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***Synopsis***
If you like dark romance, you will love Richard & Roman's stories. If you don't like stories that include spankings, rough sexual scenes, intense and humiliating punishments, and strong D/s themes, this trilogy & duet collection may not be for you.
Books One - Three (Richard's story)
She's caught in my game... she just doesn't know it.
For weeks, I've been watching her. Stalking her.
Now it's time to start playing with my beautiful little pawn.
Books Four - Five (Roman's story)
I'm not interested in love, it's the chase which intrigues me.
What is the sub-genre and trope? Did your characters lead you to this genre or was that decided before the story began?
Anti-Hero, Captive, Billionaire, Enemies to Lovers, Dark Romance.
Are you more character or plot driven?
This is a very character driven series that involves a twisted romantic suspense plot.
With many main and secondary characters, how do you keep them separated in your mind? Do you have a story/vision board above your workspace?
I keep detailed character notes in One Note.
I know from previous interviews that characters take on a life of their own. Were any of the characters in this series determined to take their own direction instead of where you initially wanted them to go?
No because of the intricate moving parts of the plot.
The hero is a manipulative puppet master so everyone was secretly being moved around the chess board by him… including me! hahahaha
Are any of the male/female POVs based on anyone you know?
No.
Was there any one character/scene that was harder to write about than the other?
Yes, many. It’s a very dark and twisted book.
What is your favorite book in the series?
My favorite of the series is Savage Games.
I know that we aren’t supposed to have “favorites” as far as our children, but seriously, who’s your favorite character and why?
Richard. He is an unapologetic villain at the beginning of the series and remains one right up until the end. He will do anything to keep the heroine. Anything.
Series question - Who is your favorite couple and why did you decide on their dynamics?
Richard and Lizzie.
I wanted to write a power dynamic series with a dark, romantic suspense plot where the reader was mostly in the mind of the heroine and didn’t fully understand what was happening.
How do you get inside these characters’ heads to find their perfect HEA?
Well, whether they find their perfect HEA is actually debatable. Bwahahahah.
What scene in this book/series sticks out the most for you? Why?
I like the opening chapters of each book. They drop you straight into the story. Right out of the gate you are on edge and off tilt.
Series - Were any of the books harder to write than others?
Yes, the first three because they are deliberately not written sequentially.
So, book one happens after book two. But you read it first. Then when you read book two you finally learn the answers to all the twisted messed up things that happened in book one because I finally give you the hero’s POV. It’s a real mindf*ck.
This question is if you write in MULTIPLE POVs not just the hero and heroine - I love the multiple POVs in a book. It’s not just the hero and heroine, but we get inside the heads of multiple characters throughout this series. I feel that it gives the story further depth. Do you think you will write another book or series following this multiple POV outline?
Probably yes.
How long did it take you to write this book/series?
It took me about eight months total for all five books.
How did you come up with the title for your book and series?
Brainstorming.
If you met these characters in real life would you get along?
Hell yeah.
Series question – Did you know in advance that you were going to write this as a series or did one of the characters in book one demand their own story?
Yes.
If your book/series were made into a movie, which actors do you see as playing your characters?
I’m really really bad at this game. My answer is always Pierce Brosnan and I don’t know for the heroine. hahahaah
Can you give us a hint as to what we can expect next? Whether a new book and series or a sequel to an existing series? Can you share a small tease?
I have two major series releasing in 2023.
They are both based in Italy and are from the same world so they have interconnecting characters. I’m very excited.
Check out all my interviews/reviews for Zoe Blake!
https://readingbydeb.blogspot.com/2023/01/author-at-glance-zoe-blake.html
BIO: USA Today Bestselling author, Zoe Blake, delights in writing Dark Romance books filled with overly-possessive Billionaires, Taboo scenes and Unexpected twists. She usually spends her ill-gotten gains on martinis, travel and red lipstick. Since she can barely boil water, she’s lucky enough to be married to a sexy Chef.
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For weeks, I've been watching her. Stalking her.
Now it's time to start playing with my beautiful little pawn.
From the moment I first saw her from afar, I knew she would become my prized possession.
I will gaslight her into thinking she is my obedient ward, trapped in the Victorian era.
She is my unwilling captive, forced to play my sadistic game for her own survival.
She will have no choice but to bow to my rules and discipline.
In time, her memories of a modern life will fade.
If not, she will pay a painful price.
Her pretty mind is so caught up in my nightmare, she will never escape me.
The most wicked deception of all?
This isn't the first time we're playing this game.
Publisher's Note: Previously published as Ward. This novel includes spankings, rough sexual scenes, intense and humiliating punishments, and strong D/s themes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
And I am never letting her go.
I've started a new game. This one more sinister than the last.
Every time she tries to fight what we have, I just pull her deeper into my deception.
The slightest disobedience to my rules brings swift punishment.
I've pushed her to the edge.
She wants to kill me.
The only problem is... she loves me.
Against her will, she loves every punishing, controlling thing I've done to her mind and body.
She's caught in my web; the harder she struggles, the more entangled she becomes.
My beautiful girl will have no choice but to accept that I am her new reality.
She is just a pawn in my game.
Publisher's Note: Previously published as Gilded Cage. This novel includes spankings, rough sexual scenes, intense and humiliating punishments, and strong D/s themes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
Now she will pay.
When will my pretty pawn learn that I am the master of this game?
And only I will be the victor.
She thinks she can hide from me.
She thinks she can escape my wrath.
She's wrong.
This time when I catch her, there will be no escape.
I no longer want her as just my beautiful captive.
She will now become my wife, even if I have to drag her down the aisle.
I want her under my complete control.
I want her every breath, her every movement, her every thought to be only of me.
This is no longer a game.
She changed the rules, but I will still win.
Publisher's Note: Previously published as Toxic. This novel includes spankings, rough sexual scenes, intense and humiliating punishments, and strong D/s themes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
I saw her in the park, my pretty little prey.
I intend to make her mine, and the closer I get the more she will lose.
Her friends.
Her family.
Her freedom.
Each move will bring her more under my control until she has nothing left... but me.
Am I playing a cruel game? Of course.
But I warned you: It's not love that I want.
Publisher's Note: The Dark Obsession Series continues with Roman, Richard's brother. This novel includes spankings, rough sexual scenes, intense and humiliating punishments, and strong D/s themes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
I hold her body captive, but not her heart.
She has no money.
Nowhere to go.
No one to turn to for help.
But she knows I took everything from her to make her mine, so she fights me at every turn.
This began as a game, but she needs to understand that I will do anything to win. Anything.
She is my possession. Nothing, and no one, not even her, will keep us apart.
One way or another, I'll get what I want.
And I want her... all of her.
Publisher's Note: The Dark Obsession Series continues with Roman, Richard's brother. This novel includes spankings, rough sexual scenes, intense and humiliating punishments, and strong D/s themes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
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