{"canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/tropes/criminal-underworld-romance/","locale":"en","type":"trope","data":{"label":"criminal-underworld-romance","slug":"criminal-underworld-romance","pitch":"Anna Zaires writes romance with criminal-underworld-romance: Keep Me.","works":[{"title":"Keep Me","author":"Anna Zaires","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/anna-zaires/keep-me/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2014,"seriesTitle":"Twist Me","seriesOrder":2,"worldName":"Zaires Dark Contemporary","tropes":[{"slug":"antihero","label":"Antihero"},{"slug":"captivity","label":"Captivity"},{"slug":"criminal-underworld-romance","label":"criminal-underworld-romance"},{"slug":"dark-romance","label":"Dark Romance"},{"slug":"dark-captor-captive-romance","label":"dark-captor-captive-romance"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"forced-marriage","label":"forced-marriage"},{"slug":"gilded-cage","label":"gilded-cage"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort","label":"hurt-comfort"},{"slug":"morally-gray-villain-hero","label":"morally-gray-villain-hero"},{"slug":"possessive-protector-hero","label":"possessive-protector-hero"},{"slug":"revenge-and-rescue-mission","label":"revenge-and-rescue-mission"},{"slug":"trauma-bond","label":"trauma-bond"},{"slug":"woman-warrior-heroine","label":"woman-warrior-heroine"},{"slug":"wounded-warrior","label":"wounded-warrior"}],"summary":"Abducted at eighteen. Held captive for 15 months.\n\nIt reads like one of those headlines. And yes, I did it. I stole her. Nora, with her long dark hair and silky skin. She’s my weakness, my obsession.\n\nI’m not a good man. I never pretended to be one. She can love me, but she can’t change me.\n\nI can, however, change her.\n\nMy name is Julian Esguerra, and Nora is mine to keep.","pitch":"Keep Me by Anna Zaires is a 2014 romance. Tropes: Antihero, Captivity, criminal-underworld-romance, Dark Romance, dark-captor-captive-romance, Forced Proximity, forced-marriage, gilded-cage, hurt-comfort, morally-gray-villain-hero, possessive-protector-hero, revenge-and-rescue-mission, trauma-bond, woman-warrior-heroine, wounded-warrior. Heat 5/5. Book 2 of Twist Me.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"}]}}