Book Description:
She was meant to be his destruction…
A pawn played in a perilous game between
father and son…
Yet, her strength was more than either
man could imagine.
As Maddy learns to save herself…
She becomes the one thing that could
set the son free.
Madeleine Clark was raised to become a concert cellist. Sheltered and naïve, she remains hidden behind her music, a protection from the world around her. On the night of her first solo performance, Maddy accepts the admiration of a stranger and finds herself captive in a cruel and twisted power struggle between a sadistic father and his son, Aaron.
Seemingly, dangerous and uncaring, Aaron manages the business operations of his father’s estate. Wanting nothing to do with the slaves kept at the Estate, Aaron refuses to take part in the deeper depravities of his father. Despite his resistance, Aaron’s father ‘gifts’ him with a petite, brunette woman he can’t refuse.
A bond forged in conspiracy and deceit, Aaron struggles to save Maddy by teaching her to survive in the world in which he’d been raised. An unlikely union, Aaron soon learns that great strengths can exist within small packages, while Madeleine learns that love and light can exist in the darkest of places.
A pawn played in a perilous game between
father and son…
Yet, her strength was more than either
man could imagine.
As Maddy learns to save herself…
She becomes the one thing that could
set the son free.
Madeleine Clark was raised to become a concert cellist. Sheltered and naïve, she remains hidden behind her music, a protection from the world around her. On the night of her first solo performance, Maddy accepts the admiration of a stranger and finds herself captive in a cruel and twisted power struggle between a sadistic father and his son, Aaron.
Seemingly, dangerous and uncaring, Aaron manages the business operations of his father’s estate. Wanting nothing to do with the slaves kept at the Estate, Aaron refuses to take part in the deeper depravities of his father. Despite his resistance, Aaron’s father ‘gifts’ him with a petite, brunette woman he can’t refuse.
A bond forged in conspiracy and deceit, Aaron struggles to save Maddy by teaching her to survive in the world in which he’d been raised. An unlikely union, Aaron soon learns that great strengths can exist within small packages, while Madeleine learns that love and light can exist in the darkest of places.
4 star review by Jen Hagen
Madeleine (Maddy) is an accomplished cello performer. She is a petite woman who hides behind the facade of a large instrument. Maddy chooses to be invisible and the cello is an excellent coverup. She does not enjoy being seen in the public eye and makes very few public appearances. It is rare that on this night she is the star performer and is the focus of the evening. Maddy has caught the attention of a very dangerous man and he happens to be in the audience on this particular evening and is infatuated with Maddy’s performance. His meeting with her behind the curtain begins the end of Maddy’s invisible life.
As blackness overtook her as Madeleine realizes that, tonight, the stage was not what she needed to fear.
When Maddy awakens, she is naked and in a dark room. She has been captured by Joseph Carmichael, the head of The Estate. She will be a sex slave to his son, Aaron, and will be on display for all members of The Estate to enjoy. Joseph is a crazy man who thrives on madness and enjoys seeing his son trying to take the bad and make it good. Aaron is a 25-year-old assassin for The Estate. He is a very dangerous man who enjoys the thrill of the kill, but he is not as deeply disturbed and dark as his father. Aaron would like nothing better than to see his father’s leadership end, even if it means killing his father.
Aaron does not want this lifestyle for Maddy, but he has no choice but to play the game alongside his father. Not playing would result in either Maddy’s death or worse, her living as a slave to his father and his minions. Aaron resolves to keep Maddy safe but at the same time preparing her with the knowledge that she must be a slave under all intents and purposes. This façade is detrimental in order to keep her safe.
Her embarrassment was certain, her privacy would be shredded to tattered rags, but her body would remain whole. Of that, Aaron was certain.
Aaron and his father continue to butt heads at every turn. Aaron is planning to overtake his father, but this requires patience and recruiting members to his side. It is difficult to know who to trust. Being in Aaron’s closed quarters, Maddy is aware of what is happening outside of their 4 walls. She wants to become a part in taking down her abductor and wants to assist Aaron even if means her release from captivity is nothing more than a dream.
Aaron and Maddy develop a special bond. She sees him as her protector and he sees her beauty and strength. Aaron does all he can to make certain that Maddy is never placed in danger. The time approaches sooner than they anticipated when they are forced to make their move against his father. Who will become defeated? It’s a blood bath and will have you holding your breath as you await to see who becomes the winner.
I will not let Madeleine’s life slip away in order to save mine. She is light while I am darkness, she is raw beauty and so blessedly pure while I am nothing more than a poison to humanity. She deserves her life far more than I deserve mine.
There are some sexual scenes that are graphic in detail, however I anticipated this book having many more graphic sexual scenes because of the nature of the story. There are a couple violent scenes near the end of the book that are very graphic. Please keep this in mind if you are not comfortable with these details.
As blackness overtook her as Madeleine realizes that, tonight, the stage was not what she needed to fear.
When Maddy awakens, she is naked and in a dark room. She has been captured by Joseph Carmichael, the head of The Estate. She will be a sex slave to his son, Aaron, and will be on display for all members of The Estate to enjoy. Joseph is a crazy man who thrives on madness and enjoys seeing his son trying to take the bad and make it good. Aaron is a 25-year-old assassin for The Estate. He is a very dangerous man who enjoys the thrill of the kill, but he is not as deeply disturbed and dark as his father. Aaron would like nothing better than to see his father’s leadership end, even if it means killing his father.
Aaron does not want this lifestyle for Maddy, but he has no choice but to play the game alongside his father. Not playing would result in either Maddy’s death or worse, her living as a slave to his father and his minions. Aaron resolves to keep Maddy safe but at the same time preparing her with the knowledge that she must be a slave under all intents and purposes. This façade is detrimental in order to keep her safe.
Her embarrassment was certain, her privacy would be shredded to tattered rags, but her body would remain whole. Of that, Aaron was certain.
Aaron and his father continue to butt heads at every turn. Aaron is planning to overtake his father, but this requires patience and recruiting members to his side. It is difficult to know who to trust. Being in Aaron’s closed quarters, Maddy is aware of what is happening outside of their 4 walls. She wants to become a part in taking down her abductor and wants to assist Aaron even if means her release from captivity is nothing more than a dream.
Aaron and Maddy develop a special bond. She sees him as her protector and he sees her beauty and strength. Aaron does all he can to make certain that Maddy is never placed in danger. The time approaches sooner than they anticipated when they are forced to make their move against his father. Who will become defeated? It’s a blood bath and will have you holding your breath as you await to see who becomes the winner.
I will not let Madeleine’s life slip away in order to save mine. She is light while I am darkness, she is raw beauty and so blessedly pure while I am nothing more than a poison to humanity. She deserves her life far more than I deserve mine.
There are some sexual scenes that are graphic in detail, however I anticipated this book having many more graphic sexual scenes because of the nature of the story. There are a couple violent scenes near the end of the book that are very graphic. Please keep this in mind if you are not comfortable with these details.
Excerpt
Green, the color of jade, the
color of budding life in Spring, burned down into her; backlit and heated by a
fire of rage, of need. Aaron’s mouth
curved at the ends, an unknown thought amusing to him as she attempted to stand
up to a man who controlled her completely…owned her in a way that no man should
be allowed.
Like lightning, he moved
quickly, so fast and unexpected, that Maddy gasped when the weight of his body
came down on her. The pills fell from
her hand to the floor as Aaron pushed her back on the bed, held his body above
her, his hand roughly traveling up the side of her torso, lifting her shirt to
expose her breasts to his gaze. “If I
wanted to take you, Madeleine, I wouldn’t have to drug you to do so.” The heat of his mouth stung as he wrapped his
full lips around the peak of her breast.
His tongue laved against the sensitive tip, his teeth grazing the same
area where he had marked her before. A
cry escaped her lips, part fear, part surprise; part lust so subtle, it caused
her heart to skip in its rhythm. As he
worked her body into a frenzy, his hand traveled down to cup her between her
thighs. A single finger tapped against
the opening to her body, she cried out again, not understanding the heat that
bloomed within her core. He pushed up
suddenly, watched as she lay panting beneath him. “Even if your mind did not remember my
cruelty, your body certainly would. The
pain of being split apart when I bury myself within you cannot be easily
forgotten…even if done while drugged.”
Just as quickly as he’d come
down on top of her, he stood. His eyes
searched the floor and when he found the pills, he bent over to pick them
up. This time not an offer, but a
demand, his hand reached to wrap around her face, squeezing her cheeks until
her mouth fell open. Shoving the pills
onto her tongue he grabbed the glass of water, poured the contents down her
throat, washing her new form of chains down into her body. “I have no plans to grant you the
satisfaction of my cock, I simply want you to sleep. I don’t feel like spending the evening
jumping up every time I think you are attempting to escape.”
Aaron took the glass and as he walked
to place it in the bathroom he commanded, "Lay down, Maddy, close your eyes and let sleep take you. That will be
the only thing having its way with your body tonight."
M.S. Willis
is a romance novelist whose debut novel, Control, was released in 2013.
Although currently writing in the romance genre, Willis has plans to expand her
literary pursuits into multiple genres and has no fear conquering difficult
subject matters in her writing. Willis is a native Floridian who is also
a photographer and musician. When not absorbing herself in written, visual
or musical expression, Willis is an adrenaline junkie, a ‘closet’ video game
enthusiast, and an avid outdoors person and nature lover.
Visit M.S.
Willis on her author page: www.facebook.com/mswillisbooks
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