This proves increasingly difficult as Damianos, now Damen, must serve Prince Laurent, a cold, calculating young man trapped in a sickening power play with his uncle, the Regent. Stripped of his name and title, he is sold to the enemy nation of Vere as a slave, well aware that if anyone finds out his true identity, he will be executed. Prince Damianos of Akielos, the protagonist, is overthrown by his half-brother in a coup following their father’s death.

Nope, all the horizontal monster-mashing here is about control, gain, and putting more at risk than just the well-being of your genitals. There’s no ripping off of lacy shirts or questionable absence of lube just as there are no tender embraces or rough moments of unhinged passion. Let’s not kid ourselves here: this novel is about sex, just not in the way I was remotely expecting. Beyond the usual warning on the jacket that the book is for mature audiences only, the dramatis personae make it explicitly clear how central dominant and submissive dynamics are to the plot. Pacat, the first of a series comprised of three books and four short stories. It’s easy to expect a quick, smutty novel when picking up “ Captive Prince” by C.S.

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