The Darkest Captive

A Lords of the Underworld Novella - 1001 Dark Nights

By: Gena Showalter

Narrated by: Max Bellmore

Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Gena Showalter comes a new story in her Lords of the Underworld series…

For centuries, Galen the Treacherous has been the most hated immortal in the Underworld. With good reason! This bad boy of bad boys has lied, stolen, cheated, and killed with abandon. Possessed by the demons of Jealousy and False Hope, he has always lived for a single purpose: destroy everything.

Then he met her.

Former demon turned human femme fatale - Legion Honey - sought to kill Galen, but ended up parting with her virginity instead. Afraid of their sizzling connection, she ran away…and ended up trapped in hell, tortured and abused in the worst of ways. Now she’s free, and a shell of herself, afraid of her own shadow.

Galen's hunger for Legion has only grown. Now the warrior with nothing to lose must help her rekindle the fire that once burned inside her. But as desires blaze white-hot, will Legion run again? Or will the unlikely pair succumb to love at long last?

©2018 Gena Showalter (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

pretty good..

I was SO excited about legion and galens story that I literally stopped halfway through darkest seduction, to skip ahead and listen to this! LOL! since I have NO problem with spoilers, I just couldn't help myself once I figured out that there was actually something between them I couldn't wait!
it didn't disappoint BUT, this installment of the lords was SIGNIFICANTLY CORNY! its cheese-ball factor was just outrageous at some points which I figured, because its a novella it moves a little faster with pacing so its understandable but I feel like galen was a tad bit out of character by falling so hard so fast and becoming such a......
nothing wrong with it, I was very entertained it was just a bit cheesy haha

Love the Lords!! Showalter & Bellmore Are AWESOME

Love the Lords!! Showalter & Bellmore Are AWESOME. No one could narrate These books like Max Bellmore. Gena Showalter has wrote another great story about one of the lords. I can't wait to read Williams story.

Romance Galore

Rating: 4.5/5
Heat Rating: 3/5
Narrator Performance: 4.5/5

Although I feel that Galen and Legion Honey should have gotten a full book I really liked this novella. It had a major "feel good" vibe to it. Longtime fans of the LOTU series have been waiting for Galen's redemption story and Gena Showalter did not disappoint!

To me the best thing about this read/listen is that the romance was wonderful and plentiful. It was there from the very first words of the story. It was present in both obvious and understated ways. I loved that!

For a novella there sure was a lot going on in the story. I think Showalter did a great job summing up the fine points of the series' history so that someone who doesn't know the LOTU series could read the novella, understand what was going on in the grand scheme of things and jump right into the tale.

The only thing that bothered me about THE DARKEST CAPTIVE was that Galen seemed very similar to some other males in the series. I wanted more individuality from him. I'm afraid Showalter's heros are starting to seem the same.

About the narrator...
Max Bellmore gave his usual fantastic performance. He never fails to satisfy my ears while he pulls me into the Lords' world and brings Showalter's characters to life.

Really good addition to the series :D

4-4.5 stars

This was a really good story. Galen might have been a bad guy in previous books but in this one, he's not that bad and you realize that maybe there's some redeeming qualities about him...especially when it comes to Legion/Honey.

Legion/Honey was recovering from her torments at the hands of Cronos in a secluded and protected cabin when Galen comes to find her. He's just in time as a small army was sent to capture her and Galen is seriously injured saving her, which makes Legion/Honey decide to give him a chance. But in the beginning Legion/Honey is delicate and rather fearful so Galen makes an arrangement with her that they should "date" for a month while she recovers, giving her sole control over how fast things go. Legion/Honey does gain back her gumption and Galen experiences some positive changes as his feelings for Legion/Honey grow. Eventually, Legion/Honey and Galen work out their issues so they can come together as a couple and take out a particular threat against them so they can work on having a HEA together.

This was a really enjoyable story. I will admit that it's been a while since I read the other books so Galen and Legion/Honey weren't fresh in my mind. This may have allowed them to escape some criticisms I may have had if I remembered their past story more completely but I don't think there's too much of that. Overall, I liked the story and characters, both primary and secondary (yes, the Lords do come into the story eventually) very much so I'd recommend the series (not sure how well the stories would do as standalones). :)

Love these Two

I just wished this book was longer. Cant wait for William's story. This series has the potential to go on for longer. I hope Viola's story comes up after William's & then Fox's story. I hope both of these females get Sent Ones. Lol

Strong and Tangled

Love the strenght in this woman and how she come to find her strenght. Love that she finds her real love.
Listening to our heart is sometime hard to do but she is strong and she takes women to a new place.

it was ok

I was really looking forward to this one. But it seemed like the story was just thrown together. I was a bit disappointed in the story. I was hoping for a bit more in Galen's story. Here's hoping that his story will be revisited with more depth later.

Galen turns out to be just what Legion needs!

Who would have believed that Galen could be exactly what Legion needed to recover from her time in Hell? Patient, kind, giving, understanding, Galen even took the time to remind Legion that she not only could defend herself but that she was a fighter! Legion blooms under his tutelage! She regains her confidence, she becomes stronger and then finally, together, they find the love they both always sought but did not think they deserved!

was glad 4 legion & Galen's story. I loved it.

was glad to finally hear Legions story. She deserves to be happy after what was done to her. So happy that it was with Galen as well. I wanted to finally hear his story as well. I wish she would have made it a little longer so we could of gotten into more of why Galen did all those bad things. I mean he was the bad guy for so long but you never get a proper reason as to why he did what he did. Still a good listen. I hope Fox's story is next.

WOW

Can't wait for next book! I'm sad to be coming to the end of series!