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Kept: A Dark Erotic Stepbrother Romance
Kelly
He says I belong to him now. God help me, I think he’s right.
Roman
I didn’t just inherit the family empire. I inherited her.
Our parents thought they were protecting their angel. They thought a trust fund and an arranged marriage would keep her safe from the world.
They had no idea I was the one they should’ve feared.
Now, our parents are gone, and the will left me with everything.
I control the money. I control the estate. And thanks to a morality clause, I control her.
She thinks she can negotiate, but she’s wrong.
If she wants her allowance, she has to earn it. If she wants to survive, she has to belong to me.
I've waited to claim her, and now that she’s on her knees, I’m never letting her go.
Kept is a standalone novella in a dark step-brother erotic series. There’s no easy redemption, no soft romance, and no safety promised. Themes include extreme power exchange, brutal stepsibling obsession, forbidden love, psychological control, and a dark, jealous, possessive anti-hero who will cross every line to keep what’s his.
Read only if you crave the extreme.
He says I belong to him now. God help me, I think he’s right.
Roman
I didn’t just inherit the family empire. I inherited her.
Our parents thought they were protecting their angel. They thought a trust fund and an arranged marriage would keep her safe from the world.
They had no idea I was the one they should’ve feared.
Now, our parents are gone, and the will left me with everything.
I control the money. I control the estate. And thanks to a morality clause, I control her.
She thinks she can negotiate, but she’s wrong.
If she wants her allowance, she has to earn it. If she wants to survive, she has to belong to me.
I've waited to claim her, and now that she’s on her knees, I’m never letting her go.
Kept is a standalone novella in a dark step-brother erotic series. There’s no easy redemption, no soft romance, and no safety promised. Themes include extreme power exchange, brutal stepsibling obsession, forbidden love, psychological control, and a dark, jealous, possessive anti-hero who will cross every line to keep what’s his.
Read only if you crave the extreme.
- GenresDark Romance
145 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 19, 2026
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June 20, 2026If you're into noncon (heavy), forbidden (step-siblings), pain kink, degradation, and OTT jealous/obsessive/possessive MMC, then you might enjoy this novella. 🫣 Poor girl didn't know she could never escape.
June 10, 2026
A very taboo 3.5 star read
History was definitely taboo. We had a lot of of my favorite elements: possessive, obsessive, morally, Gray, a.k.a. morally, black, alpha male who literally created a world to exist the way he wanted it too. Literally orchestrated the capture of his prey, a.k.a. his stepsister.
I completely understand it’s a particular ”vibe” but I’m not personally a fan of degradation and her body betrayed her trope but if you are, the story is full of it. Toward the end is when it turned into a story, I can sync my teeth into.
Now, as far as the steam goes?? Holy wow! Nicki hit all of the buttons, all of the shameless unapologetic needs of us dark Gurleys. Loved every second of that portion of the story throughout. And there was a ton of it to boot!
All in all, a pretty good introduction to a New to me author Niki Love. It caught my attention enough, I liked it enough, but I’m gonna give a second book of her a shot.
History was definitely taboo. We had a lot of of my favorite elements: possessive, obsessive, morally, Gray, a.k.a. morally, black, alpha male who literally created a world to exist the way he wanted it too. Literally orchestrated the capture of his prey, a.k.a. his stepsister.
I completely understand it’s a particular ”vibe” but I’m not personally a fan of degradation and her body betrayed her trope but if you are, the story is full of it. Toward the end is when it turned into a story, I can sync my teeth into.
Now, as far as the steam goes?? Holy wow! Nicki hit all of the buttons, all of the shameless unapologetic needs of us dark Gurleys. Loved every second of that portion of the story throughout. And there was a ton of it to boot!
All in all, a pretty good introduction to a New to me author Niki Love. It caught my attention enough, I liked it enough, but I’m gonna give a second book of her a shot.
September 25, 2026
I like the other book I’ve read by this author better. This one has too much of a rape edge to it for me. Her being so terrified and dry and him taking anyway is not something I really enjoy reading.
I feel like it could have been tamed down just a smidge and it would have been the perfect level of forced, but not really.
I feel like it could have been tamed down just a smidge and it would have been the perfect level of forced, but not really.
June 27, 2026
Some of the unhinged elements I really enjoyed in this. But the character arc for the FMC seemed like she didn’t really learn anything. Would have loved for it to be expanded into a full length novel to give the characters time to breathe and experience more character growth.
August 28, 2026
Welp, that was dark but I knew it was going to be. Check your trigger warnings!
November 5, 2026
great book definitely worth a read
Great book 😊 definitely one I’ll read again.
Hopefully there’s a second book
Loved the characters and the story line
Great dark romance
Great book 😊 definitely one I’ll read again.
Hopefully there’s a second book
Loved the characters and the story line
Great dark romance
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