Holly has been kept ‘safe’, untouched, and segregated within a sex slave training center for 2 years. But when she has to jump from a burning building into the arms of the mysterious and handsome master of the house, it’s a catalyst for big change. Holly, no longer happy to be blissfully ignorant, starts to play with sexual fire. How badly is she about to get burnt?Him:I saved her from a fate … from a fate many would believe was worse than death. But, I’m no hero. Far from it.
I’m saving her for myself, which might be even worse.
Her:
He’s dark. He’s dangerous. He’s the most attractive man I have ever laid eyes on. Everything about him says villain but I can’t help but think that maybe there’s a hero deep inside.
He’s kept me apart from the others for a long time. No one is allowed to touch me. Few are allowed to even set eyes on me.
I arrived here just before my sixteenth birthday. But soon, I won’t be a little girl any more.
How much longer will I be safe? And is safety all that matters?
This is a dark romance. If you like your romance dark, proceed. If you don’t, or if you’re not sure — approach with caution.
This story is a standalone Dominator series spin-off. Holly and Alessandro’s story.
You do not need to have read the Dominator books to enjoy this story, but it will offer a richer reading experience if you do.
(Possible triggers. Dark romance. Sex, Violence, Coarse language. Human Trafficking.)
Dedication:
This story is for the readers who like to spend time in the dark.
With the anti-heroes.
The damaged ones who don’t think they can be redeemed.
This book is for you.
And for them.
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I was so excited to read this book. Holly and Lex’s story was everything I wanted it to be. Lex’s darkness played an important role throughout the story, but Holly brought out his light in occasion. Such a great read. You definitely want to read the others first before this story.
This was another book I loved by this author! She certainly knows how to bring the dark and alphaholes! I loved Holly and Alessandro both throughout the book but she had to take a lot from him!
GREAT 5 STAR READ!!!
This is the first book I’ve read by DD Prince but it certainly won’t be my last. I fell in love with this book. Alessandro’s story is a remarkable one. So gripping and dark. But there’s light with Holly. She’s the light to his dark. DD Prince tells this tale beautifully. I can’t wait to read more of her work.
Okay I think I was crying from page 1. Don’t judge, I’m an emotional girl. Alessandro had my heart from the very beginning. As did his heroine. There story is so emotional and raw I felt it bone deep. It is a Dark Romance, so know that going in, but I would recommend this book ten fold!! Kudos DD Prince. You rocked my world again.
This was a push and pull of love, happiness,sadness hate, and so much more. I loved the characters. Cant wait to read more by this author
Such a great book! I literally could not put this down. This was my first book by this author and it definitely did not disappoint. Really intense, and at times very dark, story. Holly and Alessandro had chemistry that flew off the charts. Holly was so very sweet, very innocent, and very much in love with Alessandro. He was extremely dark, at times outright horrible, and not good for her at all. I kept reading because I just needed to know how in the heck would all of this wrap up and if they would truly be able to get a HEA. I seriously had my doubts, especially when Alessandro would do really horrible things, but I had to keep reading because I honestly WANTED them to get a HEA.
I highly recommend this book for those dark romance lovers. You get everything you ask for in this book. I will definitely be going back to read her Dominator books!
Well holy titfire, DD Prince did it again. Not only did she do it but she did it BIG. HUGE. Hands down her best work to date. That is a huge compliment considering that I love everything she writes. I like to think of myself as her biggest fan. Just not in the Kathy Bates sort of way.
Dark. Check
Hot. Check
Need new panties? Check
Damaged Alpha Male with Demons caught in the darkness of his soul? Check. Check. Check
Fiery heroine full of light and unconditional love? Check
A few times swearing and wanting to through my kindle (and by a few I mean at least 25. Check.
Suspense and Action. Check
The need to check how many therapy appointments I have left to try and help me discover why I love the dark so much? CHECK. CHECK. CHECK.
Okay, now that’s out of the way it is time to get down to the nitty gritty of this story. I have to think on how to do this without giving away spoilers. From the first page I was RIVETED. I read straight through. I took the book with me to the bathroom, while I made a cup of tea. and even forgot to eat because I was ;engrossed in this book.
Holly, Angel’s sister and Dare’s sister-in law from Truth or Dare (Dominator II book) is one of my favorite characters that DD has written. While she is naive and young she is strong and manages to juxtapose feeling fear and being fearless at the same time. She is the true definition of light and magic. Alessandro sweet lord this man. There were a few times that I wondered if he could be redeemable. One moment, I was ready to wash my hands of him but then he would do something to redeem himself in my eyes. Like a moth to the flame he was. And Holly was his weakness. All strong men have them. Tommy’s, from Dominator I, was Tia. and Dare’s was Angel. She was the light to his dark. She balanced him. She saw that there was a person under the mask that he was forced to wear. He was a strong Alpha male– Like VERY Alpha. Somehow though Holly knew how to hold on no matter how rough it was. AND trust me it is ROUGH. Yet, with her unwavering promise to love him his armor started to wear down.
All of the characters from the previous three stories are involved in this book. It far exceeded my expectations. I felt the writing style in this one was her best work yet (not that she needed to change anything before) and because of that the fluidity of the story was spot on. I loved that there were always two points of view explaining from both sides to know where they were coming from. This especially was nice when combined with the back story and mindset of both Holly and Alessandro. They gave much needed insight to the story especially Alessandro’s. My heart hurt for him as you discovered what made him the way that he is. My heart hurt for him as he battled with the atrocious things he had done; especially when he had to look those things in the eye. All the questions I wondered about from the previous books that were left up in the air were answered and then some in this book. DD did a great job tying everything together.
Yet, somehow Holly and Alessandro persevere. The road to get to the end was anything but smooth. I will not sugarcoat this and say that this books is flowers and rainbows. It is Dark. Some scenes darker than others (and again I seriously need to talk to my therapist about why I LOVE it so much). If you have read the books previously in the series then you will love this book. Alessandro has both Tommy and Dare beat in regards to the hottest man which iMO was pretty hard to do since both of those men were sex on a stick. He even tied Tristan from the Nectar series which is HUGE. (IF you haven’t read that do that NEXT!)
It has been my pleasure to receive an advanced readers copy of this book for a fair and honest opinion. DD mentioned she was nervous about this book. She has no reason to be as it is exceptional and I am not just saying that as her number 1 fan. Read this book. Love this book. REVIEW this book. Get people talking about the amazing DD Prince because her work deserves all the accolades.
STARS.
So I really enjoyed Saved by D.D. Prince, in fact, I stayed up all night finishing this as I was that invested in where this was going.
Now This is a tale I’ve been waiting for, for quite a while.
We have had teasing glimpses from previous books set in this world, just to whet our appetites, but this was the main course,so to speak.
A complete downslide into the dark and dangerous world of Alessandro Romero and the murky depths of his depraved lifestyle.
So briefly “saved” recaps the story of Holly’s arrival at Alessandro’s compound and her subsequent imprisonment at his hands.
It shows how she becomes the latest obsession to the very damaged dark man who resides here.
At first, maybe just being a beacon of light in the dark to him, and then later an actual visual reminder of just how stained his hands really are.
But so soon, she becomes so much more, a decedent temptation that he can just no longer resist.
Tick Tock Holly that clock is ticking down to that all-important birthday.
To me, she is the one untainted thing that exists in my world. My world is filthy, black, evil and I’m a big part of the reason for that. But Holly? She’s clean, pure; she’s light. I’m night; she’s day. And it’s only a matter of time before I lose my loose hold on control and turn her to nothing but charred remnants of what she was.
While nosing around, I have noticed a few reviews that have some issues with Hollys personality and attitude and while I appreciate there take I’m going to approach this from the opposite camp and try to articulate why I felt that mindset was what was needed from Holly to achieve a fully functioning relationship with what was the really fucked up Alessandro Romero.
So First, we have Holly’s age, She’s still so young and then her background also works against her, so just where was she going to go if she escaped, Holly’s choices were extremely limited in nature, she has no idea where her sister is and her mothers a waste of breath total dead-beat.
So she has just accepted her situation in some ways like a cosseted child.
It’s not so bad and could be worse is her mindset.
From listening to her inner musings it’s quite apparent to me that Holly has never been the confrontational type letting others like her sister just arrange things around her.
And she complied here, just as she’s been doing all her life.
Holly is essentially at heart a follower and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Second Alessandro was so fucked up in his interactions with Holly that even the tiniest little thing acted as a trigger to him, Imagine if Holly was more an in your face screaming harpy and think where that could have gone.
I really don’t think it would have been pretty at all, and I certainly wouldnt want to put it to the test for real.
And yes initially I do believe Holly was probably suffering from a touch of Stockholm.
but She kind of burrowed under Alessandro’s skin catching him unaware with her brand of sweetness and acceptance which is ultimately what he needed someone so pure that they could attempt to wash clean the blackest of his sins.
I also think this softly softly was the sneaky backdoor stealth approach needed.
And Alessandro’s sins are very black indeed, not surprising considering his background.
I actually think out of all of DD Prince’s boys in this world, Alessandro’s soul holds the darkest stains of them all.
He was not a good man then, and he is not a good man now, treating poor Holly like dirt and then at other times giving her a glimpse into someone so different.
In my opinion, it’s because he doesn’t want to accept this weakness he feels for her so he self-projects, Blaming poor Holly for his own limitations.
So it’s safe to say Alessandro himself is a complete and utter bastard
his behaviour itself is in no way excusable at all, but considering what he has done in his past very understandable to me.
He has done some really evil shit that he now has to learn to live with, especially now with his distant past catching up with his present.
But bearing in mind the sadistic crime family he comes from I would be much more surprised if he was lily white and all super caring, totally unrealistic indeed.
I will say this, that I thought Holly was a complete and utter saint to deal with Alessandro’s brand of crazy and fucked up behaviour towards herself without screaming for her bad-ass brother in laws to come rescue her.
This shows that she is actually stronger than she appears.
Able to deal in the real world.
Maybe her actions could be seen slightly as those of a doormat, I suppose its really all in your interpretation.
Mine was that she was just an unloved vulnerable young girl who wanted to save the world and also believe the best in people, so Yes there probably was a big dash of Stockholm mixed in with her love, but do I really care?
Nah, I loved this fucked up story anyway.
I loved the angst of the unexpected this tale brought it came complete with a tortured anti-hero who just wants redemption in any form he can get and most especially I adored catching up with all the Ferraro’s too, that really was the cherry on the top.
This was a definite hit for me and I would highly recommend if you like your fiction dark.
So just Before I go a trigger warning this book does contain Dub-Con and Non-Con just a heads up so you are aware.
I received an ARC of this book and this is my voluntarily, honest review of it.
Wow! After reading ‘The Dominator’ series I thought I knew what to expect from this book. I thought I knew how the story would go but DD Prince didn’t write ‘my’ story she wrote Holly’s and Alessandro’s story and that was a story that I didn’t knew at all. It was a great story, a dark story and an emotional story. If you read this story be prepared for everything and even then you will read things that you didn’t saw coming. I know this because it happened to me.
I would really recommend that you read ‘The Dominator’ series first before reading this book. You could read this book without reading the other books but I think that you then will miss the little details that I found important in the story. I’m 100% sure that fans from ‘The Dominator’ series will love this book too. But be prepared, Alessandro is not like Tommy and Dare! He’s darker and more twisted then them combined!
Holly didn’t had a happy childhood but she had her big sister to protect her from her alcoholic mother but then her sister disappeared and then Holly got kidnapped when she was not even 16 years old. She was sold as a sex slave but she was ‘lucky’, she was saved and protected. She was kept alone and guarded, she was lonely but safe but that all changed one fateful night and from that moment there was a connection between her and the man that saved her but he’s also the same man who’s keeping her captive. Alessandro is a very dangerous man, a man feared by many and they are totally right to be afraid of him. Still, Holly believes that there is still something good in him and no matter what Alessandro says or does, Holly believes that with all her heart.
I don’t want to tell too much of this story. I think that ‘Saved’ is a story that you have to read and feel for yourself. I can tell you that although most of the story is told from Holly’s POV, you also get Alessandro’s POV from time to time and I think that was a very, very good thing. Because Alessandro is a very complex man and as a reader you really need to get to know him to understand him and his actions better.
When DD Prince finished writing this story, she said that not Alessandro but Holly is the heroine of this story and after reading it I totally understand and agree with the writer. Holly is indeed the strong one in this story, the light in the dark, the glue that keeps everything whole. Because loving someone that doesn’t want your love, who thinks that they don’t deserve it and when the people around you tell you the same thing then you have to be a strong (or maybe a naïve) person to do just that! Something that Holly does with all her young heart and soul.
This isn’t an easy story and I can totally understand that this story will not be for everyone. There are some hard scenes and Alessandro is a very hard man to love but I, personally, really loved ‘Saved’ and I’m looking forward to DD Prince her next book.
Wow, this book is phenomenal, characters have been through some dark stuff, they still find the strength to make it. They decide they’re not gonna let their past holds them back, walk towards a promising future instead of looking back on the what ifs. Thank You author DD Prince for giving these characters a wonderful beginning.
I couldn’t put it down
If you love a dark antihero than Alessandro is your man. I was in a duel with myself between wanting to throat punch him and hug him. This is a stand alone book but will be richer if you read The Dominator Series first.