Book profile
Burn
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2012-03-22
- Rating
- ★ 4.4 · 7 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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Seven years after Jenner Redwine won a lottery jackpot and rebuilt her life among the wealthy, she accepts her shy friend Sydney Hazlett's invitation to join a charity cruise aboard a luxury liner. Her world tilts when she is taken hostage by a menacing stranger and forced to cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme. Initially paralyzed by panic and fear of her captor, Jenner's terror gradually gives way to exhilaration and then fascination. The kidnapping becomes an unlikely catalyst for self-reckoning: cut off from her privileged world, Jenner confronts danger directly and reconnects with emotions she hasn't experienced since her father's betrayal and the collapse of her old relationships. Forced into close quarters with a threatening but compelling man, she rediscovers a sense of purpose and concludes she has found a life worth fighting for.
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- Captive Romance: “Taken hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme, or else. But as her panic gives way to exhilaration, and fear of her captor turns to fascination” source
- Forced Proximity: “Taken hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme, or else.” source
- Slow Burn: “her panic gives way to exhilaration, and fear of her captor turns to fascination” source
- Strong Heroine: “But now, seven years later, she's rubbing elbows with the privileged, despite the fact she still feels like a party crasher.” source
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Content notes
- kidnapping
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kidnapping: “Taken hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme, or else.” Source
