Bodice Ripper Readers Anonymous discussion

I have read a book with a strange scene where the powerful controlling hero dragged the heroine, his wife, to the police station and told her he was going to use his influence to put her in jail for a month, to teach her a lesson or make her behave or whatever. She was terrified, she fell on his feet, crying and begging hard, he kept terrorizing her till she lost conscious. Can someone recommend something close? contemporary or historical?
Will really appreciate any suggestions
Thanks

Stormfire by Christine Monson (may God rest her soul!).

In this book, the H abuses the h, but they aren't married when the abuse takes place.

What is the name of the book where H takes his wife to the police station?

Thank you very much Andrea, The book was called Retribution by a an unknown writer called Julia Ban. This scene is very stuck in my mind, I will try Stormfire (seems very good), hope for more recommendations.
Thanks

Stormfire is great if you're looking for mean heroes.
Here are some suggestions (I'm fond of villain H, and this series from Julia Ban is on my TBR list)
Lemonade Fiendish: A Twisted Fairytale Claiming the Courtesan The Decimation of Mae Born to be Bound All for MaddieThe Conqueror Stolen

Ok, thanks a lot Vellini, going to start with Lemonade, it seems good, read and liked the conqueror. Decimation of Mae doesn't seem to have a good plot and tragic end?
Thanks and hope for more recommendations, I still wonder if there is something where hero terrified heroine and made her beg this way, I found Julia Ban's hero a well plotted jerk.

In Caress and Conquer the hero makes the heroine beg not to sell her indenture papers to his fiance and then forces her to be his mistress until he marries the evil OW (he never marries the OW). It's an old school train wreck with all sorts of bad behavior by the hero.

Ok, thanks Katiev, going to have a look at this one too

Maybe try Monster by Francette Phal. (No clue how to do a link here)

Ok, thanks Tina. I did read Monster, it was great, a rare dark romance that has a good plot and well written

Oh yes, sorry Margo, don't read "Decimation of mae" and "fiendish" if you want HEA, and you can try E.L. Beth, H in her books are extremly violent, I personally read her books out of curiosity and I love antiH but find myself rating them 1star every time

Thanks Vellini going to try E L Beth, why did give Forced marriage 1 star by the way?

Well, I really like anti H, but the h must fight back or at least have some dignity and doesn't melt in his arms easily, unfortunatly all h in E.L. Beth books are TSTL, and for forced marriage it was not different the book was too short and there have been no groveling at all

Ah, bad plot then, I don't like it either when all the purpose is showing sub dom scenes without well developed events but still I'm going to try it.

Hi, why don't you try . there was a scene where the hero tied the heroine and hurt her (erotic scene) and she kept beginning him to stop till she lost conscious. I think it has a perfect plot.

Vellini wrote: "Well, I really like anti H, but the h must fight back or at least have some dignity and doesn't melt in his arms easily, unfortunatly all h in E.L. Beth books are TSTL, and for forced marriage it w..."

What is TSTL?

TSTL = Too Stupid To Live

LOL! Thank you.

Hi, all thanks for the suggestions hope there re more

Hello, I'm trying to keep this thread as I like it, I suggest you read consequences by Aleasea Romeg

I suggest it has all from rape and forced marriage to many other strange scenes...terrible hero

Raji wrote: "I suggest it has all from rape and forced marriage to many other strange scenes...terrible hero"

Hi Raji,it's funny you're suggesting this book, because with Jiha we're looking for it, see the topic here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

- I don't read this (or any other groups reading threads consistently) and so this book may have already been suggested and if so, then I am sorry for the repeat. This book fits your request.

This book had one of the most brutal rapes scenes I have ever read in a romance book by the hero that I kept reading. It went on for many pages. The heroine was a virgin and not only did he brutally rape her but he repeatedly strucker her in the face. I have read other books with worse rape scenes but in those books I could not continue to read them. They bothered me too much. It shocked me but despite the rape and the heroes' nasty personalty I felt sorry for him. I could not tell you why because while his childhood was not good other heroes and heroines have worse ones.

Kat wrote: " - I don't read this (or any other groups reading threads consistently) and so this book may have already been suggested and if so, then I am sorry for the repeat. This..."

Yes Kat this one is marvellous. In fact I suggest it everywhere though I believe not every body's read.

cab someone suggest me books similar to lemonade by nina pennachi, please. I really love it and i can't seem to find any.

Dahiya wrote: "cab someone suggest me books similar to lemonade by nina pennachi, please. I really love it and i can't seem to find any."

Hi Dahiya, you've come to the right place. This group is filled with books similar to Lemonade.
Any thread here will be filled with the books you're looking for. Also there's the group's book shelf
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

You could also try these lists...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

You can read most of these books for free on OpenLibrary here
https://openlibrary.org/

Ann wrote: "Dahiya wrote: "cab someone suggest me books similar to lemonade by nina pennachi, please. I really love it and i can't seem to find any."

Hi Dahiya, you've come to the right place. This group is f..."
Hey Ann! thank you so much for the recommendations and it's very considerate of you. I do look forward to reading some of these.

Thanks Ann for those links. To be honest most BR have a$$hole H treating the h badly.
Personally, I love The Silver Devil and The Flesh and the Devil by Terrsa Denys , definitely great books to read.

Devil's Embrace Secret Songby Catherine Coulter. Most of her books have a badly behaved H and she loves to make her h suffer.

The Copeland Bride by Clsire Kiehl
The Conqueror by Brenda Joyce
Lions and Lace by Meagan Mckinney
Unforgivable by Joanna Chambers -- Not really a BR.
To Have and To Hold by Patrica Gaffney
The Libertine's Wife by Karolyn Cairns

I would definitely try the links Ann provided!

Lauren wrote: "Thanks Ann for those links. To be honest most BR have a$$hole H treating the h badly. "

Yep, that is pretty much BR's thing. They're romance historical but most romance historicals are not BR.

Oh the story has three men in live with this h. The H treats her badly at first and then make a d*****bag move that hurts the h.

I liked the plot of Julia Ban book though after reading many books after it I wish it was written by another writer with a style like Francette phal. Hope for more suggestions as I like cruel heroes and intense plots.

Very dark series called ESPOSITO MAFIA SERIES by:

https://www.goodreads.com/series/3702...

Both heroines in this series are petrified/traumatized beyond comprehension.

First book in the series (view spoiler)[ Hero forces the father of the heroine to watch him perform sexual acts on his daughter vice versa while the father of the heroine is being tortured (burned). Hero kills/tortures heroine's family and friends by the end of the book, makes heroine eat best friends remains in a soup. Hero forces heroine to have a c-section without any medication. Lots of other stuff. (hide spoiler)]



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Second book in the series (view spoiler)[ Hero rapes the heroine taking her virginity in front of a waiter forcing the waiter to watch. Hero then kills the waiter after forcing him to watch because he looked the heroine in her eyes and smiled at the heroine while taking her order. Hero gouged the waiters eyes out and sliced an ear to ear smile on the waiter's face. Heroine was so traumatize she ended up having a heart attack because of the hero. Hero beats heroine with a sledge hammer. (hide spoiler)]