He’s not her salvation. He’s the serpent in her Garden, who plans to make her fall.

Angel Sweets thought her mother’s marriage into high society would be a blessing. A step up. A sanctuary. But when she moves into Byrne Hall and meets Phoenix—her cruel, beautiful new stepbrother—she realizes she hasn’t been saved. She’s been damned.

Phoenix is blasphemy wrapped in velvet. A predator in prep school, cashmere threads. He knows her faith. Her rules. Her limits. And he makes it his mission to shatter every single one.

From secret gifts and twisted scripture to locked-door encounters and whispered threats, Phoenix doesn’t just want Angel afraid. He wants her ashamed. Aroused. Broken. And willing to kneel—not for God, but for him.

Now Angel must choose: cling to her beliefs and lose her sanity… Or embrace the one sin she’s never confessed.

This is a dark stepbrother bully romance featuring religious shame, obsessive stalking, psychological manipulation, emotional degradation, dubcon heat, voyeurism, masturbation, and forced proximity. Themes include sacrilegious eroticism, spiritual corruption, and identity deconstruction. Contains high-heat power imbalance, public and private humiliation, and traumatic arousal. All characters are consenting adults aged 21+. Standalone in The Bully Shame Game series.