My enemy’s daughter … offered to me as payment towards a debt. Now she’ll become my wife … My pet. I wasn’t always cold-hearted and vindictive. She made me that way. Charlotte Davis … the most beautiful and privileged princess there is. I’d kill for her to be mine.We met by chance at her father’s wedding … And then again years later. But she forgot about me. Ignored me. Enraged me. Then her … me. Ignored me. Enraged me.
Then her father did the unforgivable, and I made it my lifelong goal to ruin him…
By taking her as payment towards a debt he owed.
A debt she will repay by marrying me.
Until death do us part.
A Debt Owed is an enticing new Dark Billionaire Alpha Male Romance novel by New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Clarissa Wild.
WARNING: This book includes scenes that may be disturbing to some readers. more
4.25 stars
Since the first time Easton saw Charlotte, he felt a connection. However, they come from two different worlds. She is the daughter of a wealthy, self-centered man while he comes from a more caring family. Fast forward a few years and the roles are reversed as Easton is bailing out Charlotte’s father for a cost – the woman herself. Forced into captivity to repay her father’s debt, Charlotte is beyond livid and goes out of her way to act out when she can. Easton is living on patience as he wants her complete submission. What follows is a push/pull tug of war for compliance and/or freedom filled with angst, betrayal and a loyalty that may not be warranted. The book flashes back between the present and the past while giving a dual pov. It is an easy pace read that at times felt repetitive. The action really picked up at the end but then leaves the reader with a cliffhanger waiting for the next book. I look forward to reading where these characters go next.
I volunteered to read an arc of this book.
This was a great book to read when your looking for spicy this will hit the spot has well developed characters and an interesting plot.
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Let’s start off by saying this was one suspenseful read full of tons of chemistry.
We have to say we really enjoyed the characters both good and bad. Omg ! I hate cliffhangers!Note this book ends on a whooping one !
This was one of those stories that kept you on edge the entire time because you never new what was going to happen next.Charlotte was a captive and married to a monster because she was given to that monster to pay her father’s debt. Charlotte want’s to free of him and free from her family and will do anything to make that happen as she has never known freedom even when she was within her family as they always held the reins.What happens when you attracted to your captor and don’t want to be? “Can you say chemistry off the charts.”…..
Charlotte we found her to be determined,brave,clever and willing to best her captor at his own games.
Easton – We found to be a complicated character because for one minute you think the man has a heart the next minute he has you questioning your own sanity why you ever thought he had a heart in the first place.We found him to be clever ,played tons of mind games,sexy in that cocky bad boy way and was deadly as sin and is all about ownership.
Overall the story kept you engrossed in the pages and turning them the entire time .The story was dark and edgy and was filled with a ton of chemistry but, due to those circumstances it felt all wrong yet, was super hot and electrifying.”Let’s just say we loved that the player got played!”
Oh, I just loved this book. It’s a little different and not as dark of a book as that I am used to from Clarissa, but she never disappoints and always draws me into the story. I really liked seeing the softer side of Clarissa’s writing. I am totally addicted to Easton and Charlotte’s story and can’t wait to see where Clarissa is going to take their story. I highly recommend this book to everyone, but especially for new to this author readers because I think that it is more of a softer touch of the darkness that she can write. Clarissa is one of the best dark reads writers hands down.
Happy Reading Everyone!!!
Easton plans on taking revenge on the Davis family and he plans on taking Charlotte as payment. This is an intense read with loads of drama and suspense. The story draws you in from beginning to end with steamy chemistry and loads of drama. I loved it!
I loved reading A Debt Owed! Following the cat and mouse game of Charlotte and Easton as their strong personalities meet. Charlotte wants her freedom, Easton just wants her. I enjoy following their story and am looking forward to the next part in their story.
A Debt Owed by Clarissa Wild is a deliciously dark and twisted treat! Charlottes and Easton’s story is a rollercoaster ride of intense emotions. Charlotte just wants to be free and Easton just wants Charlotte! He wants her so completely tied up with no way of escape. He has obsessed over her for years since they were young yet Charlotte doesn’t know about this but she will soon learn. Easton wants to own Charlotte while also destroying her. There are so many twists and turns in this story , many things that had me thinking and wondering when I would really see who truly Easton was- a good guy who was brutalized into this evil man now or this evil man now who is becoming good…or ??? Poor Charlotte- she was terrified and was getting it from both sides. I don’t want to give too much spoilers away but know the book ends on a fantastic cliffhanger and I can’t wait for book 2 to find out what becomes of Easton and Charlotte’s story. Theirs is intense, forbidden, angsty, steamy, dramtic and yes, romantic, suspenseful and has love woven into the story. I enjoyed their story and am dying for book 2.
My Rating: 4.5 stars *******
Feelings denied. Hurt festered. Innocence lost. They say time heals all wounds but what they don’t tell you is that time also causes the wounds to fester and become worse. Poor Charlotte has misplaced loyalty and needs to stand up for herself. I have a love hate relationship with cliffhangers.
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Wow that a hot steamy dark read that will have you hot and wanting from this alpha male. This is a rude hot man that is a controlled issues and is wanting his justice throughout this book. This is a must read book.
Devoured this book in one sitting!! I found this one a bit tamer than some of her other books but no less amazing. It sucked me in from the very beginning and held me prisoner to the very end. And speaking of the end…..WOW is all I gotta say!!
I really enjoy Clarissa Wild’s books and I really like dark romance, so I expected big things. Maybe I over anticipated. I thought the book had great potential. Easton and Charlotte were not as well developed as I would have liked and the chemistry wasn’t there as I would have liked, no heat, no fire. The book was well paced but it was lacking for me. I am looking forward to book 2 and hope for more.
I received an ARC and this is my honest review.
This is one of those stories which totally grip you from the beginning until the end. Charlotte is sold to Easten as a repayment of her fathers’ debt. No spoilers; this is a must read, you will not be disappointed. This is a well written flawless story which is filled with angst, drama, revenge, twists, emotion, and is a fast paced and page turning read. I cannot wait to read the next book from this exceptional author, and I highly recommend for all.
I am torn in between wanting her to escape or fall in love with that bastard.
The cliffhanger made me want to yell at the author for giving me book 2 now.
Absolutly loved this story and i cannot wait till book 2!
This book is an intense combination of fire and ice. Charlotte and Easton represent these elements, while the book, overall, is filled with characters hewn from frost. Charlotte’s father, a despicable creature; Elijah, blind and uncaring as to Charlotte’s fate. Her dilemma is an impossible one!
I see all the elements of a beauty and beast story here and felt the depth of Charlotte’s despair. As yet, I am not particularly warming to Easton, with his blinkered obsession and lack of understanding, but I am trusting Clarissa! She will make the beast shed his wolflike clothing! Won’t she?
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Clarissa does it again with A Debt Owed. This book is not as dark as some of Clarissa’s other work but I still loved it! Love the back and fourth of Easton and Charlotte and can’t wait for book two…. This is a must read!
Enticing, addictive, seductive tale.
Wrapped into their world, intrigued for more…
This book glued me to the pages, curious of how and what will happen next.
Can’t wait for more!
A Debt Owed is a dark, twisted and obsession filled tale. Charlotte is the rich girl who only wants to be herself but don’t know how since her life has always been dictated. Easton is the rags to riches millionaire that has been obsessed with her since they met when he was a teenager working as a waiter. Now to seek revenge against Charlotte’s father, Easton has set out to destroy not only her father but own Charlotte in the process. Revenge is road of bitter and sweet but can it be worth it in the end?? Read to find out.
I admit the ending will leave you asking “what just happened?” but I am intrigued to find out what is next for Charlotte and Easton.
Angst at full blast – twisted and full of conflicting emotions!
This one stars two stubborn people who cannot see past their obsession. Heroine wants to be free and independent and hero wants nothing less than vengeance and to posses heroine and for her to fully obey him. There’s this instant pull and push between both of the main characters. When I picture them together it is like the couple from Katy Perry’s song “Hot N Cold”. They are very intense together, so overwhelmed by emotions that sometimes they can’t think and act straight. There’s angst, hate, lust, sexual tension and intense chemistry. Both are very conflicted with what they want, what they should do and what they are starting to feel.
Fast paced, full of action, suspense and a bit of mystery, very well written. I read it in one sitting and after the cliffhanger I can’t wait for the next part.
Wow! What an ending–this book is simply phenomenal. This story is full of emotional angst; it is dark, suspenseful, and wicked with some steamy sex scenes that are off-the-chart hot! You NEED to READ! I wasn’t expecting the turn this story took; it has quite an unexpected revelation that may leave you flabbergasted but it is jaw-dropping good! Easton Van Buren met Charlotte Davis at her father’s wedding. Easton fell in love with Charlotte then, but when he met her again years later, she ignored him. Easton was determined to take revenge on Charlotte’s father for what he did and take her as payment toward a debt. Easton is a billionaire that is very handsome, arrogant, ruthless, manipulative, vindictive, and an a**hole. Charlotte has a strong will and is determined to fight for her freedom, but when she learns what her father did to her is unforgiving. If Charlotte is taken as a captor for payment, will she try to escape and endure any consequences or succumb to her captor’s whims? The story will keep you on the edge of your seat to find out what happened next. Not all of its surprises are pleasant ones, but there is a certain satisfaction in experiencing a thread that is so obstinately unexpected. With a diabolical plot that has twists and turns—some you see coming, some you don’t that makes it interesting! The story has a revenge plot, outlined to make you question everything. Second guessing motives and characters. I was flipping the pages in wonder. The storyline is fluid, and the characters are extremely well developed. Clarissa Wild has constructed a deliciously duplicitous dark romance that will lure you into the wee hours and beyond that you will not be able to put this book down. You won’t regret reading A Debt Owed!
“My enemy’s daughter … offered to me as payment towards a debt. Now she’ll become my wife … My pet.” This is my second Clarissa Wild book and oh my goodness… I’m going to have to scour her books and add to my TBR list! It is going to be hard, hard, hard to wait for the finish! Charlotte and Easton…. phew. What a wild ride, to come to a cliff-hanger of well, darn it, I don’t know how long I’ll have to wait, but it’s going to be darn hard. The good news, I’ll re-read A Debt Owed again before the second!