Vicious Games: A Dark Taboo Stepbrothers Reverse Harem Romance

by Steph Macca, Michelle Sparks (Narrator), Joe Arden (Narrator)

The first year of college is supposed to be the best time of your life, right?

Partying, discovering yourself, getting your heart broken… all that bullcrap.

My cousin once told me I had a talent for attracting trouble. And screw me sideways, he was right.

Instead of discovering myself, I discovered something much worse.

I suck at college.

Oh, and I am in love with my rival and former best friend’s boyfriend.

I wish I could say that’s the extent of it. But drama and trouble find me everywhere I go.

Not only was he my rival and enemy’s boyfriend. He was my stepbrother.

And now he wants to play a winner takes all game with me.

The problem is I never back down from a challenge. And I was feeling confident too… until my stepbrother’s estranged twin brothers that I had never met before entered the game.

Vicious Games is a reverse harem taboo romance—meaning the main female character will have more than one love interest, and yes—it's downright dirty and taboo. It contains adult themes, course language and is solely intended for mature audiences over 18. Vicious Games is book 1 in The Lies We Keep series.

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Published October 9, 2025

About the author

Bestselling Dark Romance Author
Author of Unhinged 🔪

Knock Knock, Little Killer

Reviews

[ɢʀᴇʏッ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 ⭐️ 3.5 🌶
🎧Release: 10.09.25
⏳7hrs 29mins

💭 ive smh & rolled my eyes about 60% of the book, mostly coz of rylee. but i did enjoy the story. heres why (& in no particular order of their appearance). chuck is intrguing but still a mystery. zayn screams mischief & chaos while blake is the quiet no bs/no sugarcoating kinda guy. i might be the oddball & say the twins are the ones i enjoyed most here. i cant wait to dig deeper & get to know them more. sure asher didnt completely win me over in this book but im crossing my fingers for a redemption arc for him later. & rylee... shes a mess atm!! obv shes an adult but thats juz a number. as shown by her actions & choices. i do empathize on her survivors guilt so for now, im going to say im content. i know this is only book 1 & so im still hopeful that i will see growth in her more into the series.

🎧 obv... id love to hear more of zayn & blake. hell... id listen to them give me fastfood orders all day🤭 but the full cast audio was remarkably performed by michelle sparks, joe arden, anthony palmini, sean masters, & aaron shedlock in this duet narration. each of their voices fit their characters so perfectly. a must-add to ur tbl♥️

dark contemporary college romance | enemies to lovers | rh | forbidden romance | stepbrothers | twin brothers | xbesties bf | found fam | biker bar

✨ thankU Steph Macca & Blue Nose Audio for this ALC🔥
‼️ 𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨. ✔️🆃🆆/🅲🆆

[Sandra Rodriguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Riley is a hot mess, her life was turned upside down when her dad died and her mom married Asher's dad. Asher is a hot as sin "perfect" son and the bain of Riley's excistance. Unfortunately Asher is deliciously hott and shes been in love with him for years. After a particularly bad night at the biker bar Riley frequenst she decides to follow thru with her plans and leave the town and start over but Asher finds out and decides to up the stakes, complete the dares he gives her and he will give her the money she needs to start over. Asher makes the dares very sexual and this is where all the mischief starts. The book is sexy and raw and emotional, the voice actors are excellent as always, Joe Arden and Michelle Sparks deliver an amazing performance. There are parts where the book drags a little and then it picks up so fast that i was blind sided when it was over, i. needed more story. overall the story was a 4 star for me, spice was a 4 as well and the audio performance was a 5+. Thank you to blue nose audio for allowing me to have an ALC of this book.

[newborn reader - 74 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I give this book a 3.5 stars. It was a really slow start, I am interested to see where the story goes in Book 2z

It is hard to empathise with the FMC even despite her Mother’s lack of interest in her. Let’s see how the next one goes.

Story was 3.5 stars, but narration is 5 stars!

[Bree Hawkless · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the audio and the narrators did an amazing job. There were a few twists and turns that I didn’t expect and will need to read or listen to the next book on the duet to get the answers I seek.

[Jennay Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the audio of this book. I liked the characters a lot! Onto book two..

[Jennifer Hatfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Riley and Asher play a game of Dare You. Things are going great until other people integrate themselves into the game while a girlfriend goes ballistic and unknown brothers come into the mix.