Burn for Me

Sara Cate — 2021

I ruined his life. It was my investigation that sent his father to jail. It was my fault his mother killed herself shortly after. I've regretted it every day since. When he shows up in my Journalism class, I know I'm in trouble.Cullen Ayers wants to make me pay.His torment becomes my life, and I endure every moment because I deserve it. What started as revenge quickly turns into lust. He's only eighteen, and I should be ashamed of how good this feels when we're alone, but I can't help myself. I'm in too deep. I'm starting to discover his family's secrets go far deeper than I first thought. The more I uncover, the more ways he finds to punish me. Cullen wants to ruin me for life, and I'm afraid he already has. This title was previously published in the Tangled Sheets anthology as Spitfire but has a new title, cover and added content! Warning: This is a dark, bully romance with explicit content that may be triggering to some readers, including dub-con, abuse, and murder. Cullen Ayers is covered in red flags, but the bigger the bully, the better the redemption.

Reviews

Megan BV@megplantparm

Oct 21, 2022

I actually really enjoyed this. Age gap bully romance. A bit dark in places but I couldn’t put it down.

Cassie@cassieb

Sep 13, 2022

I’ve been on a Sara Cate binge and this was my least favorite so far. The plot just wasn’t that interesting to me. I found the FMC kind of weak. And the switch of the MMC wanting revenge to actually liking the FMC seemed to quick to me. Of course the spice scenes were good though; Sara Cate’s always are.

Maya Federman@maya_reads_spice

Mar 16, 2022

This was recommended to me by a friend as a good book hangover cure, and boy was it effective. This is a student/professor, age gap, bully romance. I thought this was a pretty unique concept, seeing as the FMC is the authority figure and her male student is the one doing the terrorizing as part of a revenge plot. So the power dynamic was pretty juicy IMO. The basis of the plot is that she's a journalist famous for putting Cullen's father away for some fucked up shit like human trafficking and hasn't been able to reach that same career-high in the 10 or so years since--so naturally, she resorts to teaching at a local college. Cullen is her student, and they immediately have a TON of sexual chemistry that he uses to his advantage to blackmail her into submission. The spice in this book is bonkers excellent. Many of the scenes are rough and dirty, with just the right dash of kink sprinkled in. I'd definitely recommend this one as a good slump-buster!