Power and Possession by Rachel Avery

ARC Review

🤍 Song to set the mood🤍

“I’ll murder you here in cold blood for even thinking about touching what is mine.”

Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age
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Blurb

She’s the daughter of his enemy. He’s a criminal who plans on kidnapping her to force his enemy’s hand. But after taking her, he starts to doubt everything he’s ever known.

Ashlynn wants nothing more than to distance herself from her narcissistic father and live her own life in the UK, far from the New York penthouse she was raised in. But when her father crosses an international art thief and is forced into hiding, Ashlynn gets wrapped up in the very world she tries to flee.

Steele is seeking revenge, determined to humiliate and usurp his enemy by any means possible. But when he kidnaps Ashlynn, he takes on way more than he bargained for. Fiery, passionate, and stubborn, Ashlynn never gives up and Steele can’t help but admire her—and, much to his dismay—desire her.

Can Ashlynn ever return Steele’s feelings, especially given how their relationship started out? Or will she plot against him to return to her father’s world?

Expected publication April 29, 2024

What to expect:

❥ Dual POV ❥ Enemies to Lovers ❥ Spicy
❥ Feisty FMC ❥ Curvy FMC ❥ Kidnapping
❥ Morally Gray MMC ❥ Possessive MMC ❥ He Falls First

Review

Power and Possession is about Steele and Ashlynn. Steele is an art thief and lord who’s insanely rich and someone you don’t want to mess with, which is something Ashlynn’s father tries to do, which leads to Steele kidnapping Ashlynn. Steele did not expect a woman like Ashlynn to appear in his life (I mean, besides the fact that he kidnapped her and forced her into his life), because this woman has fire, and she’s not letting herself capture easily, and she’s not an easy woman to hold captive.

She had a knife to my throat, and, instead of ending her life, I’d kissed her.

This book is on the shorter side, so if you’re expecting some in-depth romance with a complicated plot, then this book isn’t for you. There is chemistry from the beginning, and it doesn’t take long for them to act on, but Steele is quickly feeling something more about Ashlynn, while Ashlynn is like “I can’t love a man who kidnapped me”, which I have to say sounds pretty reasonable. So Steele got some work cut out for him, not just to keep Ashlynn safe, because Steele is not the only person Ashlynn’s father has wronged, but he has also decided to make Ashlynn care about him.

Daniel Steele is the perfect morally grey MMC, who’s a bit unhinged when it comes to what’s right and wrong, and how far he’s willing to go for what he wants. Him falling for Ashlynn made me swoon, because he’s adorable 🥰

Ashlynn is a complicated character, but I loved her. She has some insecurities about her curves, but Steele is obsessed with her body, which was really nice to read. Her feelings for Steele are mixed, which I’d expect them to be, and there is a little Stockholm Syndrome feel to it all, and while she is the reason he gets hurt at some point, she’s also the reason he doesn’t. She is spirited, brave and very independent, which makes a really great FMC in my eyes.

The ending was the best part of the book, which sounds weird I guess, but it was just a perfect ending to everything they’ve been through. It was an emotional rollercoaster in the best way, and it was a sweet and mildly spicy ride.