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Savage Lies: A Dark High School Bully Romance (Hidden Valley Elite Book 1)

Isla Vaughn

Book 1 in the Hidden Valley Elite series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

A dark high-school bully romance built on deception, cruelty, and dangerous attraction. Readers who love tormentor heroes guarding their own secrets and a heroine who refuses to fold will be hooked. Expect biting tension, hidden agendas, and a slow erosion of defenses on both sides. The mood is brash and brooding, ideal for fans of elite-school worlds where lies and longing are impossible to untangle.

At a glance

Savage Lies is book 1 in Isla Vaughn’s Hidden Valley Elite series. It rates 3/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness, mid-range for bully romance: of the 419 bully romance books we rate, 9% score lower for darkness and almost none lower for spice. Tropes: bully, forced proximity and enemies to lovers. It is about as dark as Isla Vaughn’s other books on Readark (average darkness 4.0/5). 2 content warnings are listed below, hidden until you tap.

Book details

Published
March 2023

Savage Lies spice level

Savage Lies is rated 3/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: open door, meaning explicit scenes written plainly, but not the engine of the book. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate

Savage Lies content warnings

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  • Emotional Abuse / Gaslighting
  • Graphic Violence

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