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Ruin the New Girl: A Dark High School Hockey Bully Romance
RUIN THE NEW GIRL
He destroyed me in front of everyone. Made me look desperate. Pathetic. Like I'd thrown myself at him when really, he was the one who begged me to stay that night. Called it a "pity fuck" in the cafeteria while his friends laughed.
I was supposed to disappear. Transfer schools. Let him win. But here's what Colt Thorne didn't count I document everything. Every text. Every threat. Every time his truck showed up outside my apartment at 2 AM. Two hundred forty-three photos of me on his phone. Drawings of my face in his notebook.
My schedule memorized down to the minute. He says it was love. I say it was obsession. Now his father's abuse has been exposed. CPS took him. His team abandoned him. His entire life imploded. And somehow, I'm the one showing up at his shitty motel room with groceries.
He says he's changing—going to therapy, facing his demons, learning to be better. But I've heard his promises before. Right before he shattered me. I should walk away. Choose the transfer. Choose safety. Instead, I'm setting boundaries he'll probably break.
Watching him grovel. Waiting to see if people can actually change. Or if I'm just setting myself up to be ruined all over again.
Because loving a broken boy doesn't fix him. It just breaks you both.
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RUIN THE NEW GIRL is Book Two of the King of Cruelty Duology—a dark high school bully romance featuring an obsessed antihero in therapy, a heroine who refuses to forgive easily, explicit content, real mental health representation, public accountability, and groveling that actually costs something.
Content CPS involvement, therapy scenes, suicidal ideation (non-graphic, character does not attempt), and a dark romance that doesn't shy away from the reality of trauma and healing.
Book One (BULLY THE NEW GIRL) must be read first. This is not a standalone.
If you need instant forgiveness, this isn't it. If you need a hero who crawls through broken glass to prove he's changed—keep reading.
He destroyed me in front of everyone. Made me look desperate. Pathetic. Like I'd thrown myself at him when really, he was the one who begged me to stay that night. Called it a "pity fuck" in the cafeteria while his friends laughed.
I was supposed to disappear. Transfer schools. Let him win. But here's what Colt Thorne didn't count I document everything. Every text. Every threat. Every time his truck showed up outside my apartment at 2 AM. Two hundred forty-three photos of me on his phone. Drawings of my face in his notebook.
My schedule memorized down to the minute. He says it was love. I say it was obsession. Now his father's abuse has been exposed. CPS took him. His team abandoned him. His entire life imploded. And somehow, I'm the one showing up at his shitty motel room with groceries.
He says he's changing—going to therapy, facing his demons, learning to be better. But I've heard his promises before. Right before he shattered me. I should walk away. Choose the transfer. Choose safety. Instead, I'm setting boundaries he'll probably break.
Watching him grovel. Waiting to see if people can actually change. Or if I'm just setting myself up to be ruined all over again.
Because loving a broken boy doesn't fix him. It just breaks you both.
--
RUIN THE NEW GIRL is Book Two of the King of Cruelty Duology—a dark high school bully romance featuring an obsessed antihero in therapy, a heroine who refuses to forgive easily, explicit content, real mental health representation, public accountability, and groveling that actually costs something.
Content CPS involvement, therapy scenes, suicidal ideation (non-graphic, character does not attempt), and a dark romance that doesn't shy away from the reality of trauma and healing.
Book One (BULLY THE NEW GIRL) must be read first. This is not a standalone.
If you need instant forgiveness, this isn't it. If you need a hero who crawls through broken glass to prove he's changed—keep reading.
278 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 18, 2025
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January 3, 2026
OK so not sure how this book 5 stars
I'm not sure how this book has 5 stars the major problem was it gave a whole chapter one person's point of view then switch to the next person's point of view in the next but the conversations didn't even match. I spent a lot of the time lost. The next problem it seemed to say the something over and over. I do not recommend this book
I'm not sure how this book has 5 stars the major problem was it gave a whole chapter one person's point of view then switch to the next person's point of view in the next but the conversations didn't even match. I spent a lot of the time lost. The next problem it seemed to say the something over and over. I do not recommend this book
January 3, 2026
This was TERRIBLE. Poor writing that you have to guess your way through at times, very repetitive, I’m choosing to believe AI was used because no way this is completely original (and the em dashes were falling off the pages).
There were THREE unrelated characters named Marcus, TWO unrelated named Ms. Chen, and a girl named Madison who is a brunette field hockey player in one chapter and then a blonde cheerleader in the next chapter.
It was so bad that at one point I almost convinced myself it was intentional… like every character was an unreliable narrator, but nope. No crazy twist at the end.
The sequel is just as bad but add in the FMC being told by EVERYONE she’s the only one who can save her abuser, including her own MOTHER.
This is not a dark romance book. I love dark romance. This was abuse with a couple of kisses/sex scenes. In the end, the MMC even acknowledges he doesn’t know anything about the FMC.
I wash I was better at DNFing books.
There were THREE unrelated characters named Marcus, TWO unrelated named Ms. Chen, and a girl named Madison who is a brunette field hockey player in one chapter and then a blonde cheerleader in the next chapter.
It was so bad that at one point I almost convinced myself it was intentional… like every character was an unreliable narrator, but nope. No crazy twist at the end.
The sequel is just as bad but add in the FMC being told by EVERYONE she’s the only one who can save her abuser, including her own MOTHER.
This is not a dark romance book. I love dark romance. This was abuse with a couple of kisses/sex scenes. In the end, the MMC even acknowledges he doesn’t know anything about the FMC.
I wash I was better at DNFing books.
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January 12, 2026
disappointed ☹️
I read both books in this duet within two days, and while the story itself had a lot of potential, the inconsistencies became impossible to ignore. I noticed a few small issues in the first book, but in the second one they became much more frequent and disruptive.
For example, there’s a moment involving a letter where the heroine is shown being upfront about it in her POV — but in the hero’s POV, the same situation is rewritten as if he finds out through someone else and confronts her. Moments like this completely change the story depending on whose chapter you’re in, and it pulled me out of the experience.
I genuinely loved the core idea and think this could’ve been a great series, but the lack of continuity made it hard to enjoy. I ended up stopping around 80% into book two because it kept happening. I’m disappointed, because the story had so much promise, but the execution just wasn’t there. Two stars
I read both books in this duet within two days, and while the story itself had a lot of potential, the inconsistencies became impossible to ignore. I noticed a few small issues in the first book, but in the second one they became much more frequent and disruptive.
For example, there’s a moment involving a letter where the heroine is shown being upfront about it in her POV — but in the hero’s POV, the same situation is rewritten as if he finds out through someone else and confronts her. Moments like this completely change the story depending on whose chapter you’re in, and it pulled me out of the experience.
I genuinely loved the core idea and think this could’ve been a great series, but the lack of continuity made it hard to enjoy. I ended up stopping around 80% into book two because it kept happening. I’m disappointed, because the story had so much promise, but the execution just wasn’t there. Two stars
January 14, 2026
ummmm
So story was great in beginning not so great end. Kinda boring ending. And timing was off and all over the place. I.e. November later for 9 weeks and December 1st happened every week. And everyone’s name was Marcus.
So either the author was high writing this book or several people wrote this book and didn’t read previous chapters when adding their parts. Super confusing.
So story was great in beginning not so great end. Kinda boring ending. And timing was off and all over the place. I.e. November later for 9 weeks and December 1st happened every week. And everyone’s name was Marcus.
So either the author was high writing this book or several people wrote this book and didn’t read previous chapters when adding their parts. Super confusing.
January 15, 2026
A tad bit better
I said I would t read this one but I did anyway. This book had a ton of inconsistencies so it got confusing at times. Still repetitive and seemed like I was reading the same chapter over and over. Spice level is 0 and the chemistry barely there.
I said I would t read this one but I did anyway. This book had a ton of inconsistencies so it got confusing at times. Still repetitive and seemed like I was reading the same chapter over and over. Spice level is 0 and the chemistry barely there.
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