The Rivals of Elite · Book 1
He Played Me is a dark college romance by Amalia Brooks, book 1 in The Rivals of Elite.
Tiffany Sinclair is first in her year. Top of every list, one scholarship away from Paris, and utterly untouchable. Until you count Tristan Ford.
Tiffany Sinclair is first in her year. Top of every list, one scholarship away from Paris, and utterly untouchable. Until you count Tristan Ford.
He has matched her mark for mark since the day they met, a ruthless shadow refusing to let her breathe. But when one stupid mistake drags Tiffany into a world she was never meant to see, her perfect rival drops his mask.
Tristan doesn't just want to win anymore. He wants to break her.
Her best friend's life has a price, and Tristan is the one who sets it. Two months as his absolute property.
No one warned her what waits past the heavy gates of that manor. Seven vicious millionaires. One house where no law can reach. And a man who has spent two years burning to destroy her, finally holding her exactly where he wants her.
Official description from Amazon.
18+ dark academic romance with explicit sexual content, dark obsession and possessive relationship dynamics. A full content-warning list is in the book's front matter.
| Book | Series | Genre | Pages | Published | Kindle Unlimited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| He Played Me | The Rivals of Elite #1 | Dark college romance | 634 | August 2026 | Yes |
| Marked by Him | Standalone | Second-chance romance | 335 | April 2026 | Yes |
| They Played Me | The Rivals of Elite #2 | Dark college romance | 499 | September 2026 | Yes |
He Played Me follows Tiffany Sinclair, first in her year and one scholarship away from Paris, and her ruthless academic rival Tristan Ford. After one mistake, Tristan sets the price for her best friend's life: two months as his property, inside a manor where seven millionaires answer to no law.
Yes. He Played Me is an 18+ dark academic romance with explicit sexual content, dark obsession and possessive relationship dynamics. Amalia Brooks includes a full, detailed list of content warnings in the front matter of the book, so readers can check it before they start.
Yes. He Played Me can be read with Kindle Unlimited, bought as a Kindle ebook, or ordered as a 634-page paperback on Amazon. It is book one of The Rivals of Elite, so it is the place to start before They Played Me.
Amalia Brooks is an indie dark romance author. Her Wattpad debut reached over 200,000 readers before she brought her books to Kindle Unlimited. She writes The Rivals of Elite, a dark college romance series of He Played Me and They Played Me, and the standalone second-chance romance Marked by Him.
Marked by Him is a standalone, so it can be read at any time. The Rivals of Elite must be read in order: start with He Played Me, book one, and continue with They Played Me, book two, which picks up Tiffany Sinclair and Tristan Ford's story.
He Played Me is an 18+ dark college romance, which the author also describes as dark academic romance. It is built on an academic rivalry between Tiffany Sinclair and Tristan Ford, and it is the 634-page first book in The Rivals of Elite series.
Yes. Amalia Brooks describes The Rivals of Elite as a strict 18+ dark romance. He Played Me focuses heavily on obsession, possessiveness and dark rituals, with explicit sexual content, and They Played Me continues Tiffany Sinclair and Tristan Ford's story in the same tone.
All three novels — He Played Me, They Played Me and Marked by Him — are on Amazon as Kindle ebooks and are available with Kindle Unlimited. He Played Me is also sold in paperback. You can follow new releases on her Amazon author page and on Goodreads.
Amalia Brooks is an indie romance author who writes dark romance, dark college romance and second-chance romance. She started on Wattpad, where her debut reached over 200,000 readers, before bringing her books to Kindle Unlimited. Her novels include Marked by Him, which she began writing at 17, and The Rivals of Elite series: He Played Me and They Played Me.