The Captive

by Amanda M. Holt

Simone is trying to make the best of her voluntary imprisonment at Grant Keep, but the letter from her father indicating that she is to marry Bastian, the cousin who shares in her curse and is supposed to be acting as her protector -- well it infuriates her, and makes her captivity all the more cruel. With the full moon approaching, the Heat in her blood growing stronger each day, she knows all too well what will happen when the change overcomes herself and Bastian alike! Her protector taunts her, as he is also privy to the she will be his willing bitch all to soon. Yet there is a strange scent on the breeze and the flash of something golden through the trees -- Simone is one scream too late in warning their lone servant about the menacing beast at the kitchen door. When the golden werewolf enters the castle, seeking the female in Heat, Simone knows that she is in trouble. The kind of trouble that tears its way right through Bastian, heading straight for her?

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First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Born in British Columbia, Canada in 1979, raised in Manitoba, Amanda Mary-Margaret Holt is the oldest of four children. She began writing at an early age, stories that always seemed to be of one paranormal genre or another. Sometimes these stories thrilled her teachers and parents...other times, they served only to horrify.

With no formal post-secondary training in English or literature studies, Amanda credits various teachers (Mr. Elliott and Mr. Ortwein, for example), her family, and her dear friend Ms. T with fostering her growth and development as an author.

Amanda worked a variety of jobs as a younger adult: she was a graphic artist, a bartender, an electrician's apprentice, a security guard, a graphic artist, a waitress, an adult novelty clerk, and at one point, even an Electrolux sales person. She recieved her Computer Programmer/Analyst diploma in 2003 and is now pursuing Bachelor of Nursing studies at the fourth-year level.

While dark fantasy is her favourite genre to write in, she has tried her hand at both mainstream erotica and contemporary romance and enjoyed those as well. So long as her heroine is a woman who is brave enough to face her darkest fears and bold enough to realize her innermost fantasies, therein lies a tale that Miss Holt aspires to tell.

You can email Amanda at holt_writer@hotmail.com or visit her webpage at www.amandamholt.com


Also writes as Alessandra Gayle