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Royal Elite · Book 3

Cruel King

by Rina Kent
Published
9 January 2020
Pages
360
ISBN-13
9781685450212
Type
novel
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About this book

Cruel King is Royal Elite's standalone prequel, set a generation before Aiden and Elsa's trilogy at the fictional Royal Elite School and covering the previous generation's own power games. Published in January 2020 at 360 pages, it can be read first or at any point, though most readers start with Deviant King and circle back.

Key facts about Cruel King

Cruel King is a novel by Rina Kent. Readers have had it since 9 January 2020. It runs to 360 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Cruel King. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781685450212 to find the main one.

Cruel King is book 3 of 8 in the Royal Elite series. The series has 8 published books. However, the series starts with Deviant King (2019). Royal Elite Epilogue is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 10 December 2020.

Additionally, Rina Kent writes Team Zero, Kingdom Duet and Lies & Truths Duet, plus 8 more series. Those series sit on our dark romance, mafia romance and romance shelves. Meanwhile, Tempting Venom is the latest published Rina Kent book on file, from 30 June 2026.

About Rina Kent

Rina Kent is a New York Times bestselling author and a major name in the dark romance boom driven largely by BookTok, known for interconnected new-adult series built around enemies-to-lovers dynamics, morally grey anti-heroes, and twisted power games. See every Rina Kent book in order.

Its place in Royal Elite

Cruel King is book 3 in the Royal Elite series. It follows Steel Princess. It is followed by Twisted Kingdom. See the full Royal Elite reading order.

Royal Elite is Rina Kent's breakout dark bully-romance series, set at the fictional Royal Elite School where the children of Britain's wealthiest and most ruthless families play power games that blur the line between obsession and love. The core of the series is a trilogy following Aiden King — cold, brilliant, and fixated on scholarship student Elsa in a way that is anything but sweet — across Deviant King, Steel Princess, and Twisted Kingdom. The remaining books hand the spotlight to the rest of the school's…

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