Will she submit or lose everything?
Blurb:
Emmie
had spent her life pampered, sheltered, and mostly unaware of just how bad
things were inside and outside of the city that she called home - but when
reality comes knocking, Emmie must choose between staying and suffering, or
running and breaking a promise that could break her heart.
After
fleeing the city in the dead of night, Emmie expected the hazards of the
forest, but she never thought she would run into real danger or be brutally
taken by one of the raiders who had been banished outside the walls. She never
thought she would be tied up and forced to submit to their rules, and she never
planned to find herself kneeling before their leader - no matter how gorgeous
he was.
Lucian
had spent most of his adult life figuring out how to protect those banished by
the corrupt men inside the city, but when he meets Emmie, he doesn’t just want
to keep her safe, he wants to claim her - body and soul. But once he does, and
she despises him for it, how can he possibly show her what life can be like
when she’s really and truly free, and how can he show her that a good life
might be possible with him?
In
‘Taken by the Enemy’ readers are taken on a dark journey of discovery where the
truths that Emmie has held close since she was a child are turned inside out,
and she discovers that the enemy she’s been raised to fear may just be her
salvation. Will she be able to bend to Lucian’s demands for obedience, and the
harsh ways in which he enforces them, so she can discover a world where real
peace is possible? Or will she turn away from the people who can save them all
just to protect her heart?
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Excerpt:
“Some things aren’t mine to tell! Did you ever think about
that?” He turned and banged his hand into the wood frame of the door before
rounding on her again. “And I already told you I can’t break any more rules for
you. If you have another outburst in front of everyone like that, I will have
to punish you, in
front of them.
Is that what you want?”
“No!”
“Then how about you try, because I’m doing my best, and I’m
keeping your secrets just like I’m keeping Mathias’.”
“You’re a bastard.” Emmie glared at him, well aware of the
threat he’d made to reveal her name.
Lucian stepped close to her, his voice low and dark. “That’s
what you really think of me?”
“Yes.”
“Then maybe you should leave.” Lucian’s body was tense with
restrained anger, and she knew it, but she couldn’t stop herself from pushing
him.
“Maybe I should,” she spoke quietly. “Maybe I should go find
one of the free men and see if they treat me any better.”
He grabbed her by the shoulders and spun her around,
slamming her back against the wall of his house, the whole structure shaking
with the force. He hissed close to her face, “You want to go fuck someone
else?”
“Maybe I do!”
Lucian growled, his grip painfully tight on her skin. “You
think they’d treat you any differently? You think they’d take your smart
mouthed comments in stride?”
“I bet there’s at least one of them that would like my smart
mouth, it just may take me trying out a few before I find them.” She leaned her
head forward, meeting his gaze at close range. “Maybe I’ll need to try a lot of
them.”
There was a dark, lurking rage behind his eyes, but his
voice was deadly quiet. “You have no idea how gentle I’ve been with you.”
“You call this gentle?” She jerked at his harsh grip.
“Anyone else that disrespected me like that in the middle of
the fucking village would have been punished immediately. Man or woman. Free or
not.”
“Then why don’t you do it?”
“Is that what you want, little bird?” Lucian released his
grip on her shoulders and twisted his fist in the hair at the base of her neck,
yanking her forward. “You want me to punish you?”
“Ow! Lucian, stop —”
“You want me to treat you like everyone else? I can do
that.” He turned her, pulling her back against his hard chest as his free hand
moved to the button on her pants, undoing it too quickly for her to react. She
scrambled to rebutton it, but he grabbed one of her wrists and twisted it
painfully. “Unless you want me to add to what you’ve already earned today,
you’ll keep your hands at your sides, or I’ll tie them out of the way for you.”
“Lucian —”
“Now!” The roar of his command made her shiver and she
forced herself to hold her hands at her sides as he slid his hands inside the
waist of her pants and shoved them down her legs.
Why had she pushed him?
Why couldn’t she keep her damn temper in check?
When
his fingers pulled at the edge of her underwear, she whimpered, “I didn’t want
—” “You didn’t want me to punish you? A little too late for that now, don’t you
think?”
Lucian jerked her head back harder and she hissed air
between her teeth. With a quick shove, her panties joined her pants around her
calves. “I think this is exactly what you need to remember your role here.”
He stepped back, pulling her with him as he sat down on the
edge of his bedding. Suddenly, she found herself over his lap, his hand still
tight in her hair, holding her in place as she tried to get up. “Wait, wait!”
The first smack of his hand on her ass made her yelp, and
she reached back to cover the stinging skin. Lucian moved fast though, grabbing
one wrist to jerk it high up on her back until she screamed. “You can either keep your hands over your
head, or I can make sure they’re not in the way. Your choice.”
“Lucian, I didn’t mean it, I didn’t.” Emmie tried to shake
her head against the grip in her hair, but his voice was unforgiving.
“Hands.”
With a groan, she moved her arms above her head, and then
her fingers tightened against the blanket as his hand landed on her ass again,
lighting up her skin with a fiery heat.
Author
Bio
Jennifer Bene is a best-selling author of erotic fiction. Her
writing has been described by readers as "dark in a way that turns
you on", and she definitely takes that as a compliment! She has a
terrible mouth that often gets her in trouble but comes in handy when
she's writing. She loves to write strong female characters and dominant
male characters in stories that take readers for a walk on the dark side.
When she's not attached to a keyboard, she likes to read, drink wine, do
yoga, binge on Netflix, and enjoy life with friends/family. She lives in
Texas, and no, she doesn't own a horse or wear a cowboy hat, you'd have
better luck finding her on the dance floor downtown. Seriously.
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