Four dark fantasies of strong heroines fighting nearly impossible odds
Hunted – Caught in the snare of depraved and dangerous men, Mara has no choice but to do all they command. Even so, nothing has prepared her for…the Hunt… nightmare… When the boss discovers Jessie’s wrongdoing, she’ll do just about anything to hold his threats at bay. Giving in to his darkest impulses, Eric steps far outside the bounds of safe, sane and consensual. Though the odds are long, Jessie will never give up…
Stalked – He’s her biggest fan. She doesn’t know he exists. That’s about to change… Dark, passionate obsession drives Mark to capture the woman of his dreams. Once she belongs to him, he’ll teach her to submit, no matter how long it takes, no matter the cost to her soul…
Claimed – If she won’t come to him willingly, he’ll just have to take her… Spurned by his beautiful coworker, James decides to claim Kelsey for his own. Captured and held in a secluded cabin, Kelsey has no choice but to obey. Her only hope is that there’s someone out there still searching for her, and it’s only that hope that keeps her sane…
These four stand-alone capture fantasies contain dark and intense scenes that might offend some readers, though these heroines never, ever give up. Reader discretion is advised.
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For those who sometimes yearn, secretly or not, to venture outside the box, or off the map, these 4 tales are for you.
Others have detailed the basic plot of the 4 stories: Hunted, Punished, Stalked & Claimed: 4 women who find themselves in terrifying situations & who fight as best they are able & can to survive &/or escape.
The author does a superb job of immersing both the heroines & the reader into scenarios that are chilling & mind numbing, the reader is able to feel the overwhelming shock, confusion & terror of the heroines as they strive to understand their extant position & attempt to do whatever it takes to persevere.
Each tale is like swirling down a drain as the heroine is cast further & further into servitude, humiliation, non con, dub con; the confusion & horror experienced by the heroines is as palatable & suffocating as a poisonous fog that cannot be avoided or escaped.
And the males of each story have their own devious & heinous goals that they are fixed on with laser intensity & focus.
So, if the reader wishes to experience true darkness, fear, confusion & terror, to see how those who appear helpless & hopeless are able to find internal strength to survive & fight overwhelming odds, these 4 tales are a perfect way to do so.
But beware: the author is a master at using words to paint swirling scenarios of fear, pain & terror that takes the reader far, far off the map & there be monsters there . . . .
In this set there are 4 men who step outside society’s constraints to make the women they become obsessed with submit to their every whim – no matter how depraved. There is also 4 strong women who find themselves captured by these men and subjected to the males deepest desires. These brave women have to endure the males attention no matter their own feelings in the matter and can they find the strength of character to endure!!
As stated in the blurb these are dark non-con captive story’s with scenes which might be triggers for some.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Dark, but I couldn’t put it down . . . A total MUST-READ if you lean to the DARK side of romance.
“STALKED” is a dark romance within VOLUME II of Claire Thompson’s DARK OBSESSION series. However, it becomes so much more . . . thanks to the writing genius of Claire Thompson. This is no sweet romantic tale to make readers swoon. None of the stories in this collection are, since readers will find kink, kidnapping, and dubious consent within its pages, so adults only, please. In most of the stories in this collection, author Thompson uses dual narration, thereby creating heart pounding tension by allowing her readers to view events through the mind of a stalker/kidnapper and the like, as well as the mind of the tremendously STRONG women who never lose hope. In “STALKED,” the male lead is planning to rescue his “one true love” from the hectic, stressful life she is leading. In “Claimed,” the male boss takes his employ and trains her to be the perfect wife. Like one does when passing a traffic accident on the highway, I wanted to look away, but as the story progressed, I had to look and keep looking until I saw what happened with Mara in “HUNTED,” Jamie in “PUNISHED” and the others.
Each novella in the collection illustrates evil so descriptively and man’s inhumanity, that I frequently felt nauseated rather than aroused. But I kept reading because I had to. I still can’t figure out how Thompson did it, but I even felt some compassion for some of the debased and evil men before the story concluded – and the fact I could feel anything positive towards those character totally baffles me and illustrates author Thompson’s phenomenal writing! Amazingly, there are four standalone novels in VOLUME II of Thompson’s Dark Obsessions series. The collection is dark, but so well-written and full of rich characterizations and emotionally descriptive prose that it may prove impossible to walk away from once a story is begun. I voluntarily read a copy of “Dark Obsessions: Volume II” and this is my 5+STAR review! The stories are not romantic comfort food. They are realistic, expose evil in our world, and increase awareness. I called all of my granddaughters after reading the collection. The boogeyman is real, lives near you, and the amazing writer, Claire Thompson, has revealed him yet again! I STRONGLY suggest the purchase your copy of Volume II of the Dark Obsessions series today! Happy pages!
Never conventional love stories but stories that have connections to our fears…
Warning: these stories will be controversial, they’ll make you shudder as contain extremely dark content that challenges moral convention. Definitely not for those that do not enjoy those books.
…it’s in the darkest recesses of these books you read, ones that leave you dazed. DARK OBSESSIONS, Vol 2 is one of those books/boxsets. It contains 4 stories that will have you on an emotional roller coaster. To read and do a book justice you need to read without judging?
Claire Thompson has the ability to deliver readers into this dark world with ease. Each novella’s (quick reads) are highly detailed, informative, emotive, and darkly disturbing. It’s the deplorable actions/behaviours some men possess that are evil. How they control and manipulate women to suit their own hidden agendas. It also has that contrast in showing how women cope within their given environment where they are trapped. Where the very essence of human darkness and depravity manipulates and derives pleasure from inflicting pain both sexually, physically, mentally and emotionally on those they consider an object, a toy… yet as the stories unfold those moments that show that no matter what, women have strength and determination to pull through their hopelessness, their struggles and look to survive.
Never conventional love stories but stories that have connections to our fears and vulnerabilities. In some of them, they give way to a glimpse of hope and finding light at the end of that dark journey of violence and pain. Claire writes on tough subject matters, with exacting detail but they are always handled with care and diligence. For this reason, no matter how hard at times some of this was to read, you are captured to the stories end.
This is the second box set of dark capture tales, where the men are obsessed, evil, or unstable and cross consensual lines. The women are not superheroes and do what they can to survive the humiliation, torture & abuse (some thinly based on BDSM) heaped upon them.
PUNISHED:
Eric is a regular everyday guy with some dark fantasies. He convinces himself that he has the right to act them out on Jessie. As Eric’s descent into depravity grows, Jessie knows she has to endure to stay alive. This quick read is tension-filled as Eric is as determined to break Jessie as she is to remain unbroken using her wits and will.
HUNTED:
Mara is abducted and sadistically trained to be a sexual slave. Her will to survive is strong but there is no way out of Pirate Island on her own. A torturous tale.
STALKED:
I had a hard time with this story. Alana is abducted by Mark, her obsessed fan, who wants to train her to be his forever slave. I felt like I knew a lot about Mark and his thinking, but much less about Alana, making it difficult to connect with her.
CLAIMED:
James impulsively abducts Kelsey & wants to train her to be a submissive, obedient wife who loves him. His descent into madness is horrible to watch, as he tries to drag Kelsey with him.
I am voluntarily leaving my opinion of this book.
Hunted
This is Mara’s story, and it isn’t pretty at all, even though she does end up okay. Whisked away and forced to submit to degradation, she can’t quite quiet her mind’s free will. She endures some shocking abuse before it all comes ends for her, but her strength is in her ability to endure
Punished
Not at all what I expected but so much better! Jessie and Eric most definitely were a heart-pounding read.
Stalked
Can I just say, whoa, that ending, just wow……. This story holds the truth to always be cautious of the quiet ones, the ones you don’t even know are there. Mark has silently, and completely, been learning everything about Alana, for 2 years. He executes his plan, then slowly and methodically makes her his. But is it enough? Apparently not!
Claimed
I loved the strength that Kelsey showed in the face of everything she faced. The fact that she hung into her will made the story. Every time her captor pushed her too far, she pushed back!