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HE BOUGHT MY LIFE IN FRONT OF AN ENTIRE CLAN. NOW HE WANTS EVERYTHING THAT’S LEFT OF ME. The rope was already cutting into my throat when he decided I was worth something. Not mercy. Not pity. Gold. My name is Elspeth. Bastard. Disposable. The mistake no clan would claim—until the day they tried to kill me. And the man who stopped it? Didn’t save me. He bought me. Ewan MacInnis. Laird of Dunslair. Ruthless. Calculated. Untouchable. A Highlander who doesn’t negotiate. Doesn’t forgive. And never loses. He claimed me in front of everyone. Not as a bride. Not as an ally. As property. ...

I don't like to be touched. I'm the hacker-geek-goddess of the FBI. When I'm hiding behind my screen, I'm a safe distance from everyone; isolated, powerful. No man has ever touched me, but when I'm captured by Colombian drug lord Andrés Moreno, I no longer have the right to refuse. He's scarred and scary, and his cruel brother Cristian has tasked him with breaking me. I try to fight, but I can't escape his strong arms and harsh discipline. He demands that I accept his touch, and my virgin body can't help but respond to his masterful manipulations.

He catfished me for three months to learn my weaknesses. Now he's using every whispered secret to break me on camera. One minute I'm working my regular shift in the campus library, the next I'm locked in a room with cameras broadcasting to an audience of elite voyeurs who pay to watch me break. My captor is Jesse Rafferty, the water polo captain who spent three months posing as my sweet online crush, mining our midnight conversations for psychological warfare. Jesse knows which poems make me cry. He's memorized every insecurity I confessed at 2 AM. And now, with the society's competition ...

A narrative of the unparalleled adventures of Matthew Brayton is compiled for the satisfaction of those who wished to preserve a memorial of his romantic history. Extraordinary as the incidents may appear, there is abundant proof of their entire truth. Living witnesses bear testimony to the circumstances of the mysterious loss of the hero, and his identity is established by incontrovertible proofs. Numerous circumstances also confirm the account given by him of his adventures during the 34 years spent among the Indians.

I was locked in a cage, waiting to be sold. Then he came. Vittorio Russo—mafia don, brutal savior, the kind of man whose hands are always bloodstained. He shot the men who were going to auction me off like property. Then he locked me in his penthouse. Fed me. Clothed me. Controlled every second of my life. He says I’m safe now. He says I belong to him. I should hate him. But when he looks at me, I forget how to breathe. When he touches me, I forget I was ever free. And when I beg, it’s not for escape. I don’t know what’s happening to me. All I know is I’m not the same person who...

Revenge or redemption. Which would you choose? Twenty-five years ago, Kristi King was one of the hottest porn stars in America, a sexy young vixen lusted after by millions. But one Halloween night, her world was shattered. A sadistic, baby-faced psychopath and predator brutalized, violated, and humiliated her, before kidnapping her to satisfy his own dark and twisted desires. Now, having rebuilt her life as a psychologist and victim's right advocate, she finds herself sitting across a table from the man who tortured her, as part of a "restorative justice" confrontation, reliving every ...

From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival. The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and Filipina nurse Lita...

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller—Jaycee Dugard’s raw and powerful memoir, her own story of being kidnapped in 1991 and held captive for more than eighteen years. In the summer of June of 1991, I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother that loved me. I was...

On the raw edges of the Northeastern American frontier, survival is a daily battle—and love is the most dangerous risk of all. When Jenna, a young Swedish settler, is torn from the fragile safety of her homestead and thrust into captivity over a tragic mistake, she finds herself caught between two worlds: the life she once knew and the unfamiliar ways of the Minsi, Clan of the Wolves. What begins as pure terror slowly transforms into resilience as she learns their ways, their language, and their reverence for the forest, its medicine, and the spirits that dwell within. Yet the greatest ...

The unforgettable story of a young English lady and the warrior who saves her from sure death, a woman and a man from different worlds, two bold hearts who find passion in a divided land and swear to love each other forever. “I am so in love with her books every spare minute has been spent reading them since I found the first one! 3 books in and it's this one that is my favorite so far, I love The Raven!”—Melody Banks Raven watches with his younger brother Takooko through the trees near the Susquehanna River as the enemy Mohawk war party heads north in several canoes with their ...

I unraveled Miriam's world with a single eviction notice. She never saw it coming. Desperate and out of options, she found my carefully crafted snare, an ad for room and board in exchange for help with my college thesis. To her, the opportunity was heaven-sent. To me, it was just another ritual for my coven, The 12 Knights of Adika. She was one of many blind, Christian lambs I'd drawn into a world never to be escaped. But as I engaged in my facade of philosophical debates, her unwavering faith clashed with my cold atheism, sparking a dangerous fascination. Her remarkable defiance and ...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THE MAN YOU WERE SENT TO MARRY… NEVER CLOSED HIS EYES LONG ENOUGH TO DIE? I crossed the gates of Skye with a wedding ring in one hand… and a blade hidden where no one would think to look. My orders were simple: marry the Highlander. wait until he slept. end the war with his blood. There was only one problem. Cillian MacKenna does not sleep. My name is Elspeth Drummond. Daughter of a ruined house. Raised on silence, trained in deception, sharpened into something useful. They sent me north as peace. I came as the knife. He is Cillian MacKenna. The Reaper of Skye. A ...

The award-winning bestseller that became one of the most talked about and memorable novels of the decade, Room is "utterly gripping...a heart-stopping novel" (San Francisco Chronicle). Held captive for years in a small shed, a woman and her precocious young son finally gain their freedom, and...

The night bullets tore through my family’s diner, I didn’t just become a witness. I became the reason men with guns started watching me. I saw my coworker die on black-and-white tile. I felt the broken glass fall like rain. I smelled the coffee turn metallic with blood. And then Gianni Vescovi—my dangerous late-night regular with expensive cologne and a smile that never reaches his eyes—dragged me out the back and stole me into the dark. I tell myself it’s temporary. That I’ll go to the police. That truth still matters. But Gianni doesn’t keep me like a hostage. He keeps me ...

For months, Luke and his underground revolutionary group have been planning their biggest operation yet: kidnapping 23-year-old Adeline Woolsaw. They don’t want a ransom—they want to expose the Woolsaw Group, the source of Adeline’s parents’ enormous wealth, a vast yet largely anonymous company that runs everything from military bases and mental hospitals to commuter trains, call centers, and prisons.

This dark romance explores the darkest depths of desire. In captivity, sometimes there is no hope. And the hope you have might destroy you... That hope is Malikai.

I don’t remember committing the massacre, but that doesn’t stop them from sentencing me to life in prison. The Bellweir is a supernatural slaughterhouse where monsters are stripped of their magic and forced into obedience. I arrive unclaimed, unprotected, and already marked for death. Then four of the most dangerous inmates in the facility start watching me. A fallen fae executioner who hears the dead. Twin vampires who rule the blood trade. And a dragon shifter who doesn’t mate, but reacts to me anyway. Trapped in a prison that wants to own me. Bound to monsters who might destroy me....

Light and darkness are not what she was taught—and the truth may cost her everything. Iseul was raised to believe obedience was virtue. As the High Priest’s daughter, she learned to smile, bow her head, and endure—no matter what happened behind closed doors. When her father dies in disgrace, she believes she has finally escaped his cruelty. She is wrong. Stolen through a fae circle and sold to monsters who feed on human suffering, Iseul learns what true captivity means. Underground, time loses meaning. The beautiful fairytale stories she once loved offer no protection. Humans are prey...

The monsters bound to me don’t want freedom. They want control. The warden wants what I used to be. The Council wants me erased. They should have killed me when they had the chance. Because I’m not trying to escape anymore. I’m claiming what was always mine. Trapped no longer. Bound by choice. And crowned in chains. Tropes: why choose, paranormal romance, found family, villain love interests, touch her and die, morally grey antiheroes Complete trilogy!

She’s the pirate. He’s the prisoner. The sea has other ideas. Lady privateer Mercy Vance has made a career of capturing dangerous men—until one of them turns out to be infuriatingly civil. Former naval officer Julian Fairchild claims he’s merely a cartographer, but Mercy suspects a spy… and he suspects his captor enjoys tying knots far too much. When pursuit from the Royal Navy forces them into uneasy alliance, Mercy and Julian find themselves navigating treacherous waters, secret maps, and far too many charged glances. He’s disarmingly decent; she’s disturbingly competent; ...