Beauty and the Captor: A Dark Romance Trilogy

I really enjoyed this series. I haven’t read these books yet so it was great to read them one after the other. Derek and Scarlett had a great love story that was written beautifully. Great series.

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This is about book two. My previous review. Now you have chance to read without waiting.
Dark,disturbing. Unbelievably touching.
I’m just asking how she survive the hell and come out .
It wasn’t submission,just survival or was something more? This book is page turner but will leave you very uncomfortable and wanting more
This is very dark ,emotional and in the end beautifully rewarding read.

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Derek And Scarlett’s Deep Journey Into Slavery Is One Of Suffering And Survival As Childhood Friends Become Captor And Captive In The Name Of Revenge!

Deep and dark and delicious! Reader beware, the Beauty and the Captor series is a very dark journey into slavery. Book one is very dark, two is darker yet, while three lightens up as the story wraps up the series and provides a short but sweet and well-deserved HEA.

In Her Beast, Scarlett, nearly twenty, lives a quiet life with her father. There is nothing warm or comforting about her home. She works at a photo shop. Her only refuge is in her books and the fantasy world that she often retreats to. The one bright spot in her memory is from when she was eight and placed in a foster home after losing her mother. Thirteen year old Derek had been attentive to her – the last person who showed her kindness. Years later, against her will, she fantasizes about him forcing her to submit to him. Derek Vaughan, twenty-five, had a happy childhood until James Donovan broke into his home, shot his parents, and took Scarlett. At thirteen Derek entered foster care. He was locked in a basement for almost two years, where he was beaten, starved, and sexually abused before Marcos Caballero rescued him. He owed Marocs his life and had been eager to please him despite his guilt, though the girls he trained for Marcos had volunteered or were talked into pleasure slavery to escape poverty. After training for eight years, he is no longer eager and is bored. When Marcos locates Donovan and suggests the best revenge for the murder of Derek’s parents is to abduct Donovan’s daughter, train her, and force him to watch her be sold prior to killing him, Derek agrees. What he doesn’t anticipate is how Scarlett will break through the walls he has built to protect himself. The story spans about one month.

In Her Savior, Derek and Scarlett are on the run. They struggle emotionally to come to terms with their new situation and what it means for them. Derek is plagued by guilt, convinced that Scarlett’s feelings for him are only a result of Stockholm syndrome. Scarlett understands but knows she loves Derek, not her captor. When he pushes her away she wonders if his feelings for her are only situational, fearful he’ll leave when he gets bored. But before they come to terms with their new reality, Scarlett is stolen from Derek’s protection and everything changes. Desperate, Derek enlists James Donovan’s help. The story spans about one month.

In Her Dom, Derek and Scarlett continue to struggle with the aftermath of her brutal captivity. Derek reluctantly agrees to Scarlett’s request to assume the roles of dom and sub. She wants him to break her so she can rebuild herself. She wants positive memories of submission to replace the horrid ones in her head. Derek recognizes she is naturally submissive in the bedroom and devises a plan. He takes her to his secret home and begins, but a few days later Mateo Lopez, Marcos’s associate, shows up at his gate. Mateo demands to see Scarlett and orders Derek to do a job for him in five days. He also claims Scarlett for himself once her retraining is complete. Derek senses that he won’t survive Mateo’s job, so he has five days to help Scarlett find inner strength and devise a plan that at the very least saves her, if not him, as a new danger threatens the future they had hoped for. This story spans about two and one half weeks, not including the epilogue.

There are several holes in the plot and weak explanations within the series. Most are eventually addressed after the fact, but not all. The characters and their story, however, outweigh any frustration relating to gaps. Derek and Scarlett’s story takes you on a deep dark journey into slavery. Getting into their heads explains how things aren’t always seen in black or white, but in shades of grey. It is fascinating to see their progression from childhood friends to master and slave, then to lovers and dom/sub.

Derek and Scarlett’s unconventional love story keeps you hooked till the end. The POV alternates between Derek and Scarlett. It is nicely written, with only an occasional error. The plot is somewhat complex. There are explosive secrets and unfolding facts that add an element of suspense, though not every question gets a sound answer and some answers feel like an afterthought. The characters are well-defined. I rate this book four stars.

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This is a dark, gritty and intense romance that pulled me in and had me reading straight through from the first page of book one till the last page of book three. I love getting to read a series like that because you don’t have to wonder when you’ll get the next book. In Beauty and the Captor we get Derek and Scarlett’s crazy, twisted journey filled with drama, suspense, danger, pain and passion.

I first read these books individually, but I really liked reading them again all at once. Scarlett’s life gets turned upside down because of Derek. These books definitely have dark undertones, but they are very exciting to read because of the suspenseful elements. There are quite a few intense situations in these books. For me this was an emotionally charged and very intense read. Nicole Casey captured my attention with this dark, but very engaging read.

Her Beast
Well that’ll teach me to read all the way to the end of a blurb. I was not expecting the story to stop where it does. It’s a softer cliff-hanger than some I’ve been left with, but there’s definitely more story to tell. There’s a lot about this story that reminds me of the Silent Daughter series by Stella Noir and Linnea May. The chemistry between the lead characters, the “kidnap” and “kept” relationship, even the slightly squicky, squirmy feeling I’m left with for having enjoyed reading it. Now I’m slightly desperate to find out where the story goes next.
Her Savior
This book takes us to places darker and more brutal than the first book did. I was taken to some of the same places in this book as I was in Deep Into the Darkness by Lucy Wild. Unlike the first book of this series, there isn’t even the illusion of a relationship to ‘pretty up’ the acts Scarlett is forced to endure. There are elements in Her Savior that are more psychological thriller than any other genre. That means that some of the worst cruelty a man can inflict on a woman is highlighted within these pages. So, be warned that this is not subject matter for all audiences. There are scenes that will be triggering to some. I suspect I can see the threads of what the final book may look like, and I am very excited to see how it plays out.
Her Dom
An explosive ending to the series. After watching Derek and Scar reunite, be ripped apart, and reunite again, I knew getting to their happily-ever-after wasn’t going to be simple or easy. Both of them have physical and emotional wounds that need to heal but fate isn’t prepared to give them the time to complete that. Just when things look like they’re about to even out, a new complication arises. I love watching the connection between Scar and Derek, and I adored the way this book, this series, ended.
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Beauty and The Captor by Nicole Casey. So many words come to mind trying to describe this book (dark, dominating, passion, sensuous, hot, captivating) the list goes on and on. Three book set includes, Her Beast, Her Savior, and Her Dom. A dark and tragic romance featuring strong and tormented characters that find a way together that is full of trials, pain, passion, and heat.

Ok, you need to go in prepared when reading this. It is dark and gritty but so sexy and so so good. This had me captivated from the very beginning and the realities this author goes through in this series is intense. I went through a plethora of emotions from crying, angry, frustrated, aroused, and everything in between. I felt everything! The best past is that I get all three stories in one box set so I was unable to put it down until I was done. I was not able to sleep afterwards because everything kept replaying in my head. I loved Scarlett and Derek and I am sure you will too!

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The ONE novel that every parent of a daughter should read.
BEAUTY AND THE CAPTOR by Nicole Casey is a DARK yet amazing study into human nature and the redemptive character of love. Thrown into the depths of depravity and the training of sex slaves and their trafficking, Derek and Scarlett find in each other the key to unlocking them from that nightmare. Written with the descriptive detail and eloquent prose for which author Nicole Casey is well-known, BEAUTY AND THE CAPTOR is a complex yet compelling tale full of the harsh realities of an unspeakable evil and the inspiring willingness, born from unconditional love, to first escape and then rise above that evil. Don’t get me wrong, reading BEAUTY AND THE CAPTOR is not easy. As I read, I alternately felt sick, cried, couldn’t sleep, and yet was compelled to keep reading because Scarlett and Derek were under my skin and I HAD to find out what happened to them. That being said, I could kiss Nicole Casey for making sex trafficking a literary REALITY – no sugar coating. Since author Nicole Casey builds her characters by placing the reader within the “normal” life and mind of her characters, it is easy to understand that readers often fall in love with those characters and identify with them strongly. Then she lets readers discover other attributes of those characters through the nuances of thought, the re-evaluation of ideas, or the revelation of plans from the character’s past are revealed by the action, reactions, and events within the plot of the story. While my heart broke into a million pieces for Scarlett (Skar) and moved from rage to acceptance towards Derek, I couldn’t help but wonder at the strength of the human spirit to acclimate to the most degrading, painful and mind-numbing existence and not just endure to survive it, but to stand strong, and then come back from it. For me, that hope, that strength of spirit is what Nicole Casey wants her readers to understand and perhaps be inspired by them. I had to give BEAUTY AND THE CAPTOR a 5+STAR rating because of that message, but readers, please be advised; while the writing is great, the characters rich, and the plot gripping, BEAUTY AND THE CAPTOR will open your eyes to an expanding evil in the world. Sex trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world today and a reason to cherish the children around you all the more. Purchase your copy of BEAUTY AND THE CAPTOR!

So this was a free ARC copy from the author and booksprout for my voluntary honest review of this book.And I so enjoyed each one of these three books.Each book had a great storyline and great characters to read about, plus was sizzling hot.I so look forward to seeing more from this author in the future because I really enjoyed reading her work.*Spoilers Tag-She has to pay for the sin of her father . Derek, the girl makes my body lust with desire.She makes me want to wrap her hair in my fist and f**k her hard.To make her scream my name in pleasure. Demand her sweet surrender in every way I know how.Scarlett-he’s going to take what I didn’t want to give, my complete submission. * So if you want to see how it all ends then go get the set of reads its so worth it.ENJOY EVERYONE

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