Cruel King by Rina Kent (Paperback)

A dark enemies-to-lovers romance, and a complete standalone prequel which must be read before the series. He’s no fairy-tale king.

Levi rules the Royal Elite school like a throne he was born to, and he has only three demands of his little princess: bow, break, kneel. She can fight him, claw at him, rage against him all she likes — but in the end, he’s certain, she’ll call him her king.

Astrid has spent her life as little more than a shadow at Royal Elite. Then, overnight, everything changes: she becomes prey — hunted, cornered, and picked apart piece by piece by the cruel boy who seems determined to tear her whole world down. He thinks he owns her. He thinks he’ll break her. But this princess has no intention of kneeling. If Levi wants to play king, she’ll drag him to his knees instead. What follows is a vicious, simmering battle of wills where control and surrender, loathing and desire, prove impossible to tell apart.

Cruel King is a complete standalone prequel in the Royal Elite world; no book should be read before it. It’s a dark romance for mature readers — please check any content warnings before reading.

Perfect for readers who love dark bully romance, an enemies-to-lovers battle of wills, a cruel king-of-the-school anti-hero and a heroine who refuses to break.