Captive is guaranteed to hold you in its thrall. While written in the traditional mold, these characters and this story are anything but stale and stereotypical. The author's talent brings everything to vivid life. If you enjoy beautiful, non- conventional American heroines and handsome, tortured, traditional British nobility, you will want to read about Charlie and her Lion. Captive is a family affair.
Readers actually get two love stories for the price of one.
Although the second story revolves around secondary characters, they are not given short-shrift. Their unusual love brings a wonderful texture and background to the love that develops between Charlie and her Lion. Rather than reveal the details of these relationships, I can only say that there is a great enmity between these men and neither imagined Olivia would ever be an object of love. Again, the author's ability to transform traditional character types and a traditional story-line into something unique is why this book is so special. She has toned down the harsh edges of the male characters and imbued the heroines with grace and inner strength.