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Captive Bride

Series membership: Secret Bride · Listed position 1
2021
About this book

You will take this bride.To have and to hold from this day forward.Till death do you part.This will be your solemn vow.You have no choice.Trapped in a twisted and dark courtship with a secret woman who needs my strength to survive, I will be wed.Walking the thin line between lunacy and reality, I am now the protector of my future captive bride.So, I have no choice but to recite the vows.I take thee.In this arranged matrimony. Until we are parted by death.***Captive Bride is a dark psychological thriller. If you dare? join me in the march down the aisle.

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Best for readers who like: Morally gray antiheroes, intense power dynamics, high heat, and emotionally charged romance
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Spice5/5
Darkness7/10
Obsession8/10
Psychological7/10
Violence5/10
Emotional Damage7/10
Trigger Intensity8/10
Romance Focus8/10

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Series membershipSecret Bride
Readable on its ownno
WorldContemporary
Obsession TypePossession / Ownership • Protective Obsession • Romantic Fixation
SubgenreBDSM romance • Dark erotic romance
MMC TypeAlpha / Dominant • Morally Gray / Black • Obsessive / Possessive
FMC TypeDefiant / Strong
Writing StyleDark / Intense • Erotic / Explicit • suspenseful
MMC PersonalityPossessive, dominant, morally gray
FMC PersonalityResilient, defiant, emotionally complex

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