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ATTENTION READERS: New Romantic Fantasy, [amazon_link id="B07191NW8N" target="_blank" ]The Chamber of Curiosities[/amazon_link], set in a carnival in an ancient land is now available. Be the first to read, review, and comment on the love story between a beautiful aerialist and a charismatic young giant. It is a tale filled with forced love, bondage, infidelity, betrayal, obsession, and self empowerment. 

Kidnapping and forced love are popular themes in romance literature. Like with [amazon_link id="1606208780" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Beauty and the Beast [/amazon_link]and [amazon_link id="B003XVYII8" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Hades and Persephone[/amazon_link]  there is an allure to be desired, and drawn to vulnerability by a powerful captor. [amazon_link id="0982500203" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link]  explores the provocative themes of confinement and forced love.

Following is a list of preeminent romance novels featuring forced love. Thanks to Amazon forum for input:

Regency:

[amazon_link id="0061733970" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]My Dangerous Duke [/amazon_link]by Gaelen Foley - she is kidnapped for him as a virginal "gift" - very much a Beauty in the Beast type plot

[amazon_link id="0821746898" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Captured by Love [/amazon_link] by Amber Kaye - he kidnaps her based on a revenge plot

[amazon_link id="B003UHUBGI" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Beguiled[/amazon_link] by Heather Graham - very tame kidnap tale, he's a highwayman type that takes her off into the woods briefly

[amazon_link id="0380752948" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Silver Angel[/amazon_link] by Johanna Lindsey - she is kidnapped, sold into slavery, and he is her purchaser

[amazon_link id="B00D7SI6N0" target="_blank" ]The Last Highwayman[/amazon_link] by Katherine O'Neal - he kidnaps her to get the ransom money but her family doesn't pay - they end up working together, very passionate

[amazon_link id="B000QRIHF2" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Devil Who Tamed Her[/amazon_link] by Johanna Lindsey - very tame kidnap tale, basically he absconds with her into the countryside to melt her heart of ice based on a bet

[amazon_link id="0380814714" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]So Speaks the Heart[/amazon_link] by Johanna Lindsey - he takes her from her home, thinking she's a slave

Western:

[amazon_link id="1419958291" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lakota Love Song[/amazon_link] by Madeline Baker - he is an injured Indian that she rescues from death, only to be kidnapped by him when he's better

[amazon_link id="1599982099" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Bounty [/amazon_link]by Beth Williamson - he's hired by a psycho to find her for a bounty, so he finds her, kidnaps her and then falls for her

[amazon_link id="1420108506" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Diablo [/amazon_link]by Georgina Gentry - he kidnaps her based on a revenge plot but they fall for each other, very moving story

[amazon_link id="0671019724" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Touch of Fire[/amazon_link] by Linda Howard - he kidnaps her to help heal a gun shot wound, but loses his heart to her

Contemporary:

[amazon_link id="0446326925" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Wild Orchids [/amazon_link]by Karen Robards - he's on the run in Mexico and she's in the wrong place at the wrong time, he kidnaps her to use her as a means of escape

[amazon_link id="0671795538" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Perfect[/amazon_link]by Judith McNaught - he breaks out of jail and uses her and her car as a means of escape

[amazon_link id="0425217620" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Unlawful Contact[/amazon_link] by Pamela Clare - he uses her to break out of jail, then abducts her- very moving passionate story

American Historical:

[amazon_link id="0553578812" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Star Keeper[/amazon_link] by Patricia Potter - they're already falling in love but she learns the truth about him - that he is an enemy pirate- to keep her quiet her abducts her

[amazon_link id="0553562266" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Relentless [/amazon_link]by Patricia Potter - she is kidnapped for him as part of a revenge plot- very moving and passionate

[amazon_link id="0821734423" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Sweet Fire[/amazon_link] by Jo Goodman - he kidnaps her as part of a complex plot- she is unaware because she has amnesia - but very good passionate moving story

HISTORICAL/PARANORMAL

[amazon_link id="0449002470" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Pirate Prince[/amazon_link](Ascension Trilogy), historical pirate romance, by Gaelen Foley

[amazon_link id="1416509879" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Hunger Like No Other[/amazon_link] (Immortals after Dark, Book1) paranormal vampire intrigue, by Kresley Cole

[amazon_link id="143915788X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Devil Wears Plaid[/amazon_link] by Teresa Medeiros

[amazon_link id="B003F76XCO" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Bodacious [/amazon_link]by Sharon Ervin

[amazon_link id="0449006379" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lord of Fire [/amazon_link] by Gaelen Foley
[amazon_link id="0425219607" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Spymaster’s Lady[/amazon_link] by Johanna Bourne

[amazon_link id="0778328481" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Ruthless[/amazon_link], (The House of Rohan), by Anne Steward

[amazon_link id="0440223725" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]All Through the Night[/amazon_link]by Connie Brockway

[amazon_link id="B007PU0882" target="_blank" ]Honor Bound[/amazon_link] by Sandra Brown

[amazon_link id="B006YGD8J4" target="_blank" ]Some Kind of Magic[/amazon_link] by Theresa Weir

[amazon_link id="1402588216" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Hawk O’Toole’s Hostage [/amazon_link]by Sandra Brown

Thanks to the Amazon romance forum for their input

I have begun work on a new novel titled "The Chamber of Curiosities" that features a love story between a charismatic freak show giant and a beautiful young trapeze artist. The story is a romantic suspense set in an mysterious land on the cusp of industrial revolution. For adult  fans of novels that incorporate elements of fantasy with gothic realism, such as Harry Potter and Twilight, the book will offer a provocative look into the world of a unique carnival, and of a passionate love that is as innocent and pure as it is fierce and determined to prevail. 

Late 2011 has been targeted for completion of novel.