• Captive of the Deep

  • Lords of the Abyss, Book 3
  • By: Michelle M. Pillow
  • Narrated by: Rebecca Cook
  • Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (103 ratings)

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Captive of the Deep

By: Michelle M. Pillow
Narrated by: Rebecca Cook
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Publisher's summary

Merman Rigel the Hunter has prayed for an end to his people's curse. Immortality has come with a high price - loneliness. When a beautiful human female - Lyra Harne - is thrown into the ocean, her fate is in his hands. Unable to deny her, he saves her, but at what cost? Living in the lost city of Atlantes, women are rare and this sexy mortal is more than this hard up warrior can resist.

Is the beauty Rigel saves a gift from the gods? Or just another part of their curse? Temptation and desire are no match for fate, and the truth of Lyra's shipwreck just might prove too much for this underwater affair.

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Riegel and Lyra

This series is so adorable. In my opinion the most light hearted of Michelle's series. While it has conflict like any good story, it doesn't have you on edge the whole book wondering were it's going. I also love how innocent Riegel is, though he does get growly occasionally!.

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Rocky road!

Poor Rigel! Of the original three Mer to rescue a human woman, he has the toughest time convincing his would-be bride they are meant to be. This one was scary, sexy, and interesting.

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Amazing

This was sooo good. Loved the storyline and the way it flows. Rigel and Lyra are a lot of interesting moments. I liked the flow of the story and the ending. The narration was good.

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I Enjoyed It

I enjoyed this book and listened to it as an audiobook. I've been with the series from the beginning. As with the others, great world building. I really liked Rigel and even felt bad for him at times. My heart broke for Lyra's pain when the boat she was on with her entire family was sunk and she alone was rescued. She was in shock for most of the beginning and refused to talk even when she was more lucid. I liked her journey to healing, but because this story was so much shorter than the previous two, things happened too fast. One moment she's angry and accusing Rigel of murdering her family, and then next she's sleeping with him. I understand she has to process her grief and try to block things out as best she can, but I can't imagine believing someone murdered my family, and then jumping into bed with them because they are sexy and I need a distraction from my sorrow and anger. It just gave me whiplash. Despite the shorter length of the book, it took surprisingly long for Lyra to finally listen to what happened that night. It just made me very frustrated with her. I loved the ending- that epilogue was exactly what had been on my mind from the beginning and was so happy the author gave it to us instead of leaving me with unanswered questions. As with the previous books, Rebecca Cook does a fantastic job with the narration and the different voices- both male and female. I may have listened to a moderate number of audiobooks, but she's easily my favorite female female narrator.

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A fantasy romance

Captive of the Deep is the third book in the Lords of the Abyss series by Michelle M. Pillow.

This is a fantasy and contemporary romance book.

This is the story between Rigel and Lyra. Rigel, a Mer, rescues Lyra after an underwater creature, Scylla, attacks the boat Lyra and her family was on. But due to her families deaths, she felt animosity towards him. However Rigel is patient with Lyra which causes confusing feelings in Lyra.

I listened to this on audible and it was a great experience. The emotional portrayal will captivate you and keep you on hold.

This is HEA which I am a sucker for. I enjoyed this series so much. I am not much into mer fantasy but this series is a good introduction to it.

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Really good and steamy book!

I really enjoyed this audiobook about Rigel and Lyra. It really showed Lyra's feelings and I kind of felt sorry for Rigel. This was a great steamy and emotional book!.

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Rigel and Lyra

Rigel is a hunter on the same team as his bothers Brutus and Demon. He rescues Lyra from a ship sunk by another Scylla. When she awakens, she is not happy to be in Atlantes. She is even unhappier when she finds that she can never leave. She is angry with the Merr, and Rigel in particular because she believes they killed her family. Can Rigel convince her otherwise? They are attracted, but will Lyra ever feel about Rigel the way he feels for her? This is another exciting story in the Lords of the Abyss series. There is danger, mistrust, and a lot of steam. There is also new and interesting information about the Scylla, and a surprise at the end that that may affect all of Atlantes in the future. I enjoyed Rebecca Cook’s narration.
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Captive of the Deep

This is the 3rd book in this series. It is Rigel the mer hunter and Lyra's story. At the beginning of the story Rigel saves Lyra when the ship she is on is attacked by a sea monster called the scylla. As Lyra's father and brothers were on the ship as well she believed them all to be dead when the ship sank. Rigel had his hands full when he brought her to his underwater home. Lyra was in mourning and angry with Rigel and his people believing that they had killed her family and angry he had saved her. Can Rigel convince Lyra that is not true and can she ever return the feelings that he has developed for her. Will she ever learn her familys true fate? If your curious you should check this story out. There is also a truth revealed about the origin of the scyllas and why the mermen hunted them I found enlightening as well. I thoroughly enjoyed this story. If you like similar themed storylines I recommend you check it out.

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Captives

A series of books that link Atlantean mermen with current-era women. Cultural disconnects and tragedy move the story along as the main characters figure each other out. Recommend reading/listening to the books in order.

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Decent Story, But Oh, The Profanity!

I have read and enjoyed several books by this author, including her Quirilixen Lords series. I hadn't yet listened to one of her audiobooks, so when two of them in this Lord of the Abyss series became available on a book review site, I thought they'd be fun to listen to. I've enjoyed her snappy, often humorous, way of writing fantasy and sci-fi romance. At the book review site, the book was tagged as Mature. This usually means it's a steamy story, but a notch or two below true erotica. Those are tagged on the site as Explicit. So I was shocked at the level of profanity and coarse sexual terms. I know many people don't mind that, but I'm not one of them. If the level of profanity and near clinical explicitness had been disclosed, I would have passed on the book. You'll hear plenty of P-words to describe female genitalia--one word I particularly abhor--and other words that other readers might find objectionable.

I enjoyed the story itself, aside from this. While the hero and heroine certainly got intimate far too quickly, there are interesting side plots having to do with his long-lost brother and the family she believes lost in the misadventure that brought her into the abyss. The hero soon discovers that his family is responsible for what happened to hers, and he fears what this will mean for her and for them. He falls for her quickly, wanting her to pledge to be his wife, but she's a relatively modern girl who doesn't confuse lust with love, and she does not give away her heart easily. He's almost too sweet and a bit naive for her. There are certainly some funny moments here, especially early on when he first tells her (then shows her) how the men in this undersea world take their pleasure in the relative absence of females.

I only recommend this book if you like slightly wacky sci-fi romance and have a strong stomach for excessive profanity and other coarse terms.

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