Black Knight by Rina Kent (Paperback)

A dark friends-to-lovers bully romance from Rina Kent, part of the Royal Elite series. Love is impossible. Hate is an open game.

Xander Knight was once Kimberly’s best friend. Now he’s her worst enemy. He’s heartbreakingly beautiful, ridiculously popular and brutally cruel — a knight who has no intention of doing any saving. Whatever they once were to each other, that boy is gone, and in his place is someone who seems determined to make her life hell.

For Xander, it’s just as raw. He and Kimberly started as a dream and became a nightmare. To him, she’s pathetically fake, terribly innocent on the surface, and secretly far darker underneath — and she can hide from the whole world if she likes, but never from him. As the two circle each other, old history and present cruelty tangle into something neither can walk away from, where second chances and bitter betrayals blur, and the line between love and hate all but disappears.

Black Knight is part of the Royal Elite series but can be read on its own, though the earlier books give a fuller understanding of the world. It’s a mature new adult romance containing visceral mental-health situations that some readers may find triggering. Please check any content warnings before reading, and take care if these themes affect you.

Perfect for readers who love dark friends-to-lovers bully romance, a former-best-friends-to-enemies arc, a cruel and beautiful anti-hero and a second chance laced with pain.