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Cruel Love (Hidden Valley Elite Book 6) by Isla Vaughn
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Genre – New Adult, Romance
Page Count – 180
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I fell for the enemy.

He broke me, and then put me together again.

Our future? It’s worth fighting for.

Or it was before the accident.

The accident stole Phoenix from me. Now, he’s nice… kind even. But the memory of me—of our baby—is gone. Despite everything, I’m left fighting for our child and the man I’ve come to love.

How much will I have to sacrifice to bring him back? What happens when secrets buried deep in the past burst into the present? Do we have a chance? Or is it inevitable that history repeats itself and we’re forced to go our separate ways?

Cruel Love is an enemies-to-lovers, fake relationship, new adult, sports romance with pregnancy, plenty of angst, heat, and a HEA. This is the conclusion of Cruel Hate, and Aspen and Phoenix’s duet. This book contains mature content that some readers may find disturbing.

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Ashley Westerman

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Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This series gets better with every book! The author as always quickly hooks you and keeps you that way the entire book, actually the entire series. I suggest you read the entire series, so you have a better understanding of all the characters. This book (and series) will have you feeling every emotion possible. I am super excited to start the next book and see what else happens. I highly recommend this book and series!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Shannon Fowler

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

OMFG. That ending. O.M.G. ok rewind. These two young adults meet at a party, have unprotected sex and Aspen gets pregnant. Most of the time Aspen and Phoenix clash like fire and ice but then there are times where they both burn equally! Aspen is being very adult like in her responsibilities. Phoenix is still undecided. I am not sure how I feel about him. He has a bad attitude, he’s angry…a lot. Hoping he can redeem himself. But loving this story line.

This book is not a stand alone. This series is not a stand alone. Each “set” of books or duet is about a different couple. The Hidden Valley Elite starts when these characters were in high school. They have moved up to college now and life is still hitting them full force.

Loving this series and can hardly wait to see who and what is next!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Ashly Renner

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Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The incredibly talented Isla Vaughn has done it again! Every book in the Hidden Valley Elite series has absolutely captured me, drawn me in, and kept me wanting more! The writing in each book is superb and Cruel Hate is no exception. I love Phoenix and Aspen’s story, it is so raw, angsty, and feels so real. Please do yourself a favor and read this series. Make sure to read the prequel before reading this, it’s a must for context and backstory alone! Happy reading!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Carrie Reed

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Loved it! I feel like Aspen is just continually let down by her friends, family and Phoenix. She feels like nobody is there for her and she is alone, but she can’t keep away from Phoenix, they have this pull between them. I hate how he treats her when we all know deep down he cares for her more than he thinks. The ending is a cliff hanger and I’m dying for the next book!!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Mandy Ott

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Isla Vaughn is quickly becoming a favorite author of mine! She delivers, yet again, with Book 5 in the Hidden Valley Elite Series, Cruel Hate. This book follows Aspen and Phoenix’s story as they navigate their physical need for each other while finding it difficult to find common ground on anything else. Throw a pregnancy into the mix and this story has it all; angst, sports, fake relationship, and plenty of drama! The world building is wonderful and more solidly connected than some of the earlier books in the series. I feel like this one flows a little better and was less rushed. Isla Vaughn creates such perfectly imperfect characters that the reader can’t help but feel invested in. You can’t help but hope for a happy ending. Speaking of endings, Cruel Hate definitely ends in a cliffhanger!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Juls Dick

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Cruel Hate is the 5th book in the Hidden Valley Elite series by Isla Vaughn and the 2nd book in Aspen and Phoenix’s story, talk about a cliffhanger!! I need to know what is going to happen next! Aspen is coming to terms with being pregnant by the campus hero and Phoenix is struggling with every aspect of college life, keeping up with school, football, family and now becoming a father. When it all gets a bit too much Phoenix makes some life-changing decisions. I have loved this series so far, I cannot wait for the next installment to find out what happens.

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Kristin Boutelle

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I couldn’t put this book down at all. I had to know what was going to happen next. The characters do have flaws that are very relatable and there are some things that they need to work on as does everyone. The story does flow together easily and incorporates other minor characters to support the main characters of this story. The author has done well overall.

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Cruel Start (Hidden Valley Elite) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Carrie Reed

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Cruel Start (Hidden Valley Elite #4.5)Cruel Start by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Nice start, I am already pulled in and wanting more. Aspen seems like real sweetheart, I am hoping things go well for her. I used to like Phoenix until now, I hope he improves on being snippy to Aspen. Their situation isn’t ideal but could be what both of them need. Tracey is the worst! I’m so tired of her hanging around! Can’t wait to see what comes of Aspen and Phoenix.

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Hannah Porter

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Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Cetus-Lupeedus you guys, can I say this author Isla Vaughn is so amazing 👏 😍 🙌 I love every one of her books. She really knows how to give you what you want while also keeping you needing more and more. Hints why I ran to read this after reading the prequel Cruel Start which I highly recommend reading first before starting this one so you really understand what’s going on. When I tell you I read this sooooo fast I felt like I was in one of those fast reader competition😆😭I just couldn’t stop, I just needed to know what happens next. Then I got to the CLIFFHANGER omgggg whyyyyyyyyy. In the words of the movie Big Daddy “pu pu please don’t do this to me”😭😭😭 Just a couple more weeks til I literally devour the ending to their story and I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Lyndsey Fairley

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Whew this one had me back and forth with my emotions towards every single character in it.

College is in full swing for Aspen and Phoenix and the rest of the group of “elites” we’ve met in previous books.
We learn a lot in this story about these 2. Phoenix is having trouble with his grades and he’s too stubborn and embarrassed to accept help from those offering. He and his twin aren’t close like they have been and it’s throwing him off balance. Add in his grandfather and the things with Aspen and he’s a pressure cooker ready to explode with stress.

Aspen, while I can relate to a lot of things with her and also like she sticks up for herself in most situations, I felt a small disconnect but it may just be “age and thought” differences.

Overall I was hooked and couldn’t put this down and the ending, ugh what a cliffhanger!

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Cruel Start (Hidden Valley Elite) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Kirsten Berkebile

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This book is a three book series called Hidden Valley Elite Series!!  You must read them in order!!!! I absolutely loved this series, I am still waiting for the third book but I have read the first two. Phoenix meets an amazing artist name Aspen and have a wild night together. They didn’t think that they would run into each other after that night. Little did they know that fate had other plans for them when the plus sign shows up on the stick and just like that their worlds are now connected.

Cruel Start (Hidden Valley Elite #4.5)Cruel Start by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is a three book series called Hidden Valley Elite Series!! You must read them in order!!!! I absolutely loved this series, I am still waiting for the third book but I have read the first two. Phoenix meets an amazing artist name Aspen and have a wild night together. They didn’t think that they would run into each other after that night. Little did they know that fate had other plans for them when the plus sign shows up on the stick and just like that their worlds are now connected.

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Kirsten Berkebile

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It’s a continuation from Cruel Start, I promise you that it is worth it. This series is mind blowing and keeps you on the edge of your seat as you are reading it. I laughed, I cried and most of all I connected with Aspen and Phoenix. You get a little more information on Aspen’s family in this one. While trying to continue school and getting ready to a have a baby seems daunting enough, add a mix of his family drama and her family drama and you have a good visual of what is yet to come. I have not read the last book yet, however I can’t wait to see how this plays out.

Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It’s a continuation from Cruel Start, I promise you that it is worth it. This series is mind blowing and keeps you on the edge of your seat as you are reading it. I laughed, I cried and most of all I connected with Aspen and Phoenix. You get a little more information on Aspen’s family in this one. While trying to continue school and getting ready to a have a baby seems daunting enough, add a mix of his family drama and her family drama and you have a good visual of what is yet to come. I have not read the last book yet, however I can’t wait to see how this plays out.

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Crystal Jimmo

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Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

If you have not read Cruel Start, I HEAVILY suggest you read it before even reading one word of Cruel Hate. Everything will make much more sense. Cruel Hate picks up where Cruel Start leaves off. The angst, fear, frustration, and darkness are back at it again. School isn’t going great for either Phoenix or Aspen. The punt bunnies won’t leave Phoenix alone, and Aspen is catching hell from her parents. The only way that Phoenix can think of to fix both problems is to have a fake relationship. But does it really fix things or does it make things worse? This book ends on a cliffhanger and I’m just chomping at the bit to find out what happens next!

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Cruel Start (Hidden Valley Elite) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Crystal Jimmo

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Cruel Start (Hidden Valley Elite #4.5)Cruel Start by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The introduction to Phoenix and Aspen’s story was a great lead into their story. Aspen loves taking risks. She then meets Phoenix and her world is turned upside down. When the two clash two little pink lines turn everything in her world on it’s head she’s unsure what to do. Phoenix is your typical bully jock. He thinks that he rules the world. He’s not my favorite right now and I want to see where this goes. This dark and not everyone’s cup of tea. It has some triggers. It has spicy scenes in it and my oh my they had my heart skipping a beat!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Paloma Fierro 06/09/23

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After a rough start Aspen and Phoenix are having quite the semester. Both are having serious issues regarding school, family, friends and of course their little peanut. Their story just gets a lot more complicated than what they can expect. 

 

While Aspen wants to have a more present partner, she still does not want a boyfriend, so as any immature and unqualified college future mom, her head is everywhere but not where it should.

Meanwhile Phoenix feels the pressure of having low grades due to his problem to learn, but he rather bottle up all instead of accepting help in a healthy and humane way to progress.

 

This kind of couple makes you understand the importance of a good uprising and why it is easier to prevent problems than solve them.

Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Brandy Rymer

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I absolutely love reading Vaughn’s Hidden Valley Elite series, it is my favorite series I’ve read in a long time! The real-life situations that these characters get themselves into, and the way that they handle them just is phenomenal. This is the continuation of Phoenix and Aspen’s tale of an unexpected pregnancy resulting from a one-night together. It is so endearing to watch how their strong personalities continue to clash against each other, as they are both rather self-centered characters, each feeling that their situation is beyond what they can control or handle. Yet if they would both develop open communication, they would realize how much they need to depend on each other. This book was so hard to put down, it kept me reading all day today, I just couldn’t put it down from the second I opened it. I am so anxious to see what the outcome will be in the next book from the horrendous cliffhanger that we are left with! My heart aches to read the finale of Phoenix and Aspen’s tale. If you’ve read any of the books in this series, make sure that you go in order, because each book builds upon the next, and you do not want to miss out on anything! I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested and loves reading enemy-to-lovers romances.
@Brandy Rymer
09/2023

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Dawn Daughenbaugh

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5 Star’s
Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn

Cruel Hate is the fifth book in the Hidden Valley Elite Series and is a Enemies to Lover’s Romance New Adult Romance that will have you turning the pages till the end. This is packed with drama, suspense, family drama, tension, enemies-to-lovers and plenty of angst. I highly recommend reading the prequel Cruel Start before diving into this book as this one picks up where the prequel left us. Each book in this series keeps getting better and hotter than the last one. This is Phoenix and Aspens Duet and holy smokes! These two had a one-night stand that brings a shocking surprise that neither one was truly prepared for. So, a plan is formed to keep both their parents off their backs. But will this fake relationship turn into more than that? These two don’t have a easy time but can they navigate through it all together or will it end in a disaster? I highly recommend reading this book. I can’t wait to read the next book to find out how it all ends. I look forward to reading many more books by this author.

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Michelle Troyer

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Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Isla did it again. This is such a good series. This book is about Phoenix and Aspen. Phoenix wants to play NFL, but Aspen is pregnant. How will a baby fit in? The book ended on a cliffhanger. Can’t wait to read the next book to see what happens. I cannot get enough of Isla’s books. It’s an easy and quick read. I can never put never put the book down. Always exciting and suspense filled. I highly recommend Isla’s books. She does not disappoint!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Kerry Baker

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Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I could not wait to get my hands on this book and start reading. As soon as it hit my kindle I opened it immediately and did not put it down until I had finished. It just had to know how things would progress after the previous book. It took no effort to become engaged with this book. I love the characters. I would say they are some of my favourites but that would also apply to every single couple in this series so far.
This author has such a enigmatic and captivating writing style. I love each and every book. They are all completely different yet have the same feel about them. Not only is this one of my favourite series this year, it is only of my favourites overall. I cannot wait until the next book to see how things turn out.

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Angelina Frazzini

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Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is book 5 of the series. This is the first part of Phoenix and Aspen’s duet but Cruel Start should be read before this one. I have loved every minute of this series and this book is no different.

Phoenix and Aspen can’t seem to communicate without fighting. Which is pretty inconvenient when they are experiencing something they need to communicate about. I’m not going to say much about what happens in this book because I don’t want to give anything away but seriously, read it!

It is so well written. The characters are great, even though their behavior sucks sometimes. I was hooked from the beginning and can’t get enough of this series. There is so much angst and feeling you get sucked into the world! I highly recommend!

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Cruel Start (Hidden Valley Elite) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Manda Kelly

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Cruel Start (Hidden Valley Elite #4.5)Cruel Start by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This short read give a bit of backstory into Phoenix and Aspens 1st encounter, everything that went down with Shane and Phoenix and Tracey, and how Phoenix hurt his hand. It was important to read. Helped tie it all together and made the story (as well as the characters) that much more intense. I am LOVING the Hidden Valley Elite books. Can’t wait for the final book in Phoenix and Aspen’s story. Eeeep!!!!

Review By: Manda Kelly 2023

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Manda Kelly

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was really awesome. I ended up reading some of the others in the series after I read this one. To say I’m obsessed with the Hidden Valley Elite may be a slight understatement. Phoenix and Aspen may be my favorite couple so far. They have this love/hate/love thing going on, and I am SO HERE for it. I am sitting on PINS and NEEDLES waiting for the next book to find out how their story ends. Isla Vaughn has created a world I love escaping to. Full of beautiful people, and wonderful friendships and lots of drama, mixed in. I highly suggest her! She’s got magic in her fingers. Creating worlds that give an escape from our own, even if just for the chapters, its enough to appreciate her talent.

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Christine Baranek

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Cruel Hate
By: Isla Vaughn

Isla is a phenomenal writer and in this series she has created the perfect characters who keep you coming back for me. They hook you in and don’t let you go until the next page and their stories continue to the next book so you are anxiously waiting for the next book to find out what happens next. I definitely do not recommend missing a single book, not only because they are so phenomenal, but also because the each book provides context for the next. Which in my opinion just makes this series so special. This book is Phoenix’s and Aspen’s story. Which is so very complicated. But yet it is so good in all the right ways. Phoenix and Aspen find themselves in an incredibly complex situation yet watching them handle it kept me turning the pages so very fast. This book definitely kept me wanting more so I will be anxiously awaiting the next one! I definitely recommend picking up this series!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Robin Rankin

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Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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Cruel Hate: A Dark College Sports Romance (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5)

I am so completely and totally obsessed with this series. I’m not sure why I am as deep as I am, but want more and I count the days until the next book releases. If you haven’t read at the very least Cruel Start then stop here and go read that first, it’s the prelude to this book. But I recommend starting with the very first book Savage Start, you can thank me later.

Phoenix needs to learn to trust people outside of his brother and cousins. I think if he let go some of what’s bothering him he wouldn’t be as angry and that would go a long way.

So many things happen in this book and we learn a little more about Phoenix, his grandfather and rest of his immediate family not including Damon and Cole. I could not put this book down and thankfully I had a nice long weekend so I could stay up late reading.

This book ends on a cliffhanger which usually bothers me but not in this instance because I know when I will have the next book in my kindle and ready to read.

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Jaimie Salmon-Colburn

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Isla has done it again! This series is SO GOOD!!! I haven’t read them all (YET!), but all the ones I have read, have hooked and reeled me in so quick! You don’t HAVE to read the others in the set to read this one, BUT you WILL want to! Trust me!!!! There is also a prequel to this book that gives you a small intro into Phoenix and Aspen’s story. Again you don’t HAVE to read it, but again I would totally recommend it!! You will not be sorry buy reading them all. You will thank me (or better yet the author) when you do! This book is also NOT a stand alone. There is another book to their story after this one (book 6). Okay so to the book!…. Phoenix is a football QB superstar. Just starting in college football with his brother (Shane) and his cousins (Cole and Damon), who he played with and dominated in high school with (You can read more about them in the other books!), his goals are clear. NFL here he comes! Until one night over the summer, throws his plans for a huge loop. Aspen has goals of her own. Surf board shop with her sister. She designs the boards and her sister designs surf clothing. Neither one want or need a relationship. Having bad role models in the love department growing up, they both don’t want anything to do with relationships. They both have to stay focused on school and their dreams. Well Miss Aspen decides to give up her v-card that summer before college and to both their surprise she gets pregnant!! Yep total wrench in both their plans. Now what can they do? He plans a fake relationship to keep the other girls off his back and she agrees to keep her parents off hers’. What could go wrong there, right? Well minus the fact that they can’t be in the same room with each other without fighting!! This book ends on a cliffhanger that will have you RUNNING to get the next book in the series. Trust me when I say, this series is that good!! I can’t wait to read the rest!! With a fake relationship, sports, a pregnancy, and plenty of back and forth banter you will love this enemies to lovers bully romance. I won’t give away anything, but let me tell you the ending had me on my toes!! Grab this one NOW!!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Stephanie Runyon

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Aspen asks Phoenix to be her fake boyfriend.
He refuses because he doesn’t do relationships.
When they told Aspen’s parents that she was pregnant, her parents began bickering with each other. Phoenix and Aspen leave and her parents don’t notice.
Every time they meet up, Aspen and Phoenix don’t get along and end up fighting.
Aspen kept having dreams of Phoenix and a baby girl. She was also married to Phoenix in her dreams. Phoenix’s grandfather was Mark Reid’s employer. He was Aspen’s father, and it was his insurance that was helping with the doctor’s appointments. When his grandfather tells him to throw his next fight or he will fire Mark Reid, Phoenix feels conflicted. Phoenix’s grades had fallen since Shane disappeared and refused to help him. Phoenix had dyslexia and needed a tutor. Aspen took over his tutoring after she found Noel reading his assignment to him. She read the assignment out loud and made recordings for him to use when they couldn’t align their schedules. Aspen felt alone during the pregnancy because her parents only told her about abortion clinics and didn’t seem to care otherwise. Aspen was afraid after her last doctor’s appointment. Something was possibly wrong with the baby. She told Phoenix, and he said he would be there at the appointment. The doctor performed the amniocentesis, 2 weeks of waiting for the results was stressful on both sides. Where was Shane? What would the test results reveal? Would Phoenix really throw his fight?
Isla Vaughn continues to build suspense in the fifth book in the Hidden Valley Elite Series. Cruel Hate takes on a nefarious feeling when Phoenix’s grandfather becomes involved. Shane’s behavior was off so much that even Damon and Cole had noticed. Aspen was worried about how long she could continue attending school when she had the baby. She had already set in her mind that Phoenix wasn’t reliable and that she was on her own.The end of this book left me stunned and eager to read the sequel. The story deserves a 5-star rating. The intense drama will appeal to readers who like romantic stories with a plot beyond just steamy scenes.

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Megan Pesek

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Isla Vaugh did it again! If you’ve read the previous books in this series you knew Cruel Hate would get your blood pumping and she did not disappoint!
Phoenix and Aspen are connected forever after a one night stand left Aspen pregnant. Now in college, they decide to start a fake relationship that should be mutually beneficial. Phoenix is still a hot head with NFL dreams. Aspen is an artist with dreams of opening her own business. A baby may complicate things, but both are determined to be their best for the baby.
Cruel Hate also brings in some family drama that was previously only alluded to. The cliff hanger means I need to read the next installment now! Can’t wait to see how their HEA happens!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Helen Dawkins

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Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate: A College Sports Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is Book 1 of Phoenix’s Duet (there is a prequel Cruel Start). Even though this is the beginning of the duet, it is the 5th book in the series. It is not necessary to read the previous books, but I highly suggest you do as they are interconnected and will give you 10x the reading experience and understanding of Phoenix.

Readers hold on to your hearts and stomachs because you are about to go on an insanely intoxicating rollarcoaster. Phoenix and Aspen’s relationship is part toxic part pure infatuation. They both desperately do not want to have the lives of their parents, but it seems that at every turn, Phoenix and Aspen are at each other throats.

It was never in either of their cards to have a baby, and definitely not a baby with someone so infuriating or distracting to their plans of a future. They also both can’t deny that they are extremely attracted to the other. As well as an all-consuming passion. They consume eachothers every thoughts. But is that enough to let their guard down around one another?

Everyone seems to notice the way they feel about each other, except the other person. They both keep lying to themselves that they, in fact, want nothing to do with the other, but yet can’t keep them off their mind. Their entire relationship or should I say “fake relationship” is very Hot & Cold.

There are so many things that the other does not know about them. They quickly are learning there is more to their character than what they originally judged them as. But so there are so many secrets, hidden daggers in their families, and so so much trauma. Will they ever make it past any of that? Are they doomed to recreate their parents’ mistakes? Or maybe even worse ones?

The ending will leave you gasping for air at the intensity of the cliffhanger. I can not wait for book 2 of the duet to see where their lives and relationship are headed!!!!

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite Book 5) by Isla Vaughn – Review by Cindy Mayberry

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Cruel Hate (Hidden Valley Elite #5)Cruel Hate by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Before I say anything about this story, let’s start with reading this in the order this series is meant to be read. This is one of the most highly explosive stories I have read in a long time. This is Phoenix and Aspen’s story. Let me tell you these two are the strongest and most dedicated people I know. Nothing comes easy for them. School, families, friends and doing what is right, all comes with a price. So let me ask, can this couple get through this? Will they withstand all of the obstacles laid out for them? Will their love be stronger than what they have both seen in their own family? The story has so many twists and turns. It is a fast paced page turner for sure. I will give you NO Spoilers as you need to read this book to believe the strength Phoenix and Aspen have. This author has always been on my favorite list, this one puts her at the top. As here I sit waiting for the next book in this series. I love this series and look forward to reading the next installment.

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