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Tate James
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Dear Reader

Dear Reader

Tate James

Book 1 of Devil's Backbone

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Why ChooseDark RomanceBully RomanceEnemies to LoversAcademy
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⚠ Murder⚠ Physical Assault⚠ Graphic Violence⚠ Sexual Harassment⚠ Gaslighting⚠ Infidelity⚠ Suicide⚠ Drug Use⚠ Death⚠ Sexual Assault⚠ Kidnapping⚠ Toxic Relationship⚠ Emotional Abuse⚠ Bullying⚠ Mental Illness⚠ Classism

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Scholarship student Ashley Layne arrives at the elite Nevaeh University only to discover her new stepbrother and his three best friends secretly run a dangerous, centuries-old campus society. As she's pulled into the group's twisted initiations and hidden agenda, she starts falling for the very men who once despised her, all while investigating whether a fellow student's death was really a suicide. Told through a diary framing device, the book blends dark academia suspense with a reverse-harem romance.

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  1. Book 1 · Dear Reader (you are here)
  2. Book 2 · Watch Your Back
  3. Book 3 · You're Next

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