A night with a handsome stranger should have been the best one of my life. But it turns out he wanted so much more from me. Stepbrother nightmare. That's Jaxen Ambrose. He's beautifully vicious, lethal, the villain, and I'm nothing but the plaything that gives him his high. He says I must pay for my sins. I do that or he'll end me. He's got it in his sick mind I've done something to him. That I've taken something from him but I'm no thief. The only thief is him. My enemy, my obsession. He involved me in his wicked game without me even knowing. Before he was cruel, he was kind, a stranger who'd been gentle and sweet. I even believed him capable of love. Only, that love turned out to be what I should fear most, his wickedest play of all. It's true that his cruelty could break me. But his love could destroy me. Warning: Beautiful Brute is an NA stepbrother romance that contains graphic content and situations some may find triggering. It's recommended for readers 17+ and is a standalone novel with no cliffhanger. It's book three in a series of standalones titled Court University, which is a spin-off series about characters featured in Eden O'Neill's Court High books. Reading the Court High books first is not necessary for the enjoyment of Court University. The characters origin stories merely begin in Court High and can be referred to at any time if the reader so chooses. Enjoy!