"The man I love has trapped me in a gilded cage.
I trusted him to keep me safe. He was my white knight and my dark god, all in one gorgeous package.
Until an awful revelation changed everything.
Now, I'm desperate to escape his twisted obsession, but he refuses to let me go. He insists that I still love him, but he can't command my affections. No matter how much pleasure he gives me or how many times he says I belong to him.
For a man like Dane, I don't think redemption is possible, even if some secret part of my heart yearns for it to be true.
Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website."
"I've been watching her. Wanting her. Stalking her.
I'm obsessed with the shy, innocent barista who works at my favorite coffee shop.
She doesn't know that I bought the house across the street from her apartment so that I can watch over her.
I secretly collect her paintings and hang them in my bedroom.
And I won't hesitate to break into her home to find out what kind of books she likes to read.
I'll do whatever it takes to win her heart.
As a doctor, I know my own diagnosis: psychopath.
I don't feel empathy. I barely feel anything at all.
But my obsession with her makes me feel almost human for the first time in my life.
I can't resist this... compulsion.
I can't resist her.
Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website."
"He's a cold-blooded criminal who's nearly twenty years older than me; my stern captor, and worst of all...my husband.
I betrayed the cartel. Now, he'll make sure I can never leave it. To keep me in line, I'll be forced to spend my eternity with a ruthless criminal.
If only I hadn't harbored a traitorous, girlish crush for years. If only the way he makes me tremble wasn't equal parts fear and desire. If only that stern black stare didn't make my knees weak.
It would be so much easier to defy him. My unyielding jailor. My husband. My forever."
"Ich mag es nicht, berührt zu werden. Ich bin die Hacker-Nerd-Göttin des FBIs. Wenn ich mich hinter meinem Monitor verstecke, habe ich einen sicheren Abstand zu allen anderen; isoliert, mächtig. Kein Mann hat mich bisher berührt, aber als ich vom Drogenbaron Andrés Moreno entführt werde, aber ich nicht länger das Recht mich zu verweigern. Er hat eine Narbe und ist angsteinflößend, aber sein grausamer Bruder Cristian hat ihm aufgetragen, mich zu brechen. Ich versuche zu flüchten, aber ich kann seinen starken Armen und der strengen Disziplin nicht entkommen. Er verlangt, dass ich seine Berührungen akzeptiere und mein jungfräulicher Körper kann nicht anders, als auf seine meisterhafte Manipulation zu reagieren.
Je länger ich mit ihm gefangen bleibe, um so mehr komme ich zu der Vermutung, dass ich nicht die einzige Gefangene seines Bruders bin. Andrés Narbe geht tiefer als die grausamen Furchen in seinem Fleisch, sein Schmerz wird von den dunkeln Forderungen an mich wiedergespiegelt. Seine Obsession ist verdreht, aber vielleicht bis ich es auch.
Möchte ich vor ihm gerettet werden? Oder ist er derjenige, der in Wirklichkeit gerettet werden muss?"
"Valentina verabscheut mich ebenso sehr wie ich sie. Das hält mich aber nicht davon ab, sie zu entführen und sie für mich zu stehlen.
Während der Jahre, in denen wir getrennt waren, hat Hass für sie an meinem Herzen gefressen. Das Mädchen, das ich einst geliebt habe, ist jetzt eine Frau, die glaubt, jemand anderem zu gehören.
Ich strebe als berüchtigtster Drogenbaron der Westküste nach Macht und Kontrolle. Ihr offener Widerstand quält mich, und ich werde niemals müde, abwegige Bestrafungen zu ersinnen, damit sie nicht aus der Reihe tanzt. Sie kann meinen unbarmherzigen Berührungen und meiner strengen Disziplin nicht entkommen.
Niemand wird sie mir nehmen. Ich werde jeden umbringen, der das versucht.
Valentina war immer dazu bestimmt, mir zu gehören. Nichts wird mich davon abhalten, ihren Körper und ihre Seele zu besitzen."
"My pretty little captive thinks she can run from me. She doesn't understand how ruthless I truly am....
Guarding my lovely hostage has become my obsession. I protect Marisol from the vicious men in my brutal cartel, including myself. I've kept the promise I made to my boss on the night of her capture: No one touches her.
But she runs from me at the first opportunity, escaping the safe cage I built for her. I've denied myself for far too long. She's made the mistake of believing I'm gentle and forgiving. There's nothing gentle about what I intend to do to her once I catch her, and she'll have to beg for my forgiveness.
I've spent endless nights imagining so many delicious ways to torment her. Now that she's defied the cartel, I can indulge all of my twisted desires. I'll never let her escape me again. Marisol is mine."
"Carmen Ronaldo is my enemy and my obsession. I'll conquer her and make her mine.
For years, Carmen has hated me. I seduced her to learn her family's secrets, and then I used those secrets to fracture the Ronaldo cartel, taking half of their territory for myself. I made myself a king, but I've never been fully satisfied in my victory.
I've never experienced regret. The emotions that rule weaker men don't affect me. Until her. I've waited far too long to claim Carmen for myself. My feisty little kitten might hate me for taking her as my captive, but she'll surrender herself to me. I'll protect her from all her enemies.
Except myself.
My cage will be her refuge, my rules her fortress. Carmen is no longer my enemy. She's just mine."
"'She's yours now'. With those three words, my boss gives me a gift: permission to kidnap and keep the woman I've wanted for years.
Ever since we were teenagers, I've denied my desire for Sofia. Despite her father's involvement in running our cocaine empire, Caesar Hernández has carefully sheltered her from the brutal realities of our world. She's always been far too innocent and pure for me to drag her out of her charmed life and into my depravities.
But Caesar chose to betray my ruthless boss, Adrián Rodríguez. He'll have to prove his loyalty once again if he doesn't want any harm to come to his beloved daughter. I have her now, and he's well aware of my sadistic proclivities.
I tried to save her from this, but I can't fight my savage nature when Sofia is in my home and under my command. She'll learn to obey me unquestioningly if she wants to earn any of her freedoms back. Sofia's going to be my good girl, fulfilling all the dark fantasies I've suppressed for years.
I'll do whatever it takes to keep my pretty hostage. If anyone tries to steal her from me, I'll start a war to protect my most precious possession.
Sofia is mine, and I'll never let her go."
"Contains a prequel novella and book two of The Captive series.
As the most notorious, sadistic drug lord on the West Coast, I thrive on power and control. Valentina loathes me as much as I despise her. That doesn't stop me from kidnapping her, stealing her away for myself.
Over the years that have separated us, hatred has festered in my heart. The girl I once loved is all woman now, and she thinks she belongs to someone else.
Her defiance tempts and torments me, and I'll never tire of devising devious punishments to keep her in line. She can't escape my cruel touch and harsh discipline. No one will take her from me. I'll kill anyone who tries.
I will possess Valentina, body and soul."
"My sweet captive doesn't like to be touched. She will learn. She no longer has the right to refuse.
She flinches at the sight of my scarred face, but the way she whimpers and trembles makes perverse pleasure stir within me. I captured the little FBI agent while she was trying to take down my drug empire, and I can't allow that.
No one will ever touch her again - especially not my cruel brother.
Samantha is mine to keep and protect. Mine to play with and punish. All mine.
Contains the events of Sweet Captivity, told from the perspective of Andrés."
"I don't like to be touched.
I'm the hacker-geek-goddess of the FBI. When I'm hiding behind my screen, I'm a safe distance from everyone; isolated, powerful. No man has ever touched me, but when I'm captured by Colombian drug lord Andrés Moreno, I no longer have the right to refuse. He's scarred and scary, and his cruel brother Cristian has tasked him with breaking me. I try to fight, but I can't escape his strong arms and harsh discipline. He demands that I accept his touch, and my virgin body can't help but respond to his masterful manipulations.
The longer I remain trapped with him, the more I come to suspect that I'm not the only captive in his brother's home. Andrés' scars go deeper than the wicked furrows carved into his flesh, his pain reflected in the dark demands he imposes upon me. His obsession is twisted and wrong, but maybe I'm twisted, too.
Do I want to be rescued from him? Or is he the one who truly needs saving?"
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