Vengeance and destruction are all he has left.Lianna Mercier has everything. She’s beautiful, well-educated, her father is rich, powerful — and she works for him. The perfect little princess, raised to be just like daddy.But it’s all a lie.A bloody, screwed up lie, and David Gethen is about to tear it all down and destroy Lianna in the process. He wants revenge, he wants to finish the plan his … in the process. He wants revenge, he wants to finish the plan his father started years ago — but after he takes her, after he tortures her, he begins to realize just how wrong he may have been.
Publisher’s Note: This book is a dark romance that contains intense scenes, graphic language, and capture fantasy which may be disturbing for some readers. Please choose another book if this is not your cup of tea!
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This book was amazing from cover to cover. A perfect dark romance with all the elements you expect and a bonus of a great storyline. Lianna’s life goes from storybook perfect to horror very quickly and I honestly could not put the book down until I finished it. I can’t wait for the next one in the series.
This story is dark, twisted, and interesting.
David is keeping a promise to his father and the only way to complete it could mean his death, but he has to destroy the Mercier’s and reveal their secrets. His plan is dangerous and crazy, but he knows that he has to do it if he is going to get retribution for his family.
Lianna is the only child of Robert Mercier and has no idea of his real identity or what he can do. She gave up her dream job to work get her MBA and start working at her father’s business learning the ropes and showing that she has the smarts to do the job, and that she earned her position, not just by being blood. The only trouble is that Robert Mericier’s secrets are dangerous and could get people killed, including Lianna.
This is a story of secrets, danger, and twisted attraction. The characters are dark, dangerous, and ready to blow things out of the water and reveal the secrets that have been kept for years. If you like dark, twisted stories with characters that will have you scratching your head, you will enjoy this story. I give it 5-stars and look forward to more of these characters and the answers to my questions from Destruction. The danger in this story keeps the pages turning and the steam constantly releasing from the book.
I read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.
HOLY CRAP!!! So not what I expected but WOW was it spellbinding to read. I was hooked from the beginning and I couldn’t put down until the very end. Talk about hot, crazy, wild, full of surprises and a smooth read. You definitely absolutely want this book.
Did you catch the Publisher’s warning? I did, trigger warnings, ooo-la-la, so Beware (yes, with a capital B)! Those warning are my personal kryptonite! Oh, it did not disappoint! A dark, okay pitch black, noncon to con completely original with plot twists, just absolutely fantastic. I could go on and on just read it, if pitch black is to your liking-grab it. I experienced visceral emotions! This is a twisted ride! Enjoy. I absolutely loved it!
This a dark psychological thriller that is edgy and captivating from the start. Lianna is captured by David Gethen who plans on ruining her father by using her as a his bargaining chip. He will try to destroy everything he stands for and her values. The story and characters are amazing and will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Brutal, dark, and delicious, that’s the only way to describe the story you are about to read between Lianne and David, David needs to destroy her right from the start, when he had taken her she will pay all the sins. Wow this is vicious, but you can feel the pain of what happened to these two, a dark must read. I voluntarily reviewed this book.
This is the first book I’ve read by Jennifer Bene, and I look forward to reading more. If you’re a fan of dark romance, you will enjoy this one. It was a captivating story, but I had a trouble finding true romance between the characters. And also, I was expecting David’s reasons for revenge to be more dramatic after everything he put Lianna through without any proof she is indeed guilty.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of this book.
Be warned this is a seriously dark book. Yes the anti-hero gets a HFN with the heroine but it’s a dark twisted path that leads there. Mafia twist. Elementals of noncon, dubcon, kidnapping and sexual torture. All works out in the end with a clear cliffhanger fir a second book. The writing is believable to the point of making you hate the MC at first and yet it brings him redemption at the end. He’s never gonna be a nice guy but he’s no longer the villain. Tight, hardcore dark erotic romance.
This is a dark deviant tale which will drag you down into its murky depths and convince you that you happy to be there.
These two are brilliantly written characters that I fell in love with.
Strong mind bending gritty read.
Loved it!
5 Mama Likey stars
I definitely need therapy on why I love books like this. This book had me riveted from page one. I got extremely sick when I was reading this and the inconvenience of not being able to finish it earlier made me even angrier than the actual Doctor/medicine/get rest aspect.
These characters were hot as hell. The secrets, the intrigue, the suspense were phenomenal. I cannot leave out the steam. Good lord. So many scenes made my kindle almost combust.
This book has triggers. This book is dark and twisty. I cannot wait to see where this story goes in the future. It’s a HFN ending but there are so many variables got the future.
Jennifer Bene is an exceptional writer, who is able to take DARK, DANGEROUS and NON-CON and use them to wrap your emotions into a whirl-wind of highs and lows that will leave you gasping. This story tugs you through hate, pain, fear and revenge. Then it morphs from lies toward truth and understanding.
Lianna is an accomplished young woman searching for her father’s respect. But, does she know who he really is? Into this mixture comes David, filled with hate and loathing for Lianna and her father. David wants pain and retribution for the evil he has endured. Will abducting Lianna be enough? Will his excruciating revenge satisfy his demands? Why does pleasure begin to mix with the pain?
This book was impossible to put down. My soul became wrapped up in the terror experienced by both David and Lianna. Read it for yourself to see.
She was kidnapped from her highrise where daddy kept her. this was orginally part of a dark fairy tale anthology. i will warn you this is part one one of a series so it ends on a cliff but is well worth the read. its got everything you could want in a Jennifer Bene book and if you’ve never read her books trut me this is great. be warned it might have triggers for some.
So once again I take a leap and follow Jennifer Bene into the dark. David hates Liana and is determined to seek his revenge. The book makes me wonder if something is wrong with me. There is a specific scene that has me squirming in my seat it’s turning me on so much yet my head is saying what he’s doing is torture, how can you be turned on. Applause to Jennifer for making me need to feel like I need to have a shirk take a look at me! LOL
I appreciate that Jennifer can take a very sadistic and violent story and manage to find a small light to shine within the darkness. Now I’m gonna go have some happy happy fun times before I swim in the deep dark waters again!
Wow so love the dark twisted turns through the book. This book is amazing and you can feel like you are right they in the story.
Darkly savage and gripping tale of revenge – a taste you just want another of!
—>>> David Gethen’s plan was to break her, ruin her father. Why her, you ask? Why? Because as far as he can see, she is his only weakness. He wanted to punish her for her father’s deeds, make his “princess” pay. Wanted his corrupt corporate empire in shambles.
But Lianna Mercier was innocent. Before his eyes, the pampered little princess transforms into his beautiful little angel, and she is all his.
Her captor was always masked, but Lianna could feel the depth of his emotions behind it. All the anger, the rage – she had no defenses against that kind of hate. From first meeting, she becomes the fallen angel, the ruined princess, the damned daughter. She becomes his captive until she begins to captivate him…
But payment for missing deadlines resulted in unwanted sexual torture. Pleasure and pain, which bought shame and confusion to her. Will they get answers to what they seek? Because now, with everything between them, they have come way too far to go back. I can’t wait to get into their minds again in the next installment.
I really enjoy dark romance. The uncomfortable, squirmy feeling of a seemingly dysfunctional relationship is intriguing to me. However, David and Lianna story had me stopping just to take a break from the intensity of it all, and not in a good way. I never felt the connection deeply between these two. I have to agree with some of the other reviewers that Lianna read like she was a victim of Stockholm Syndrome and oblivious to David’s escalating abuse. This was a little too much at times. But I am so curious about he next part of their story, I have to read the next book “Inheritance”. Maybe that makes me somewhat warped. Thanks KU for this intense read!!
Absolutely fabulous! If I could give this book more than 5 stars I would. The writing is great and this adds so much to a great book which this is. It is a dark suspenseful romance with possible triggers. I couldn’t put the book down. I read it and didn’t put it down until early morning after reading all night. I was so drawn in. Dark and delicious!
David’s out for revenge. His target, Lianna, an heiress to her father’s corporate empire. David knows she’s his father’s only weakness and he uses that to his advantage. He kidnaps Lianna and holds her hostage.
“This room a cocoon of silk he’d wrapped her in so he could devour her slowly. Empty her out. Bit by bit. Destroying her at his leisure until she was a simple husk of herself.”
Will her father rescue her?
Is David a demon or her savior?
“He’s a liar, a monster and my father will fix this. He will.”
“You showed me the darkness that had always been there, you took away the lies.”
Ms. Bene has written a captivating, suspenseful story that is so intricately woven I couldn’t move from my seat until I finished.
Why have I never read Jennifer Bene’s work before! Where I have I been? This was so freaking good! I loved everything about it, and David omg! I want my very own David! I am now on mission to read all of her books before she releases another one, I think I can do it! Super excited to have found a new author to love!
This a dark and emotionally intense psychological thriller –
I do not recommend for those who do not regularly read the darker genre – please heed the warnings and take them to heart
For those who enjoy playing in the dark – you are going to love this one!
David has been molded by his need for revenge – Driven by one thing – the destruction of the Mercier dynasty – He has become so dependant on the darkness that feeds his revenge that the injustices and cruelty that he wields upon the innocent has now become a warped sense of fulfillment – a sick craving that he needs to feed under the guise of justice
Lilliana the pampered princess and the heir to the Merciers throne and the key David needs to begin the self-destruction of Mercier Inc –
Our princess is locked within the tower subject to a madman’s twisted sense of justice -Is it possible to be so comforted by the pain that breaks the loneliness that you embrace it, possibly even begin to crave it? Could this be the results of my captivity or was the darkness within me all along?
“If it helps, I kind of hate you too. But a hate f@*k will still scratch the itch.” He grinned down at her, and the devilish smirk somehow undid her. There was nothing good in this situation, nothing redeemable, but somewhere in the chaos, the torture, the nightmare of it all — she’d lost the ability to care.
At what point do you accept that your consuming need for revenge has made you as evil as the monsters for whom you have set out to destroy or that the pain the monster provides is a comfort to your batter soul?