Beautiful Fiend

North Shore Stories, Book 1

By: Lola King

Narrated by: Corvin King, Heather Firth

She only wants one thing: to leave their broken town. He only wants one thing: her.

When you were born on the North Shore of the Falls, that's where you stay. There is no way out, no fairy-tale-like escape, no hope. Our broken town has always been at war. Two gangs fighting to take over the shithole we're all stuck in. I only know one girl who wants to leave this place: me.

I've always been a tough North Shore girl. Fighting is in my blood, survival in my DNA. But two years ago, Caden King broke me, and he has proof of it.

Now he wants to blackmail me into doing a job for him. The kind that puts my chance of escaping the North Shore at risk. The kind that means betraying my own crew.

He's on me at all times, his dangerous mind always working on ways to torment me further. Caden is wicked, unhinged. The North Shore Kings wear his name because of the vicious ways his family has been leading their crew.

Everyone always says there's no point in fighting him. He has that madness in him that blurs the line between right and wrong. Now he's got his hold on me, and I have nothing and no one to protect me from him.

There's no way to win. No way to escape him.

I'm left with no choice but to do exactly what I'm told.

This book is the first in a series of interconnected standalones. Beautiful Fiend is a dark enemies-to-lovers romance for mature listeners. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2023 Lola King (P)2024 Podium Audio

Billie & Caden 🔥🖤

Who even is Killian Carson when you have Caden King😮‍💨 The prologue alone had me questioning what I was reading. But by the end I fell in love with Caden and all his unhingedness 🤭

This audiobook is dual narration. Both narrators did an amazing job portraying the characters.

good read.

it's not a book to get out of a slump... same ole same ole but good story

beautiful fiend

i loved this book. couldn't put it down!! plenty of spice and passion!! and a great ending !! can not wait to listen to the next book

Obsessed and possessive is how we like them!

I love how strong the fmc was and how she didn’t normally take crap from anyone! I love when the boy ends up being obsessed and super protective over the fmc. He was definitely “dark” but what he did and went through to help get her the life she wanted 😭😭 such a strong mmc also!

Hot, dark and great plot

I’ll be honest with you I wanted to DNF after that prologue but I stuck it out and I’m glad I did. Those two characters are so messed up that they are perfect for each other. I definitely would not want him as my boyfriend, but I loved hearing their love story The audio is exactly what I wanted that Mail narrator was awesome.

The hardest earned happily ever after

5/5 Stars!

The way I am in love with everything about this book. I'll be honest and say I was judging a book by it's cover and it just screamed a little too... cutesy for me?... *LMAO* WRONG! This book is an extremely dark bul!y romance that had me on the edge of my seat screaming demanding these two get their happily ever after. I was full on panicking at one point. This is such a hard earned happily ever after which made me root for these two that much harder. The spice was phenomenal, the story line was refreshing and new, and the man is possessive as he!l. Did I mention she's an MMA fighter? The narration was chef's kiss as well!

Wild

it had me cringing through most of the book, but I loved the book from start to finish.

Way more than what I expected. Wow!

I now have a new saved author. This book was WAY more interesting than I expected. Very dark, but steamy. The narrators were amazing, which Corbin King never disappoints. I couldn’t quit listening to it, I literally put my headphones in at work because I stayed so on edge the whole time. If you have triggers, this book gets pretty graphic with sexual and physical abuse. But if you like the dominant sexy male characters, this is for you. The main characters were intriguing. I can’t wait to read more from this author.

An Unhinged mess

This story was absolutely unhinged and I was shocked but also impressed. I kept hearing about how dark this book was but I have experience with really dark books so I didn’t pay it much thought but this book was DARK and Caden king delivered. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series.

An actual BAD bad boy! Thank you for the noncon!😏🫦👍🏻👍🏻

Took a chance on this book without much consideration, and wow! No regrets! It seemed a bit on the angsty young adult side so I was unsure at first. I was pleasantly surprised with a well written highly entertaining gangland Romeo and Juliet style love story. I absolutely loved the spice! Let’s just say I like my romance DARK and in my fantasy world consent is more a mild suggestion…. Unfortunately it’s not a very common idea in most romances. Seems like authors tend to shy away from everything but the lightest suggestions of non con ( for obvious reasons). Even the books that have non con and dub con usually have some mitigating situations or factors or whatever to kind of lessen the concept/make it more socially acceptable. Well I just LOVED that the MC was absolutely unapologetic! He’s an actual BAD bad boy! How refreshingly delicious 😈! I will definitely be listening to this book again in the future! A proud new addition to my favorites list for sure! Also the dual narration was excellent and I appreciated the dual POV. Well worth a credit and a worth addition to any dark romance collection.