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Aric Prince is an All-American high school football star with a body built like a Greek god and hair so beautiful he could sell shampoo by the boatloads.

The only problem is that Aric’s also a rich, arrogant, and gigantic prick.

Nothing but filth and insults come out of his smirking mouth, constantly reminding me that poor, trailer park trash girls like myself don’t belong in his pretentious academy.

Aric and his best friends all think they’re untouchable. But the cocky bastard is finally going down this year.

I’ve hit the motherload of blackmail on the jerk, pun intended, and I can’t wait to give him exactly what he deserves.

Aric Prince’s reign at the academy is coming to an end. Before I’m done with him, he’ll be on his knees, begging for mercy.
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    Lane lives in North Carolina with her husband, author D.B. West, their two daughters, a few lazy cats and a pair of rambunctious Pomeranians. She has a Masters in Criminal Justice and spent ten years working as a paralegal for a criminal defense attorney before walking away to become a full-time writer.

    In October 2015, the paranormal romance anthology Wicked After Dark, including her standalone, Let Him Reign, hit #13 on the New York Times bestseller list. Since then she's been climbing the Amazon charts with hot new releases. So whether you're looking for MMA superstars, hot cops, arrogant football players, sweet millionaires, or romantic weddings, there's a little bit of something for everyone.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
1,295 global ratings

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Customers find this book to be a wonderful read with well-developed characters and a happy ending, particularly appreciating Aric and Maddie's story. They describe the characters as strong and devious, with one customer noting the chemistry between them is "to die for." The book receives positive feedback for its emotional content and humor, with one customer mentioning it made them smile, laugh, and cry, while another describes it as a "breeze of fresh air in a bully romance."
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34 customers mention readability, 32 positive, 2 negative
Customers find the book to be a wonderful read that they loved every second of, with one customer noting it's a fantastic enemies-to-lovers story.
...ending felt a little rushed and too “happily ever after” imo but worth the read.Read more
A wonderful read. Maddie is going though a lot and is taking care of her sisters. Alec is a bully and selfish....Read more
I loved this book, I was hooked from the first page! And it just continued to get better!...Read more
...I liked several parts, and disliked several, so it is an okay read (for me). I received a free ARC of this book, and voluntarily leave my review....Read more
24 customers mention character development, 23 positive, 1 negative
Customers appreciate the character development in the book, noting that the characters are well developed and strong, with one customer specifically mentioning that the heroine is easy to believe.
...It was great. So much emotion and drama. I loved the characters, the storyline and the spice. I can't wait to read the other books in this series.Read more
This was a really nice quickish story. The characters were well developed and realistic, the drama wasn't over done or silly and the there was a...Read more
...I couldn't stop reading till it was over. Strong characters and flawless plot full of twists and emotional turns. I loved every minute of it....Read more
...I've not read another book like this. the characters felt real and it had my emotions all over the place. I cannot wait for the next book.Read more
22 customers mention story, 20 positive, 2 negative
Customers enjoy the storyline of this book, particularly its happy ending, with one customer noting it's a great enemies-to-lovers narrative.
Awesome story. I really enjoyed reading it. Maddie is a confident and tough heroine. Such a breeze of fresh air in a bully romance....Read more
...This was a pretty good story, definitely high school enemies to lovers vs bully romance. Characters are great. Dual point of view.Read more
Enemies to lovers is what Maddie & Aric is all about and boy was it good story!...Read more
...It was great. So much emotion and drama. I loved the characters, the storyline and the spice. I can't wait to read the other books in this series.Read more
13 customers mention content, 11 positive, 2 negative
Customers appreciate the content of the book, describing it as smart and headstrong, with one customer noting how Maddie transforms Aric into a better man.
I loved this book. Maddie is such a great character, smart, strong and loves her brother and sister so fiercely. Loved the romance....Read more
...The story keeps us turning the pages with connection, denial, secrets and steam....Read more
...swallow in few sittings! Harsh,gentle,powerfull and inspiring are but four weak adjectives that may entice you to read it....Read more
...The chemistry and humor all result from author Hart’s masterful and enticing prose, while the complex plotlines kept me reading long into the night....Read more
12 customers mention romance, 12 positive, 0 negative
Customers enjoy the romance in the book, with one noting the genuine relationship progression and another describing the chemistry between the characters as "to die for."
...Loved the romance. Can’t wait for the other books in the series!!!!Read more
...I really like the plot, the development of the characters, the romance. Aric and Maddie are explosive....Read more
Funny dialogue, great and engaging character arcs. Great bully romance. Love the touch of soft versus hard when it came to the main female character.Read more
This story was not your typical bully romance...and it was amazing!...Read more
9 customers mention character, 9 positive, 0 negative
Customers appreciate the characters in the book, describing Maddie as strong and devious, while one customer notes that Aric and Maddie are explosive together.
...I really enjoyed reading it. Maddie is a confident and tough heroine. Such a breeze of fresh air in a bully romance. I look forward to the next book.Read more
...Maddie is such a strong person and I think her story happens alot more in real life then we like to think....Read more
I loved this book. Maddie is such a great character, smart, strong and loves her brother and sister so fiercely. Loved the romance....Read more
...Maddie is a total badass and she definitely made Aric a better man all the way around! Can’t wait to read more more of this series.. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Read more
9 customers mention emotional, 9 positive, 0 negative
Customers find the book emotionally engaging, with one customer describing it as a heartwarming tale of true love's impact.
...the characters felt real and it had my emotions all over the place. I cannot wait for the next book.Read more
This is my first book by this author. It was great. So much emotion and drama. I loved the characters, the storyline and the spice....Read more
...Author Lane Hart has published BEG FOR MERCY a HEARTwarming and slow-burn ROMANTIC look at an enemy to lovers’ relationship....Read more
...because the book was more about intimacy and understanding, finding your soulmate, than that feral craving and soul deep, unyielding passion found...Read more
7 customers mention humor, 6 positive, 1 negative
Customers enjoy the humor in the book, with one mentioning the engaging banter between characters and another noting how it made them smile, laugh, and cry.
This is my first book by this author. It was great. So much emotion and drama. I loved the characters, the storyline and the spice....Read more
Absolutely loved the banter between the characters! The overall story was amazing and made me go through so many emotions....Read more
Funny dialogue, great and engaging character arcs. Great bully romance. Love the touch of soft versus hard when it came to the main female character.Read more
...The characters were well developed and realistic, the drama wasn't over done or silly and the there was a happy ending....Read more

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  • Grady Harp
    5.0 out of 5 stars Revenge – and how to get there
    Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2020
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    North Carolina author Lane Hart (aka L.A. Hart) is a prolific erotica writer with a dozens of steamy stories that have a committed following. Lane draws from her background - a Masters in Criminal Justice and having spent ten years working as a paralegal for a criminal defense attorney – to keep her stories gritty. Her range of topics is extensive – from paranormal to her favored martial arts and football players to cops to vampires – and in this book she manages to focus on high school bullies. She is married to fellow author D.B. West.

    Lane has a talent for character development, not a trait we often see in erotica writers. The opening chapter gives us a strong impression of her main characters. Maddie – ‘It’s the last weekend of summer before I star my senior year and I’m dreading it more than usual as I make my way to the bus stop in front of the grocery store. My arms are weighed down with paper bags full of supplies for breakfast on the run and sandwiches for lunch. That’s all I could afford today, so dinner is going to have to be some sort of divine intervention. Going back to school means I’ll have to figure out how to make up for my loss in income. I’m not proud of getting paid to send naughty messages to dudes…’ Income disparity and other polar opposites make for an interesting mismatch.

    Or as the very brief synopsis states, ‘Aric Prince is an All-American high school football star with a body built like a Greek god and hair so beautiful he could sell shampoo by the boatloads. The only problem is that Aric’s also a rich, arrogant, and gigantic p***k. Nothing but filth and insults come out of his smirking mouth, constantly reminding me that poor, trailer park trash girls like myself don’t belong in his pretentious academy. Aric and his best friends all think they’re untouchable. But the cocky bastard is finally going down this year. I’ve hit the motherload of blackmail on the jerk, pun intended, and I can’t wait to give him exactly what he deserves. Aric Prince’s reign at the academy is coming to an end. Before I’m done with him, he’ll be on his knees, begging for mercy.’

    This is the initial volume of Lane’s new MERCY ACADEMY series and she continues to paint visible credible characters for her series and the variations in stories are yet another reason to keep following her writing! Grady Harp, December 20
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Not really bully but very enjoyable
    Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2025
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    Ok. So this isn't really a bully romance. I read many dark romance books of all genres and this one is more like low-key enemies to lovers. Actually, it's most like inconvenient irritations to lovers, which had me put it down at first because I was looking for something much darker (and spicier) at that time. BUT picking this back up as a palate cleanser was an absolutely delightful read.

    Maddie is a great FMC, one of the best actually. She's super strong, clever, and not all talk. She's stubborn, yes, but not annoyingly, stupidly, self destructively so (unlike too many other "strong" FMCs). Very often authors make their FMCs mouthy without any back up. The FMCs will talk smack, be stubborn to a *major* fault (an extent that only messes themselves up, no one else) and lack rationality in the name of "standing their ground" while being completely ineffectual. Then readers laud them as "strong," which shows how little most people understand about true strength. Maddie is not that. Maddie is *genuinely* strong and she's *genuinely* intelligent. Her motivations and reasons for her behaviours make actual sense, and, despite being 18, she's not overtly juvenile with her emotions, either. I wish more authors would take a page from Maddie and learn how an FMC with true inner fortitude and intellect should be. Bravo author.

    Aric was honestly a cinnamon roll wrapped in a sweetheart wrapped in a prickly pear lol. He starts off generally angry within himself (for a few valid reasons) and his ego is massive, but he ends up so sweet without coming off as a simp. His character could've been fleshed out a bit more but for a shorter book I think Author did quite well with him.

    I appreciated the frequently alternating POV's very much. Too often writers give wayyyyyy too much if the FMC's pov without nearly enough MMC's view, and that's all too common a mistake made in much darker stories where the MMC's pov is needed to understand his character better in order to give him better redeemability for later. This story didn't even need as much from Aric but she still gave it to us, and I love that. It made the book feel more intimate.

    Speaking of intimacy, the spice wasn't really there. I'd give it 1/5 and that's one of the things holding back a 5star rating. There's only 2 spicy scenes and both are far from explicit and over in a flash. We don't even really get very many steamy kisses. BUT we do get a lot of more intimate, nons3xu@l touching: holding hands to show support or appreciation, the kind of kisses that convey emotions rather than lust, fingertips brushing skin as a way of relaying thoughts instead of craving, etc. I am a HUGE consumer of smut. I don't tend to like stories without it, but I didn't actually miss it in this book. The couple semi spicy scenes were enough because the book was more about intimacy and understanding, finding your soulmate, than that feral craving and soul deep, unyielding passion found in dark romances. As someone who typically requires spice, I'd still recommend this, despite its lack thereof. It's a good book.

    I appreciate that the old lady was treated as the p3d() she was. Irl, when older but attractive women take advantage of younger boys, people don't treat it as seriously as when an older man does the same to a younger girl. I'm glad to see this book normalizing the idea that boys CAN and DO get coerced and manipulated, and it's NOT ok. Good job, Author. Bravo.

    My only other complaint keeping this from being a 5star rating was the way words were put together and the lack of clever banter. The sarcasm and jibes didn't really hit like in other books. The banter between the guys (y'know, the way guys talk and interact) wasn't really engaging the way it could be. Usually, these factors bring us into the setting. It makes the characters more "real" and this was lacking a bit in this book. I think, though, this is a matter of inexperience by Author, not a lack of ability. I see the bones present for more meatiness in this dept later.

    Honestly, this book was just a really delightful read. The problems didn't drag on, the pacing was good, issues between the characters weren't overly repetitive, and though the kids were a central factor in Maddie's story Author spared us from having to deal with them too often (I personally dislike babies, pregnancy, and children in my stories and typically actively avoid books if I know they take a primary position in the story but this wasn't bad at all).

    All in all, Author has some good ideas and great handle on their writing skills and voice. I will definitely read more from them in the future and I highly recommend this book. If you're a dark romance reader like me, then I suggest it as a lighter, sweeter read that still has some nibbles that goes well between our usual much heavier stories with higher stakes.
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  • Kdb
    5.0 out of 5 stars Getting even was never so Good
    Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2019
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    How to write a review about this book without giving to much detail away because I loved it the bully the girl with attitude who wouldn't take any of there rich snobby crap. And I am really glad there is going to be another book I had to pre order it this book is that good.

    You have a group of rich entitled boys who play sports and are to good looking for there own good but even with there wealth you will see they have problems to none of which gives them the write to be jerks who you would love to punch in the face. Aric the star football player thinks he's above everything he's never had to worry about anything until he meets a snarky girl who doesn't care about him or his money one bet and some awsome blackmail will bring this bully down from his elevated status.

    Maddie the girl from the wrong side of the tracks living in a trailer park has a scholarship to the prestigious private school has lots of her own problems and know good looking jerk is going to bring her down and man she hits the jackpot on Aric someone has been very very bad. These two are perfect for each other and hate can turn to love there is the romantic tension between them lots of secrets lots of snark this isn't a sweet romance its dark but there is a HEA by the end.

    I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. I also purchased a copy for myself.
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  • BlackRose28
    3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2023
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    Familiar with the work of this author. In my opinion I wouldn't call this a bully romance, I would consider this more of a enemies to lovers genre. I did love the storyline and how the author set up the characters and their stories. I look forward to reading them
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  • Kindle Customer
    2.0 out of 5 stars Predictable
    Reviewed in India on November 29, 2019
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    I like good bully romance when they are full of angst,but this story was too predictable.There was no angst as its seems the case when you see the description.Everything is too mellow and mild.There is nothing to look forward to.The pace of book is too mundane,writing style just ok.So if you feel that you want a nice hot angsty read totally ditch this one.Nothings happening hear.
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  • Caroline Bailey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2019
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    Aric really needed to re look at his life and make changes when he first set eyes on maddie he didn't know his life was about to change forever a great read thoroughly enjoyed it
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  • JRitter
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Different (better) Bully book
    Reviewed in Australia on December 8, 2019
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    Loved this book, such a different style of bully book that worked so well. Usual Bully book...there's a group of hot jocks surrounded by bimbo cheerleaders then a house party where the main girl ends up in tears. This had none of that and I loved that I was surprised along the way. There actually isn't a great deal of "bullying", mainly some awful comments at the start of the book.
    Give this one a go, there's so much emotion I was in tears at the strength of Maddy.
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  • Courtney Turner
    5.0 out of 5 stars Epic
    Reviewed in Canada on October 19, 2019
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    Lane does it again! I’ve read everything she has written and I swear they keep getting better and better.

    This book is the first in this series and I have to say it was one of the best books I’ve read all year.

    Maddie and Aric are so opposite they might as well be from other planets. There story starts with a bet. And in their senior year everything changes. Blackmail, secrets, unlikely friendships, lust and love make up this epic love story. Maddie is bada** and has spend years being selfless. Aric figures out there is more to life then, meaningless relationships, money and football. These two will make your heart melt! So if you read this review you can tell I highly recommend this book! I can’t wait for Blake’s story next!

    I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  • Ginka
    4.0 out of 5 stars Family found
    Reviewed in Canada on October 20, 2019
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    Maddie is in a tough situation and is one bad a$$, closed off young lady! Aric is spoilt, entitled, condescending and a jock.

    Both will butt heads, make mistakes, have intense chemistry and eventually open up each other to be the best they can be individually and together. A really good enemies to lovers story.
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