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Trailer Park Princess
She made a promise they won’t let her forget.
Four years ago, Ellie Riggs left her best friends behind for a mansion and a supposed life of privilege as a politician’s daughter.
Now, she needs someone dead and they’re the monsters who can make it happen.
But that help comes at a price.
These four masked psychos aren’t the damaged boys Ellie grew up with in the trailer park. But they haven’t forgotten the blood oath their “Princess” made years ago.
Kade. The pyromaniac with a vendetta and the scars to prove it.
Tank. The silent giant whose damaged face hides an even more damaged heart.
Cyrus. The calculating genius who sees through every lie she's ever told.
Jinx. The golden boy with a dark and hidden obsession.
But they don’t want her money. They want her submission. Her body. Her soul.
Four years ago, Ellie Riggs left her best friends behind for a mansion and a supposed life of privilege as a politician’s daughter.
Now, she needs someone dead and they’re the monsters who can make it happen.
But that help comes at a price.
These four masked psychos aren’t the damaged boys Ellie grew up with in the trailer park. But they haven’t forgotten the blood oath their “Princess” made years ago.
Kade. The pyromaniac with a vendetta and the scars to prove it.
Tank. The silent giant whose damaged face hides an even more damaged heart.
Cyrus. The calculating genius who sees through every lie she's ever told.
Jinx. The golden boy with a dark and hidden obsession.
But they don’t want her money. They want her submission. Her body. Her soul.
366 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 6, 2025
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December 7, 2025
Not recommended
I had been eagerly anticipating this book for months, but unfortunately it fell far short of my expectations. I enjoy a good reverse harem, but I prefer stories where there’s no MM dynamic and the primary focus stays on the FMC. It is extremely frustrating when the author does not list mm in the description.
The characters also felt underdeveloped, with several of the MMCs coming across as flat or even outright unlikeable. Their personalities never felt fully fleshed out, which made it difficult to connect with the relationships or become invested in the story.
The book started out interesting, however later on became very hard to finish and was boring. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend.
I had been eagerly anticipating this book for months, but unfortunately it fell far short of my expectations. I enjoy a good reverse harem, but I prefer stories where there’s no MM dynamic and the primary focus stays on the FMC. It is extremely frustrating when the author does not list mm in the description.
The characters also felt underdeveloped, with several of the MMCs coming across as flat or even outright unlikeable. Their personalities never felt fully fleshed out, which made it difficult to connect with the relationships or become invested in the story.
The book started out interesting, however later on became very hard to finish and was boring. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend.
December 7, 2025
Slightly disappointed in this book? It’s so obvious that the letter wasn’t from her. That she tried her hardest to get back to them. And they are all aware of her struggled and how miserable she is so how is it to so hard to put two and two together?
I love tank but literally he is just Wraith? I’m not sure which book came out first but basically a copy and paste.
Will probs read the second just to see how it all plays out but nothing really happened and I hate Kade (didn’t actually like him in the first half tho).
I love tank but literally he is just Wraith? I’m not sure which book came out first but basically a copy and paste.
Will probs read the second just to see how it all plays out but nothing really happened and I hate Kade (didn’t actually like him in the first half tho).
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 21, 2025
They would have burned the world for her. Now they might burn her instead.
Four years ago, Ellie vanished without a word, leaving behind Kade, Cyrus, Jinx, and Tank, the only boys who ever truly saw her. They were broken then. Now they’re dangerous. The Kings of Ruin built a name on control and vengeance, but they never forgot the girl who disappeared. When Ellie returns needing help, she doesn’t get hired guns. She gets the four men she left behind. And they don’t want her money. They want her.
Kade is fire and fury. Cyrus controls the shadows. Jinx hides hurt behind chaos. Tank watches in silence. Each man loved her once. None of them forgot what she did. Signing the contract ties her to them completely. It’s not just protection. It’s punishment, obsession, and something neither side expected.
Ellie isn’t the girl they remember. She’s stronger now. What starts as control becomes something tangled. They want to own her. She just wants to survive them. Somewhere in the wreckage, love still waits, bruised but unbreakable.
These men aren’t just dangerous. They’re broken in different ways. Ellie has changed too. Kade masks pain with power. Cyrus learns how to feel. Jinx stops pretending. Tank proves love doesn’t need words. Together, they remake what love looks like.
Their bond begins with betrayal and control, but shifts into raw emotion and twisted intimacy. Each man connects to her differently, some tender, some brutal. Through power, trust, and survival, they find something worth holding onto.
A dark, steamy reverse harem with MMF tension, enemies to lovers, second chance, and found family. It explores trauma, guilt, loyalty, identity, revenge, and power. It’s about how betrayal reshapes love, how control blurs into care, and what it means to be wanted completely and without apology. Ends on a cliffhanger.
The Elevator Pitch: A gritty reverse harem romance where a vanished woman returns to the four dangerous men she once loved, and left. Bound by obsession, trauma, and unfinished loyalty, their reunion ignites a brutal collision of power, control, and desire. It’s tense, emotional, and unapologetically dark, with characters who burn as much as they bleed.
Four years ago, Ellie vanished without a word, leaving behind Kade, Cyrus, Jinx, and Tank, the only boys who ever truly saw her. They were broken then. Now they’re dangerous. The Kings of Ruin built a name on control and vengeance, but they never forgot the girl who disappeared. When Ellie returns needing help, she doesn’t get hired guns. She gets the four men she left behind. And they don’t want her money. They want her.
Kade is fire and fury. Cyrus controls the shadows. Jinx hides hurt behind chaos. Tank watches in silence. Each man loved her once. None of them forgot what she did. Signing the contract ties her to them completely. It’s not just protection. It’s punishment, obsession, and something neither side expected.
Ellie isn’t the girl they remember. She’s stronger now. What starts as control becomes something tangled. They want to own her. She just wants to survive them. Somewhere in the wreckage, love still waits, bruised but unbreakable.
These men aren’t just dangerous. They’re broken in different ways. Ellie has changed too. Kade masks pain with power. Cyrus learns how to feel. Jinx stops pretending. Tank proves love doesn’t need words. Together, they remake what love looks like.
Their bond begins with betrayal and control, but shifts into raw emotion and twisted intimacy. Each man connects to her differently, some tender, some brutal. Through power, trust, and survival, they find something worth holding onto.
A dark, steamy reverse harem with MMF tension, enemies to lovers, second chance, and found family. It explores trauma, guilt, loyalty, identity, revenge, and power. It’s about how betrayal reshapes love, how control blurs into care, and what it means to be wanted completely and without apology. Ends on a cliffhanger.
The Elevator Pitch: A gritty reverse harem romance where a vanished woman returns to the four dangerous men she once loved, and left. Bound by obsession, trauma, and unfinished loyalty, their reunion ignites a brutal collision of power, control, and desire. It’s tense, emotional, and unapologetically dark, with characters who burn as much as they bleed.
December 12, 2025
This book was incredible!
Why choose (with MM), trauma, stalking, retouch her and well you know 💀, delicious friends to enemies to lovers, mute and scarred MMC, alpha-hole MMC, geek with control issues MMC who is in a relationship with the Sexy Bi God MMC and they all love our FMC
The storyline was amazing, it was emotional, it had depth, it had me intrigued and kept me hooked from the first page to the last.
I cant wait for the next book!!!
Why choose (with MM), trauma, stalking, retouch her and well you know 💀, delicious friends to enemies to lovers, mute and scarred MMC, alpha-hole MMC, geek with control issues MMC who is in a relationship with the Sexy Bi God MMC and they all love our FMC
The storyline was amazing, it was emotional, it had depth, it had me intrigued and kept me hooked from the first page to the last.
I cant wait for the next book!!!
December 9, 2025
Nooooooo!!! not a cliff hanger!!
Yess unfortunately ladies and (gents) we have a cliff hanger! BUT! I ATE THIS BOOK UP! I’m so curious what the stepdad has on the fmc and mom and what secrets she’s keeping from the mmcs! Man there was so much anxiousness, I NEED THE NEXT BOOK ASAP PLSSSS 🤤
Yess unfortunately ladies and (gents) we have a cliff hanger! BUT! I ATE THIS BOOK UP! I’m so curious what the stepdad has on the fmc and mom and what secrets she’s keeping from the mmcs! Man there was so much anxiousness, I NEED THE NEXT BOOK ASAP PLSSSS 🤤
December 14, 2025
counting down the days until march 🫡
December 21, 2025
Ever read a book that draws you in from the first page? Gets its hooks into you and doesn’t take them out until the very last word? I have and it was this book! I don’t think I can wait till march for the second part!
This is a RH Book the FMC is Ellie, she is a sweet girl who got handed a bad deck, her father was cheating with her mother and when his wife found out he abandoned them, poor confused young Ellie ended up moving to a trailer park where her mum got more and more distant and her only friends were the 4 boys she met on her first day, each loved her in there own way. There tank, who fits the description at 10 he’s double the height of a average ten year old, he is badly scared from a accident, and considers himself a monster, but monsters don’t rescue little girls from playground bullies, they don’t rescue injured birds and build bridges for ants. He’s a gently giant that uses violence when needed to protect others, then there’s Kade the ringleader of the ragtag group, full of himself always coming up with the next big money making scheme and fancies himself the next don of the trailer park, he loves Ellie but he doesn’t like to be obvious about it, she’s were he shows his awkward side. He cares passionately about there little group. There’s jinx, who’s being hurt by his brother but hides it from everyone, he hides his hurt with humor and cares more about Ellie and his found brothers than himself. He is the golden retriever boy in the group, then there’s Cyprus the geeky one, he likes to see himself as sophisticated in the way only a teenage boy can, he loves his group he’s blunt, Sarcastic and serious and each of them means the world to Ellie. So imagine her heartbreak when her mum meets someone yeah he’s rich, he’s going to get them off the trailer park but he’s also controlling, abusive and going to take her away from her boys but they don’t know what he’s doing to her, 4 years later after being controlled and abused and watching her mum do the same she secretly saves money to hire a group of killers to get rid of him imagine her surprise when that group of killer is her best friends the ones who think she left them behind and wanted nothing to do with her, the only way they’ll help her is if she signs on the dotted line agreeing to be there’s for the next year and all that entales. Each of them has changed, hardened and treat her like she’s a money grabber trying to get rid of her step dad for the inheritance… what are they going to do when they find out that she’s not what they thought and that they’ve been wrong about why she left them this whole time. I reckon they’ll be ready to raze the earth to dust when they find out she was hurt.
Fantastically written.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is a RH Book the FMC is Ellie, she is a sweet girl who got handed a bad deck, her father was cheating with her mother and when his wife found out he abandoned them, poor confused young Ellie ended up moving to a trailer park where her mum got more and more distant and her only friends were the 4 boys she met on her first day, each loved her in there own way. There tank, who fits the description at 10 he’s double the height of a average ten year old, he is badly scared from a accident, and considers himself a monster, but monsters don’t rescue little girls from playground bullies, they don’t rescue injured birds and build bridges for ants. He’s a gently giant that uses violence when needed to protect others, then there’s Kade the ringleader of the ragtag group, full of himself always coming up with the next big money making scheme and fancies himself the next don of the trailer park, he loves Ellie but he doesn’t like to be obvious about it, she’s were he shows his awkward side. He cares passionately about there little group. There’s jinx, who’s being hurt by his brother but hides it from everyone, he hides his hurt with humor and cares more about Ellie and his found brothers than himself. He is the golden retriever boy in the group, then there’s Cyprus the geeky one, he likes to see himself as sophisticated in the way only a teenage boy can, he loves his group he’s blunt, Sarcastic and serious and each of them means the world to Ellie. So imagine her heartbreak when her mum meets someone yeah he’s rich, he’s going to get them off the trailer park but he’s also controlling, abusive and going to take her away from her boys but they don’t know what he’s doing to her, 4 years later after being controlled and abused and watching her mum do the same she secretly saves money to hire a group of killers to get rid of him imagine her surprise when that group of killer is her best friends the ones who think she left them behind and wanted nothing to do with her, the only way they’ll help her is if she signs on the dotted line agreeing to be there’s for the next year and all that entales. Each of them has changed, hardened and treat her like she’s a money grabber trying to get rid of her step dad for the inheritance… what are they going to do when they find out that she’s not what they thought and that they’ve been wrong about why she left them this whole time. I reckon they’ll be ready to raze the earth to dust when they find out she was hurt.
Fantastically written.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 19, 2025
This book is complicated but in a good way! While there is a lot of back story getting us to the end of the book, it's all very much needed and worth it. I will say most authors make the back stories boring or very one dimensional, however Nikki Lark made all of it flow so smoothly you forget that you're reading the events of what leads up to everything else.
I fell in love with all of the main characters, Tank being my favorite. Who doesn't love a gentle giant that tries to do the right thing, even if he goes about it the wrong way sometimes? All Ellie's boys are easy to love...I at times got frustrated with them going about things the way they choose too. Especially when you find out that she haunted them nightmares they don't want to stop having for fear of losing her forever...even if it's not really her. Yet I will say that at times I was equally frustrated with Ellie for not being able to look at the bigger picture and doing exactly what the boys are doing to her, giving no grace or room for explanations. Plain and simple while they all do communicate to a degree they don't communicate at all in the ways that matter. Sometimes pretending not to care is all we can do to make it through the day and so we lie to ourselves and everyone around us.
But such is life, often a simple conversation can change so much, but it seems as though I will have to wait til Spring 2026 to get any answers I was hoping would be revealed, as the book ends on a cliff hanger!!!! Which as I have stated in many other reviews I am not a fan of, they drive me nuts especially when you're unsure if you'll get another book. However there is another book coming so I'm okay with this one...for now.
I gave this book 5/5 because not only is the writing good, it's actually real. We hear stories like Ellie's all the time, and we know that there are definitely criminal organizations out there hidden very well like The Kings of Ruin. I wasn't desperately to talk about this book more however I know I will 100% give every little thing away, so I'll leave this with if you like spice that burns in a delicious way, bad boys who are pining over their first love, why choose and men who don't just claim to kill those who even look at her, but act on it then this is definitely the book for you!
I fell in love with all of the main characters, Tank being my favorite. Who doesn't love a gentle giant that tries to do the right thing, even if he goes about it the wrong way sometimes? All Ellie's boys are easy to love...I at times got frustrated with them going about things the way they choose too. Especially when you find out that she haunted them nightmares they don't want to stop having for fear of losing her forever...even if it's not really her. Yet I will say that at times I was equally frustrated with Ellie for not being able to look at the bigger picture and doing exactly what the boys are doing to her, giving no grace or room for explanations. Plain and simple while they all do communicate to a degree they don't communicate at all in the ways that matter. Sometimes pretending not to care is all we can do to make it through the day and so we lie to ourselves and everyone around us.
But such is life, often a simple conversation can change so much, but it seems as though I will have to wait til Spring 2026 to get any answers I was hoping would be revealed, as the book ends on a cliff hanger!!!! Which as I have stated in many other reviews I am not a fan of, they drive me nuts especially when you're unsure if you'll get another book. However there is another book coming so I'm okay with this one...for now.
I gave this book 5/5 because not only is the writing good, it's actually real. We hear stories like Ellie's all the time, and we know that there are definitely criminal organizations out there hidden very well like The Kings of Ruin. I wasn't desperately to talk about this book more however I know I will 100% give every little thing away, so I'll leave this with if you like spice that burns in a delicious way, bad boys who are pining over their first love, why choose and men who don't just claim to kill those who even look at her, but act on it then this is definitely the book for you!
December 22, 2025
When betrayal cuts this deep, vengeance isn’t just an option—it’s inevitable. Ellie vanished from the trailer park without a word, leaving behind four boys who loved her fiercely from the moment they met. Kade, Cyrus, Jinx, and Tank thought losing their Princess would destroy them. Instead, it forged them into something dangerous. Something ruthless. They rose from heartbreak to become the Kings of Ruin. Like many readers, Tank stole my heart. There’s just something irresistible about a gentle giant, especially one who sees himself as a monster because of his scars. Be honest: you wanted to wrap him up in a hug and tell him he was enough. However, that softness disappears the second someone threatens the people he loves, and that contrast is absolute perfection. Kade, the group’s leader, comes across as an arrogant jerk at times, but beneath that sharp edge is a man who would burn the world down for his brothers. Jinx masks a dark secret with humor and chaos, while Cyrus, the blunt, sarcastic geek, cuts through everything with razor-sharp honesty. When Ellie returns four years later, desperate for exactly what the Kings now provide, they seize the opportunity for payback. She’s right where they want her. The deal they offer isn’t one she can refuse. These men aren’t just dangerous, they’re all broken, each in their own way and thinking Ellie is only after her stepfather’s money they want their pound of flesh… but what happens when they realize they were wrong? When the truth about what happened to her and why she really left comes crashing down? What begins as vengeance and control twists into something raw, intimate, and emotionally brutal. But Ellie isn’t the same girl they lost. She’s stronger, sharper, and just as dangerous in her own way. Each man connects with her differently, but together, they find something worth fighting for. And God help anyone who ever hurt her. The only real crime of this book is that BLOODY cliffhanger. March cannot come soon enough.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 22, 2025
I can usually connect to her books but this one I don’t know it was a little hard, but I did like the story line just felt unfinished in some parts but a great story line. Elie and her friends grew up together but four years ago she vanished without a trace, nothing leaving her boys behind the only friends she ever really had behind the ones who really knew her but what they didn’t know was her life wasn’t a bed of roses in fact it was the total opposite and she wasn’t trying her best to get back them or reach them some way …somehow. Kade, Cyrus, Jinx, Tank were the boys she grew up with fast forward now the men that run everything The Kings of Ruin they have made a name for themselves aren’t the nicest of men in fact you don’t want to be on their radar but they have only one girl on their mind and she was the one who left them without a trace. But the moment she returns asking for help offering to pay they are willing to help her but not for payment of money but for her in return she learns that her boys are different. Kade is fury, Cyrus is all control stays in the shadows, Jinx hides his hurt in the chaos and Tank well his silence speaks for itself but they all loved her once well they still do but not willing to admit it to her or themselves because she hurt them when she left but will she sign the contract knowing it will be protection, punishment, will they see the love they have always had through the protection, the punishment, the obsession, will they be able to get past her leaving, will they learn to listen, to understand it wasn’t fun for her, and can they find happiness somewhere along the path they have chosen?
December 26, 2025
I have really enjoyed this book, it made me laugh and smile from the beginning. We have the four boys who are friends in the trailer park; Kade, Tank, Jinx and Cyrus when along comes Ellie. Tank saves her from the playground bullies. Ellie sees past Tanks scars, she sees the kind boy he is. He may be big and scary but when it comes to Ellie he is a pussycat. She has a special connection with him. But she soon becomes an integral part of the group. She becomes the sun the boys revolve around. So when she suddenly leaves because of her mother's relationship with the Mayor, the boys take it hard, very hard.
The boys think she has moved on from them. Why would she want her poor friends when she now moves in moneyed circles. But she misses her boys, they are the ones she truly feels she can be herself with. So when she comes into contact with them again a few years down the line, certain ones aren't there with open arms. Hurt and resentment of her leaving colour their views, even though they know deep down it wasn't her own doing.
When the boys find out why she has met up with them, they come up with a solution which will force her hand, if she wants them to do her bidding. Can Ellie agree to the contract they propose? Ellie has to face what the boys have become. How they have changed from the trailer park days, yet, also, they have stayed the same.
The book leaves us on a cliffhanger. Ellie has made her choice and her reasons for doing so. How will the others react especially Kade?
I can't wait for the next in the series to see how it all plays out.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
The boys think she has moved on from them. Why would she want her poor friends when she now moves in moneyed circles. But she misses her boys, they are the ones she truly feels she can be herself with. So when she comes into contact with them again a few years down the line, certain ones aren't there with open arms. Hurt and resentment of her leaving colour their views, even though they know deep down it wasn't her own doing.
When the boys find out why she has met up with them, they come up with a solution which will force her hand, if she wants them to do her bidding. Can Ellie agree to the contract they propose? Ellie has to face what the boys have become. How they have changed from the trailer park days, yet, also, they have stayed the same.
The book leaves us on a cliffhanger. Ellie has made her choice and her reasons for doing so. How will the others react especially Kade?
I can't wait for the next in the series to see how it all plays out.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
December 7, 2025
Maybe justice is just four angry kids who decided that someone's gotta make the monsters pay.
Okay. Trailer Park Princess is the dark horse I wasn't expecting to be THE stand out read for me in 2025. This book came out of nowhere and ate my heart.
Ellie Riggs shows up at Creekside Estates trailer park at eight years old, the unwanted daughter of an affair, and immediately gets cornered by bullies. Then this huge, scarred, silent boy appears out of nowhere and saves her. Tank doesn't say a word. He just offers her his hand and leads her to an old RV where three other boys are waiting.
And that's it. That's when they become five.
Ellie is ripped away from her boys and grows into the kind of heroine who's been knocked down her entire life and keeps getting back up. She's a survivor. Resourceful, sharp, and brave enough to walk straight into the lions' den to sign her life away on her own terms. She doesn't know the Kings of Ruin - the hitmen she's hired to kill her abusive stepfather - are her boys.
They think all she wants is her stepfather's money and blame her for abandoning them. Only Tank doesn't blame her because he always felt she deserved better than them anyway. And Ellie is at peace with them believing that's all she wants because she doesn't want them to know the truth.
I went into this book expecting the usual morally gray bad boys. What I got was morally gray bad boys AND a devastating found family gut-punch ripping my heart out. And then ripping it out again. And again. With sprinkles of spice and hope in between gut punches.
Okay. Trailer Park Princess is the dark horse I wasn't expecting to be THE stand out read for me in 2025. This book came out of nowhere and ate my heart.
Ellie Riggs shows up at Creekside Estates trailer park at eight years old, the unwanted daughter of an affair, and immediately gets cornered by bullies. Then this huge, scarred, silent boy appears out of nowhere and saves her. Tank doesn't say a word. He just offers her his hand and leads her to an old RV where three other boys are waiting.
And that's it. That's when they become five.
Ellie is ripped away from her boys and grows into the kind of heroine who's been knocked down her entire life and keeps getting back up. She's a survivor. Resourceful, sharp, and brave enough to walk straight into the lions' den to sign her life away on her own terms. She doesn't know the Kings of Ruin - the hitmen she's hired to kill her abusive stepfather - are her boys.
They think all she wants is her stepfather's money and blame her for abandoning them. Only Tank doesn't blame her because he always felt she deserved better than them anyway. And Ellie is at peace with them believing that's all she wants because she doesn't want them to know the truth.
I went into this book expecting the usual morally gray bad boys. What I got was morally gray bad boys AND a devastating found family gut-punch ripping my heart out. And then ripping it out again. And again. With sprinkles of spice and hope in between gut punches.
December 22, 2025
I loved this.
I received this as an ARC through BookSirens.
A young girl moves into a trailer park and befriends 4 young boys who take her in and they all cause chaos.
But when Ellie's mom meets and marries the Mayor when Ellie is 17, everything changes.
Four years later, Ellie's stepfather is now a Congressman, but her life is anything but luxurious. She wishes she could have stayed with her boys.
It gets to the point where she can't take her current life and reaches out to an underground contract-for-hire group to have her stepfather murdered, she comes face to face with The Kings; but she knows them by another name; her boys.
But her boys have grown up, and they're furious with how she left them and for that, she'll pay. Oh they'll take the job, but she has to become theirs for a full year.
Now, do I wish there was more in the ''make her theirs'' part of the story? Yes. BUT! This is the first of a duology so, I'm assuming there will be MUCH MORE in the second book.
I do also wish there was a little more back story for all the boys equally. It seemed to mainly focus on Kade and Tank but left much to the imagination for the other two.
Again, being the first of two, this could be answered later.
Overall, I enjoyed this a lot.
I received this as an ARC through BookSirens.
A young girl moves into a trailer park and befriends 4 young boys who take her in and they all cause chaos.
But when Ellie's mom meets and marries the Mayor when Ellie is 17, everything changes.
Four years later, Ellie's stepfather is now a Congressman, but her life is anything but luxurious. She wishes she could have stayed with her boys.
It gets to the point where she can't take her current life and reaches out to an underground contract-for-hire group to have her stepfather murdered, she comes face to face with The Kings; but she knows them by another name; her boys.
But her boys have grown up, and they're furious with how she left them and for that, she'll pay. Oh they'll take the job, but she has to become theirs for a full year.
Now, do I wish there was more in the ''make her theirs'' part of the story? Yes. BUT! This is the first of a duology so, I'm assuming there will be MUCH MORE in the second book.
I do also wish there was a little more back story for all the boys equally. It seemed to mainly focus on Kade and Tank but left much to the imagination for the other two.
Again, being the first of two, this could be answered later.
Overall, I enjoyed this a lot.
December 13, 2025
It's difficult to rate this book. I really enjoyed the first half of this book but then it fizzled out. I loved the relationship that Ellie had with the guys and all the chapters of them growing up. But when we got to the present time, it just reached a dead-end. It seemed like the author had a well written story and the beginning of a plot but never went further than that. We were introduced to her new life and somewhat introduced to the "villain" and given a tiny amount of details about what had been happening. Then the guys show up and the second half of the book took place over a week's time. The villain isn't talked about again. She spends a week with the guys then a little bit of rushed spice is thrown in the last few chapters and then the book ends. Where was all the character development? What happened to the villain or her mom or basically anything going on except her minimally interacting with the guys? There isn't a single thing that gave me any anticipation to continue the series. I think it's a good start to a book but needs an editor to help flesh it out and give it an actual storyline.
December 14, 2025
Oh so twisted and dark!
She was only nine when her father abandoned her and her mother, and they ended up living in a dilapidated trailer in a rundown trailer park. Ellie Rigg’s mother met and married a politician, and she was moved into her stepfather’s mansion and forced her to leave the boys she had come to love, her protectors, behind. Tank, the first boy she met and the groups gentle giant, then there is Kade, Cyrus, and Jinx, she loved them all. Determined to make a better life for themselves those boys became the Kings of Ruin, and after four years later they are all men and the last people she expected to see when she needed to hire a killer. They don’t want her money, but will Ellie be able to pay the price they demand?
These are some very morally gray characters with some...issues developed throughout childhood and a twisted sense of justice. I love them! They are so compelling that I had a hard time putting this book down to sleep. Bloody violence, and plot twists that left me gasping in a twisted and steamy dark reverse harem romance that I will recommend to other readers.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary ARC provided by Book Sprout.
She was only nine when her father abandoned her and her mother, and they ended up living in a dilapidated trailer in a rundown trailer park. Ellie Rigg’s mother met and married a politician, and she was moved into her stepfather’s mansion and forced her to leave the boys she had come to love, her protectors, behind. Tank, the first boy she met and the groups gentle giant, then there is Kade, Cyrus, and Jinx, she loved them all. Determined to make a better life for themselves those boys became the Kings of Ruin, and after four years later they are all men and the last people she expected to see when she needed to hire a killer. They don’t want her money, but will Ellie be able to pay the price they demand?
These are some very morally gray characters with some...issues developed throughout childhood and a twisted sense of justice. I love them! They are so compelling that I had a hard time putting this book down to sleep. Bloody violence, and plot twists that left me gasping in a twisted and steamy dark reverse harem romance that I will recommend to other readers.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary ARC provided by Book Sprout.
December 18, 2025
First book by Nikki Lark. Won’t be the last. ‘Trailer Park Princess’ is easily in my ‘Recommend to Read’ list this year.
Ellie and her incredibly dark, dangerous, confused, sinfully sexy kings, light these pages on fire with the buildup to their sexy times. ‘Trailer Park Princess’’ main male characters are well-fleshed, complex characters that are strong, masculine, and deadly, who’s collective hearts’ purpose is to love and care for their Ellie. Nikki Lark has masterfully interwoven longing, hurt, love, jealousy, acceptance, angst, insecurity, possessiveness, and absolute love to create the this unputdownable novel. Book two promises to be quite … entertaining.
*** Recommended ***
MMC:
✨Tank
✨Cyrus ⚔️
✨Kade
✨Jinx ⚔️
FMC:
✨Ellie
HEA/Cliffhanger:
✨cliffhanger, to be continued
Series:
✨Trailer Park Psychos — Book 1
Tropes:
👉dark romance
👉friends to lovers
👉enemies to lovers
👉why choose
👉second chance
Triggers:
💥18+
💥sex, ⚔️⚔️⚔️,
💥profanity
💥violence, abuse,
💥death
💥betrayal
Burn Speed:
✨medium -ish
Spice Level:
✨🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
✨MF
✨MM
✨MFM
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Ellie and her incredibly dark, dangerous, confused, sinfully sexy kings, light these pages on fire with the buildup to their sexy times. ‘Trailer Park Princess’’ main male characters are well-fleshed, complex characters that are strong, masculine, and deadly, who’s collective hearts’ purpose is to love and care for their Ellie. Nikki Lark has masterfully interwoven longing, hurt, love, jealousy, acceptance, angst, insecurity, possessiveness, and absolute love to create the this unputdownable novel. Book two promises to be quite … entertaining.
*** Recommended ***
MMC:
✨Tank
✨Cyrus ⚔️
✨Kade
✨Jinx ⚔️
FMC:
✨Ellie
HEA/Cliffhanger:
✨cliffhanger, to be continued
Series:
✨Trailer Park Psychos — Book 1
Tropes:
👉dark romance
👉friends to lovers
👉enemies to lovers
👉why choose
👉second chance
Triggers:
💥18+
💥sex, ⚔️⚔️⚔️,
💥profanity
💥violence, abuse,
💥death
💥betrayal
Burn Speed:
✨medium -ish
Spice Level:
✨🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
✨MF
✨MM
✨MFM
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
December 19, 2025
Book one in the Trailer Park Psychos series, we meet Ellie as an eight year old who’s just had the misfortune of moving to a trailer park after a fall out between her mom and dad. But, as it turns out she meets her perfect number (5) with the four boys who rescue her; Kade, Tank, Jinx, and Cyrus. But then things take a dark turn when her mom is swept off her feet and she’s torn from all that matters in her world. A dark romance with a reverse harem, danger, vigilante violence, amazing spice content with an MM pairing that makes you drool 🤤! The characters are all created expertly with strengths, weaknesses, and trauma that you can’t help but get emotionally vested in. It’s an intense read that just tugs at your heartstrings, has you craving the darkness, and makes you want to hit someone at the same time. Secrets, lies, misunderstandings, and betrayals, of which you’ll have to read to find out. I’m not spoiling it for ya! Can’t wait to see what’s next in this series, Trailer Park Psychos doesn’t come out till April, and I have a feeling it’s going to get better!.
I received a free copy of this book via Cherrylily ARCs and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Cherrylily ARCs and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 26, 2025
ARC Review-BookSirens
Star Rating: 4⭐️
Pub Date: Dec 6th, 2025
Genre: Dark Romance
Book one of Tailer Park Psychos
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
This is a why choose, reverse harem dark romance. We follow Ellie and four guys as she’s a teenager and she lives in a trailer park. She used to get bullied a lot and became friends with those four guys. They were trouble at first sight but they always had fun even if they weren’t doing much they got really close. One day Ellie needs to move away because her mom got into a relationship with the senator and they are finally out of a bad situation but Ellie leaves the guys behind and the guys got mad as they grown distant for four years. After those four years Ellie goes to a dark place not familiar but she wants to get rid of her “stepfather” by all means. Ellie gets reunited with the four guys to her shock as they got into dark stuff when she left but she’s theirs and always has been. Very fun read and entertaining, although I was hoping that more of the stepfather plot happened but it just focused on her and the guys which was great. I’m glad the dynamic really didn’t change fully and they got back to the way things were.
Star Rating: 4⭐️
Pub Date: Dec 6th, 2025
Genre: Dark Romance
Book one of Tailer Park Psychos
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
This is a why choose, reverse harem dark romance. We follow Ellie and four guys as she’s a teenager and she lives in a trailer park. She used to get bullied a lot and became friends with those four guys. They were trouble at first sight but they always had fun even if they weren’t doing much they got really close. One day Ellie needs to move away because her mom got into a relationship with the senator and they are finally out of a bad situation but Ellie leaves the guys behind and the guys got mad as they grown distant for four years. After those four years Ellie goes to a dark place not familiar but she wants to get rid of her “stepfather” by all means. Ellie gets reunited with the four guys to her shock as they got into dark stuff when she left but she’s theirs and always has been. Very fun read and entertaining, although I was hoping that more of the stepfather plot happened but it just focused on her and the guys which was great. I’m glad the dynamic really didn’t change fully and they got back to the way things were.
December 16, 2025
Trailer Park Princess by Nikki Lark is a gritty, steamy reverse harem that does not hold back. Dark, raw, and unapologetically intense, this story pulls you into a rough-around-the-edges world where survival, loyalty, and obsession collide.
The FMC is fierce, flawed, and completely unforgettable—she’s been through hell and refuses to bow to anyone. The men are possessive, dangerous, and undeniably addictive, each bringing a different dynamic that keeps the tension high and the chemistry scorching. The relationships develop in messy, emotional ways that feel true to the darkness of the story.
Expect morally gray characters, explosive spice, and a plot that keeps twisting when you least expect it. This isn’t a sweet romance—it’s gritty, emotional, and meant for readers who love dark reverse harem with bite.
Definitely check trigger warnings before diving in.
If you enjoy dark, steamy RH romances with strong heroines and unapologetic heat, this one is absolutely worth the read.
I received a free copy of this book via Cherrylily ARCs and am voluntarily leaving a review.
The FMC is fierce, flawed, and completely unforgettable—she’s been through hell and refuses to bow to anyone. The men are possessive, dangerous, and undeniably addictive, each bringing a different dynamic that keeps the tension high and the chemistry scorching. The relationships develop in messy, emotional ways that feel true to the darkness of the story.
Expect morally gray characters, explosive spice, and a plot that keeps twisting when you least expect it. This isn’t a sweet romance—it’s gritty, emotional, and meant for readers who love dark reverse harem with bite.
Definitely check trigger warnings before diving in.
If you enjoy dark, steamy RH romances with strong heroines and unapologetic heat, this one is absolutely worth the read.
I received a free copy of this book via Cherrylily ARCs and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 12, 2025
Trailer Park Princess is book 1 in the Trailer Park Psychos duet and my first read by this author. It's a fantastic why-choose, dark read that completely captivates from the very first page. This book is dark, gritty, traumatic, and so heartbreaking at times. These characters are absolutely obsessed with their Princess and nothing will keep them from her again, one way or another. When she comes back into the picture in need the men she loves is right there to handle her every need. Trailer Park Princess ends on a cliffhanger so be prepared for that but more importantly, make sure you check the trigger warnings. This story has lots of content that could be sensitive to some readers. Aside from that, sit back and enjoy the Princess and her Psychopaths.
The Kings Of Ruin
Kade. The pyromaniac with a god complex.
Cyrus. The ghost in the machine.
Jinx. The golden boy who lets Cyrus call him Princess in the dark.
Tank. The silent, scarred giant who never stopped watching over her.
The Kings Of Ruin
Kade. The pyromaniac with a god complex.
Cyrus. The ghost in the machine.
Jinx. The golden boy who lets Cyrus call him Princess in the dark.
Tank. The silent, scarred giant who never stopped watching over her.
December 21, 2025
This is the first book I have read by this author and it is brilliant.
I love this history between the characters as it is the main driving force of the story. Ellie is great. She is funny, kind and loyal. I love how we see her grow up and how she flourishes in some way and is afraid in others. Tank is my favourite person in this story though. He is a genuine teddy bear and has been in love with Ellie since he first met her. I would love to know more about his background, but I guess I will have to wait for the conclusion. Jinx is a softie and I love how Ellie flusters him and his longing gazes at Cyrus, who I think is underused, but can’t wait to find out more about him. Kane is the leader of the pack and is the most angry. He is righteous at the moment but I wait for the moment once he finds out Ellie’s secret. Heads will roll.
I this an emotional rollercoaster that gripped me from the first page. Bring on the conclusion!
I love this history between the characters as it is the main driving force of the story. Ellie is great. She is funny, kind and loyal. I love how we see her grow up and how she flourishes in some way and is afraid in others. Tank is my favourite person in this story though. He is a genuine teddy bear and has been in love with Ellie since he first met her. I would love to know more about his background, but I guess I will have to wait for the conclusion. Jinx is a softie and I love how Ellie flusters him and his longing gazes at Cyrus, who I think is underused, but can’t wait to find out more about him. Kane is the leader of the pack and is the most angry. He is righteous at the moment but I wait for the moment once he finds out Ellie’s secret. Heads will roll.
I this an emotional rollercoaster that gripped me from the first page. Bring on the conclusion!
December 25, 2025
Trailer Park Princess is a quick, entertaining read with plenty of attitude and heart, even if it didn’t fully win me over in the end. Nikki Lark brings a strong voice to the page, and the story has moments that are funny, bold, and unapologetically real.
The main character is feisty and memorable, and I appreciated how the book leans into themes of resilience, independence, and carving out your own identity. There’s a rawness to the story that gives it personality, and when the emotional moments hit, they do so with sincerity.
That said, the pacing felt a bit uneven, and some plot points could have been explored more deeply. At times I wanted more development — whether in character relationships or emotional payoff — to really elevate the story. While enjoyable, it didn’t quite reach the level of connection I was hoping for.
Overall, Trailer Park Princess is a decent, easy read with charm and bite, even if it doesn’t completely stand out from the crowd.
The main character is feisty and memorable, and I appreciated how the book leans into themes of resilience, independence, and carving out your own identity. There’s a rawness to the story that gives it personality, and when the emotional moments hit, they do so with sincerity.
That said, the pacing felt a bit uneven, and some plot points could have been explored more deeply. At times I wanted more development — whether in character relationships or emotional payoff — to really elevate the story. While enjoyable, it didn’t quite reach the level of connection I was hoping for.
Overall, Trailer Park Princess is a decent, easy read with charm and bite, even if it doesn’t completely stand out from the crowd.
December 15, 2025
I finished this book in one sitting. I really enjoyed it.
The way it is written you can feel the emotion that the characters are feeling. It focuses on five kids from a trailer park who become a family to live through their current trauma. They grow up together until Ellie, the FMC, moves to the side of town when her mom marries the mayor. Chance brings them together four years later.
I do feel like some things weren’t explained, but hopefully that will be left for the next book. It did feel like almost nothing of the current time happened in this book but it set up from the past and made you love the characters, which helps when they meet again and try to get revenge for the four years Ellie left them.
I wouldn’t say it ends in a cliff hanger per se, but it leaves you wanting the next book ASAP. I cannot wait until April.
The way it is written you can feel the emotion that the characters are feeling. It focuses on five kids from a trailer park who become a family to live through their current trauma. They grow up together until Ellie, the FMC, moves to the side of town when her mom marries the mayor. Chance brings them together four years later.
I do feel like some things weren’t explained, but hopefully that will be left for the next book. It did feel like almost nothing of the current time happened in this book but it set up from the past and made you love the characters, which helps when they meet again and try to get revenge for the four years Ellie left them.
I wouldn’t say it ends in a cliff hanger per se, but it leaves you wanting the next book ASAP. I cannot wait until April.
December 23, 2025
You had me at red flags and trigger warnings...
Trailer park psychos book 1 of a duet
This dark reverse harem romance had me in a chokehold. I absolutely loved everything about this book and these characters stole my heart right from the start. I seriously couldn't get enough. I'm a sucker for dangerous masked men...
I definitely got the feels and the story made my heart squeeze so good. I loved how the MCs grew up together and bonded as kids.
Yes, there's the misunderstanding/miscommunication trope but I still ate it up.
The spice is yummy, the way these guys are unhinged for the FMC, and the connection they have to each other is just so good.
Tropes:
Reverse harem
FMMMM
All Morally-gray
Vigilantes
Touch her and ☠️
Obsessed MMCs
Friends to lovers
Enemies-to-lovers
Toxic AF
BDSM
Stalker
Multiple POV
Check TW
I'm so excited for book 2 after that cliffhanger!
Trailer park psychos book 1 of a duet
This dark reverse harem romance had me in a chokehold. I absolutely loved everything about this book and these characters stole my heart right from the start. I seriously couldn't get enough. I'm a sucker for dangerous masked men...
I definitely got the feels and the story made my heart squeeze so good. I loved how the MCs grew up together and bonded as kids.
Yes, there's the misunderstanding/miscommunication trope but I still ate it up.
The spice is yummy, the way these guys are unhinged for the FMC, and the connection they have to each other is just so good.
Tropes:
Reverse harem
FMMMM
All Morally-gray
Vigilantes
Touch her and ☠️
Obsessed MMCs
Friends to lovers
Enemies-to-lovers
Toxic AF
BDSM
Stalker
Multiple POV
Check TW
I'm so excited for book 2 after that cliffhanger!
December 26, 2025
A dark RH/Why Choose with MM? Umm… every single time, yes please.
Definitely check the trigger warnings before diving in, and be aware this one ends on a cliffhanger ready for book two of the duology.
Ellie and her four boys all come from rough, broken beginnings, each carrying their own scars from childhood—and adulthood has only layered on more darkness. I really loved how the story started, spending time in those early years and giving real depth to each of them. It made their bonds, trauma, and choices feel so much more real.
Then Ellie re-enters their lives. The emotional pull dips a little in the second half, feeling underdeveloped, but the tension there is just waiting to snap. When it finally does, those spicy moments at the end hit hard. A gritty, emotional setup and just enough chaos to leave you desperate for what comes next.
3.5 stars
Definitely check the trigger warnings before diving in, and be aware this one ends on a cliffhanger ready for book two of the duology.
Ellie and her four boys all come from rough, broken beginnings, each carrying their own scars from childhood—and adulthood has only layered on more darkness. I really loved how the story started, spending time in those early years and giving real depth to each of them. It made their bonds, trauma, and choices feel so much more real.
Then Ellie re-enters their lives. The emotional pull dips a little in the second half, feeling underdeveloped, but the tension there is just waiting to snap. When it finally does, those spicy moments at the end hit hard. A gritty, emotional setup and just enough chaos to leave you desperate for what comes next.
3.5 stars
December 10, 2025
I literally consumed this book!! I loved being able to follow the story of how Ellie met Tank, Kade, Cyrus, and Jinx, and how their bond grew over the years. They knew one thing for sure - they always had each other. Until the day that changed.
Ellie's mom remarried and she was whisked away to a completely different life. One filled with control and abuse. But her boys don't know this, and feel forgotten and left behind. Once she decides that something must be done with her abusive stepfather, fate brings them together once again.
Tank is the most intriguing and loyal to Ellie. That cliffhanger though.....torture!!! I MUST know what happens next!!! Book 2 please!!
I was SO lucky and excited to receive an advanced copy of this book to review!
Ellie's mom remarried and she was whisked away to a completely different life. One filled with control and abuse. But her boys don't know this, and feel forgotten and left behind. Once she decides that something must be done with her abusive stepfather, fate brings them together once again.
Tank is the most intriguing and loyal to Ellie. That cliffhanger though.....torture!!! I MUST know what happens next!!! Book 2 please!!
I was SO lucky and excited to receive an advanced copy of this book to review!
December 12, 2025
Trailer Park Princess, let’s get into it!
I loved this book, truly, it checked all the big boxes that I typically look for while reading. Character development + felt connection? Absolutely phenomenal. Unique plot that’s also well written? Another banger… however, I was disappointed with how it seemed to fall off the plot. Almost like once the author’s wheels caught traction, they left the plot behind and then completely hit the brakes all together. It left me with more questions than answers, and hanging onto a rather strange cliffhanger spot. Hopefully the second book contains more of Ellie’s situation. I look forward to reading more of this story, thank you for the opportunity! ♥️
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I loved this book, truly, it checked all the big boxes that I typically look for while reading. Character development + felt connection? Absolutely phenomenal. Unique plot that’s also well written? Another banger… however, I was disappointed with how it seemed to fall off the plot. Almost like once the author’s wheels caught traction, they left the plot behind and then completely hit the brakes all together. It left me with more questions than answers, and hanging onto a rather strange cliffhanger spot. Hopefully the second book contains more of Ellie’s situation. I look forward to reading more of this story, thank you for the opportunity! ♥️
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
December 16, 2025
Ellie Riggs was only nine when her father abandoned her and her mother, then her mother remarried and she was forced to leave her friends and the trailer park behind. Her friends Tank, Kade, Cyrus, and Jinx, she loved them all and she was devasted to leave them behind. A fascinating story of how they became made men, and the boys became the Kings of Ruin. Fate has a way of bringing them back together in an unexpected way. They're obsessed with their princess, and nothing will stand in their way again. They want and need her in their lives. The book does end in a cliffhanger, and I can't wait for the next book. I received a free copy of this book via Cherrylily ARCs and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 18, 2025
Ellie was just a little girl. Looking for love. She found it with four boys as a kid and then she was ripped away from them before they could become something more.
Then she finds them again and they aren't quite the same boys she once knew. They are dangerous vigilantes.
I loved this story so much. Seeing their relationship as kids and then beginning to see them coming (pun intended) back together again. It's messy, but also beautiful. I cannot wait for book 2 to see how they work through their past and hopefully come out stronger and better than they ever could have hoped. You can't help but root for all one, two, three, four, five of them.
I received a free copy of this book via Cherrylily ARCs and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Then she finds them again and they aren't quite the same boys she once knew. They are dangerous vigilantes.
I loved this story so much. Seeing their relationship as kids and then beginning to see them coming (pun intended) back together again. It's messy, but also beautiful. I cannot wait for book 2 to see how they work through their past and hopefully come out stronger and better than they ever could have hoped. You can't help but root for all one, two, three, four, five of them.
I received a free copy of this book via Cherrylily ARCs and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 23, 2025
4/5 stars
This is the second book that I have finished today, and this one had a lot of similarities to the other book that I’ve finished. The second book in the series isn’t out yet, and I doubt that I will pick it up either. I can handle darker plots and topics, but that doesn’t mean that I want to go out of my way to read them lol. Besides that I love Tank, and I love their dynamic. My absolute FAVORITE part of the book was the beginning chapters, which is funny because when they do background chapters and time jumps like that, it is usually my least favorite part. It was just done so good in this book, but I’m not going to lie… I wish we got some of the “who did this to you?” plot, because I am a SUCKER for it.
This is the second book that I have finished today, and this one had a lot of similarities to the other book that I’ve finished. The second book in the series isn’t out yet, and I doubt that I will pick it up either. I can handle darker plots and topics, but that doesn’t mean that I want to go out of my way to read them lol. Besides that I love Tank, and I love their dynamic. My absolute FAVORITE part of the book was the beginning chapters, which is funny because when they do background chapters and time jumps like that, it is usually my least favorite part. It was just done so good in this book, but I’m not going to lie… I wish we got some of the “who did this to you?” plot, because I am a SUCKER for it.
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