LOVE a duet / trilogy about the same couple so this book was right up my street.

Kane and Letty have a bit of a complicated history dating back to when they are children and at the point we meet them they absolutely hate each other (but not really). We see them get together and then separate and there is plenty of steam throughout the trilogy. I really enjoyed seeing the change in Kane towards the end of the book and the additional epilogues were just perfect - they rounded it out very nicely.

The snippets of the other characters has definitely made me want to go back and read the stories of Zayn and Poppy and Kyle and Harley but I also want to go and read about the twins too! Overall a brilliant trilogy.

What would have made it a 5* for me - there was a good bit of reference made to the best friend who died and I wanted to hear more about that but it was just sorta brushed aside, it didn't feel like there was any resolution to this and I wanted there to at least have been a conversation about it.
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395 reviews71 followers
July 9, 2023
Letty and Kane's Trilogy is now in a boxset

POV:Dual
Letty & Kane

Letty (Scarlett) and Kane grew up together in the same trailer park. Until Letty and her Mum, brother and sister left to start a fresh when her parents split. They started over in a new town, new school, new friends. Letty got into her college of choice.
Then 18 months later she's fallen so hard, she's become a shell of the person she used to be, she flunked out and went home to finally tell her Mum the truth.
Now she's at Maddison King's University started a fresh. Reacquainting herself with her high school besties Luca and Leon (twins), making new friends with her roommates. They're amazing, they're all protective of her. She can't believe how lucky she is to have such great friends.
Then her world flips when she comes face-to-face with her old childhood bully....Kane Legend.

Kane hasn't had it easy. Losing both parents when he was younger, his little brother going to juvie, trying to gain guardianship of him, securing a home, now he's finally getting to go to college.
Kane was the best football player on his high school team. Now he's at Maddison King's University where his high school rivals play football.. and he's now on the same team as them.
There's already tension between the former rivals, as they happen to be Lettys best friends, her brother and he doesn't know it yet, her roommates.
When he sees the girl who he hates at the same school, he sets a plan in motion to ruin Scarlett Hunter.

Kane finally knows what happened to Letty.
How does he cope with finding out the truth?
Does he blame her, just like he's been blaming her for everything else that's happened to him?
It doesn't stop the sizzling chemistry between them, they're both under each other's skins.
Letty has brought her walls down a bit and let Ella in with revealing her secret, and with no judgement Ella is in Letty's corner.
But with her and Kane (whatever they are), has she put a strain on her and Luca's friendship?

Kane wants a normal life, thinking that he was done with Victor and the Hawks, but nothing with Victor is easy as he's finding out, plus getting his head around with the what Letty told him, what he feels for her.
Can they make it together?
Will they ever trust each other?
Letty wants to trust him, let him in completely, but he also has the power to shatter her permanently.

Letty knew she was foolishly naive to bear herself to Kane, knowing he'd play her, knew he couldn't be trusted, cause you don't go from hating someone with the passion to wanting them as quickly as he did with her. She's completely shattered all over again. I so felt for Letty, knowing her pain from what she went through and letting Kane in.

Kane wants Letty in his life, it's always been her. He just needs to prove himself to her, fight for her and for a future he wants. Not from someone else who tells him what to do.
Can he get out from Victor's clutches?
Will Letty listen to what he has to say?
How far will Kane go to get the freedom he sorely wants?

Loved how Letty's roommates/friends had her back, they're such a great protective bunch.
These two have been through so much trauma. My heart ached throughout this trilogy for them.
So read up, and enjoy this emotionally twisted read.
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522 reviews18 followers
September 23, 2025
💋Review💋

5/5⭐️

I didn’t realize this was 3 books in one🤦🏻‍♀️ I went into this blind after reading the blurb and jumped right in.

I ate this book up! Like wow! From start to finish it was packed with craziness, hotness and lots of wtf moments!

These two have known each other since they were little… They have things from the past that have messed with the present and they both can’t stand each other… The difference is Kane wants to take out his pain on Letty… He blames her until he doesn’t…

There is A LOT that happens in this book… It’s over 800 pages long and in 3 parts…

They have a lot of angry s3x, she loves his dirty words, his hand necklaces and his piercing😝

Kane is obsessed… You see the biggest change when he finds out a very hard and sad truth that he knew nothing about….

Kane is still doing g@ng stuff and Letty wants nothing to do with it… Kane is an amazing football player and is finally attending college which he never thought he would..

Letty’s best friend Luca is so happy she is back. Luca has a twin brother Leon and they are all 3 really close until they aren’t. Letty had feelings for Luca years ago and he friend zoned her from the very beginning…. Well now, it seems like he has feelings for her but all she sees is Kane…

I was really hoping Letty and Luca would have a heart to heart and she would tell him about her old feelings. I do love how protective Luca and Leon are of Letty.

Things get super messy again but Kane is going to prove that this chick is lying and that he deserves his girl… Leon tells him to fight for her if she is really what he wants and he does…

I absolutely love these two together and love that after everything they went through they got their happy ending in multiple ways🥹

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“I'm pretty sure I fell in love with you when we were eight years old, I just had no clue what it meant or how to deal with it. You terrified me, you excited me, you captivated me. Our history is sketchy at best, but I've already told you that I want to spend every day of the rest of my life making it up to you. This is my promise, Letty. My real one."
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2,051 reviews54 followers
July 7, 2023
The Revenge You Seek (Maddison Kings University, #1)

This is one dark, twisted, bully, hate, a kind of love triangle and drama filled story that captured my attention right from the start. I was intrigued to read Kane and Letty's story from the end of Legend and the prequel. This does end in a cliffhanger. There is so much chemistry between these two it's explosive. There's a lot going on that catches you attention wanting to know what happened and what's going to happen. Can't wait to get my hands on the next part of their story.


The Deception You Weave (Maddison Kings University, #2)
This is part 2 of Kane and Letty's story. This picks up after the cliffhanger from the first one. So I don't want to give much away but more information about the secret revealed in the first book comes to light. Relationships are shifted Kane and Letty's, Letty and the twins, more secrets are revealed, drama and hot and heavy sex. This does end in a cliffhanger as someone from Kane's life of helping Victor comes baring news that may have Letty running into the arms of someone else. Love the second part of Kane and Letty's story. Couldn't put it down. Look forward to seeing how this is going to end.


The Betrayal You Serve (Maddison Kings University, #3)

Great conclusion to Kane and Letty's story. This picks up where the second book left off and right off you are sucked into the push and pull of these two. It was an entertaining series as I read these two battle it out with their hate and love relationship. The struggle with Letty and her relationship with the Dunn twins. Victor and his conniving ways. Loved it and look forward to more stories from this series. Loved the characters and hope they all get a story.
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525 reviews40 followers
May 2, 2025
These books didn't really hit the mark for me.
Letty and Kane's history go back to when they were young kids, being from a small town where everyone knows everyone and there wasn't much of an escape.
Kane wanted Letty but his best friend asked her out first. After this he then blamed Letty for every small inconvenience or major horrible thing that happened to him - which just wasn't plausible.
Letty's story was real and I could easily see her POV on each situation except when it came to the Kane. I feel like the author tried to create an enemy to lovers situation but could not execute this because Kane's problems with Letty just weren't realistic and even if we did accept grief as his reasoning he really didn't offer any reason for letty to keep coming back to him. Are we to believe that the magnetic attraction between them was enough for her to keep coming back? maybe for some this was enough but for me I needed more!
Besides this, the rest of the story was amazing but I wont be continuing on with the other books because the only person I seemed to care about was Leon and that's not really enough.
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709 reviews23 followers
August 7, 2023
loved their story

It’s been a while since I’ve read a trilogy back to back and I was completely consumed with Kane and Lettys story. This story has so many twists and turns that had me on the edge of my seat.

I will be honest in saying that Kane in the beginning isn’t very nice. He has a lot of anger against Letty and the history that they have between them.

Letty on the other hand is broken. She went through some awful things after her last encounter with Kane and is really wanting a fresh start after transferring schools but what she doesn’t realize is that Kane isn’t about to leave her alone.

I love bully romance because I like to see how the MMC will push at the line. I also love to see when they give in and let their feelings consume them. When Kane gets his act together… prepare to swoon. They go through so much throughout this trilogy but they get the HEA they they deserve.
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73 reviews1 follower
September 15, 2023
I read this series individually and holy fuck it was amazing! Kane and Letty have a tortured past .. seriously it isn’t a pretty one with lots of hate, anger and it all leads up to a hot, dirty night which starts Letty’s downfall and we don’t find out why she’s truly at Maddison at first but she also didn’t know her biggest bully aka hot as fuck rough lover Kane Legend would be attending the same college…

Cue the drama when they both realize they are at the same college… Letty has both Dunn twins as arm candy and boy oh boy does our man Legend got serious problems with that…

….Letty and Kane are fire….and ALOT of it… she’s forced to do a “job” by the biggest devil around… her biggest secret comes out and the epic showdown begins! She starts to unravel…

They still find a way back to each other and for fucks sake it’s about time! Haha oh I can’t reveal more spoilers but I loved this series and can’t wait to read about the others
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1,566 reviews27 followers
July 9, 2023
Letty & Kane are dangerous, especially to each other. They are enemies, bigtime enemies, but there's no denying the connection between them! Their history is painful, so be prepared.

You may think at the beginning that is going to be another bully and his victim sorting out their crossed wires and eventually becoming the perfect couple, but believe me - you would be so wrong!!

There's darkness surrounded these people, there's so much going on - around them and including them. You find out more as the story unfolds and you will be closer to the edge of your seat every freaking time!!

An excellent read...plenty of angst, and twists as well as plenty going on in the background, it's a trilogy full of betrayal and fear and an undeniable connection between to people who are sworn enemies...
4.5stars
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646 reviews4 followers
October 11, 2023
I enjoyed this series. To be honest the bonus epilogue is what made it so incredible.

This was definitely a dark romance. I honest thought it would lead to a RH type of story and was all for it. But surprisingly it didn't.

Kane was a douche but Scarlet also wasn't innocent I was definitely disappointed in both their actions throughout the story. I'm glad they finally got their heads out their behinds.

I did feel they did a 180 way too easily. I was hoping we would of gotten some closure about the rest of the friends from college as in do they still speak etc. Can't wait to read Luca then Leon's story. I'm definitely nit a fan of Alana even with reading Reid's trilogy now still not a fan but I was hoping we would of got to read what conversation her and Scarlett had in Reid's basement.
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117 reviews1 follower
February 23, 2025
I wanted to go back and see glimpses of Colt and Ella since I just finished their book. Nope...shouldn't have done it. I am now a confirmed anti-bully romance reader. Just can't do it. And these two...🙄🙄. I just don't get the lure of him being such an a##hole to her, like noncon stuff, and her just going back and back and back.
The problem is I think I've read this, or at least skimmed it because it was very familiar. I'd like to find out what goes down with the twins she's friends with, but I cannot because, you guessed it...BULLY ROMANCE again, even though I can't figure out why the twins turn to that type of behavior.
I'm definitely...done with the college set, waiting for more of the newest series to come out when they are in the NFL.
2,904 reviews6 followers
July 14, 2023
Man oh man what a trilogy! Best of the best! All three stories were stupendous! “The Revenge You Seek”, The Deception You Weave”, The Betrayal You Serve” leads us on a wild and crazy adventure. Kane and Letty hate each other with a passion. Kane torments her repeatedly. But there is still an attraction that lights off fireworks. But time and time again one of them makes a mistake and it starts all over again. With the added pressure of college, football, and Victor, it gets dicey all the time. Will they find their balance? Is it do or die with them? Come along and follow with me to the adventures of Kane and Letty! You won’t regret it!
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1,603 reviews27 followers
December 20, 2024
I enjoyed the read but I didn’t feel like this was a bully romance. It’s was more like a hate f*€k romance. There really wasn’t alot of bullying going on. Kerry hated confrontation so she avoids it and just tries to keep Kane away from everyone. There’s also kind of a love triangle thing going on. The story behind Letty is heart breaking and Kanes just angry at the world. The scenes are hot and violent, the story lines okay and her roommates are the bomb. There are some darker themes that could be triggering. Narration was good!
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138 reviews
April 13, 2025
Torn between 3⭐️ or 4⭐️ but I’m thinking on the good side of 3.5⭐️

I’ve read better bully romances, but this was still good & an enjoyable read…there were a few typos/grammatical errors but not enough that it made it unreadable.

Read it all in just over a day, it’s fast paced & there isn’t a load of filler.

I think a simpler explanation of who is in which family would be helpful as I still have no idea who is related to who😂
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1,138 reviews2 followers
August 8, 2023
📚 BOOK REVIEW 📚

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Letty and Kane are so addictive to read. If you look a dark romance with a lot of hate this book for you.

A lot happens in this book and it worth reading every page. Great introduction to other characters and easy read.
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54 reviews
June 11, 2024
It took me a few days to really get into this trilogy, but once I did, I was obsessed! I loved so many different characters and their relationships with each other and the bonus epilogue- was just what I needed. A little toooo much 🌶️🌶️ but still an incredible read!
Profile Image for Anna Jason.
1,176 reviews13 followers
August 7, 2025
Holy crap! What an amazing start to a new series series! Tracy Lorraine has taken the bully romance trope to a whole new level. The anguish, the fire, the chemistry, and live that fills the pages of this book are so good you won't be able to put it down.
Profile Image for Lucy Austin.
51 reviews
August 17, 2024
Love Love love this book ❤️ theres a fine line between love and hate. Kane and Letty live that reality.
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62 reviews1 follower
August 18, 2024
Emotional

Wow what did i just read talk about experiencing emotions through the characters truely could feel this as i read it honestly incredible story
16 reviews
January 2, 2025
Very very good! It brings the laughs and the tears and has the spice! Was so into this I did not go to bed till 4am!
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467 reviews2 followers
November 7, 2024
I really enjoyed this book collection. There were a lot more twists and turns then I was expecting but it was definitely really good Trilogy of books in this Collection. I really hope I see these characters in the next books for the next couple.
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