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Groveton College

Lessons from the Depraved

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Starting my new job at Groveton College felt like a dream come true. Helping the students in the hockey program stay in the program as their Athletics Student Advisor.
Then, I f*cked up without even realizing it.
Within a matter of seconds my freedom was taken from me. Hudson and Landon Cooper made me their prisoner.
Hudson, destined to play pro, and Landon, an incredible artist, took everything away from me with a snap of their fingers. Weeks held in a dark, cold basement with no end in sight.
Now, the old Banks, before all this happened, would look back on this and be insanely pissed off, lost in defeat.
The new Banks Lewis craves it, needs it.
So, does that make me as depraved as them?

*this is a Standalone Dark Forbidden MFM Romance, which ends in an HEA.

291 pages, Paperback

Published February 5, 2024

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Kinsley Kincaid

19 books1,347 followers
Kinsley Kincaid is a long time fan of psychotic dark book boyfriends. She does not limit it to just Dark Romance but Taboo as well, yes the scandal!

She enjoys pushing boundaries, so don’t be surprised when you see this also reflected in her work. Be sure to stalk her on her socials and reader group shared with Isla Gray; Tainted N Taboo.

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573 reviews34 followers
February 23, 2024
So you're telling me that two students kidnapped their school advisor and proceeded to abuse her because she happened to be the reason their coach scolded them? Wtf. I understand that dark characters have their appeal but them getting angry for the most random stuff is dumb af. 😒
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267 reviews68 followers
February 6, 2024
Kinsley knocked this out of the park!! I've read several of the Groveton College books and this is definitely one of my favorites. It never felt rushed, and besides wanting more dirt about their dad, this book was a fun read.

This is also my first hockey book and I can see the hype! I was on the edge of my seat while they were on the ice and Kinsley created a world that was easy to read and fall in live with the crazy twins who were unapologetically Satan's sons.

What started out as punishment turned into a beautiful love story. Two men who hadn't experienced compassion and understanding from anyone since their mother disappeared, find a woman who is alone in the world and sees through the masks they wore to protect themselves from everyone but each other.

Definitely check trigger and content warnings because it's definitely not a sweet and squishy love story but it is a HEA and I look forward to the Noxious Brother's book!!! The introduction to those boys with this crossover has me anxiously awaiting the next book!! Definitely recommend reading this book, even if hockey or sports aren't a genre you typically read, this is well worth it!
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119 reviews110 followers
March 16, 2024
"I heard how you spoke to her. Is that your handprint on her? Did you fucking mark her? It's one thing to treat us like shit, but not her. Never. Fucking. HER!"


Kinsley Kincaid has created a fantastic story with her first hockey romance!

Captivating characters pull you into the story within a few chapters, with backgrounds that make you want to know more about them and their plans.
The Cooper twins are swoon worthy, despite their beginnings with Banks. They soon become entranced with the woman they believe acted against them and start to fall. Hard.
Banks begins to hate the guys less and less as she learns about their past, and tries to understand the reasons behind why they are how they are. Perhaps she is making excuses for their actions. Only the three of them can answer that.

"This person, this strange fucking person I have become, isn't mad. She sees past their tough exterior. She sees all the broken pieces that lead them to the place they are now.
Does this make me broken too?"


✨ Overall Rating: 5/5
🔥 Spice Rating: 5/5
📈 Plot: 5/5
🖋️ Writing: 5/5
🗺️ World Building: 5/5
👤 Characters: 5/5
⚖️ Interpersonal Relationships: 5/5

Themes:
🖤 Dark Hockey Romance
🖤 MFM
🖤 Age-Gap
🖤 Captive
🖤 Bondage
🖤 Touch Her and Die
🖤 New Adult/College
"He's missed you. Can you be a good girl for him, Banks?"


Please read TW’s before starting this book. Your mental health matters.
Profile Image for Angie Goodson.
38 reviews23 followers
April 3, 2025
“No I don’t accept that. No one takes that tone with you.No one speaks to you like that. No one puts their fucking hands on you.Only we can. Only ever us.” - Hudson

I loved every single second of this book! The boys are insanely unhinged psychopaths but I absolutely adore both of them.

Banks my girl I absolutely adore how much you love these guys even after what they did to you. Kinsley you def did your thing with this book!
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50 reviews11 followers
February 1, 2024
I hereby, on this day, claim Kinsley Kincaid the Twin Taboo Romance Queen! 🖤 I was honoured to receive an ARC copy of this book and enjoyed every moment of it. I'm not really a sport romance kind of girl, but the way Kinsley wrote this was amazing. It's dark, unhinged, twisted, spicy, and mixed with hockey.

In this story, we meet FMC Banks, who just started a new job as the Sports Adviser for the hockey team. On the team are the star players Hudson and Landon Cooper, aka the Cooper twins. When Banks doesn't do her part and give money to the twins professors so they can pass the semester, the Cooper twins decide Banks needs to be taught a lesson and come up with a plan to tear her down and bring out the depraved part of her.

I loved this read so much. The Cooper twins were so unhinged and delicious! I liked how we got the boys' background, It makes you understand them more. Banks was a great FMC, I love how she understood the boys and really started to care about them.

If you want a dark hockey romance, then look no further! Kinsley has you covered 🖤💀🏒
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409 reviews104 followers
February 14, 2024
coming from someone who never reads sports romances due to the fact i find them so boring, any sport romance written by kinsley kincaid is an automatic read for me.

i really enjoyed this book. it had all the factors (spice, drama, angst, etc) and i liked all 3 characters equally which made for an even more enjoyable read.

if anything, i’d say my main complaint is the lack of…genuine connection? i felt between the three characters. i say this because it feels as though they all got together out of nowhere and as though they didn’t share much connection or passion with one another prior to them actually getting together.

nonetheless, i thoroughly enjoyed this book especially with its forbidden aspect to it. oh and the smut? top tier in typical kinsley kincaid fashion.
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669 reviews53 followers
February 18, 2024
3.5⭐️ rounded up to 4⭐️

This is a dark and spicy hockey romance. The Cooper twins were unhinged. I thought this book was going to be darker than what it was. From others saying it was so dark, I expected more I guess. Yes it’s still crazy and messed up. And definitely not for everyone. So please read your trigger warnings.
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239 reviews1,331 followers
August 21, 2024
3.75 ⭐️ish

If you’re not ready to lean into the crazy, maybe this one isn’t for you😂

This book was short & sweet & exactly what I needed. We have a little why choose, a little student teacher thing going on, twins brothers, a ten year age gap but our FMC is older….. OH and there’s some skin grafting…… enjoy lmao

“I'm not looking for a murder charge. Just a little fun during the holiday season” THE WAY THAT MADE ME CACKLE LIKE BRO YOU JUST GRAFTED HER SKIN 😭😭😭😭

That Stockholm syndrome is gonna get me every time
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545 reviews47 followers
February 21, 2024
4.5*

Tropes: Hockey Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Forbidden Love, Reverse Age Gap, Bully Romance, Forced Proximity, MFM

Kinks: Exhibitionism, Voyeurism, Degradation, Humiliation, Praise, Spitting, Choking, Somnophilia, Chain & Collar, Marking, Electrical Shocks/Play

TW: Fighting/Violence, Drugs, Blackmail, Name Calling, Kidnapping, Bribery, Assault, CNC, Torture, Inhumane Treatment, Non-Con, Dub-Con, Stockholm Syndrome, Forced Confinement, Evil Father, Sensory Torture, Trauma, Sleep Deprivation, Child Abuse (off-page), Food & Water rations, Mention of Death, Mutilation/Gore, Video Surveillance

Thank you to the author for providing me with an E-ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!

Banks aka Banksy, just started a new job at Groveton as the Sports Advisor for the hockey team. On the team, there are two star players, Hudson and Landon Cooper, aka The Cooper Twins. When Banks doesn’t do her part that she agreed with the twins, which is to give the money to the twins professors so they can pass the semester, the Cooper twins decide that Banks needs to be taught a lesson.

These twins were so unhinged, but they were delicious! I’m not really into bully romance, but this was written very well! I love Kinsleys writing, and she did an amazing job with this story. What I loved most about this book is that it felt like you were in these characters minds; always knowing what they are thinking. This book is pretty intense, and I highly recommend you check the trigger warnings. I loved how obsessed the MMCs were with the FMC. This book has zero soft spots, there’s literally a scene that involves a skin grafter. I’m not gonna lie, the scene got to me a little bit. 🤣 I highly recommend this book if you love dark romances with all the triggers!
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188 reviews34 followers
February 7, 2024
These crazy psychos are everything I needed! Holy shit! Hockey mixed with tortured souls, psychotic control freaks, & smut?!? Kidnapping their advisor?!? Yeeeessss 😈😈😈

I needed these twins' depravity. Every single bit of it. These 2 mc's have been conditioned by their father all of their life. They need to break free of him, his evil ways, and abuse. Despite being kidnapped by Hudson and Landon, Banks sees right through their carefully constructed walls. Not only that, but is she craving their depravity? Is she falling in love with these blackmailing, arrogant, entitled pricks? These twins got under her skin, and she just can't shake them. Just like Banksy, Hud & Landon also reeled me in. I couldn't help but love them.

I absolutely loved Lessons From The Depraved and this world. The depravity was everything I needed. The kinkiness and smut, smokin hot 🔥🥵 As a matter of fact, my hoe ass could have handled more (bring on the DP) 😜 The hockey was on point. The HEA is truly satisfying.

Kinsley Kincaid just keeps leveling up! 🩶
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280 reviews23 followers
September 11, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 /5 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

“The good times exist amongst the dark, you just need to remember them.”

Whew these boys were extreme but I… I kinda liked it 👀. This story and characters are definitely OTT but if you’re just looking for vibes with some depraved spicy scenes then this is for you! I loved the relationship between the two male characters and how it never felt like a competition between them, they just always worked in sync - like YES! This definitely has an extreme bully storyline so keep that in mind with this book, you will be like “wtf” throughout but in a good way 🤭. Miss Kinsley hitting it again with the spicy scenes as well Ooft 🥵.

🏒 extreme bully
🖤 MFM with tab0o
🏒 t0rture & k!dnapping
🖤 dark hockey romance
🏒 enemies to lovers
🖤 college students x faculty member
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155 reviews32 followers
February 10, 2024
What to Expect:
• MFM • Twin Brothers
• Forbidden
• Hockey
• Torture & Kidnapping
• Loads of TW
• Reverse Age Gap
• College Students/Faculty
• Enemies to Lovers
• Standalone




I'm a huge lover of all things Kinsley but something about this book just didn’t do it for me. I couldn't get into the story line and when I'm reading a book I need to feel that chemistry between the characters and I didn't get that from Hudson and Banks, there was a little thing between her and Landon and everytime I thought maybe this moment will be where I feeling the connection it just fell short
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94 reviews5 followers
May 30, 2024
I really enjoyed this book, the story of Banks Landon and Hudson, I loved how the story started and ended super glad it was a HEA ending,  as always Kinsley's book are top notch spice and her books always have an amazing story line to follow it so it's not just spice. I also read the extra little chapter from Kinsley's website which jesus was something else altogether 😂 I absolutely adore Kinsley's books her writing her story lines the spice they are all such amazing reads !!!! 5 stars ♥️
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177 reviews204 followers
February 3, 2024
THESE TWINS!!!! Absolute fucking psychopaths. If you’re wanting some irredeemable motherfuckers who end up being redeemable you need to read this book. I love every fucking second of this. Hudson’s basement of wonders had my dark romance soul straight fucking GIDDY.

I love Banksy and her twins 🫠
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523 reviews31 followers
February 21, 2024
dessapointed

Sadly I had expectations fue this one just the name was already promising but it let me down I cannot believe for a second these bothers can do the things they did in here they act and sound like dumb kids to me
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176 reviews15 followers
July 15, 2024
Unfortunately, this didn’t hit the way I wanted it to. I didn’t connect with the story or the characters, and the characters themselves lacked the chemistry that it was aiming for. There wasn’t enough detail in the writing, even in the spice but I’m glad I finished it— I appreciated the short chapters and the fast pace.
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132 reviews18 followers
May 15, 2024
this is BULLSHIT. if i were the person in the dedication i promise would kill myself.
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1,072 reviews69 followers
February 7, 2024
Hudson and Landon have always made sure their records stay clean so they can stay right where they're at and leave their past behind. Along comes Banks, and they're determined that she's out to sabotage them. They do what any other crazed mmc would do and dole out punishment as they see fit.

I love a bit of unhinged. It's always been a favorite of mine. These two are brutal and OTT, so be sure to check the content warnings as there's quite a bit during the first half. They're very possessive and they're the only ones that can touch her. Even though it took me a few days to finish, I couldn't get enough of them, just like Hudson and Landon can't get enough of Banks. Punishment turned into them getting her in their head and not being able to let go.

This is the second book I've read from Groveton, but I'm excited for the next one as we get glimpses of the Noxious Boys in this one.
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35 reviews5 followers
January 30, 2024
I don’t know where to start but I absolutely loved this book. It’s right up there with Sutton Asylum for me. The characters and story just comes to life in the best and most depraved way.😉

Hudson and Landon may be my new book boyfriends, I love how much they grow throughout the book. Their relationship is incredible as brothers they’ve been through the worst and came out on top. Also they’re hockey players which is drool worthy all in itself.

Banks..Banksy going from weak and frail to strong and bold was incredible to read.

This book is not for the faint of heart but I absolutely loved the depravity and the details that came with them.

I HIGHLY recommend this book releasing February 5th. The only thing I’m not happy with is the fact that I cannot read this for the first time over again. 🖤
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207 reviews31 followers
February 5, 2024
Kinsley does it again… this hockey romance is so delicious.
Twin brothers with one girl! Hudson is the darker of the two brothers, but Landon is still pretty scary!

This is a forced proximity bully dark romance. Please please read the triggers on this one. It is very dark! But oh so amazing. Banksy is a little older than them and part of the faculty from the athletics department… so that’s where the forbidden comes from.

This book is a must read for all dark hockey romance readers! Or just dark romance readers period!
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382 reviews32 followers
November 12, 2024
Three main characters who have missed some of level of intimacy in their life through unorthodox means find each other

Two twin brothers who are desperate to become anything in life detached from anything their father is like.

Discipline and authority..that is what comes to mind when reading this story.

And there was hockey. If there was anything that was the most difficult to comprehend that would be it and yet Kinsley knew how to write an intense hockey game.

The chemistry development was foreseen and in a sense you were rooting for it and Kinsley cranked up the spice levels.
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143 reviews24 followers
February 18, 2025
Give me an enemies to lovers and I’m game but no Kinsley didn’t just do that she tossed in a reverse age gap and made it MFM. She added some forced proximity and kidnapping and stirred up her little cauldron to make the most delicious potion. AND SHE ATE… left no crumbs baby.

🧊𝕿𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖘:
🩷Enemies to Lovers
💚Extreme Bully
🩷MFM/Tw!ns
💚K!dnåpping
🩷Students/Faculty
💚Hockey Dark Romance
🩷Reverse Age Gap
💚Dubcon
🩷Pain Kink

Never cross a Cooper it can have some serious and possibly delicious consequences.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
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360 reviews87 followers
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April 19, 2025
𝑯𝒖𝒅 𝒚 𝒚𝒐 𝒏𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔. 𝑵𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒂 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔ó. 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍,𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐. 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒖𝒏𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂 𝒂 𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝒄í𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒐 𝒏𝒐 𝒉𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒂, 𝒔ó𝒍𝒐 𝒍𝒐 𝒉𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒋𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐.
¿𝑸𝒖𝒊é𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒂 𝒊𝒃𝒂 𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒍𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒂 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒂 𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝒔ó𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒓í𝒂 𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐? 𝑸𝒖𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓í𝒂 𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒐𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂, 𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂 ú𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒅𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒔.
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205 reviews14 followers
February 6, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Kinsley wrote an amazing book again

Ms banks didn’t do her job so the guys kidnapped her to show her who’s the boss
and
Ohh boy did things turn upside down.
Amazing
⚠️check trigger warnings⚠️
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17 reviews14 followers
July 12, 2024
Well, I only technically got half way through and DNF’d it. I hate to say I was bored, I was forcing myself to carry on reading 😕 maybe I expected more with how much it was hyped 🤷🏻‍♀️I like the idea of what the book was trying to give, but… it just wasn’t for me.
Profile Image for Adrianna.
242 reviews6 followers
January 7, 2025
This book got dark so fast and I'm here for every bit of it.
When the college hockey counselor doesn't play by the rules, Hudson and Landon make it a point to teach her the rules and omg!
Check the content warnings! But I loved this and would definitely re-read it.
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359 reviews4 followers
January 15, 2025
3.75⭐️
3🌶

I'm making my way through Kinsley's books... not on purpose, I just seem to enjoy Kinsleys writing style!

I really enjoyed this...is it bad that I accidentally fell in love with the 2 MMCs! Didn't really like Banks, but that's a me problem.
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76 reviews3 followers
February 22, 2024
The beginning of this book & everything going on just wasn’t my jam. The last like 7-10 chapters I really enjoyed tho
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