Broken

A Dark Romance

By: Willow Winters

Narrated by: Jacob Morgan, Muffy Newtown

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

Heartless. Ruthless. Stone-cold killer.

That's me. I destroy anything in my path to get what I want.

Then she showed up. Olivia Bell. She's sweet and innocent and in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now she's mine. My property. I own her. Given to me as a bargaining chip.

She's not a part of my plans, but plans change. Her pouty lips and gorgeous curves beg me to break her. Taking her lush, curvy body and ravaging it for all it's worth would be easy, but I want to earn her submission. It's addictive. I want it. I want her.

They wanted me to break her. I am. And I'm enjoying it. Now they want to take her from me.

Over my dead body.

Let them come for us. I'll kill them all.

By the time I'm done, everyone will know. She belongs to me.

This is a dark romance. A full-length stand-alone novel with HEA.

©2016 Willow Winters Publishing (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Falling for her Captor

This was not what I expected. Olivia witnesses a murder and is capture by criminals. She is then put into sex slavery. Her captor, Kade is responsible for training her to be a sex slave. He says he doesn't want to hurt her but he clearly manipulates her into trusting him. Olivia is even aware that he's doing it but she still seeks his approval because he is her only ally. It is then revealed that Kade has some other responsibilities (No spoilers) and I found myself wondering how he was allowed to get to far in.

This is a really dark romance. I was almost argue that Olivia isn't in love but has Stockholm syndrome and Kade is infatuated with Olivia. The two don't really know each other. I think the title is accurate because he broke her like someone would break a wild horse. But at least he realizes that he doesn't deserve her. As much as I loved this dark and gritty story, I was kind od hoping that Olivia would move on and be happy without Kade. This is something I felt really emotionally invested in even though I disliked Kade.

I love Jacob Morgan, I wish we could have heard more from Kade. Muffy Newton really understood the characters and the story. The both gave solid performances.

Wild ride

Love stories aren't always hearts and flowers, sometimes they start with being abducted unto a sex slave trade.

It's true this story is unconventional but it was exciting, thrilling, scary, fun... and so much more. I loved every second that Willow Winters put into this book. I can't wait to listen to more of her audios.

Jacob Morgan and Muffy Newtown are ALWAYS a good idea for narrators. They are narration experts and I never have a bad word about either.

Non-consensual with weak female lead

First, let’s be clear. I like BDSM books. But this book crossed a huge line for me. The guy fucking kidnaps her and emotionally damages her until she submits to him. And she is so weak and pathetic the whole time. Hello, submission is way hotter is the woman submitting actually has the power to not submit if she wants. This female lead is a whimpering dishrag. And the guy is amoral. I felt bad even listening to his book, but I got through the whole thing, maybe hoping she would get herself together and be strong. Nope. I wanted to smack her and be like “wake up!” I really can’t get into a story that is basically about abduction and emotional manipulation. Gross.

Not great!

I knew what this book would be about when I bought it but there’s just no story there. Olivia is a super weak and whiny lead that just got on my nerves. I understand Stockholm syndrome but she didn’t even get to know Kade. He never got to know her. Yet they fell in love? They never even described what Olivia looked like. Just a really weak story.

My Angel

What can I say I love this audio with Muffy and Jacob. They have done their job all-star if you ask me. Kade and Olivia are hot and I couldn't get enough of this story. This audio just made me want more. They both did an amazing job, I was blown away that I had to relisten to this audio all over again. Best audio and book from Willow Winter and both Jacob and Muffy.

Jacob Morgan was the reason I kept listening

Honestly, the heroine seemed a bit to unrealistic and sometimes whiny. There didn't appear to be any reason for her to have "insta-love/lust" for him when she witnesses a murder and is kidnapped. Within minutes of a bullet to the head, by a man she does not know but obviously knows is not good, both is in shock and awe of him. What? Afraid of the other me but he somehow turns her on that much. It was an int

I love these two narrators

I love just about everything these two narrators read but I wasn't sure what to expect when I went into this story, luckily it ending up exceeding my expectations. Kade is not an easy character to love but by the end of the book I wanted nothing more than him and Olivia to end up together.

Amazing!

This book had me hooked from start to finish and really captures the mutual trust and respect these two have grown for one another. Even after 3 years he was still so devoted to her and she never stopped thinking about him. The only thing I wasn't fond of was the cliche 'she's better off without me' mentality. I think it would have been better had he at least told her how he felt before he left and then had her make up her own mind. All in all, I couldn't find any fault with this audiobook! Definitely worth the hours.

Another great story

Didn't want it to end I need more!!!! Willow Winters is an amazing story teller and makes me cry, laugh and scream out for more more more!!!!

oh my....

I absolutely loved this book. The darkness of it was intoxicating and pulled me in and never let me go. I wish this story never ended. Ms. Winters has a strong ability to write stories you fall in love with. Kade and Olivias love story is not typical but is beautiful in its own right. Highly recommend this book. Oh my....I'm left breathless.

Amazing!

SPOILERS
I'm normally not into dark romance. But I decided to get this book because I was looking for a unique story and not your typical tropes.
And WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW 😮👏🏻
This book totally BLEW MY MIND. The writing, the story, the twists, the ending... I'm SO DONE FOR. I love their story!!!
Wrong place at the wrong time, and damn what that can lead to. She is a witness to a murder and it's a choice between death and working as a "sex slave". Hard words, but the man who actually saves her tries to protect her the best he can, without blowing his cover that he's actually a cop!

I would've wished for a few more details within the storyline. What happened to the other women working there? How did Olivia and Kade finally got to know each other after finding their way back to each other? How did her friends and family take it? Normally this would result in only 4 stars from me, but this book is so unique, I'm pretty sure you won't find a book like this out there.
Given the circumstances, it felt pretty realistic and the fact that Kade was in there undercover and always tried to protect her from day 1 made that story very special to me.
I'm not a big fan of BDSM or dark romance as such, but you should know what you're getting yourself into with this book. This is no friends to lovers trope or whatever and that's what makes it special in my opinion.
Will definitely check out more books by Willow Winters now.
Last, not least: what an amazing performance by Muffy Newtown who narrated most of this book and also Jacob Morgan. There's a reason they're one of the best out there, I couldn't have imagined anyone else bringing these characters to life!
Wish there was a PREQUEL to this story!!

Wish I didn't waste my credit

Potential spoilers...

I'm currently on chapter 15 and have decided I can't endure any more of this book, despite my love for Jacob Morgan, which was the reason I picked this up in the first place. My two stars are solely for him.

So far in the 15 chapters, I think he's only been in one of them and it wasn't a very long one.

This book definitely could have done with duet narration as I didn't really enjoy the male voice which the female narrator put on.

I have issues with the story (so far), not because of the BDSM themes or captivity/Stockholm syndrome nature of the story, I have no problems with dark romance. It's the lack of character development or insight into the characters.

Olivia finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up being Kade's captive where he trains her to become a sex slave. Olivia, to me, is very whiny and weak. She seems to be attracted to Kade pretty much as soon as she's been captured by him in the immensely short space of time of say a day or two? So she clearly is attracted to him by appearance alone. She tries to fight at first but then she seems to give up pretty quickly. She says she's scared of Kade but as soon as he touches her, she tells you that her apprehension eases...I mean I'm no expert in Stockholm syndrome but don't they need to spend some time together first for the captive to start developing feelings for the captor? Also, there'd be some sort of emotional/mind manipulation??

Kade calls her his "angel" pretty much straight away and I can't really figure out why apart from the fact that we're told she wore a white sweater the day she was captured. That's not really a strong enough point for me to believe her to be his angel.

Gripping

Great book, very gripping, enjoyed very much, really felt for her, very erotic 🥰🤭😊 x

Great Book

Loved it, loved it, loved it!
What can I say Willow Winters knows how to draw you in and keep you there. I loved Kade, what a super Alpha. The characters were great the story was great and the narration spot on. Well done to you all!! 🥰🥰

DARK AND TWISTED

A dark and somewhat twisted story. This novel ended up going on a different journey from what I expected, and was much more than I was hoping it to be. Olivia was a great character, despite everything that happened to her, she overcame and survived. Kane was a morally dubious grey colour. He was definitely in a conflicted situation for most of the book, but seemingly he had no will to resist the darkness.

A steamy read in places, this book will push a reader out of their comfort zone for sure, and is definitely in the dark category for a reason.

I enjoyed the narrated book. I thought the dual narration worked really well.

A GREAT ALL-ROUNDER OF A DIFFERENT KIND

Willow has out shone herself between under-cover cop Chance & eye witness of the murder Chance had to do with the understanding of his second so they can bring down the kidnappers of young girls to sell them off to become victims of molesters & a lot deeper.
So Cade took Olivia & be the one to Break Her to become his Submissive & who they plan to sell on, but oh Cade has a completely different scenario than what the others have for her.
Olivia tries to have no regard to him or the others.
But heck you will see how HOT & LOVING Cade & Olivia's story joins together in a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY.....💗