The Cruel Heir
A Fated Mates Dark Bully ThrillerBy A. J. Marlow
Length9h 16m
About this audiobook
Coldwater Prep runs on scholarship money from one family, and that family's son decides which scholarship students make it to graduation.
Theodore Ashcroft has never been overruled. Then Emilia Rourke transfers in and the bond marks her as his mate before she's even unpacked.
He tries to have her removed. He tries to break her. He humiliates her at the founders' dinner in front of everyone who matters.
Emilia keeps a file.
When the file gets long enough — the scholarship attrition numbers, the disappearances, the donor board with the same name on every plaque — she hands it to someone who can do something with it.
A fated mates dark bully thriller about a boy who learned cruelty young and a girl who keeps records.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction
Length9 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Note to Readers
8Seven
2One
9Eight
3Two
10Nine
4Three
11Ten
5Four
12Eleven
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6Five
13Twelve
7Six
14About the author
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