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He broke her in high school. Now he’s back to finish the job, and this time, she’s under his roof. Skylar Atkinson spent years burying her past, especially the hell Tanner Holder put her through. But when her mom remarries and he becomes her new stepbrother, she’s forced to relive the nightmare… one suffocating breath at a time. Tanner doesn’t need fists to break her. He uses whispers. Touches. Traps. A well-timed smirk in the hallway. A brush of fingers in the kitchen. A stolen glance that strips her bare. And the worst part? Her body remembers him. Worse still—it responds. Now...

He doesn’t chase. He stalks—and he always catches what he wants. Sasha Bell thought surviving her mother’s latest marriage meant peace. But it came with Riley. Her new stepbrother is everything she fears—silent, feral, and impossibly observant. He doesn’t mock her like the others. He studies her. Watches from the shadows. Shows up where he shouldn’t, breathing her air, filling the house with a presence that vibrates like tension on a wire. Riley doesn’t need words. His rules are unspoken. His punishments? Delivered with quiet cruelty. Trapped in a house she can’t escape and ...

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 ...

He doesn’t hurt her in front of anyone. He saves that for when the doors are closed—and she’s too ashamed to stop him. Rory Mathis just wanted to paint, keep her head down, and survive her mother’s latest marriage. But when Maddox Briggs—her new stepbrother—shows up at their shared home and elite college, everything safe in her world goes dark. He’s wicked in the quietest ways. He doesn’t scream or hit. He violates without leaving bruises. A knock when she’s showering. A comment no one else hears. A hand that stays too long on her waist. And her body, traitorous and ...

He doesn’t guard the gates. He controls every lock inside her mind. Drew Cox didn’t choose Browning Academy. Her mother married a monster, and now Drew’s trapped behind iron gates, cold stone walls… and Brice Browning. Her new stepbrother is cruel, calculated, and obsessive. A sadistic warden with perfect control and a smile that slices deeper than knives. Brice doesn’t shout. He watches. He waits. He infiltrates her routines, her space, her thoughts—until her only escape is fantasy. But even there… he follows. Now he’s assigned her as his “student.” Overseer. Punisher. ...

He doesn’t just want her obedience. He wants her soul. Poppy Jenkins thought she’d finally carved out a life of her own—until Dane Fraser showed up with a smirk and a set of duffel bags. Her golden-boy stepbrother. Her tormentor. Her new roommate. Sent to “babysit” her after the scandalous jersey incident that nearly destroyed his athletic career, Dane’s mission is clear: control her, shame her, and remind her who owns her. And Dane? He never fails a mission. Behind closed doors, his dominance turns primal. Every word is a command. Every punishment is earned. And every ...

He makes the rules. And breaking them comes with punishments I’m not ready for. Rowan Solis thought she was safe when Edward left for boarding school. But now he’s back—older, colder, and infinitely more dangerous. Her domineering stepbrother wastes no time laying out his expectations: no back talk, no avoidance, no emotional weakness. In his twisted playbook, every reaction she gives is ammunition, and every flinch is an invitation. He doesn’t need to touch her to control her. A look, a whisper, a shadow in the hallway is enough to unravel her. But Edward doesn’t just want ...

He's the billionaire's son. I'm the politeness project. And he's about to get me filthy. When Calla Stevens moves into the sky-high glass palace of New York’s elite, all she wants is to survive the merger of her mother’s heart with the coldest family money can buy. But nothing prepares her for Bennett Cunningham—her new stepbrother, her academic rival, and a predator in a perfectly tailored suit. He doesn't just hate her sweetness—he targets it. He invades her space, her school, her thoughts. Every insult is a test. Every touch a dare. And every sick, twisted “gift” he leaves ...

He doesn’t break rules. He breaks girls. Donna Talley wanted a fresh start: a new college, a new city, and a new life. But fate had other plans in the form of Killian Fairchild, her new stepbrother, who turns her dream of anonymity into a living, twisted nightmare. He’s cruel, calculating, and colder than the marble walls of their family mansion. With every brush of his hand, every whispered insult, Killian pulls Donna deeper into a game she never agreed to play. He toys with her sanity, stalks her in silence, and invades the last corners of her privacy—until fear isn't the only thing...

He doesn’t make threats. He makes promises. And they all end with me on my knees. Jules Rios thought she was safe—hidden away in her stepfather’s mansion, counting the days until college started. But when Jacob Lowe moves in, silence turns to suffocation. Cold, calculating, and cruelly beautiful, her new stepbrother doesn’t speak often—but when he does, it cuts like a blade. At home, he invades her space. On campus, he shadows her steps. And in the dark… he touches her without touching her at all. Jacob isn’t playing games. He’s crafting a slow, merciless breakdown. One ...

He's my stepbrother. My shadow. My obsession. And he's about to ruin me from the inside out. Talia Roberts thought she'd escaped the worst until Asher Hendricks moved in. Her new stepbrother is all dark eyes, sharp smirks, and predator stillness. One look turns her blood cold. One word makes her knees shake. And now, he's not just in her house, he's infiltrating every part of her life. At home, he corners her in the hallway. At school, he watches her unravel. He moves through her boundaries like smoke: haunting, humiliating, consuming. And when they’re forced together for a family cabin ...

He never raises his voice. But everything he does breaks me. Eden Pearson was raised to fear temptation. To guard her heart, her purity, her soul. But none of her prayers could prepare her for Zeke Justice—her new stepbrother. He’s the dark prince of the Pearson-Justice mansion, a storm in human form with storm-cloud eyes and a mouth full of cruel smirks. He never yells. He doesn’t chase. He just waits and watches and lets her destroy herself under the weight of his silence. Zeke knows she’s terrified of him. He also knows her body is already betraying her. Every stolen glance, ...

He’s my stepbrother. My tormentor. My shameful obsession. When Hayley Barton is dumped into the icy halls of Atheria Elite Academy, all she wants is to survive long enough to prove she belongs. But survival becomes a blood sport when she’s forced to live across the hall from her new stepbrother—Jenson Davidson—the Academy’s crown prince of cruelty. He rules Atheria like a dark god in designer threads, and he’s made one thing clear: Hayley’s his new favorite game. Every hallway becomes a hunting ground. Every whisper of “mouse” echoes with humiliation. And every brush of ...

He read my diary. Now he’s reading my body—page by humiliating page. Laney White thought her diary was safe. Hidden. Locked. Private. But her new stepbrother, Damien Sutton—the cold, calculating campus predator—has cracked her open like a book… and he’s memorized every filthy word. Now he’s in her house. In her school. In her head. And he’s using her darkest fantasies against her—humiliating her in public, punishing her in private, and dragging her shame into the spotlight with every page he reenacts. Laney’s body betrays her with every touch. Her mind splinters with ...

He ruined my life. Now I’m trapped in his house. And he says I owe him atonement. After being expelled from Northwood Academy under a scandal she didn’t cause, Sera Graham is exiled to the last place she ever wanted to go—her stepbrother’s secluded coastal estate. Elias Boone is more than just cruel—he’s calculated, patient, and obsessed. And now? He has her exactly where he wants her. He engineered her fall. He controls her isolation. And with every whisper in the hallway, every item moved in her room, every blood-red rose left on her pillow… Elias reminds her that nothing in...

He’s the golden boy architect of my downfall—and now I belong to him. Lark Rivers just wanted to survive the merger of their families with her dignity intact. But Lucien Ayers, her new stepbrother, has no intention of letting that happen. When she accidentally destroys the model that was supposed to win him the Harrison Grant Scholarship, Lucien doesn’t shout—he smiles. Coldly. Quietly. Calculating. Because now, she owes him everything. He doesn’t want money. He wants obedience. And his definition of “repayment” means humiliating tasks, suffocating proximity, and mind games ...