Title: Kidnapped by the Billionaire
Author: Jackie Ashenden
Publisher/Year: St Martin’s Press 3/1/16
Length: 384 Pages
Series: Nine Circles #4
Overview
When revenge and desire collide…
Seven years ago, billionaire-turned-bodyguard Elijah Hunt lost everything he had—his family, his future—and now he wants revenge. But when he decides to kidnap the daughter of the man who ruined his life, Elijah gets a lot more than he bargained for.
Violet Fitzgerald is nothing like her corrupt wealthy father. In fact, she’s so disarmingly independent—and irresistible—that she’s downright dangerous…
there is no place to hide.
Violet never thought she’d feel a connection to her captor. But there’s something beneath Elijah’s steel-bodied exterior that makes her want to know him more deeply…and surrender to his every demand.
However, once Elijah’s erotic fantasies become a reality—and he and Violet develop a powerful connection—he finds himself in a quandary: Is he still the one in control? Or has Violet imprisoned him—body and soul?
My Thoughts
Well, we knew that things were getting very very complicated and while Fitz has now been murdered, we know that there’s still the quest for revenge by the elusive Elijah, and that’s exactly what we get in this next installment.
We didn’t know much about violet before this story – just that she’s best friends with Honor and a free spirit of sorts since she’s trying to find where she fits in the world. The twist that we learn though is that there’s really a method to what she’s been doing – and that she’s determined that her brother hadn’t commit suicide years before and that perhaps he’s truly alive. So that’s her goal in life.
Then there’s Elijah – we know that he’s beyond angry because Eva killed Fitzgerald, and now he’s out to kill Jericho, the other man who’s at the helm of the Euro empire that Fitzgerald was trying to get in on, as well as the fact that Elijah thinks that Jericho is the man behind the death of his wife. So lots of tension there.
When the plan becomes kidnapping Violet to use as bait to get to Jericho, we see things get dicey. True to how Ms Ashenden has written all of the female leads so far, we see that they aren’t going to take things sitting down and they all put up a fight. Violet does exactly that and it’s impressive to see how resourceful she becomes in the hopes of trying to get free.
The other expected bit since we tend to see it in quite a few of these stories is that the captor ends up being so much more than what they seem on the surface and we quickly see a spark of chemistry building between these 2 and that makes things all that more complicated.
It’s not until the Nine Circles figure out where Violet is being held and go after her that things start to get some sense of resolution. They are all now after the same thing – trying to save Violet all while trying to get to Jericho, and just when we think that it’s all be taken care of, another twist comes up. (one that i figured out but i usually do – quite early).
In any event, it leaves us in a place in the story where we are surprised and yet frustrated since there are limits to what can be done. Thankfully there’s one more installment that will hopefully give us the closure that we need since i feel like there are still a few twists to come up that we’re not ready for.
Like i’ve said before though, i’m really impressed with how well these installments are woven together, even though they are about different couples essentially. The plot is so complete throughout and the way that all of them are connected means that we’re going to see the same themes and lines pulled through.
The other piece that’s great is how we get to see each couple scene together and Violet and Elijah are so hot as well. We have yet another inexperienced girl in the lead but there’s something about how she allows Elijah to control her and dominate her that’s incredibly hot. I can’t wait to see how things get resolved – and happily i have the last one already! Enjoy
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