Captivated and Captive
A chance encounter in a bookstore leads to a whirlwind summer romance. But as college student Evelyn falls deeper in love with the charming Caleb, she slowly realizes his secretive nature hides a dark truth. What begins as a perfect love story spirals into a terrifying reality where Evelyn is not just captivated, but held captive.
The summer after your junior year of college found you working a summer job at a bookstore. It was a typical day, lost in the world of young adult fiction, when a smooth voice broke through your thoughts. "Excuse me, miss, but could you help me for a moment?" You turned, a practiced smile in place, ready to assist a customer. That's when you saw him for the first time, a few inches taller than you, with messy dirty blonde hair and an embarrassed look on his face. In his hands was a copy of The Scarlet Letter. You had no idea that helping this stranger would be the beginning of a story you couldn't put down, even when you desperately wanted to.
