At Edgewood Preparatory Academy, power isn’t given.
It’s negotiated.
And sometimes?
It’s traded in blood.
No one understands that better than Alison O’Toole.
Controlled. Careful. Always two steps ahead.
The kind of girl who learned young that survival means sacrifice—and weakness gets you destroyed.
Everyone thinks she’s quiet.
They have no idea what she’s carrying.
Ryan Harrington does.
Sharp. Calculated. Impossible to read.
The kind of boy who doesn’t lose—because he doesn’t play fair enough to let it happen.
He sees the cracks.
He sees the fear.
And once he realizes what’s been done to her?
He can’t look away.
She tells him to stay out of it.
He doesn’t.
She tells him she has it handled.
He knows she doesn''t.
Because this isn’t just a bad situation.
It’s a deal.
It’s a system.
A promise made behind closed doors that ties her future to men who don’t care if she survives it.
What starts as protection turns into something dangerous.
What should stay controlled spirals into something neither of them can stop.
And one reckless choice?
Changes everything.
Now there’s more at stake than just her freedom.
There’s a life growing between them.
A brother depending on her.
And a truth that could destroy every powerful family connected to Edgewood’s darkest secrets.
Ryan doesn’t back down.
Ally doesn’t break.
But this?
This isn’t a game they can win.
At Edgewood, loyalty is currency.
And love?
It’s the most dangerous risk of all.
Wicked Brutal is a dark high school romance featuring:
• Protective, morally gray strategist hero
• Strong, resilient heroine fighting for control of her own life
• Forced proximity & high-stakes secrets
'' ‘I’ll burn the world for you’ energy
• Found family & fierce female friendships
• Emotional tension, dangerous choices, and consequences that hit hard
Welcome to Edgewood.
Where power is never clean…
and survival always costs more than you think.
Genre: Romance
It’s negotiated.
And sometimes?
It’s traded in blood.
No one understands that better than Alison O’Toole.
Controlled. Careful. Always two steps ahead.
The kind of girl who learned young that survival means sacrifice—and weakness gets you destroyed.
Everyone thinks she’s quiet.
They have no idea what she’s carrying.
Ryan Harrington does.
Sharp. Calculated. Impossible to read.
The kind of boy who doesn’t lose—because he doesn’t play fair enough to let it happen.
He sees the cracks.
He sees the fear.
And once he realizes what’s been done to her?
He can’t look away.
She tells him to stay out of it.
He doesn’t.
She tells him she has it handled.
He knows she doesn''t.
Because this isn’t just a bad situation.
It’s a deal.
It’s a system.
A promise made behind closed doors that ties her future to men who don’t care if she survives it.
What starts as protection turns into something dangerous.
What should stay controlled spirals into something neither of them can stop.
And one reckless choice?
Changes everything.
Now there’s more at stake than just her freedom.
There’s a life growing between them.
A brother depending on her.
And a truth that could destroy every powerful family connected to Edgewood’s darkest secrets.
Ryan doesn’t back down.
Ally doesn’t break.
But this?
This isn’t a game they can win.
At Edgewood, loyalty is currency.
And love?
It’s the most dangerous risk of all.
Wicked Brutal is a dark high school romance featuring:
• Protective, morally gray strategist hero
• Strong, resilient heroine fighting for control of her own life
• Forced proximity & high-stakes secrets
'' ‘I’ll burn the world for you’ energy
• Found family & fierce female friendships
• Emotional tension, dangerous choices, and consequences that hit hard
Welcome to Edgewood.
Where power is never clean…
and survival always costs more than you think.
Genre: Romance