Wrongfully Yours

by Connie Easton

Quamir “Soul” Kelly comes through like a thief in the night wiping out those who cause friction to the organization. His profession stems from the mistreatment as a child and now he’s the one soulless person you didn’t want to encounter. He is thorough and accurate each and every time, even when it comes to things that are unexpected.

Millie-Rose Taylor is the spoiled, rich girl who has no cares about anything or anyone. She is the only one she sees in her world. She’s dreamed of being a wife for so long that the moment finally presented itself. Her beauty captured attention and even hearts that aren’t supposed to be claimed.

Two personalities collide and share a space that causes them to look at what’s in front of them instead of what’s surrounding them. It’s on them to sort out their differences and come to a conclusion that benefits all parties.

Genres: Audiobook, Forced Proximity, Kidnapping, African American Romance, Dark Romance, African American

Kindle Edition

Published February 19, 2025

Reviews

[*Ebony I* · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hatred to Love

I love a good kidnapping turned love story. 

Qamir lost his father at the young age of 7, and his life was forever changed. He is now in his thirties and finally has a chance to avenge his death which starts by kidnapping Millie. A spoiled rich girl that doesn't know her life has been funded on the lies, thievery, and murders her father, Davis committed.

I liked the story, but the love story wasn't that believable 🤷🏾‍♀️ Millie is trying to use what she has to get what she wants (freedom), but that backfires and they end up feeling a connection to one another. The shift wasn't smooth and needed to better paced. Then the lack luster resolution for Davis...he was doing the most the whole story and we didn't get a scene of him being arrested from his dumb azz pov? 

The foundation wasn't bad, just needed a little more.

[Sheronda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually really enjoyed this book. The first book I read from the author. Both main characters grew on me throughout the book.

[Kyeatta H · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m going to church on Sunday and pray for deliverance. I ain’t never wanted to be kidnapped so bad in my life. Lmaooo. I’m not calling this man Soul it’s Quamir!!! It was the hearing aids for me. Idk what the hell but I want more of this from Connie she wrote the hell out of this book.

[NwabiReads · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was good however pacing

This was a good book with a great premise! I really enjoyed the plot and the dynamic between Millie and Quamir. Also Ava as a side character was enjoyable. I was fully intrigued with the story and the first half had me. However, the pacing of the book felt very off.in the firs half we have the set up of the premise and plot and it flows really well, we also kind of get a background and understanding the characters and of their personalities. Then in the second half it felt so rushed like we are trying to pack all of these things in at once. Firstly there is no real establishment of how Millie and Quamir even had a connection, yes we see they have physical attraction, but it jumps from them having thoughts of their physical attraction to them having random sex to them both having thoughts of they are falling for the other, and my question is how? Also the plot gets a rush to finish on Millie's dad and honestly it wasn't satisfactory. This was a really good time reading just needed better pacing!

['The Book Queen' · Rating 5 out of 5]

5-star story and 3.5-star ending.

I was grooving with this story easily, until the ending. The MMC was super mysterious. I guess if you are a hired assassin, it pays to be quiet. The mix-up and then finding the man who killed his dad was a coup. The kidnapping and then the twists in the story were epic good. Although the FMC got on my last nerves with her pampered princess persona, she eventually grew on me. Overall, the story was very good.

[Ebony · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25⭐️ I’m a sucker for some kidnapping. This was good!!

[Jahda · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

[BlackLove222 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Spoiler Alert 🚨 🚨🚨
I was so excited about this book, and it let me down. There are so many things that don’t make sense.

1. Why didn’t the organization or the Rev try to find Soul as a little boy?
2. Who is the Rev? I am confused. 😵‍💫
3. If he only lived an hour away from his childhood home where Davis lived, why didn’t he kill him a long time ago?
4. Why is the governor and his family ok with a public marriage of his son who would be a practicing polygamist? Why would a governor allow this? What would he gain?
5. What is the point of Ms. Ava being white besides the bad jokes? Her racial identity was used to make her a round character but she was annoying as hell.
6. Why so much homophobia? What was the point?
7. No one could steal four billion without it being highly questionable. That’s one thing. But the other: you only offer $100k and $2 million for your daughter?!?!? A billionaire would not make that mistake.

I have so many ideas on how the author could have fleshed out her premise for the better but I’m tired.

[Jaliesa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I ate these pages right up., yeaaa I’m here for Quamir & Millie

I’m not gone lie , it’s something about them kidnapping turn love stories that have me hooked from the beginning to the end . Connie I likeeee A lot . It could have been the Stockholm syndrome
Butttt I don’t think so, I know I know! 😩 I’m glad they both got their HEA I was for it either way! & everybody got what they deserved .


Tray is a fool he was so funny to me. Sweet Ms Ava!

[JazzReads · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5… I like the overall plot of the story especially with the different tropes however, I did not like the flow of this book. I listened to the audio version and I really struggled with the narration especially the MMC. I really had to force myself to finish this book because it is a bookclub read. I feel like the star of the books is the FMC mom because she gave up everything just to get her daughter back. I struggled with the homophobia and the transition between kidnapped to loving the MMC.

[Keesha · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy a good kidnapping/forced proximity story however, this one was missing something. There may have been too many characters or too many elements and that made the book lose focus. The connection between the FMC and MMC was missing. There was no heat, no angst, no surprisingly touching moments between them before they became a couple. This one missed the mark unfortunately.

[Jerrica (Mrsmar10Reads) Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kidnapping be lit!

Quamir "Soul" Kelly was the baddest man! He was just so smooth it made no sense. He was also mean as a snake and looking for revenge. Imagine his surprise when his latest target was marrying the daughter of his biggest opp. Millie truly was a spoiled brat. She thought the world of herself and couldn't see the forest for the trees. Soul broke her down like a fraction and revealed every dirty detail about her "husband" and her daddy. You can call it Stockholm or whatever you want, but Millie falling for Quamir was the best thing she ever did. They really bought out the best in each other and it was cute. I loved that Ms.Lana handled her husband the way she did. That man deserved hell more than a jail cell though. He was truly a snake and I'm glad the twins and Soul were associated because things could have easily ended differently. Happy Reading Y'all!💋

[Jaye · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes, you need a little stockholm syndrome to find the man of your dreams. Ok, ok, let me stop, but this book is one of my favorite books this month. Now kidnapping or any dark or forbidden romance can almost always have me swooning. But this one definitely did. I love how I got to see almost all the most important characters change for the better. This book started with Soul cool hearted and actively pushing away anyone who tried to get close. It ended with him opening up and having a way more open approach. I love seeing his change and how soft he was with Millie. And Millie started this book, air headed and all about her daddy being her saver. Boy, did she get a reality check. She was no longer that air head daddies girl at the end. The love Millie & Soul have for each other is shown so beautifully in this book. It's like as soon as the switch was flipped, they were on each other like peanut butter on jelly.

•Big D or David ain't nothing was big about you. You honestly ain't ishh for letting your daughter be less important to you than money. You went ahead and didn't move any motion. You had all this money but had to get the money from someone else to even do anything. And screaming in your car and taking big ishh as soon as you ain't in front of the person is crazy.

•Lana you did your big one. This is what I wanted to see with your husband. You handle business with the quickness and got your husband put where he belongs. Now it wasn't in the dirt like I wanted, but he got worse, and that made it better

•And finally, Mama Ava, I love me some of you. You went ahead and protected Millie better than her daddy even could. You and Mama Lana need to link up because yall are a force to be reckon with.

[Goddess’ Smut Library 🩷 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3⭐️🌶️ I like that Millie and Soul had a happy ending, but I feel like I didn’t really feel the love connection between the two. The book had some very uneven pacing, and the Stockholm syndrome took me by surprise because it literally came out of nowhere. I do think that it was kind of funny the way the author talked about his disabilities.

[Princess Queen · Rating 5 out of 5]

First book by this author! Pretty good!

[Lisette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved, Loved, Loved this!!!

[Naee.Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

An unplanned, forced vacation? Well okay then.

This books is the book for you if you’re into a *little bit* of kidnapping and an MMC that is a *tiny* bit mean, but with GREAT reason to be. MMC has childhood trauma, is a hitman, extremely honest, not driven by money & gives very much BDE!! The FMC is literally the definition of “just a girl”. FMC is very much in her “this is my world, y’all just live it in”. This book has kidnapping, forced proximity, found family, MMC that is hard till he turns to a teddy bear, FMC who is all about herself till she isn’t. Happy reading all!!

[Jess A. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kidnapping…

I was disappointed in this book. The grammar was fine. The plot and idea was there but…I just didn’t care for it. Really almost DNF. I think the development was lacking and the character depth just wasn’t there. I kinda liked the MMC but he really was the same from start to finish, hated the FMC, didn’t like the MMC’s mom. We learned of the cousin and her suspected marital issues but she never came back up. I thought she was gonna be married to the doctor old friend as a twist that we met but he also never came back up. Tiktok girlies may have sold me on a dream with this one.

[Jenae · Rating 2 out of 5]

There was a thought, an idea if you will but it kinda went nowhere fast. The book has good bones but the meat is way off. The pacing makes no sense. A good chunk of the book nothing happens…like things happen but nothing of consequence or things that need to know happen. Whole ass characters just get left out the rest of the book like why were mentioned in the first place like Jaelyn and the granny. The not so subtle unnecessary homophobia. Nothing happened for Millie to go from hey I just got kidnapped to I love this man.

[The Reading Sunflower · Rating 5 out of 5]

My bookclub's book of the month 🫶🏾

I think it was a pretty good read. I liked that Soul was a hitman, it fit his character. Millie was definitely a spoiled girl, & her daddy was wrong on so many levels! I like enemies to lovers trope too, it keeps the book spicy. Millie softened Soul right on up.

[Tre · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really liked this story, it would’ve gotten a higher rating if it wasn’t unnecessarily homophobic. Davis being homophobic was expected, he was a terrible person but all the other homophobic comments from other characters? And only one person stood up for him once.

[SheaButtahBookhead · Rating 2 out of 5]

Character dev: 👤
Originality: 📝📝
Narration: 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️
Plot: 📖📖
Spice: 🌶️
Action: 👊🏽
Troupe: enemies to lovers, captive
Triggers:

This book had a lot of potential being a captive enemies to lovers dark Romance . But to me, it was missing something. There wasn’t enough time spent with the two main characters together to really build up all of the emotions associated with a enemies to lovers storyline it happened kind of instantly, and there wasn’t enough going on for my taste. There was no climax to the story or anything to invoke any emotion from me. It fell flat for me.

Overall not believable, and the ending was dull. if you are looking for a captive enemies to lovers type romance, give this a try and see if you like it.

[perfectlyamberb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing wrong with a lil kidnapping

Imagine falling for the man who murdered your fiancé. This was a ride! Quamir and Millie came together in the most unlikely of ways, and honestly, I was here for it. Millie needed a little humbling, and what's a better way to humble a stuck-up, entitled woman than kidnapping her and forcing her to stay in a dungeon while unraveling her so-called perfect life? And Quamir needed someone to care for him outside of his mother. The chemistry was there, and I loved that they acted on it and let it bloom into something. Millie's father was a piece of work, and I'm so glad he got what was coming to him.

[Pookie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quamir “Soul” Kelly x Millie-Rose “Millie” Taylor

I love a good kidnapping….it’s actually my favorite trope, but this one felt a little off.

The storyline was really good. I was all for Quamir avenging his father’s death and kidnapping Mille in the process. However, their connection seemed so rushed. They had very little communication or interaction and when they finally did, they were all in love????

Then the way Davis was handled fell a little flat. I was expecting more from everyone he wronged. Unfortunately, it all seemed so rushed.

This book had so much potential. The plot was there and the character development was really good, but it needed a little more oomph!

[Shawn M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Q: what do you do when you fall in love with the woman you supposed to be holding captive? Or…. Or is it Stockholm syndrome if you fall for the man keeping you locked in a cage in his basement??

A: It’s just fate bringing yall together 😂🥹🤦🏾‍♀️!!!

Quamir was simply doing his job and taking out targets for the organization he works for. He stumbles upon his next victims bratty ass daughter and decide well maybe if I take her for handsome he’ll pay the money he owes. Unfortunately both him and Millie-Rose quickly discovered how important she was to her father.

Listen to me!!! The way this is book got under my all real bad 😝 😂. I loved Quamir instantly and I was strongly against the possibility of this spoiled brat getting her hands on my man 😂😂. However, Millie did prove herself to be more than what she appeared and by the end I was rooting for them.

Quamir’s mother was a trip and I was ready to fight her for continually disregarding my man’s wishes lol. But she had a good heart and good intentions.

This was definitely a good read but what else did you expect from Connie Easton but another banger??? Go add this to your TBR instantly!!!

[Kia Borner · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love a good Stockholm Syndrome book🤭

However, some of the comments made by the MMC about the FMCs friend threw me all the way off. To me, there’s never a reason for an author to write the MMC being homophobic especially when the MMC is supposed to be as “good” as he is. Especially when there was no reason for it? It honestly came outta nowhere. Definitely rubbed me the wrong way and it came towards the end of the book. It was so unnecessary.

[tane'a · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

[tanessia ford · Rating 5 out of 5]

welp

That man played no games! He was coming for every thing that was owed to him! Davis and Patrick wasn’t ish! But Patrick family wasn’t ish either!

[reading · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m not sure if it was Stockholm Syndrome or love. Connie DID THAT! Loved this one

[Lily · Rating 4 out of 5]

(3.5)