Bully
My name is Tate. He doesn't call me that, though. He would never refer to me so informally, if he referred to me at all. No, he'll barely even speak to me. But he still won't leave me alone. We were best friends once. Then he turned on me and made it his mission to ruin my life. I've been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through high school. His pranks and rumors got more sadistic as time wore on, and I made myself sick trying to stay out of his way. I even went to France for a year, just to avoid him. But I'm done hiding from him now, and there's no way in hell I'll allow him to ruin my senior year. He might not have changed, but I have. It's time to fight back. I'm not going to let him bully me anymore. ***This novel contains adult/mature young adult situations. It is only suitable for ages 18+ due to language, violence, and sexual situations.
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Tate Brandt comes home for senior year done being bullied. The boy next door, Jared, has spent three years making her life unlivable. She has spent the same three years figuring out how to make him stop.
Yes. Bully contains explicit on-page romance and is one of the early bully-romance new-adult novels that helped define the subgenre. Most readers rate it 4 out of 5 on the spice scale.
Yes. Bully contains explicit on-page romance and is one of the early bully-romance new-adult novels that helped define the subgenre. Most readers rate it 4 out of 5 on the spice scale.
Penelope Douglas's Fall Away series has five books: Bully, Until You, Rival, Falling Away, and Aflame, each focused on a different couple in the same friend group. There is also a related novella collection.
Bully was written by Penelope Douglas, published in 2013 by Berkley.
Bully is 336 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Bully takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
Bully is a standalone novel by Penelope Douglas, not part of a series.
Bully is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
