Captured Desire by Raya Morris Edwards

This is fully rewritten version of the novella published under the title “Captured Darkness.” It bears some similarities to the original work.

Captured Desire is the first in the Captured Standalones. They can be read separately or together. Captured Desire is an enemies to lovers dark romance with dual POV and an HEA. It contains content only suitable for adults.

Iris

At a weekend away in an exclusive resort in Miami, social media influencer, Iris Scavo finds herself having an encounter with a mysterious stranger. The next morning, she wakes up to find him gone and she accidentally runs across a piece of information she didn’t want to know.
Now she’s his prisoner and she’s wondering why she was ever attracted to him in the first place. He’s sarcastic, rude, and he’s convinced she’s a spy and that’s grounds enough to hold her on his private island.
There’s also a darker side to him that she never anticipated. A brutal mercilessness that befits one of the most powerful men she’s ever met. It terrifies her…but she can’t seem to keep away.

Duran
On a precarious mission for the Italian-American NY mafia, Duran Esposito runs into feisty Iris Scavo, who just might be the girl of his dreams. The only problem? She’s acting a lot like a threat to his mafia organization and that leaves him with no choice but to hold her hostage.
The other problem? Maybe she isn’t the girl of his dreams after all. Maybe she’s driving him crazy in more ways than one.

Taking Iris causes a bigger stir than Duran anticipates. And now he’s so deep in, he’s not sure how to get out. Or if he even wants to anymore.