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no. h getting leashed and peeing outside like a dog was offensive, Will stay away from these authors if they see that as acceptable behaviour, This author is quickly becoming one of a kind! I am a fan of dark romances and romantic suspense, but this story did not work for me.
The story lacked depth, and there was little plot or character development,

There was not enough danger or suspense for this to be classified as a romantic suspense, We know they are on the run, but are they really They are holed up in a cabin for most of the story, then them being "found" lasts for a few minutes before they are off and saying goodbye to one another.


And let's talk about what happened at the cabin, A lot of BDSM activity leaning very heavily toward the sadism side, I didn't buy Lake's reasons for Lily's training and punishment, Lake came across to me as a horrible person who liked to hurt and humiliate her, I almost abandoned the book when she was leashed and made to use the bathroom outside like a dog,

For a dark story to work, at least for me, there needs to be a strong emotional connection, or a complete redemption of the male character.
The lack of character development killed in this regard, There was potential, we know Lake has a dead wife who he lost to drugs, But she was only briefly mentioned, The author could've done more delving into Lake's psyche, connected his dead wife to his need to punish Lily, or something, But we never really learn why Lake does what he does, It was a huge disappointment,

I did feel sorry for Lily, but I never connected to her, I only felt sorry for her pain and humiliation, This was a classic Stockholm storyline, without sufficient detail to make me understand why she fell for her captor,

At the end, I wish I would've stopped reading when she was crawling around on the leash, I was just hoping that SOMETHING was gonna happen to improve the story,

I would not recommend this book to those who are bothered by reading about sex with sadistic tendencies including, but not limited to, severe strappings, extreme humiliation, and anal punishment.
If that's what floats your boat and I don't judge then you will probably enjoy this book much more than I did, I would recommend it to Tiffany Reisz fans, I would not recommend it if you look for an emotional connection in these books, similar to what we see in Aleatha Romig's dark romances.
Trent Evans and Natasha Knight as a mash up is reader's fantasy come true, Both authors write deliciously depraved kinky stories, In Captive, Mine, the kink is good the characters are bad, Bad in not a good way, Lily Cross is a drug lord's daughter, She is used as collateral to make sure her father will be used against Terrence Randall in court, Lake Freeman is the man who is hired to protect Lily from being used against her father,

The kink in this story is good, Restraining and especially gagging of

Lily is great, The dubcon and disciplining of Lily is also great, Lake as an aggressor forcing Lily to behave is all good, So why did this story just rate okay for me Because Lily is a sniveling annoying twit, She keeps making the wrong choice over and over and rather than take her punishment, she whines and promises she won't do it again.
Insert eye rolling. Lily is so annoying I kept wishing she would be strangled to death or killed, The erotic scenes were sabotaged by her incessant shallow musings, Everything about Lily grates on my nerves which is why I didn't enjoy this book as much, If I can't like the main character, I have a hard time enjoying it, What is weird is how she suddenly becomes so competent at the end of the book, Not believable at all.

Lake as a tormented kidnapper just didn't make sense to me, I must have missed why this was such a big deal for him, His back history with his wife is fine, but it didn't pull all together for me to care, There was little chemistry between Lake and Lily, The authors write it as if they are so enthralled with each other, but I didn't feel it, The plot felt muddled and honestly, I really just wanted to read about the erotic dubcon scenes between Lily and Lake, So when Lily kills my arousal with her inane behaviour, it disappointments me, I wanted to jump in and beat some sense into Lily,

This is a darker theme than some of the other books by these two authors, I do wish they would go darker without the guilty angst, Because their descriptions are vivid and the story pace is good, Their dub con scenes can be so erotic too, For those who enjoy a bratty female get taken to task, this is the book for you,

provided by sitelinkNetGalley I skimmed a lot of this some of this was okay, Im
Not into books with constant belting, spanking ,strapping and whipping, It just makes me want to head but t the H, knock him out and tie him up and give him a dose of his own medicine.
I labored through this one though, the ending was the best part, The worst book I read this year PERIODTT, . . well next to Brutal Rapture and Fall of Troy, I honestly finished it cause the sex was HAWT until he started treating her like a pet shudders

I love myself a good captive/captor story, like they are the BEST when done right, but, when you have two of the most insufferable characters for the hero and heroine it sucks the soul right out of the book.


Lake the hero and Lily the heroine were AWFUL!!!

Lake the supposed antihero
I love my antiheroes, and one of the reasons I love them is because they are selfaware and don't act like they are doing terrible things for the greater good.
Lake here is a very pathetic excuse for antihero or hero of any kind, He is an exnavy seal turned mercenary who initially kidnaps Lily to hand over to her father's enemies to get revenge on her father.
Somewhere along the lines he decides against that and instead holds her captive to "protect her" and himself from her father's enemies, He takes her to his remote cabin, and this is where things really go south, The second they get to the cabin he starts treating her like shit and justifies his treatment as trying to "protect her", He punishes her, he keeps her tied up, makes her crawl, beg, and forces her to have sex with him all under the guise of "PROTECTING HER" only to let her go when she is in real danger towards the end of the book.
Like whattt I would have respected Lake a whole lot more if he was like "Imma do whatever the hell I want because I am a selfish SOB and you can't do anything about it".
That would have been more in like with the antihero mindset and also he wouldn't come off so sleazy, He kept saying how she has to learn how to obey him and submit to him and how that is the only way they are going to make it out alive Yeah sure, cause some how forcing your dick in her is totally KEY to both your survival.


Lily
If I hated someone more than Lake it was Lily, OMG the lack of common sense in this woman was unbearable!! Lily through out the entire book was so annoying, I couldn't even properly feel bad for her and what Lake was putting her through.
She started off really bitchy in the beginning, and just kept going down hill from there, After Lake takes her to his cabin all she does is whine and stupid shit that gets her into more trouble with Lake.
It is hard to believe that this woman could survive in the outside world, she lacked the most basic common sense and self preservation skills.
Lily would literally do everything Lake told her not to do and then get punished by him, its like she didn't have the brain power to comprehend that she wasn't in a position to keep pissing him off.


The Plot
LOL what plot Majority of this book was Lake obsessing over Lily's ass I kid you not Lily doing something stupid, Laking punishing her for it and having sex with her, and then leaving her all tied up, and rinse and repeat.


The Chemistry
Again LOL what chemistry I guess there was a little when they were getting it on, but other than that, there was no chemistry and NO CONNECTION! Both characters were lacking too much in depth to have any sort of intimacy between them that wasn't physical.


What a waste of time,