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**Beauty and the Beast meets Freeform’s Cruel Summer in this dark captive romance. One girl searches for her missing best friend while the other wakes up in a dangerous man’s basement. Both are falling for a man they can’t have...** CASSIE My best friend is missing, and everyone wants to know what happened to beautiful, perfect Noelle van Buren. But the deeper we get into our search, the closer I get to Theo St. James, Noelle’s boyfriend. Nothing can happen between us. We don’t know if Noelle’s still out there, if she’ll come back someday. Except . . . I can’t seem to stay away. NOELLE When I wake up bound and gagged in someone’s basement, Beau Grayson is watching me. I’ve seen him on my college campus, but I barely know him. He’s beautiful, mysterious, and rumor has it, dangerous. Now, he’s keeping me here, and I have no idea when I’ll get out. If I’ll survive this. Because, against every instinct, I’m falling for him. But who could fall in love with their kidnapper?
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Captivate Me: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This dark romance features kidnapping, captivity, and Stockholm syndrome dynamics with explicit sexual content, violence, and emotionally manipulative relationships between morally gray characters.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, explicit sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include emotional abuse, kidnapping, captivity, and dubious consent (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers seeking dark, intense romance with psychological suspense and morally complex relationships will find this compelling.