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Karolyn Cairns · Viking Horde #1
A Viking warlord takes an English woman as his slave — and finds himself conquered instead.
Allisande of Lockwraithe paid the price for her father's treachery when the Viking invaders destroyed her home and abducted her for ransom.The Viking leader, Joran Ivarsson, swore to make her suffer as his slave. One look into his fiery slave's eyes and he was the one enslaved.Allisande expected to suffer at her captors hands, not feel the first stirrings of desire for her barbaric new master.Forced into slavery in a harsh, unyielding land, she comes to understand the man who owns her. Sworn to hate him forever for the death of her father, Allisande learns the insidious truths that make her question all she has ever known.Joran the Stonehearted, he is nicknamed, for his lack of softness for women and mercy in battle. Allisande undermines his best intentions to remain aloof to her, cracking the granite layers of his heart, making him question his using her as an instrument of revenge.Slave soon conquers master as the fires of passion bring them closer. A force of wills clash and a tragic circumstance drives them apart.Allisande and Joran become embroiled in a bitter web of deceit when Joran's father seeks his ultimate revenge against his enemies. Joran must choose between the woman who owns his heart and the father he has sworn loyalty to.

Kresley Cole · MacCarrick Brothers #1
A Scottish mercenary kidnaps a Castilian noblewoman for revenge — and finds his heart spellbound instead.
15 tropes in common

Kerrigan Byrne · Victorian Rebels #1
A scarred, ruthless villain kidnaps an innocent widow and proposes marriage — she has terms of her own.
12 tropes in common

Julie Garwood
A medieval warlord captures his enemy's sister as a prize — then vows to protect her with his life.
10 tropes in common

Laura Thalassa · The Four Horsemen #1
She shot the Horseman of Pestilence to save her town. Now she's his prisoner — and maybe his salvation.
14 tropes in common

Johanna Lindsey · Haardrad Family #1
A Celtic noblewoman vows to never submit to her Viking captor — until she meets his ruthless, irresistible son.
9 tropes in common

L.J. Andrews · The Ever Seas #1
A scarred fae king kidnaps his enemy's innocent daughter as a pawn — and loses his heart to her instead.
12 tropes in common

Sarah J. Maas · A Court of Thorns and Roses #1
A mortal huntress is dragged into the fae world by the beast she wronged — and slowly falls for him.
11 tropes in common

Jennifer L. Armentrout · Flesh and Fire #1
An assassin sent to seduce and kill the Primal of Death finds herself falling for the very monster she must destroy.
13 tropes in common

Rebecca Yarros · The Empyrean #1
A fragile scribe's daughter enters dragon rider training — and is hunted by the deadliest wingleader there.
12 tropes in common

Kerrigan Byrne · The MacLauchlans #1
Three Highland Berserkers, three dangerous women — love, blood, and vengeance in medieval Scotland.
12 tropes in common

SenLinYu
Enslaved and captive in Voldemort's dystopia, Hermione must survive her enemy captor — and her feelings for him.
14 tropes in common

Jennifer L. Armentrout · Blood and Ash #1
A Maiden forbidden from all touch falls for the golden-eyed guard sworn to protect — and deceive — her.
11 tropes in common

Delle Jacobs
She stabbed him on sight — he's been searching for her since childhood. Now he's come to claim her village.
11 tropes in common

Violetta Rand · Viking's Fury #1
A Viking warrior claims a Saxon woman as a war prize — but she's only there to kill him.
13 tropes in common

Julianne MacLean · Highlander #1
A fierce Highland warrior kidnaps his enemy's bride — and finds she may be worth more than his revenge.
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SenLinYu
A prisoner with missing memories and the ruthless necromancer ordered to unlock them — whatever the cost.
12 tropes in common

Sarah Waters
A thief sent to con a sheltered heiress into an asylum finds herself falling for her mark instead.
7 tropes in common

Paula Quinn · MacGregors #1
Scotland's most feared Highland devil kidnaps his clan's sworn enemy — and falls for her instead.
12 tropes in common

Mary Wine · Highlander #1
A Highland laird takes his enemy's daughter prisoner — but she plans to seduce and destroy him first.
12 tropes in common

Katee Robert · Dark Olympus #1
Fleeing an arranged marriage to Zeus, Persephone strikes a dangerous deal with Hades in the forbidden undercity.
12 tropes in common