Corrupt
Dreams are desires of the heart; Nightmares, my obsession. Erika When I have it close to me, I tremble. Of fear and desire. Michael Crist, my ex-boyfriend's older brother, is like one of those movies that, even though it's scary, you can't stop watching. Handsome, strong, and intimidating, I've watched him for years, wishing I was closer to see if what is said about him is true. He's the star of his university's basketball team, he'd never noticed me and he'd barely looked at me... Until now. He's got something on his mind, I can feel it, I can almost taste it but, knowing everything I know, do I really want to find out what he has planned? Michael I want to get revenge. Almost as much as owning it. Her name is Erika Fane, but everyone calls her Rika. You could say he grew up in my house, he's always been around. She looks away when I walk into a room and stays still when I'm around. I can feel the tension he gives off, his desire for more; I don't have his body but I know I've caught his mind. And now, the opportunity to avenge what happened a few years ago is too good to be true. I've been patient. I've waited for the moment. Every last of your nightmares will come tr
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Three years after Erika's testimony sent four wealthy schoolmates to juvenile detention, she comes home to attend college near them. The boys are out, and one of them, Michael, is waiting in her empty new apartment.
Yes. Corrupt is an explicit dark new adult romance with multiple on-page romance scenes, around 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. It contains dubious-consent scenarios and morally gray characters.
Yes. Corrupt is an explicit dark new adult romance with multiple on-page romance scenes, around 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. It contains dubious-consent scenarios and morally gray characters.
Penelope Douglas's Devil's Night series has five main novels: Corrupt, Hideaway, Kill Switch, Conclave (a novella), and Nightfall. The series follows the four Horsemen of Thunder Bay across interconnected stories.
Corrupt was written by Penelope Douglas, published in 2015 by Penguin Publishing Group.
Corrupt is 496 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, Corrupt takes most readers 7 to 11 hours to finish.
Corrupt is a standalone novel by Penelope Douglas, not part of a series.
Corrupt is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.