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Reader Question – The dark read where she was sold into trafficking & ends up falling for her captor…

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Jessica (in our Facebook crew) needs our book help! Oooooooh I think I already know which one she’s looking for and it ROCKED OUR VERY DARK BOOK WORLDS right around that exact time!!!

There was a time when I read a BUNCH in this trope ’cause I was shocked and appalled and absolutely couldn’t put this kind of crazy story down. So it could be at least 3 or 4 of the books I’ve read but I’m pretty sure it’s…

She asks:

I am looking for a book.

It’s dark romance (before it got popular) I wanna say it came out 2011-2013, around the time Colleen and Taryn were coming out. read more

Mila Olsen – Trapped Under Northern Skies Series Reading Order

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STALKER/KIDNAPPED/DARK ROMANCE ALERT!!!! HOLY MOLY!!! I’ve been seeing this series floating around in the Amazon Top 100 over the last few weeks, and now Mona just messaged me to specifically recommend it, and she said said a few choice words that jolted me into action and I KNEW I had to one-click it for myself. BLURB JOLT/reader recommendation jolt/totally my catnip.

Mona: just finished Trapped: Until You Love Me by Mila Olsen. I loved this one, too, and couldn’t put it down. It has a similar feel to the Lucy Christopher book, Stolen. read more

Pepper Winters – The Jewelry Box Series Reading Order

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DARK ROMANCE LOVERS!! THE SPIN OFF OF TEARS OF TESS by Pepper Winters!!! Book #3 JUST WENT LIVE! The author says:

“The Jewelry Box follows Henri Mercer (Q’s half-brother) and you don’t have to read Monsters in the Dark to enjoy.”

About book #1

“Ten thousand dollars. That pitiful sum changed my entire life. It bought my entire life. A measly ten thousand dollars, given to my boyfriend by a monster to taste me. He took it. The monster took me. And I never saw freedom again.” read more

Raven Kennedy – The Plated Prisoner Series Reading Order

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FANTASY ROMANCE FANS!!! Mandy is devouring these!

Mandy: The Plated Prisoner Series by Raven Kennedy and they’ve all been so good! I’m on book 4 now and just can’t stop.

Nancy: The gilded prisoner series was -100000/10 like INSANELY GOOD

About book #1:

By bestselling author Raven Kennedy, comes the first book in a stunning new fantasy series, perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas and Jennifer L Armentrout.

The fae abandoned this world to us. And the ones with power rule.

Gold.

Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold. read more

Lucy Christopher – Stolen Duet Reading Order

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HOLY MOLY I JUST FOUND OUT THERE’S A SEQUEL THAT IS LIVE!!!!!!!!!! This book took so many of us on a wild ride, and left us wanting more… and now there’s MORE!!! *thud* <— I fainted!!!

Lisa K: As I read the final pages my heart ached for what I read and the emotions that the story brought about. I’ve heard rumblings of a second book and I can only hope those rumors are true because I would love to know what happens next…

Vivian: Stolen a Letter to my Captor by Lucy Christopher. I read that book in one sitting, I cried, and it sparked by love for reading. I force feed that book on everyone I know. I read the book at least once every year. read more

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