Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Substance abuse, Eating disorders, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of sibling, Depression
Ruthless Knight
by Ashley Jade
Book 2 in Royal Hearts Academy
If you want a dark high-school romance that earns its tears - a grovel that delivers, a plus-size heroine who refuses to shrink, and a redeemable jerk worth the wait - Cole and Sawyer will gut you in the best way.
goodreads 4.26/5 27,636 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 2 ratings
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Length608 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The grovel delivered
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- Anti-hero
- Hurt/comfort
- First time/virgin romance
- The angst delivered
- Dark/tortured soul
- Grumpy sunshine
- Tension / anticipation
- Beautiful grief
- Athlete
- Experienced x innocent
- Healing / comfort intimacy
- Earned hope
- Damaged survivor
- Redemption romance
- Body worship
- Book hangover
- Secretly soft
- He falls first
- Protective love interest
- Possessive/protective
- Tension
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Fake dating
- Academy / campus
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- First love
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- Opposites attract
- Bully romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Dark
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Outcast/loner
- Plus size MC
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- Angsty
- Raw
- Survivor
- Mental health rep
- Dramatic
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Heartbreaking
- Earnest
- Innocent / sheltered
- Intense
- Swoony
- Cathartic
- Emotional devastation
- Will make you cry
- Morally complex
- Redemption
- Forbidden desire
- Gut punch ending
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 608 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book