Ketley Allison

Four enigmatic men mark me as their own. I never asked for this dark initiation. From the shadows, they emerge—dangerous, alluring, coiled and depraved. Each one holds a key to my salvation, and damnation. Though they're gorgeous, popular, and hold everyone's attention on campus, I see what no one else their soulless depths. But once I'm forced into working with them, running isn't an option—Because they hunt.

The charmer. The stalker. The tortured leader. The unhinged psychopath. I never believed in love - until I met them. The four enigmatic men who would change my life forever. When I discover the existence of a hidden fortune of an accused witch from the 1700s on Titan Falls campus - a woman executed for poisoning noblewomen's husbands – I had no idea it would force me to choose between my own desires and the safety of those I loved. Morgan, Xavier, Rio and Rossi are all after the treasure, too. Their growing attraction to me complicates things. I can't help but feel drawn to each of their dark habits in a way that threatens to destroy me. I sense these men are hiding something, but every time I almost uncover the answer, they call to the darkness inside me as a distraction, the one I thought my morals consumed a long time ago. As I get closer to the centuries-forgotten fortune, I know I'm playing a dangerous game. But when bloody trinkets start being left at my door, I realize I've gotten too close. Not to the accused witch's secret, but to theirs. I find myself caught up in a web of power and desire that I'm ashamed to admit, thrills me. But as I struggle to navigate their treacherous games, I begin to question everything I know about love, lust, and the human heart. And in the end, I'm not sure if I'll be the one left standing. -- One woman, four men, and a hidden treasure that could be the death of her - Will she uncover the truth in time, or will her heart be the ultimate casualty? Broken Beauty can be read on its own, but be warned - its twisted path intersects with the captivating world of Cruel Promise.

He will sacrifice everything he's gained ... if it means he can win her back. I never thought I’d see the boy who broke my heart again, especially the day after I poured hot coffeeover his cocky grin and threw him in the trash. I wish I’d scalded his actual face. Sadly, it was just his picture in a tabloid magazine. Notorious bachelor Stone Williams shouldn’t even qualify as an after-thought. Until he bursts into the childhood home he left behind—where I’m currently staying. A decade is a long time to be away from someone you once thought you knew better than you knew yourself. I’ve given up my dreams to stay in our small town as a nurse, while he didn’t just surpass his dreams—he exploded them into the atmosphere like fireworks. Stone makes it clear he hasn’t returned to rekindle our relationship and I couldn’t agree more. He’s here for his mother, a woman I care for, and she doesn’t have much time before her illness takes over. When her dying wish is for Stone and me to live together and help her in her final days, I can’t say no. I could have fought harder against her demands that Stone and I both stay in the same house to help her in her final days. And I definitely could have argued against sharing a bedroom. But when our grudges turn into explosive lust, we begin losing sight of why we hate each other. I've rewritten my dreams once to remove Stone Williams. He can't expect me to rewrite them again. ... until an unexpected tragedy forces us to rewrite our reality. Home for Always is a steamy, angst-filled emotional romance with a happy ending and is a complete standalone.

A Rockstar/Nanny Romance REX I’m a cold soul. The only thing that provides any warmth is my baby girl, and even she asks for a fire I can’t give. When my daughter’s nanny quits on me, I’m left with consequences I can’t afford to face. Like how my kid isn’t adjusting as quick as the rest of her class. And how quiet she is. How lonely. Then she steps in. A young, impulsive, small and loud woman who thinks she can win my daughter’s heart. Maybe she can, but she won’t get near mine. HARPER To everyone else, I’m happy. There's an emptiness within myself, a sadness I can’t get rid of, until I meet a little girl named Stella. I see me in her, that hollowness, and I’m determined to make it different this time. To make her smiles count. What I don’t expect is her father. A callous, calculated, famous man who seduces the public with his voice, then goes on ice as soon as he steps into his private domain. I think I see something in him, too. I hear it in his music, am mesmerized by his sound... And I’m afraid I’ll walk straight over the edge with him singing to me as I fall. SING TO ME is the newly released first-in-series of Ketley's Rockers to Lovers collection. This novel contains steamy, angsty heart with an HEA. It can be read as a standalone.

Ember is a succubus, consuming in every sense. I was whipped for her, lashed in front of the entire Nobility, and I should despise her for it. I get on my knees for no man or woman, yet my father forced me down on them for access to an amateur tape. A wide-angle view in night vision mode where our eyes glow like ferrets and our bodies came together in blurry, green twists, yet I protected it from my father anyway. Protected her. Chased Ember down on the night of the challenge that should’ve killed her—and let’s be honest, she should’ve died a few times now, escaping death with the skill of a nimble rabbit until ultimately, jaws will sink into her haunches—and buckled in front of her. Me. Bleeding and weak, opening myself up to her, and for what? I’m forever tied to the Briars, enemies of the Weatherbys. Savannah Merricourt is labeled as my intended, and I should accept it, as I do everything, because my father’s too powerful and I’ve been locked in the basement too many times. Outwardly, I can do what he wants while actively ruminating on my own pathway to independence. That simply doesn’t work when I’m imprisoned for weeks on end. And so, like I stated to Ember, we’re at an impasse. All of us. A truce? Never. LIAR is the third and final installment of the dark and spicy Thorne of Winthorpe Academy series. It may contain triggering content, such as bullying, enemies-to-lovers themes, and mature situations. Recommended for those 17+.

I don’t have a crush on Thorne Briar, Winthorpe Academy’s cruel, elite prince. I want to crush him. Thorne declared war on me tonight when he took away the one thing I had left. But here’s where he got it wrong: I’m not about to crouch in the shadows ensuring he never sees me. If I do, it would only be so he doesn’t see me coming. The boy who made my emotions spike and swirl, crushed them in his hands. He thinks he’s weakened me with heartbreak. Arrogant jerk. It only puts me in the perfect position to take away something that matters to him, too. CRUSH is the second installment of a dark, high school senior romance containing mature themes such as bullying, enemies-to-lovers, and intense, potentially triggering, situations meant for 18+. It ends on a cliffhanger.

The moment I stepped into Winthorpe High, I was branded as the new girl who stole somebody else’s life. Thorne Briar, ruler of the school, keeper of underground secrets, marks me as his the instant the rumors start, but it’s not to protect me. No, he wants to punish me for being here, wrap fear around my neck until I run, and smile while he chases me down. My aim was to blend in, get the grades, stay busy with extra-curriculars, all while pretending my own problems weren’t blowing up behind the scenes, but Thorne makes it impossible. The only way for me to survive is to find out what dirty little secrets Thorne keeps to himself. To do that, I must follow him into the darker corners of the academy, the place where they make college hazings look like child’s play. I watch the pleasure spark in his eyes as he does it. The joy he has over bringing pain. What makes me most ashamed is … I like watching him. If I’m not careful, Thorne will capitalize on that curiosity, and he will squeeze my heart until it bleeds. THORNE is a dark high school bully romance containing mature themes such as bullying, enemies-to-lovers, and intense, potentially triggering, situations meant for 17+. It ends on a cliffhanger.

They say love conquers all. They've never met the Scythe. Kaden Black was hired to kill me.He's a scarred ex-soldier with a list of bodies behind him and a decade-old vow of revenge. I'm the key to drawing out the man who destroyed his life – and now I'm under Kaden's ruthless protection.Every camera he installs strips away another layer of my privacy. Every order he barks reminds me I'm trapped. But when rival assassins break in, it's Kaden's brutal efficiency that keeps me breathing.I tell myself I hate him. That his dangerous allure doesn't drown out my survival instinct. That I don't crave the possessive glint in his eyes when he looks at me.I'm lying.As he spirals deeper into obsession, I realize I have a choice to make. Help Kaden hunt down the monsters from his past, or break free and save myself.But freedom comes at a price. And it might just cost me the one man I can't bear to lose.Black Heart is a deliciously dark, obsessive romance with an over-the-top hero with questionable morals and a young woman at his mercy. mature themes and violence ahead.

I thought I knew evil. I thought I knew love. But here, locked within the rotting walls of an abandoned manor, something much darker unfurls—something that makes my previous life seem like a childhood fairy tale. Morgan, Rio, Xavier. Each one a jagged puzzle piece that somehow fits perfectly into my shattered life. Rossi. The man I can't figure out, yet the one who holds the key to the riddle that surrounds us all. In this house, every whisper becomes a scream, every touch leaves a burn. We share secrets, tangled sheets, and rituals too dangerous to utter aloud. When Rossi lays a choice at my feet—one that could either save us or doom us all—I realize how precarious loyalty can be. We've sworn vows, some in blood, some in tears. I thought I was ready for the fallout. I was wrong. -- This is Book 2 of a why choose duet. It is highly recommended you indulge in Book One, Broken Beauty, first. With each of them, a different shade of darkness beckons... The professor. The stalker. The disgraced athlete. The psychopath. We will break her.

I shouldn't want her. I shouldn't crave her. She's not safe--especially not from me. I know the trouble that comes with people running from the shadows. I know the danger of getting involved with those who deal in secrets. I make people's problems go away. Hitman. Fixer. Whatever. The biggest mistake I made was offering to keep my little sister and her best friend, Ardyn, safe after their friend was murdered. Ardyn is quiet, soft, and fragile. She spends her evenings studying in the library at Titan Falls University, near where they once burned witches. They say the walls of TFU contain the cries of those once tortured, but I don't believe in things I can't see. All the blood on my hands, but Ardyn is the only thing that keeps me up at night. She might hate me. But I hate her more for the lies I have to tell. One thing I know for certain--Ardyn isn't safe from me. I'm her nightmare. -- Tempest's lush, gothic scenes and deliciously dark hero can be enjoyed as a complete standalone.

It's too bad for Scarlet that no matter how sweet a person is, fate can still screw you over. Now she’s jaded, half of her torn away and the remainder flesh and bones. In her grief, all Scarlet wants to do is to rebel against the life that betrayed her and her roommate provides the perfect lure... Scarlet awakens when she enters the New York City underground, where vice and fortunes thrive. Hustling, trickery and savagery allow her to discover her true self—-her forgotten soul reemerging. She just can’t promise it’ll come back pure. It won’t matter that there is a shadow in her periphery. Theo Saxon thinks he can save Scarlet from a world she craves and protect her from the very elements he’s spawned from. But it's through his unwitting instruction that Scarlet will become a part of his league and find the danger he wants so badly to keep to himself. Scarlet thinks the stakes are within her control. But she won't just be betting her heart on Theo and his seductive sins. She will wager her life.

I convinced New York's cockiest, crankiest, hottest chef to take my virginity.Three months later, I have to step back into his life ... telling him I'm pregnant with his baby.It was supposed to be a rebellious one-night-stand. But that's what happens, doesn't it?You get drunk, see your hot crush at the same bar, and you let him take you home. And sleep with him. Hard. Multiple times in one night.Oh yeah, and I never said my secret crush was nice.--CRAVE can be read as a complete standalone. contains a cocky hero, mature content, and profanity.