I was sold like property on the day of my father’s funeral. I’d thought his death would set me free, but I’d never truly understood what it meant to have all my freedoms stripped away. Until that day, I’d been living in a child’s fantasy.Then, my brother sells me, and I don’t have the luxury of being a child anymore. I’m taken to Vicente Rodríguez’s estate, to be kept as his plaything. When I’m … When I’m old enough, he’ll claim my innocence.
My only reprieve from my hellish reality is in the strained companionship I share with his son, Adrián. Sometimes, I think he hates me. He can be cold and cruel, his burning green eyes glowering when he looks at me. But the longer I’m trapped in his home, the more heated those looks become, and not just with hatred. They make something burn within me, too. My innocence is no longer mine to give, but Adrián might be the first one to claim it for himself.
Note: Stolen Innocence is the prequel to Stealing Beauty.
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Great prequel to Stealing Beauty that left me wanting more. I immediately headed to KU and downloaded the next book. My only complaint is that I would’ve liked to see more of Adrian and Valentina together. The story kind of felt rushed once Adrian saved her from Hugo
STEALING BEAUTY by Julia Sykes is book One in the Stolen Series, there is a Novella called ‘Stolen Innocence’ that introduces their characters along with the start of their circumstance. This is the story of Adrián and Valentina. Adrián and Valentina are in the present day have a hate / love feeling towards each other. Each thinks the other betrayed them which leads to the hatred but each can’t get past the love and desire they feel. This is a dark romance that does take a dark turn with some abuse the heroine has from a previous relationship and Adrián harsh feelings at first towards her do to him thinking she betrayed him. Overall this was a page turner for me since I like Dark Romances.
I hope to read more from Ms. Sykes.
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~~4 SHATTERING STARS!~~
“Valentina was my prey, and she didn’t have a hope of escaping capture.”
This short, fast paced prequel by Julia Sykes is a heartwrenching and adrenaline pumping prelude to Valentina and Adrian’s full-length enemies to lovers dark romance, STEALING BEAUTY. My heart broke for all that poor innocent Valentina endures after the petrified 14 year old is sold to a monster by her evil brother to pay off a family debt.
But there is hope in the horizon when Valentina discovers a possible savior in Adrian, her owner’s brash, brazenly sexy teenage son who scares her as much as he entices her. Adrian might have inherited a bit of his father’s deviant and predatory nature but he becomes his precious “conejita’s” most ferocious protector and could be her only escape from her nightmarish existence. But then devastation strikes which may tear these hopelessly love-smitten soulmates asunder forever….
This prequel definitely whets our appetites for more dark twisted passion and edge of your seat mayhem!
This is the prequel to Stealing Beauty. Valentina is sold to drug lord Vincente by her brother. She meets Vincente’s son Adrien and they become more than enemies. You get the background into what makes this couple who they turn out to be in the next book. A short, quick read.
Three might be generous. The book description is better than the book itself.
The story continues in several more books. I am not interested in reading any more of it though.
Stolen Innocence is the beginning of a story between two people that have broken soles at such young ages already. Stolen Innocence shows us how Valentina and Adrian become the adults they are. We have 14-year-old Valentina that is taken from her home for her dead father’s debt. Her brother sells her to a horrible man that will take her to bed when she is older.
While she is at Vincente’s home, she will meet his son and heir Adrian. Needless to say, Adrian wants nothing to do with her either. But over time will those feelings change? Or will she forever be distant for Vincente’s bed?
Holly Molly what a wicked way to introduce a story, I’m breathless.
Stolen Innocence is the prequel to Stealing Beaty and just left me heartbroken and wanting more way more.
Julia Sykes wrote a short prequel to hook you in and make you crave it like a drug, and she did an outstanding job, damn I can stop thinking about this book.
Valentina & Adrián story will be a hell of a rollercoaster!
I’m anxious, can’t for the next book!
4.5 Anxious Stars