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COLD CROWN: A Dark MM College Bully Romance (Ridgemount U Book 1)

Sage Halden

Book 1 in the Ridgemount U series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

A dark MM college bully romance where icy hostility masks a dangerous, consuming obsession. Expect elite-campus power plays, simmering antagonism and two men locked in a battle that turns possessive and raw. For readers who want their queer dark romance brutal and high-stakes, with morally grey antiheroes and a slow burn forged in hatred. Cold on the surface, scorching underneath, and addictively combative from the start.

At a glance

COLD CROWN is a bully romance by Sage Halden. With 4/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness it sits mid-range for bully romance (of the 419 bully romance books on Readark, 9% rate lower for darkness and 6% lower for spice). Its tropes include bully, enemies to lovers and forbidden romance. It is about as dark as Sage Halden’s other books on Readark (average darkness 3.7/5). 3 content warnings are listed below, hidden until you tap.

Book details

Published
April 2026

COLD CROWN spice level

COLD CROWN is rated 4/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: explicit and frequent, meaning multiple detailed scenes, with heat central to the story. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate

COLD CROWN content warnings

We list 3 content warnings for this book. They stay hidden until you tap, so you can check without spoilers.

Content warnings (tap to reveal)
  • Emotional Abuse / Gaslighting
  • Graphic Violence
  • Physical Abuse

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