Review: Not a perfect read, but it satisfied by need for some capture theme
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2011
This story surprised me in a lot of ways. I'm a big fan of the captive theme in romance, so I knew I'd like that part of the story. And I love controlling, alpha male heroes also, but I was unprepared for this hero, Martin Cole. He works that anti-hero vibe.It's never said what exactly he does for a living, but it is obviously illegal, dangerous and violent. I pictured him as a kind of Goodfella. He's a man who expects to have whatever he wants, when he wants it and how he wants it. I say he's a polished thug, handsome and dressed in expensive clothes, but still a thug who uses his resources to obtain what he desires. And one of those things he desires is Amanda. And she is a thing, an object for him to possess.From the moment he sees Amanda at his club, he wants her, and he refuses to take no for an answer. She says no to a dance, no to dinner, but she always finds herself submitting to his demands. One night when she decides to avoid him and his decree to meet him at his commanded date and time, she hides out from him, only to be found by his two underlings who take her against her will back to his apartment at the club.From that point, Martin becomes even more scary and controlling. He does some dark things, non-PC things, but none of this lessens Amanda's attraction to him. She may be afraid of him, but she is still very attracted to him. Martin uses this to strengthen his hold on her. He does everything to forcibly make her want him more and more and to strengthen his hold on her.Martin is completely obsessed with her, vowing to never let her go. He wants her to love him and to want to stay with him. It's a very Sleeping with the Enemy type relationship, one of fear, sex, obsession, and a bizarre type of love.There are many typos and grammatical errors which did cause me to stumble in my reading, but overall, I was compelled to keep reading. I really had to see what the end would be for these two. This story isn't overly erotic or romantic. It is a disturbing story about the obsessive love of a sociopathic man for a woman whose actions are at times understandable but also confusing.Not a perfect read, but it hit my capture-theme sweet spot.