God of Pain (Deluxe Edition) (Legacy of Gods, 2)

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From USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes the second in a dark and steamy college romance series featuring elite criminal families and morally gray heroes. Creighton King and Annika Volkov are complete opposites: he rarely speaks, and she rarely stops. But beneath the surface, their secrets might be enough to break them...

Creighton King is silent, brooding, and hostile. Annika Volkov loves him. She is his opposite in every way: a ray of sunshine, the life of the party, and constantly talking. What Annika doesn't know is that Creighton's quiet, beautiful exterior masks a dark, hidden persona. A violent one.

Creighton knows he will never escape his past, so he takes his pain out on others. It's his only release. He doesn't expect to find any attraction to the girl that is his antithesis. But as Annika attempts to get closer to him, he finds that he enjoys her company more than anyone else's--especially once he discovers her wild side. And now that he's infatuated, she will never escape him. Even if their families' histories are deeply connected in ways neither of them could have imagined.

Annika is the light and Creighton is the dark. Will she be able to light the way for him? Or will he succumb to the darkness and take her down with him?

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Published Nov 26, 2024

528 pages

Average rating: 7.83

35 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Fallcarry
Jul 19, 2025
5/10 stars
Enjoyed the least so far in this series. By far the most random pet name I've encountered. And totally not important to the plot or the series, but Rina Kent has a habit of giving her characters a defining "favorite thing" and then making it sound incredibly cringe. For instance- a character in her series might be described as "obsessed with fashion," but then every time she describes the outfit of this rich, worldly socialite, I'm like "...hu?" It drives me crazy as a reader, and I tend to skip over these reoccurring instances.
kayla.jacobson01
Jul 10, 2025
8/10 stars
okay now THIS one i definitely enjoyed. creighton and anni are polar opposites but in the best way. the tension was crazyyyyy
TheReader
Jan 02, 2025
9/10 stars
Loved it

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