Captive

by Candace Wondrak

Things were supposed to be simple for practice her killing skills on the worst men out there so she can go after the man who took her sister from her. One more kill and she’ll join the ranks of the best serial killers out there, and she’ll get there by emulating a famous killer so all fingers point to him and not her.


Only it doesn’t go as planned. The local serial killer she copies? Happens to go after the same man she does… on the same night.


Oh, and it turns out D.D.K. isn’t just one man, but a whole team a group of three men with their own baggage and their own code. Since D.D.K. doesn’t kill women, the only way to make sure she doesn’t spill their secrets is to take her with them as a captive.


But Abby isn’t your average girl. Her heart is just as black as theirs.


Escaping isn’t on her radar, but getting to know the three men behind the mask is. Their anger at the world mirrors her own, and never in her life has she felt more connected to someone else, let alone three men who tug at parts of her she thought didn’t exist.


Suddenly revenge might not be the only thing Abby wants.


What’s better than cold, bloody justice you dole out yourself? Having your cake and eating it, too.

270 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2026

About the author

Hey guys! I'm a writer, an office worker, a wife, a mother to two dogs and two cats, and half of a strange pair of young adults who flip the houses they're living in with the goal of having no mortgage (so that I can eventually focus on my writing career!). Needless to say, I'm busy.

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Reviews

[ᴊᴇꜱꜱᴛʜᴇʙᴏᴏᴋᴅᴇᴍᴏɴ · Rating 3 out of 5]

for a book about serial unalivers, this didn’t have much unaliving in it 😒 i think i just had such high expectations of this book after reading the author’s 𝑨 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒐 𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 series.

they spent most of the time in the house doing… nothing. it took them all a bit to get together. also the refractory periods of the guys were just… very unbelievable.

and the number of times the the guys mentioned they weren’t together and there was no “sword crossing” (i hate this phrase SO much, btw). like we get it, you don’t like each other like that. it doesn’t make you less of a serial unaliver if you did 😒





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MFMM, 1st person multi-POV, HEA, standalone

[Terri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this book. It was a completely off the wall, fun read. Yes, it's about serial killers but it was amusing and not as dark as some of her other books. It was what I needed to read. I like when the bad guys get their just desserts and the good guys find some peace by falling in love with someone who helps make them better, not changing them just giving them something they needed. Spice level was good.

[Carola · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hoped for Butcher and Blackbird vibes, got disappointed instead.

[Stephanie Lloyd · Rating 4 out of 5]

killers love too

A cute little serial killer romance. I found some of it silly but still enjoyed this book. I will be recommending this book to my sister.