Beautiful Fiend

North Shore Stories, Book 1

By: Lola King

Narrated by: Corvin King, Heather Firth

She only wants one thing: to leave their broken town. He only wants one thing: her.

When you were born on the North Shore of the Falls, that's where you stay. There is no way out, no fairy-tale-like escape, no hope. Our broken town has always been at war. Two gangs fighting to take over the shithole we're all stuck in. I only know one girl who wants to leave this place: me.

I've always been a tough North Shore girl. Fighting is in my blood, survival in my DNA. But two years ago, Caden King broke me, and he has proof of it.

Now he wants to blackmail me into doing a job for him. The kind that puts my chance of escaping the North Shore at risk. The kind that means betraying my own crew.

He's on me at all times, his dangerous mind always working on ways to torment me further. Caden is wicked, unhinged. The North Shore Kings wear his name because of the vicious ways his family has been leading their crew.

Everyone always says there's no point in fighting him. He has that madness in him that blurs the line between right and wrong. Now he's got his hold on me, and I have nothing and no one to protect me from him.

There's no way to win. No way to escape him.

I'm left with no choice but to do exactly what I'm told.

This book is the first in a series of interconnected standalones. Beautiful Fiend is a dark enemies-to-lovers romance for mature listeners. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2023 Lola King (P)2024 Podium Audio

A Complete Feral Obsession!

YALL! Hear me when I say this, l.am.absolutely FERAL for this story and these characters!! I recently read Beautiful Fiend, by a new to me author, and good gods! I am Obsessed. And Why?! Why did I wait so long to dive into this book?!?

This story quickly became one of my top dark romance reads of 2024! Giving me all the feels, the genuine hate to love, living in their all consuming interactions, and the beautiful moments of swoon buried in the depths of the darkness. I loved it all.

The characters in this story are well developed and complex, they exemplify enemies to lovers, coming from two different "crews" and the tension between them is out of this world!!

It ripped at my heart strings watching them both fight and claw to escape the lives that they were born into, and to then see moments of hope utterly shattered.

The audiobook performances by Heather Firth and Corvin King were AMAZING!! I can't wait to continue on in this interconnected standalone series!

well damn it is get it now 😭

this book was everything 😭

yes this man was literally boarding on the line of morally black - but man when he loves he absolutely LOVES with his whole heart!

this performance was great - it was all great!

Addicted!

This story had me hooked in the first 5 minutes and it never stopped. It's one of those books that's impossible to pause. The MFC is a badass and I loved her courage. The MMC is completely unhinged and I loved him. This is definitely a dark read so check the trigger warnings. If you like dark books, go ahead and download. It's a fun ride.

Wowzers

That was a wild ride! Agreed with most that the hate to love of Caden was an actual thing. I wish it would have started a bit earlier but the story was sooo dynamic and Billie was a bad ass! A lot of savagness here. Enter at your own. #dark🙃

dark unhinged but love

2 broken people from rival gangs finding love and the broken road to achieving their dreams outside that world.