Academy, College, or School Based Reverse Harems List – Part 3

“There’s too many Academy books out right now!” – Said no one ever. However, I feel like they will be winding down before too long for the next popular trope. That’s just how things work in the book world. *shrugs* If you’re curious why there is such a large concentration of Academy’s & Bully RH’s, I might be able to shed a little light on that. Indie authors need to follow the bouncing ball. They follow what’s popular for readers, and poof we receive more books. Before social media the author’s could set the tone for what was popular. Now with social media the fans tend to control what is popular. I apologize if you’ve seen some of these same titles before on other lists. If you did it is because they will have more than 1 trope element. I promise I am not trying to be repetitive. As always, Happy Reading! – Quare Eligere

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Goddess Academy by Clara Hartley
Goddess Academy by Clara Hartley
Amazon Description

Welcome to the Sanctuary

Here, potential goddesses are spirited away...

...and are given servants?

After a horrible break up with my ex-boyfriend, I meet a man with a goat's head.

Yep.

A goat's head.

He takes me to an academy where I'm told I'm the daughter of a Greek god. There isn't anything particularly god-like about me, except for wicked ukulele skills, so I'm taken by surprise.

But never mind my lack of powers. I'm more concerned about the four men who are assigned to meโ€”my vassals.

Two of them are happy to serve me. I'm more than okay with licking them. The other two, though?

They don't seem to want me on their team.

Ugh. Why can't everybody just get along?

18+. WhyChoose Romance.

Blackbriar Academy (5 book series) by Olivia Ash
Blackbriar Academy (5 book series) by Olivia Ash
Amazon Description

From Book 1: An academy reverse harem fantasy romance series.

I shouldnโ€™t be here, and everyone knows it.

Blackbriar Academy is an enchanted school on a magical island, andย everyoneย wants in. Itโ€™s a home away from home for the most advanced mages in the worldโ€”and only the absolute best of the best are given an invitation.

By some freak accident, I managed to get one.

If I pass the trials, I get to stay. With nowhere else to go, Blackbriar is my one shot at having a real life, and I wonโ€™t letย anyoneย take this from me.

But thereโ€™s a catch.

It turns out the people on this island are being trained to hunt the darknessโ€”basically, theyโ€™re being trained to huntย me.

To survive, I have to hide what I am. As a half-mage, I shouldn't have any magic at all. And yet, my natural abilities are almost impossibly powerfulโ€”and incrediblyย illegal.ย Over history, magic like mine has corrupted the souls of those who were born with it. Theyโ€™ve all gone darkโ€”razing towns and murdering hundreds of thousands throughout history.

All but me, and I have no idea why.

As the trials get more and more challenging, itโ€™s clear Iโ€™m being hunted. If Iโ€™m caughtโ€ฆ I die.

At Blackbriar Academy, nothing is ever as it seems... but I have nowhere else to go.

Nothing, andย no one,ย will stand in my way.

The Trials of Blackbriar Academyย is a full-length novel with a powerfully magical heroine, a riveting storyline, and an alternative relationship dynamic that supports our badass heroine's right to choose more than one man. Get ready for a heart-pounding story filled with an academy fantasy romance unlike anything youโ€™ve read before.

Buckle in for heart-pounding action, breathtaking magic, deadly assassins, four drop-dead gorgeous leading men, lots of toned muscles,ย and most importantlyโ€”a young womanโ€™s journey of justice, self-discovery, and freedom.

Impetuous (Victory Lap Book 1) by Mercedes Jade
Impetuous (Victory Lap Book 1) by Mercedes Jade
Amazon Description

What if you had to hit pause on your life and rewind? Just when you were ready to fast forward, prepared for anything but your past skipping through your victory lap.

Tess Sinclair thought she had it all figured out, or at least, locked down for those last few months of prerequisite classes and working weekend shifts to earn tuition. One phone call from child services changes all her plans and she is forced to move back home.

Maddy. Mad as sin. Mom.

Tess may have turned eighteen, but now she feels like an adult going backwards. There are sibling fights to break up without joining them. Dinner recipes to fake from the can because her mother's too medicated to recite the ingredients. Being the new girl at the final year at high-school is a whole other level of teenage torture that she should have outgrown.

Ditto to boy crushes.

The good boy gone bad, his devilishly smart twin, and the hot jock that normally wouldn't give her the time of day, forget make a play. All led by a dark prince that finds out her sneakers are made of glass. They ought to be the kings of the school and Tess the poor, bullied girl from the wrong side of the tracks. This Cinderella tale has been told before, with a charming but predictable ending.

Except, no one seems to have gotten the tropes right. The prince has a wicked stepmother. The jock struggles to hide he has more brains than brawn. The rich, heartthrob twins are bullied by the masses instead of put on a pedestal. Tess is the only one willing to come to their rescue.

Can she figure out the hidden secret twisting their roles?

If Tess can't run, then she'll learn to fight fate to get her victory lap to the finish line.

Warnings/Triggers for references to mental health, institutionalization and stereotypes. Mention of child abuse/neglect. There is adult intimacy, violence and language as well as the usual drugs and alcohol with these darker themes. Oh, and lame jokes. I have plenty of those. Some may offend since they can take a religious tone as I poke fun of the Catholic school. You were warned.

In this book the main female character ends up with multiple love interests at the end of the series in a HFN.

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How about a 'bully themes' RH book with a different twist? The MFC comes to the rescue of her bullied harem and they work together to overcome their challenges.

I would NOT group this with other bully romances out there and don't want to disappoint anyone expecting otherwise. This book contains bullying of the main characters but not to each other, which is the twist, a bully romance where the harem comes together to deal with it.

Manicures and Mayhem (Beautiful Beasts Book 1) by Mila Young
Amazon Description

I never considered myself special... far from it. But when my father told me I'm marrying a demon, I did the next best thing. I opted to attend a supernatural academy to escape. Next thing I know, I'm whisked away to a placed filled with shifters and vampires. There is no welcome committee with my father being the Master Vampire in town. Instead, I'm an outcast and on everyone's hit list. When I find a dead body in my room, I definitely know I'm in over my head. It seems everyone is set to remind me of my placeโ€ฆ including the three devastatingly handsome wolf shifters who are paying me too much attention. And falling for them is asking for trouble when they are my family's direct enemy. I know I should escape, but that's not an option with what is waiting for me beyond the academy walls, so I have to fight for what I want. Fate has a crappy sense of humor, way worse than mine, and it seems my destiny is filled with danger and temptations. Prepare yourself for side-splitting hillariousness and super hot Wolf shifters in this slow-burn romance. The completed Beautiful Beasts series Manicures and Mayhem Diamonds and Demons Hexes and Hounds Secrets and Shadows Passions and Protectors Ancients and Anarchy Tricks or Temptations
The Beautiful Boys: A High School NA Reverse Harem Paranormal Bully Romance (Shadowlight Academy Book 1) by Kailin Gow
Amazon Description

I am not normal.Unlike many high school heroines in fantasy books, I always knew I was not ordinary. Far from it. Since I was two, I have been seeing angels and demons. Given the gift of battle as a warrior, my role as a slayer often interferes with my role as a normal girl. So no, I was never a typical girl who had just found out she was heir to some magical family or something like that. I've been "gifted" practically all my life. So when my ordinary family moved us to San Francisco to a new school where my father teaches, I didn't think much of the school. Shadowlight Academy, the most exclusive and posh prep academy for the super rich. I thought I would be there to slay the evil like an undercover superhero amongst the ordinary. I just didn't think the ordinary would all be extremely unordinary. Especially the three most popular kids in school. Then there's the hot brooding rebel boy who didn't seem to fit in, too. Everyone here has secrets, and I am determined to find out what, before it kills me...the entire Academy and even the world. Okay, I might be dramatizing a bit, but yes, from what I've barely seen...it could be that big. Better get my game gear on and my entire armor on, because this is going to be one epic battle. But who can I trust?The Beautiful Ones, which rule Shadowlight Academy is known to be both beautiful yet wicked. They're fascinated with me as I am of them. But who or what are they really, and why do I feel drawn to them like a fly to a spider? Can I escape their beautiful web before I am trapped forever? Do I want to?*The Beautiful Boys is the first in a high school paranormal academy series for mature teens and up. Expect a tough heroine who can take on anyone and anything, with lots of steam literally and figuratively, and a reverse harem romance.THE SHADOWLIGHT ACADEMY SERIES IS COMPLETE!Book 1: Beautiful BoysBook 2: Magic Over BoysBook 3: Gone RogueAvailable Now and Complete!Shadowlight Hunters Academy - Spin-off of Shadowlight Academy and now Lux has entered CollegeBook 1: Lost Pretty BoysBook 2: Broken Cursed BoysBook 3: Bad Blessed Boys
Academy of Six: A Reverse Harem Academy Series (Origins of the Six Series Book 1) by A.K. Koonce
Academy of Six: A Reverse Harem Academy Series (Origins of the Six Series Book 1) by A.K. Koonce
Amazon Description

Deadly monsters live in all of us. The Academy of Six has just never seen a monster as terribly mundane as Izara Castillo. And that is a dangerous problem. She has four semesters to not only understand her supernatural abilities, but harness them as well. Everything at the Academy is a disaster, from Interdimensional Travels through hell to the other hell they like to call Gym. Bullies push her, test her, and simply try to kill her. A few broodingly protective roommates and a scary fake boyfriend could help. Or make her life impossibly harder. Pretend to date the emotionally detached demon, they said. Whatโ€™s the worst that could happen, they said. Itโ€™s make or break within this prison of a school. If she succeeds, sheโ€™ll finally know what sheโ€™s capable of, who she truly is, and where she came from. If she failsโ€ฆshe dies. This is Reverse Harem series containing M/M themes. Recommended for readers 18 and over. Reading Order Academy of Six - Available Control of Five - Available Destruction of Two - Available Wrath of One - Available
Once Upon A Wolf: A Dark Academy Reverse Harem Bully Romance (Everafter Academy Book 1) by Scarlett Snow
Once Upon A Wolf: A Dark Academy Reverse Harem Bully Romance (Everafter Academy Book 1) by Scarlett Snow
Amazon Description

When the Big Bad Wolf and his pack of witch hunters murdered my family, I made a deal with the Devil in exchange for revenge. Giving him my soul was the easy part. Surviving Everafter Academy, the school for 'good' fairy tale creatures, now that deserves a medal. I'm not the Red Riding Hood they all think I am, but I'm here to prove that even villains deserve a happy ending. "Once Upon a Wolf" is a dark reverse harem bully romance intended for mature audiences.
A Spell for Death: Rosewilde Academy of Magical Arts by B.C. Palmer
Amazon Description

Last year I wanted to go to MIT. Now I just want to survive my first year as a magic student. Luckily I've got three tempting men on my side. My life turned upside down after the death of my godmother and I've traded science for sorcery. I never thought magic existed outside of books, but here I am at an elite academy for magical arts. If it wasnโ€™t for popular heartthrobs Isaac and Luke, I'd lose my mind. Their tutoring sessions teach me more than just magic. And my ridiculously hot roommate, Hunter? Well, I'm pretty sure he hates everyoneโ€”not just me. Oh, and heโ€™s convinced my dead parents might have tried to trigger the apocalypse. Turns out that he might be right. Magic is dangerous and I'm pretty sure it's going to kill meโ€”if the faculty doesn't get me first. Welcome to freshman year at Rosewilde Academy for Magical Artsโ€”where secrets hide behind every door and rules are meant to be broken. A Spell for Death is the first book of a trilogy in the reverse harem Rosewilde Academy for Magical Arts, which follows Amelia in her studies of the arcane. Along the way, she gathers a family of friends who never ask her to choose between them. This book features scorching hot private tutoring sessions, mm lovers, gruff enemies who become lovers, and female BFFs who support each other.
Journey to Them by Ryann Elizabeth
Amazon Description

Journey Stephenson's only dream was to compete in gymnastics at the college level. Her entire life has been dedicated to training for that dream. But someone doesn't want her to achieve her goal. Luckily, she has her childhood crush and his friends to watch out for her and take care of her. The relationships that develop are far more than she ever thought possible. Can she stay safe from a crazy stalker, juggle three sexy men and attain her lifelong goal?
Quantum Academy: A Reverse Harem Academy Romance (Paranormal Academy) by Savannah Rose
Amazon Description

How many times does a girl have to die before she's actually dead? Three lovers... Three dimensions... Death is what brings them together, but it's also what's keeping them apart. One more death could mean the end. One more death could mean the beginning. The only way to find out, is to die. Simple... that's what my life had been before I found myself in this mess. One death led to another. And that death to another. There was so much in common with all these dimensions I found myself in. For starters, Quantum Academy still existed. I was still a student there. Still a witch with spells that wouldn't quite land the way they should. Spells that, for example, were the reason I ended up dead in the first place. So much was also different in each of the dimensions. At least, a lot different from my origin. Each dimension had a man who believed a part of their soul danced in perfect harmony with a part of mine. I'd have been a fool to convince myself that I didn't feel it too. There was only one problem. The more time I spent with each of my soulmates, the harder it became to pry my heart away from them. Splitting love between more than one dimension...it felt impossible. Doing it while fighting the kind of magic that threatened to end the world, now that was the real task. Quantum Academy is a Reverse Harem Paranormal Academy Romance, fit for readers who like witches, warlocks, demons and disasters. A strong female lead and no urge or need to choose between one hottie or the other, means you'll get the best of all worlds.
Half-Blood Academy 1: Magic Trials by Meg Xuemei X
Half-Blood Academy 1: Magic Trials by Meg Xuemei X
Amazon Description

โ€œWe need to mate,โ€ I said firmly.
โ€œHow?โ€ he asked, darting his wild glance at the iron bars between us then at me.

"Welcome to Half Death Academy." That's what they call my new schoolโ€”because only half the students survive.

Rule #1: Keep your head down and don't mess with the four gorgeous demigods who rule the school.
Rule #2: When the demigods try to kill you, lie down and die.

Too bad I never was very good at following the rules. And when my forbidden power awakens, I'll make them regret they try to make me their bitch.

Magic Trials stars four handsome and cruel demigods and a tough heroine. Heart-pounding action blends with steamy romance.

Thoughts from Paige

I'm confused about how old our MC is, and her potential LI alternated between calling her woman and girl in his mind which made me a tiny bit uncomfortable.ย  However, I am intrigued with the setup and have added this to my TBR pile.

Rogue Academy: A Reverse Harem Paranormal Academy Romance (Rogue Vampire Academy Book 1) by Savannah Rose
Amazon Description

Street rat. Scoundrel. Thief. MURDERER. Those are all names Iโ€™ve been called. Names that were fitting at one time or another. But you donโ€™t throw a vampire into a foster home and expect her to come out a model citizen, do you? And you sure as hell donโ€™t feed her Mac and Cheese with a side of lashings and expect her to roll over and play dead. Even more, you donโ€™t offer her up to men twice her age and permit them to hang their soggy bits at the base of her chin without expecting her to bite it the heck off. Despite the murderous bone in my body, I didnโ€™t wreak havoc on my foster home โ€“ at least not the kind that leads to death. Instead, I did what any girl as hard-headed and short-sighted as I am would do. I LEFT. Rogue Academy is a Paranormal Academy Romance, fit for readers who like, vampires, shifters, fierce, strong, female leads and the need to not have to choose between one hottie or the other. Sometimes, both quality and quantity matter.
Kissed by Wildfire (The Cimmerian Cage Book 1) by Cate Corvin
Amazon Description

In the Cage, nothing is what it seems. Itโ€™s inescapable. And Iโ€™m dead in the sights of four insatiable men. Iโ€™m a witch by birth and an arsonist by accident, but I never thought Iโ€™d find myself in a place like this. Cimmerian Reform Academy, called โ€˜the Cageโ€™ by its students, was once an asylum, but now Iโ€™m forced to call it home. My roommate hates me, the Headmistress has a sinister agenda, and worst of all, students have a habit of dying young and fast in the Cage. If I donโ€™t watch my step, I might be the next to go, but help could come from dangerous placesโ€ฆ for a price. Roman and Shane were imprisoned for illegal shifting, and they look at me like they want to rip off my clothes with their fangs. Professor Steele is a hard taskmaster whose special brand of punishment leaves me craving more. And in the darkness beneath the Cage lurks the most deadly of predators- Locke, a vampire who walks through my dreams with a thirst for more than my blood. Secrets lie in wait behind the black doors, students vanish overnight, and everyone hides what they really want. In the case of these four, however, what they want is crystal clear: me. Kissed by Wildfire is the first book in a steamy, medium-burn academy reverse harem romance trilogy. Mature readers only.
Fallen University: Year One: A Paranormal Romance by Callie Rose
Amazon Description

Did you know ordinary people can be turned into demons? I sure didnโ€™t. Until it happened to me. One day, I was a regular college student, working a boring job and studying for finalsโ€”and the next, I was transformed into some strange creature of the night. Now Iโ€™ve got powers I donโ€™t understand, I can change my appearance with a thought, and Iโ€™m having all kinds of oddโ€ฆ cravings. If I thought all this was gonna get me out of going to college though, Iโ€™ve got another think coming. Nope, I still need an education. Except the classes at Fallen University are on things like โ€œCurses and Hexcraftโ€ and โ€œMagical Combatโ€. Itโ€™s not all bad. There are these four sexy as sin guys I keep bumping intoโ€”Kingston, Jayce, Xero, and Kai. Iโ€™m not sure if I should trust them; theyโ€™ve each got secrets of their own, and theyโ€™re definitely dangerous. But that craving Iโ€™ve been having? Itโ€™s pulling me right toward them. Yup, things are about to get real interesting at FU. This is book one of the Fallen University trilogy, a reverse harem romance with a slightly snarky heroine and four gorgeous, supernatural men. It includes cursing and lots of steam.
The Tracker Hive Academy: Semester One (Jade Storm Tracker Series Book 1) by Avery Song
Amazon Description

I've dealt with my share of homelessness. I've endured being the bad gal in the room. Iโ€™ve taken a lot of lifeโ€™s punches on the chin. But never did I expect to be forced to attend an academy full of power-hungry delinquents. Born with powers far too great to control, I ended up homeless at eight years old. With my family gone, I lived on the streets, learning quickly that the world was just as cold as my beating heart. Because I carry all eight magic elements, enemies sought me out from every dark corner. Luckily, I was saved and taken in by Alaric Masters, headmaster of Tracker Hive Academy. My name is Jade Storm, and Iโ€™m the youngest recruit to become a Tracker. Now that I'm eighteen, Alaric is insisting that I attend the academy. Iโ€™ll do it, but on my own terms. My only goal is to learn just how powerful I am and breeze through the next four years. I have no interest in joining any cliques, and Iโ€™m not here to make friends. If thereโ€™s one thing life has taught me, itโ€™s that I work best alone. However, the Troubled Four โ€” Zeke, Zion, Zackery, and Zeus โ€” have other plans. Quadruplets who together carry all eight elements, the boys are desperate to make me submit to their trickery. Theyโ€™re stupid to think Iโ€™ll play by anyone's rules but my own. I can handle whatever threats, traps, bullying, and schemes are thrown my way, because I'm not here to be a good student. I'm here to keep my secret safe from those who will do everything to see me perish. Game on. This is an 18+ Academy Romance.
A Sky So Dark: A Contemporary Reverse Harem Novel (Safe Haven Academy Book 1) by E. M. Moore
Amazon Description

Macie Davenportโ€™s life is over. The girl who has everything is reduced to an empty black hole of nothing they call Safe Haven Academy. Itโ€™s where bad souls go for reform, but end up getting worse until theyโ€™re shipped out to another โ€œsheltered placeโ€ with an equally uninspired name. It doesnโ€™t matter what they dress it up as, Macie knows places like this are for people like herโ€”people everyone wants to forget. The screwed up part? Macieโ€™s not bad. Torn with grief and living in a fantasy world? Yes. A psychopath? Not likely. Worse yet, she canโ€™t forget. Not even a little. Not even trying with all her might, sheโ€™ll never forget the consequences of the night the sky turned dark. Then, they force themselves into her life. A shining light in the bleakness around her, three boys irrevocably change her fate. Can she allow the sun to shine through? Or will Macie give up before giving them a chance? This is a contemporary reverse harem story. Safe Haven Academy Reading Order A SKY SO DARK A DAWN SO QUIET
First Time’s A Charm (Grimalkin Academy: Kittens Book 1) by Laura Greenwood
Amazon Description

Things might be easier if I could stop conjuring kittens every time I attempt a spell. I used to be good at magic. That's how I got into Grimalkin Academy in the first place. Then I was dared by my friends to try a spell way above my abilities. Now, the end of year exams are coming up, and I need to find a way to stop my magic going haywire all the time or I'm going to fail. At least matters of my heart are easy enough...for now. - First Time's A Charm is book one in the completed Grimalkin Academy: Kittens series. It includes an academy for witches (university age), cute kittens, a quirky best friend, a slow burn (and low heat) romantic whychoose sub-plot, and plenty of teamwork to help uncover black magic users at Grimalkin.
Dark Gates (Adelman Academy Book 1) by Shan Marin
Amazon Description

An ancient rule lies broken. A dark magic binds me. Their love can free me. But an evil curse threatens everything. I grew up in the shadow of Adelman Academy, knowing I could never set foot in the school for elite magic users. A long-established family pact forbade it. We should have listened. When my sister and I snuck onto the grounds, it ended in tragedy. But on my eighteenth birthday, I face the gates of Adelman again. This time, Iโ€™m not looking for adventure. Iโ€™m seeking sanctuary from my arranged betrothal to a powerful mage. His dark magic makes my skin crawl, and only the Academy can protect me. Only they can protect me. The headmasterโ€™s sons โ€“ Stern Jacen, flirty Kylan and thoughtful Tamas. They offer me a taste of a life I never dreamed could be mine, but I cannot be theirs. I belong to another. The mage marked me for his own sinister purposes, and my presence at the Academy awakens an ancient evil. One that threatens everyone within the school. And I, Seora Pairel, am the key to stopping it. DARK GATES is a slow-burn reverse harem romance suited for older teens upward. Grab your copy today!
Spark (Academy of Unpredictable Magic Book 1)
Spark (Academy of Unpredictable Magic Book 1) by Sadie Moss
Amazon Description

Magic exists. I knowโ€”itโ€™s in my blood.

Unfortunately, not all people from magical bloodlines have powers, and at 22, Iโ€™m several years past the age they usually appear. So Iโ€™ve resigned myself to a boring, magic-less life.

Then something strange happensโ€ฆ

I get stuck in the middle of a bar fight, and instead of just punching the guy back, I blow a hole in the wall.

Soโ€ฆ I guess I do have powers. But theyโ€™re unlike anything Iโ€™ve ever seen before. This is definitelyย notย normal.

And it seems the magical authorities agree, because they give me a choice: either I go to school to learn to control my crazy new magic, or theyโ€™ll take it away. Permanently.

Now if I can just survive the witchy mean girls determined to take me down a peg, the mysterious attacks on students, the three hot-as-hell guys who donโ€™t seem turned off by my prickly exterior, and the professor who makes me long for detention, maybe Iโ€™ll get out of here in one piece.

Wouldnโ€™t bet on it though.

Welcome to the Academy of Unpredictable Magic.

Spark is the first book in the Academy of Unpredictable Magic series, a medium-burn reverse harem story featuring a fierce chick and the four hot men who fall in love with her.

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