Dear Reader: Devil's Backbone, Book 1

A scholarship to Neveah University was supposed to be her escape — instead, it becomes her worst nightmare the moment her new stepbrother and his three beautiful, ruthless best friends decide she's their next target.

Welcome to Devil's Backbone, where the elite make the rules and breaking them has consequences.

From the moment she steps onto Neveah's hallowed grounds, she's marked. Her stepbrother and his devastatingly dangerous inner circle have already written her story — and it reads like a horror novel. Secret society rituals, calculated kidnappings, psychological warfare designed to break her down piece by piece. They're wealthy, untouchable, and absolutely certain she doesn't belong in their world.

They're wrong about a lot of things.

What begins as a relentless campaign of torment slowly fractures into something far more complicated. Stolen glances become stolen moments. Hatred curdles into obsession. And when the lines between enemy and protector begin to blur, she's forced to question everything — including whether the men determined to destroy her might be the only ones capable of keeping her alive.

Because something darker than rivalry lurks beneath Neveah's polished surface, and whoever is pulling the strings isn't done with her yet.

*Dear Reader* is a dark academia reverse harem romance saturated with forbidden tension, mystery, and shadow-drenched suspense. If you crave morally complex love interests, a heroine who refuses to stay down, and plot twists that genuinely shock — this series opener will consume you completely.