21 must-read abuse books like Necessary Cruelty by Ashley Gee

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Necessary Cruelty

By: Ashley Gee

4.03

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

Will he save me or break me? Vin Cortland is the crowned prince of Deception High. He is beloved…

If you liked the abuse plot in Necessary Cruelty by Ashley Gee , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Fear Me (Broken Love, #1)

By: B.B. Reid

4.15

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00RR4A1DI. I don't believe in fairy tales and Pr… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Reid's Fear Me (Broken Love, #1) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • high school
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • abuse
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2. Lemonade

By: Scott P. Sheridan , Nina Pennacchi

3.63

Format: 451 pages, Paperback

As a young woman in Victorian England, Anna Champion knows all too well the social mores that value… read more

Similar categories in Scott P. Sheridan's Lemonade book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • abuse
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3. Nicky the Driver (Underboss Insurrection, #2)

By: Cate C. Wells

3.79

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

He can’t take his eyes off me. I remember Nicky Biancolli from school. Back then, he was always … read more

Similar categories in Cate C. Wells's Nicky the Driver (Underboss Insurrection, #2) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
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4. Fear Me, Love Me

By: Lilith Vincent

3.88

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Tyrant Mercer doesn’t grant wishes. He collects debts, and he’s here to claim me. All I wanted w… read more

Similar categories in Lilith Vincent's Fear Me, Love Me book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • abuse
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5. Descent

By: Sam Mariano

3.73

Format: 484 pages, Kindle Edition

Calvin will do anything for me... except let me go. We were strangers, as far as I knew. He … read more

Similar categories in Sam Mariano's Descent book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • contemporary romance
  • abuse
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6. Worse Than Enemies

By: J.L. Beck

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The first time we met, it was an accident. The second was the night my mother told me she was ma… read more

Similar categories in J.L. Beck's Worse Than Enemies book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult
  • dark
  • abuse
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
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7. The King (The King, #1)

By: Eris Belmont

4.06

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Annalise has always been told one thing. Submit to the higher power. War has broken out between … read more

Similar categories in Eris Belmont's The King (The King, #1) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • abuse
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8. Even If It Hurts (Coastal Elite #1)

By: Sam Mariano

3.65

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

Originally published in the Filthy Elites anthology April 2022! He could have been my hero. H… read more

Similar categories in Sam Mariano's Even If It Hurts (Coastal Elite #1) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult
  • dark
  • abuse
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
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9. Corrupt Idol

By: Dinah Harper

3.77

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

"I want to be a good man. In every aspect of my life I’m a model citizen except when it comes to yo… read more

Similar categories in Dinah Harper's Corrupt Idol book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • contemporary romance
  • abuse
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10. Quid Pro Quo (Nick & Jay, #1)

By: Nenia Campbell

3.70

Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition

"This is business. It's a fuck or get-fucked world out there." Millionaire investor, Nicholas Be… read more

Similar categories in Nenia Campbell's Quid Pro Quo (Nick & Jay, #1) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • young adult
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • abuse
"Hate me, then,"

-Nenia Campbell, Quid Pro Quo (Nick & Jay, #1)

"How was the sex?"

-Nenia Campbell, Quid Pro Quo (Nick & Jay, #1)

"If you don't cut it out, I'm pulling this car over and everyone in the parking lot at Sizzler's is going to know my name."

-Nenia Campbell, Quid Pro Quo (Nick & Jay, #1)

"Nobody had ever looked at her like that—as if she were filled with such lethal sweetness that craving could be synonymous with ruin."

-Nenia Campbell, Quid Pro Quo (Nick & Jay, #1)

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11. Brutal Serpent: A Dark Regency Romance

By: Kate Raven

3.47

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

Dark. Cruel. Toxic. Feral.Viscount St. Erth has been planning his revenge for a long time.Only one … read more

Similar categories in Kate Raven's Brutal Serpent: A Dark Regency Romance book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • abuse
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12. Truly

By: Carmel Rhodes

3.98

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

The summer after senior year was supposed to be the best summer of my life.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ It was supposed … read more

Similar categories in Carmel Rhodes's Truly book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • high school
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • contemporary romance
  • abuse
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13. Brutal Ambition

By: Sam Mariano

4.04

Format: 546 pages, Kindle Edition

Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.I used to fantasize about meeting a masked madm… read more

Similar categories in Sam Mariano's Brutal Ambition book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
"Let me make one thing perfectly fucking clear, Brynn. And I’m gonna preface this by saying that I know it’s crazy and maybe even colossally unfair, but it’s also the truth. If I ever, ever see you wi…"

-Sam Mariano, Brutal Ambition

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14. Quarantined (Quarantine #1)

By: Drethi Anis

3.79

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, friends-to-lovers-to-enemies, dark romance. New York City—not for the faint-hearte… read more

Similar categories in Drethi Anis's Quarantined (Quarantine #1) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • young adult
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • contemporary romance
  • abuse
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15. Contempt (Coastal Elite #3)

By: Sam Mariano

3.87

Format: 573 pages, Kindle Edition

I had a plan to get through senior year. Get good grades, stay busy with clubs, don’t forget to car… read more

Similar categories in Sam Mariano's Contempt (Coastal Elite #3) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
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16. Undertow (Coastal Elite, #2)

By: Sam Mariano

3.84

Format: None pages, None

Currently featured in the Bully God anthology! Will release on its own with a bonus chapter from Pa… read more

Similar categories in Sam Mariano's Undertow (Coastal Elite, #2) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
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17. Bass-Ackwards

By: Eris Adderly

3.76

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Bill Marshall might as well have been the Devil. Christina Lee Dodd needs Friday off work. Needs. S… read more

Similar categories in Eris Adderly's Bass-Ackwards book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
"You are my deal. I’m a wretched sonovabitch without you, Christina Lee Dodd, and if you don’t marry me, I don’t know what the fuck I’m gonna do."

-Eris Adderly, Bass-Ackwards

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18. Lust (Seven Sins, #2)

By: Drethi Anis

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by The Book of Tobit “Blood was spilled on the holy land for the worst kind of LUST was… read more

Similar categories in Drethi Anis's Lust (Seven Sins, #2) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
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19. Isolation (Quarantine #2)

By: Drethi Anis

3.92

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Book 2 of a three-part SERIES and NOT a standalone. Milo: “There is nothing worse in th… read more

Similar categories in Drethi Anis's Isolation (Quarantine #2) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • new adult
  • contemporary romance
  • abuse
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20. You Beautiful Thing, You (Bad Boys of Bardstown, #1)

By: Saffron A. Kent

3.49

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Nineteen-year-old Tempest Jackson wants a baby. No, her biological clock isn’t ticking, but sh… read more

Similar categories in Saffron A. Kent's You Beautiful Thing, You (Bad Boys of Bardstown, #1) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
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21. The Eclipse Ritual

By: Kate Rivenhall

3.82

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

This was not supposed to happen. This couldn't be the Allfather's will. I knew what I had seen. … read more

Similar categories in Kate Rivenhall's The Eclipse Ritual book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
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22. Untouchable (Untouchables, #1)

By: Sam Mariano

3.96

Format: 494 pages, Kindle Edition

The bully isn't supposed to win. Senior year was off to a rough start: lube in my locker, pantie… read more

Similar categories in Sam Mariano's Untouchable (Untouchables, #1) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult
  • dark
  • abuse
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
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23. The Catcher

By: Kate Raven

3.39

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

"What it means, Em, is that you’re going to do what I want, whenever I want, or I’ll tell everyone … read more

Similar categories in Kate Raven's The Catcher book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • abuse
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24. The Boy on the Bridge

By: Sam Mariano

3.87

Format: 630 pages, Paperback

The day I met Hunter Maxwell he wasn’t the rich kid who lived in the giant house, he wasn’t the mos… read more

Similar categories in Sam Mariano's The Boy on the Bridge book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult
  • dark
  • abuse
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
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25. Rich Boy

By: Ruby Wolff

3.75

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a standalone, new adult, high school hockey romance novel with morally gray characters. … read more

Similar categories in Ruby Wolff's Rich Boy book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • high school
  • dark
  • abuse
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26. Want

By: Shae Evans

3.70

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

What started as a smile, ended in an obsession…They started off as friends…From the time she was a … read more

Similar categories in Shae Evans's Want book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • abuse
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • new adult
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27. Hate Like Ours : The Hate/Love Duet Book 1 (Riverside Hate #1)

By: Nikita.

3.73

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

Raine My life has never been perfect, but it used to be simple. That changed in the blink of a… read more

Similar categories in Nikita.'s Hate Like Ours : The Hate/Love Duet Book 1 (Riverside Hate #1) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult
  • dark
  • abuse
  • contemporary
  • new adult
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28. Evil Love

By: Ella Fields

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

There was a time Jude Delouxe didn’t hate me, and I’m fairly certain it was when he didn’t know I e… read more

Similar categories in Ella Fields's Evil Love book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult
  • dark
  • abuse
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
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29. Tell Me You Like It (Legacy of Lies Book 1)

By: Evelyn Austin

3.87

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Devious games. Obsessions. And a campus king determined to break me.The Sacred Sons are University… read more

Similar categories in Evelyn Austin's Tell Me You Like It (Legacy of Lies Book 1) book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
"You’re in my snare, Little Rabbit. I’ve caught you, and now you’re mine"

-Evelyn Austin, Tell Me You Like It (Legacy of Lies Book 1)

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30. Cheater

By: D.D. Prince

3.91

Format: None pages, None

My fiancé lost use of everything below his waist in a terrible accident and gave me a hall pass wit… read more

Similar categories in D.D. Prince's Cheater book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
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31. Necessary Cruelty

By: Ashley Gee

4.03

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

Will he save me or break me? Vin Cortland is the crowned prince of Deception High. He is beloved… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty book and Ashley Gee's Necessary Cruelty

  • romance
  • high school
  • young adult
  • amazon
  • dark
  • abuse
  • contemporary
  • students
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult

26 must-read contemporary books like Necessary Cruelty by Ashley Gee

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Fear Me (Broken Love, #1)

B.B. Reid

4.15

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Nicky the Driver (Underboss Insurrection, #2)

Cate C. Wells

3.79

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Fear Me, Love Me

Lilith Vincent

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Descent

Sam Mariano

3.73

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17 Top contemporary books like Lust (Seven Sins, #2) by Drethi Anis

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Fear Me, Love Me

Lilith Vincent

3.88

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Descent

Sam Mariano

3.73

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Alex Grayson

3.71

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Corrupt Idol

Dinah Harper

3.77

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