From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a suspenseful thriller about secrets and deception, passion and love, choices and consequences.
Every action has consequences.
Waking in an unfamiliar bedroom in a luxurious mansion, Claire Nichols is terrified to discover that a chance encounter led her into the cruel hands of her abductor, Anthony Rawlings. Claire has … hands of her abductor, Anthony Rawlings. Claire has no understanding of why she’s there, but it’s been made abundantly clear — she is now his acquisition and every action has consequences.
Learn the rules to survive.
Facing incomprehensible circumstances, Claire must learn to survive her new reality — every aspect of her livelihood depends upon the tall, dark-eyed tycoon who is a true master of deception. Driven by unknown demons, he has no tolerance for imperfection, in any aspect of his life, including his recent acquisition. Anthony may appear to the world as a handsome, benevolent businessman, but in reality Claire knows firsthand that he’s a menacing, controlling captor with very strict rules: do as you’re told, public failure is not an option, and appearances are of the utmost importance.
Captivate the captor.
To fit together the pieces of the puzzle, Claire must follow his rules. Will her plan work, or will Anthony become enthralled by Claire’s beauty, resilience, and determination, changing the game forever? If that happens, will either of them survive the consequences?
Nobody ever did or ever will escape the consequences of his choices. — Alfred A. Montapert
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This series is a MUST MUST MUST read! It is such a mind eff that I can’t even fathom how she came up with all the twists and turns that she did. Claire wakes up in a strange place and realizes that she has been kidnapped by a man that she met a week ago. She is completely shut off from the outside world. Claire soon learns that her actions have …
Literally the best series of books that I have ever read. No matter what books I get into I compare them to this series because of the way they made me feel. After finishing this series I was drained of energy in a good way, Claire and Tony are simply amazing I’m completely enthralled with them even though they are characters on paper but I don’t …
This is one of the most infuriating, crazy, wonderful stories I have ever read. Anthony is one of the most intense characters I have met, and Claire, she is just powerful. There is so much happening in this book, suspense, thrills, anger, sex, lies, heartache. How that makes a great story, I don’t know, but it does, it works.
I would recommend this book to all the dark erotica fans. Aleatha Romig’s writing is addictive this story sucks you in & doesn’t let you go.
This was my first experience with Aleatha. I loved to hate Tony. The flash to the past helped me understand a little more. Clair was so sweet and her character was perfect. She was great at adapting and truly made the story what it was. If you have not read Aleatha yet do yourself a favor and pick up this book and hold on for the ride.
Loved- one of my favorite series
The start of this book was intriguing, it captured me straight away. It was obvious from the onset that this book was going to have secrets galore. The story line was very intricately woven. It switched between current day and 40 years ago. The plot was definitely there and it was building towards something BIG! There were more twists and turns …
“Follow my rules: do as you are told, do not divulge personal information, actions have consequences, appearances are of vital importance, and public failure is not an option.”
Oh Claire, oh Claire. We are drawn in to your dilemma and pain. You being kidnapped by Tony, and then held hostage in his home. You are to obey him. Follow his rules. Do …
Every thesaurus word I could look up wouldn’t be enough to describe my emotions when reading this book.
The book that started by love affair with Aleatha Romig. If you enjoy a bit of a darker side to your romance, look no further.
Pick a negative moment in your life that has changed or shaped you. Now, imagine destroying the person that caused that negative moment. But by “destroy” I mean calculating every move that person will ever make, that their children will ever make, that their grandchildren will ever make and having the ability to get away with wiping them off the …
Very intense reading, couldn’t put the book down.
Absolutely a beautiful piece of work. It was consistently changing and did a splendid job at keeping the pages turning. Every time I stopped reading this I wanted to jump back in and read it all the way through!
loved the story line and the entire book. a must read for those rgar enjoy this story line
I could not believe Aleathea had me liking Anthony.
For some reason there were numerous pages throughout that did not download. Definitely did not expect the twist and turns this book had though.
Excellent book
WOW!
Realistic portrait of battered woman syndrome for those who don’t understand how intelligent women make horrible decisions.
Full Mind Twist. Just when you think you have a handle on the story, hold on it’s twisting another direction.