Trapped: Until You Love Me

Haunting and Forbidden: A Dark Romance You Can't Escape.

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I've always hated Ash Springs more than anything. It's a tiny town in the Nevada desert, and all I've ever dreamed of is escaping to find excitement and adventure. During a camping trip to Sequoia National Park with my four brothers, I meet the mysterious Brendan. Little do I know, my life is about to take a dramatic turn—it turns out, this meeting isn't a chance encounter at all for Brendan. He has meticulously planned every step of my abduction. Suddenly, he whisks me away to the Canadian wilderness, a vast expanse of spruce trees and blue sky, where only wolves and ermines roam. Brendan tells me I am the light in his darkness. As days turn into weeks, I am forced to confront not just my own desperate terror, but also Brendan's traumatic past. Gradually, he becomes more than just my captor. I am thrown into a maelstrom of conflicting emotions—sympathy, need, and even... love? Can I actually love my kidnapper? And just how dangerous is Brendan, really?

"A fascinating mixture of dark romance, crime thriller, and coming-of-age story, highly atmospheric and full of ominous intensity […]. Trapped: Until you love me is about kidnapping, stalking, and love, but above all, it is an authentic psychological exploration of the grey areas between strength and weakness, between good and evil." (Petra Ottkowski, creative writing professor)

Heart-pounding and forbidden: Dive deeper into this haunting dark romance where intense, thrilling emotions clash and blur the lines between captor and lover.