Which Novels Highlight Sibling Rivalry Like 'Malibu Rising' By Reid?

WARNING: This book contains intense bullying, explicit scenes, triggering language, violence, and psychological content. I told Caden to cancel his stupid party. He told me, with that infuriating smirk, "Why? Planning to be my snack tonight?" Caden has made my life hell for four years, ever since our parents got married. He's gorgeous, arrogant, and the kind of boy Stanford girls trip over themselves for. Me? I'm the only one who sees right through him. He's a blatant bully, the devil who turned me into a surreptitious one. And now we're stuck sharing the same off-campus apartment for our entire freshman year. Living together means new rules, no boundaries... and a tension I never expected. The closer we get, the harder it becomes to remember why we ever hated each other in the first place - and nothing threatens our pride more than that.

⚠️ Content Warning: This story contains intimate scenes...reader's discretion is advised. Isabel Mayfield’s days are a relentless grind of exhausting work and constant worry. Every cent counts as she struggles to stay afloat, provide for herself, and fight for the law degree that is her only way out. Then her mother calls. A woman who has always chased fun and adventure drops a bombshell that turns Isabel’s whole world upside down: they are moving in with a billionaire, and Isabel is about to gain a stepfamily she never asked for. Living in the Sterling mansion feels like stepping into another world… one full of cold rules, old money, and a stepbrother who looks at her like she is trash and wants her gone. William Sterling is everything she should avoid: rich, arrogant, devastatingly handsome, and convinced she and her mother are nothing but gold-diggers here to take what his family had built over the years. But the anger between them masks something far more dangerous. A pull so strong it burns through every rule, every lie, every reason they should stay far apart. He is her stepbrother. He wants her gone. But yet she is the only thing he craves…

Scarlet’s world shattered the night she discovered her husband in her bed with her own sister. The betrayal was brutal. The humiliation, unforgivable. And what hurt the most? Neither of them felt a single ounce of remorse. Within months, her husband divorced her and married the very woman who helped destroy her life, her sister. They thought she would break. They thought she would disappear quietly. They were wrong. Ryan Marchetti—cold, calculating, and dangerously powerful, has spent years waiting for the perfect chance to destroy his business rival. Marrying that rival’s ex-wife is the ultimate move. Strategic. For Scarlet, marrying Ryan isn’t about love. It’s about revenge. A calculated alliance. A public statement. A promise that she will rise from the ashes they left her in. Together, they become the scandal that shakes empires. But revenge is never simple. Because behind Ryan’s icy control lies a secret, one tied to her past, to her ex-husband, to the very marriage that ruined her life. A truth so explosive it could unravel everything she thought she knew. Was she just a pawn in Ryan’s war from the very beginning? Or is the man she’s slowly falling for capable of betraying her too? In a game fueled by vengeance, power, and buried truths, Scarlet must decide: Will she let betrayal destroy her again… Or will she risk her heart for the one man who might truly love her?

"I knew he was trouble the moment I walked into our shared house. The way his hands gripped my waist when no one was looking, the way his voice dipped when he said my name, it wasn’t just wrong, it was dangerous. He wasn’t just my stepbrother, he was my undoing." **** All Evie Hayes wanted was to finish her college degree in peace, far from the chaos of her past. But when she moves into her stepfather’s house near Ravencrest University, she finds herself stuck with Ryder Kingsley, her stepbrother and the school’s golden boy. Ryder is everything she’s sworn to avoid, arrogant, infuriatingly handsome, and completely off-limits. When late-night arguments turn into stolen touches, their forbidden connection becomes impossible to ignore. But in a world where secrets don’t stay hidden, someone’s bound to uncover the truth. And when they do, Ryder and Evie will have to decide if the risk is worth the ruin.

Alpha Kate’s story continues in Alpha Siblings. Alpha Kate suffered many challenges on her way to finding her second chance mate, Alpha Colby. They are about to embark on their new life together when challenge after challenge interrupts their lives. Will they make it through the challenges together or are they doomed? Throw in the mix a sibling rivalry like no other and you have Alpha Siblings. This book is a continuation of Alpha Kate. To avoid any spoilers and to understand the story, it is recommended that you read Alpha Kate first. However, this book has been created so you can enjoy as a stand-alone book.

"You slept with my twin… thinking she was me?” Elena’s voice shattered in Alexander's penthouse the night before their wedding. Elena walked in on her identical sister Eliza riding the man she loved and threw her pregnancy test into the rain. Heartbroken and humiliated, Elena storms a shadowy billionaire bar for revenge. She proposed one drunken night with a dangerously handsome bartender Liam, which later becomes a viral sex tape that destroys her reputation overnight. The next morning, she watches live as Eliza steals her wedding, her groom, and her future. Alone, pregnant, and disowned by everyone, Elena heads to the hospital to end it all. But fate slams her straight into Liam the bartender who’s secretly the rebellious son of a dying billionaire. His father’s final wish? A grandchild… or Liam loses the entire empire. In a desperate hospital hallway, they strike a devil’s bargain: one year of fake love, fake marriage, and a real baby. What begins as cold revenge and survival slowly ignites into something deeper. But when the lies start feeling real and the twin who destroyed her life comes knocking, Elena must choose keep the fortune… or finally choose her own heart.