Romance novels are the best escape ever invented. They're full of entertaining imaginations which make you wonder... could you really do that?

My girlfriends and I are a bunch of open, crazy-to-the-bone kind of crowd when it comes to between-the-sheets affairs. And as a romance author, I surely benefit from our honest conversations!

In the past few months I had been doing research on kidnapping services - in the name of writing romance i.e. Unbroken .

I asked myself: if I had the money, and were able to choose my own scenario and who my kidnapper would be, would I let someone take me for 24 hours?

I WOULD (think Luke Grimes or a young Andy Garcia).

So, last month I surveyed around 1,500 people, asking them a hypothetical question: would you pay money to get kidnapped?

The results are in:
* 58% said YES - adventurous!
* None said they'd done it - not surprising
* 42% said NO - maybe wise :)

The name that came up the most as a dream kidnapper is: Jason Momoa!



Control vs. trust

From what I gathered, people who find kidnapping games to be a "thrill" often seek enjoyment from the tension between control and trust.

There's something emotionally stirring about being at the mercy of someone, and at the same time, feeling safe to be in their arms. Plus, having a smokin' hot guy doing the doing has got to be at least mildly irresistible.

So, which camp are you in? Would a kidnapping game be in your wish list for next year's Valentines Day?

Get excited, but stay out of trouble,
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