Name: Willing Captive
ISBN: 9781500749750

Belle Aurora

Delilah “Lily” Flynn is used to her drab existence. Lily's been living it for twenty two years. Her boring life is suddenly turned on its head when she's rudely kidnapped from her bedroom. Or so she thinks. Nox Taylor is far too high up in his field to be assigned a babysitting job. There's nothing more he wants than to complete his mission so he can be rid of the smartass tomboy, Lily. Day after day, Nox watches Lily and her strange ways. She's unlike any woman he's ever met. Getting close to the girl is purely for her own protection…right? Lily never imagined she'd make her first real friends in captivity. To what lengths would she go to keep them?

Willing Captive

Kinsey

5 Blindfold Me Anytime Stars!




  "You haven't been kidnapped, Delilah." Eyes wide, I lift my face to look into his and ask, "Who are you?" Hottie's lip twitches. "The person who just saved your life, baby."


Willing Captive was a perfect blend of hilarious, romantic, heart-breaking, and swoon-worthy all in one! My emotions went through the ringer with this one, for I found myself swooning one minute, then bawling the next. The characters were fantastically written and you fall in love with them all! *cough* Rock *cough* Belle Aurora has just earned herself a spot on my list for now I'm hunting down everything she's ever written.

Willing Captive was the story of a woman named Lily




  
    "I never realized how much I hate my life. Not until he showed me beautiful." ~Lily
  


Delilah Flynn aka Lily is my kind of heroine. She's 22 years old, and has a lived a life of extreme loneliness due to her father's protectiveness. 

Her only escape is through the hundreds of books the she occupies her time with, escaping into stories and living vicariously through them. 

She works for her fathers company but other than that spends the rest of her time at home. She's pretty much a voluntary hermit.

Lily's life is forever changed however, when she is blindfolded and kidnapped to live a life in captivity away from her family. Only problem is, she finds herself falling in love with one of her captors, Nox.


  
    "I hated the life I was living. And you changed me. All for the better. And I thank God for the day I met you." ~Lily
  


Enter Lily's Captor Nox




  
    "Never had something so beautiful so close before."~Nox
  


While Lily is in "captivity" she has a love-hate relationship with one of her captors, Nox. Nox is the guy in charge of the operation and he is broody, cold, stoic and looks like a falling angel, not to mention he has ice blue eyes that often show no emotion. He has a job to do and Lily and her feisty attitude are not making it easy for him or his "employees". 


  
    "Been hurting a long time. You can't see this type of hurt, though. Broken hearts don't mend easily. And you're not hurting me right now, baby. But even if you were, it would hurt so sweet." ~Nox 
  


As Lily and Nox are forced to spend increasing amounts of time together, an attraction begins to form which soon has both of them unable to deny their deep feelings. I'm not going to go into details about this, for it would be very easy to reveal spoilers. 




  
    "This is not a sexy moment, it's a beautiful moment."
  





  
    "I read somewhere that if you're going through hell, keep going. It's the only way past it. You have to face your pain, your guilt, and your sorrow. But when the strong hands of grief capture you, it is overwhelming, and completely devastating. I fear I'll never get past the stage of hell that I'm in.."
  





  
    "Can't help who you fall in love with, Princess." ~Nox
  


When picking this one up, don't let the cover fool you. THIS IS NOT A DARK ROMANCE. It has sadness, grief, and anger but it's mostly a light-hearted romance. I would recommend this novel to everyone for it has a little something in it for everyone. Overall, this was a fantastic read!


  
    "That one person everyone looks for. They search and search, and some die trying to find 'em. And when you finally meet them, something inside of you says, "Oh, there you are. I've been looking for you. And I didn't even know it."

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I know you should never judge a book by its cover, but I definitely did have some preconceived notions of this book going in. I thought this was going to be a dark book. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Despite a couple darker moments, the book was relatively light. It was funny and sexy; it had heart. This is the first of Belle Aurora’s books that I’ve read, but it certainly won’t be the last.

  
    “You haven’t been kidnapped, Delilah.”
Eyes wide, I lift my face to look into his and ask, “Who are you?”
Hottie’s lip twitches. “The person who just saved your life, baby.”
  

Delilah “Lily” Flynn doesn’t have the life of a typical 22 year old woman. Her dad is wealthy and overprotective. Her only friend is her sister, Terah. If she wants to leave the house, she has to take an escort with her. She’s adapted though. She has her eReader and her bedroom is her sanctuary. This is her existence; she’s embraced it. Until the night she’s taken from her room by a stranger, that is. It’s then that she really begins living life.

  
    “I’m sure this is how Alice felt falling down the rabbit hole.”
  


  
    “Dear god, please give me the strength to make sure that I don’t become the threat against the girl I’m trying to protect.”
  

Lily finds herself in a strange place with three mysterious people: Nox, Rock and Boo. She comes to find out that they have been her security team. Her dad has been receiving threats against his girls and this was one of the ways he was protecting them. After some time, Lily becomes friends with Rock and Boo. She’s also intensely attracted to Nox. The attraction is mutual, though he has no plans to act on it. He doesn’t do relationships. He’s supposed to be protecting her. As much as he might want her, she’s off limits…

  
    “I know it’s highly unusual for people to get this excited over books. But if you’re a reader, you get me. I don’t need movies. I don’t need TV. But books… I can’t live without books. To me, a book is better than any movie. All I need is a good book, my imagination, and I am set free. I’m in literature heaven.”
  


  
    “I don’t need you to protect me right now, Nox. I need your mouth on me. I need to know why I feel like this, and if it’s just a thing, or if it’s more. You told me to do what I had to do. All I want is a kiss.” Dipping my chin, I whisper, “Just a kiss.”
  

I had a bit of a hard time relating to Lily in some ways, but I was able to relate to her passion about books. I liked her as a character, she was just too innocent and sheltered for me at the beginning. There was a spark to her that I loved, though. She was feisty. She was funny. She was likable. Nox intrigued me. He was hot as hell. He was tough and smart. He was protective of Lily. He was a total bad-ass. It was obvious that he was keeping secrets and I couldn’t wait to find out more about him. Boo and Rock were both also amazing characters. I’m holding out hope that they get their own book in the future.

  
    “You know how when a guy and girl really like each other in a book, they talk about a spark between them? With Nox, there is no spark. No. He bypassed the spark. When Nox touches me, there’s nothing less than the whistling, shrieking explosions of fireworks. Big ones. The ones they save till the end of the show. The ones people hang around to get a glimpse of.”
  

I absolutely loved Lily and Nox together. They challenged each other, they amused one another. Their chemistry was intense and the sexual tension leapt off the pages. It was easy to see how much they cared about each other, too. They may have been brought together under some seriously strange circumstances, but it worked. Whether they were having sweet or sexy moments, fighting or teasing the other, I loved it. They made a very interesting and unpredictable couple.

  
    “I’m quite partial to your daughter, actually. I was kinda hoping I could keep her.”
  

This book completely took me by surprise. There was a moment during which I thought I was going to throw my iPad across the room. But I’m glad I restrained myself… for many reasons. Tears were shed. Many of them. I loved that this book took me through a full range of emotions. It was completely unputdownable. Everything from the characters to the plot twists to the dialogue between characters sucked me in. I enjoyed all of it. This book had the perfect mix of drama and romance, with just a hint of mystery. I love a good, unpredictable read. If you do too, I can’t recommend this book highly enough.

I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.