{"canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/tropes/hurt-comfort/","locale":"en","type":"trope","data":{"label":"hurt-comfort","slug":"hurt-comfort","pitch":"Romance with hurt-comfort: Claim Me by Anna Zaires, Angel's Cage by Anna Zaires, Forever Mine by Anna Zaires.","works":[{"title":"Claim Me","author":"Anna Zaires","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/anna-zaires/claim-me/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2016,"seriesTitle":"Capture Me","seriesOrder":3,"worldName":"Zaires Dark Contemporary","tropes":[{"slug":"captivity","label":"Captivity"},{"slug":"criminal-underworld","label":"criminal-underworld"},{"slug":"dark-romance","label":"Dark Romance"},{"slug":"dark-captor-captive-romance","label":"dark-captor-captive-romance"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort","label":"hurt-comfort"},{"slug":"morally-gray-antihero","label":"morally-gray-antihero"},{"slug":"obsessive-possessive-hero","label":"obsessive-possessive-hero"},{"slug":"protector-romance","label":"protector-romance"},{"slug":"revenge-and-retribution","label":"revenge-and-retribution"},{"slug":"sibling-rescue-and-reconciliation","label":"sibling-rescue-and-reconciliation"},{"slug":"spies","label":"Spies"},{"slug":"spy-romance","label":"spy-romance"}],"summary":"She’s on the run.\n\nYulia Tzakova’s freedom comes at a heavy price. Her former captor dominates her dreams, and survival consumes her waking moments. She may have escaped, but she’s far from safe.\n\nIn the shadowy world of spies and betrayal, nothing is what it seems.\n\nHe’s obsessed with getting her back.\n\nLucas Kent’s rage knows no bounds. The danger of his job occupies his days, but hunting down Yulia is what he lives for. When he finds her, she’ll never escape again.\n\nHe’ll do whatever it takes to keep her.","pitch":"Claim Me by Anna Zaires is a 2016 romance. Tropes: Captivity, criminal-underworld, Dark Romance, dark-captor-captive-romance, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Found Family, hurt-comfort, morally-gray-antihero, obsessive-possessive-hero, protector-romance, revenge-and-retribution, sibling-rescue-and-reconciliation, Spies, spy-romance. Heat 5/5. Book 3 of Capture Me.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Angel's Cage","author":"Anna Zaires","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/anna-zaires/angels-cage/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2021,"seriesTitle":"Molotov Obsession","seriesOrder":2,"worldName":"Zaires Dark Contemporary","tropes":[{"slug":"captive-and-captor","label":"captive-and-captor"},{"slug":"captivity","label":"Captivity"},{"slug":"dark-romance","label":"Dark Romance"},{"slug":"dark-mafia-romance","label":"dark-mafia-romance"},{"slug":"fated-mates","label":"Fated Mates"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"forced-marriage","label":"forced-marriage"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort","label":"hurt-comfort"},{"slug":"mafia","label":"Mafia"},{"slug":"morally-gray-hero","label":"morally-gray-hero"},{"slug":"possessive-protector-hero","label":"possessive-protector-hero"},{"slug":"rival-family-feud","label":"rival-family-feud"},{"slug":"secret-parentage","label":"secret-parentage"},{"slug":"villainous-biological-father","label":"villainous-biological-father"}],"summary":"Back in the devil’s lair, I’m at the mercy of a man who fascinates and terrifies me, a tender killer whose obsession with me is growing by the day. Nikolai Molotov is as much my captor as he is my protector, his compound both my safe haven and my gilded cage.\n\nIf only I could resist his lethally seductive touch… or fight his growing hold on my heart and mind. Because no matter how far I delve into the enigma of his past, I still don’t know the answer to the most crucial question:\n\nJust how dangerous is his love for me?\n\nNote: This is the conclusion of Nikolai and Chloe’s story.","pitch":"Angel's Cage by Anna Zaires is a 2021 romance. Tropes: captive-and-captor, Captivity, Dark Romance, dark-mafia-romance, Fated Mates, Forced Proximity, forced-marriage, hurt-comfort, Mafia, morally-gray-hero, possessive-protector-hero, rival-family-feud, secret-parentage, villainous-biological-father. Heat 5/5. Book 2 of Molotov Obsession.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Forever Mine","author":"Anna Zaires","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/anna-zaires/forever-mine/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2019,"seriesTitle":"Tormentor Mine","seriesOrder":4,"worldName":"Zaires Dark Contemporary","tropes":[{"slug":"antihero","label":"Antihero"},{"slug":"assassin","label":"Assassin"},{"slug":"captor-to-lover","label":"captor-to-lover"},{"slug":"conspiracy-and-false-accusation","label":"conspiracy-and-false-accusation"},{"slug":"dark-romance","label":"Dark Romance"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort","label":"hurt-comfort"},{"slug":"marriage-and-newlywed-romance","label":"marriage-and-newlywed-romance"},{"slug":"morally-gray-criminal-hero","label":"morally-gray-criminal-hero"},{"slug":"possessive-protector-hero","label":"possessive-protector-hero"},{"slug":"pregnancy-and-protective-parenthood","label":"pregnancy-and-protective-parenthood"},{"slug":"revenge","label":"Revenge"}],"summary":"I fought against fate, and I won. I made a deal with the devil to keep her.\n\nIt was supposed to be over. We were meant to be happy.\n\nToo bad my enemies had other plans.\n\nNote: This is the conclusion of Peter & Sara’s story. It is strongly recommended that you read the Twist Me and Capture Me trilogies before embarking on this book, as there will be major spoilers for those series.","pitch":"Forever Mine by Anna Zaires is a 2019 romance. Tropes: Antihero, Assassin, captor-to-lover, conspiracy-and-false-accusation, Dark Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Found Family, hurt-comfort, marriage-and-newlywed-romance, morally-gray-criminal-hero, possessive-protector-hero, pregnancy-and-protective-parenthood, Revenge. Heat 5/5. Book 4 of Tormentor Mine.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Twist Me","author":"Anna Zaires","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/anna-zaires/twist-me/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2014,"seriesTitle":"Twist Me","seriesOrder":1,"worldName":"Zaires Dark Contemporary","tropes":[{"slug":"age-gap-romance","label":"age-gap-romance"},{"slug":"antihero","label":"Antihero"},{"slug":"captivity","label":"Captivity"},{"slug":"dark-romance","label":"Dark Romance"},{"slug":"dark-captor-captive-romance","label":"dark-captor-captive-romance"},{"slug":"faked-death-and-reunion","label":"faked-death-and-reunion"},{"slug":"forbidden-all-consuming-love","label":"forbidden-all-consuming-love"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"hostage-rescue-mission","label":"hostage-rescue-mission"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort","label":"hurt-comfort"},{"slug":"look-alike-obsession","label":"look-alike-obsession"},{"slug":"morally-gray-criminal-hero","label":"morally-gray-criminal-hero"},{"slug":"obsessive-possessive-hero","label":"obsessive-possessive-hero"},{"slug":"private-island-captivity","label":"private-island-captivity"},{"slug":"trauma-bonding","label":"trauma-bonding"}],"summary":"Kidnapped. Taken to a private island.\n\nI never thought this could happen to me. I never imagined one chance meeting on the eve of my eighteenth birthday could change my life so completely.\n\nNow I belong to him. To Julian. To a man who is as ruthless as he is beautiful—a man whose touch makes me burn. A man whose tenderness I find more devastating than his cruelty.\n\nMy captor is an enigma. I don’t know who he is or why he took me. There is a darkness inside him — a darkness that scares me even as it draws me in.\n\nMy name is Nora Leston, and this is my story.","pitch":"Twist Me by Anna Zaires is a 2014 romance. Tropes: age-gap-romance, Antihero, Captivity, Dark Romance, dark-captor-captive-romance, faked-death-and-reunion, forbidden-all-consuming-love, Forced Proximity, hostage-rescue-mission, hurt-comfort, look-alike-obsession, morally-gray-criminal-hero, obsessive-possessive-hero, private-island-captivity, trauma-bonding. Heat 5/5. Book 1 of Twist Me.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"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"},{"title":"Hold Me","author":"Anna Zaires","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/anna-zaires/hold-me/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2015,"seriesTitle":"Twist Me","seriesOrder":3,"worldName":"Zaires Dark Contemporary","tropes":[{"slug":"antihero","label":"Antihero"},{"slug":"bdsm-power-exchange","label":"bdsm-power-exchange"},{"slug":"captivity","label":"Captivity"},{"slug":"dark-romance","label":"Dark Romance"},{"slug":"dark-captor-captive-romance","label":"dark-captor-captive-romance"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family-under-threat","label":"found-family-under-threat"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort","label":"hurt-comfort"},{"slug":"morally-gray-heroine","label":"morally-gray-heroine"},{"slug":"possessive-morally-gray-hero","label":"possessive-morally-gray-hero"},{"slug":"trauma-bonded-couple","label":"trauma-bonded-couple"}],"summary":"Captor and captive. Lovers. Soulmates.\n\nWe’re all that and more.\n\nWe thought we were past the worst of it. We thought we finally had a chance.\n\nWe thought wrong.\n\nWe’re Nora and Julian, and this is our story.","pitch":"Hold Me by Anna Zaires is a 2015 romance. Tropes: Antihero, bdsm-power-exchange, Captivity, Dark Romance, dark-captor-captive-romance, Forced Proximity, found-family-under-threat, hurt-comfort, morally-gray-heroine, possessive-morally-gray-hero, trauma-bonded-couple. Heat 5/5. Book 3 of Twist Me.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"The Love Deal","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/the-love-deal/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2023,"seriesTitle":null,"seriesOrder":null,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"blackmail-to-employment","label":"blackmail-to-employment"},{"slug":"boss-and-employee-romance","label":"boss-and-employee-romance"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"fake-plus-one-dating","label":"fake-plus-one-dating"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family-and-sisterhood","label":"found-family-and-sisterhood"},{"slug":"grumpy-sunshine","label":"Grumpy Sunshine"},{"slug":"high-school-history","label":"high-school-history"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort","label":"hurt-comfort"},{"slug":"marriage-of-convenience","label":"Marriage of Convenience"},{"slug":"only-single-sibling","label":"only-single-sibling"},{"slug":"prank-war","label":"prank-war"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"workplace-forbidden-romance","label":"workplace-forbidden-romance"}],"summary":"Honey Hyman (do NOT call her “hon”) is all leather, piercings, and tattoos. And yes, she may be just a tad deal-obsessed, but who isn’t? It’s not like her using coupons is stealing from anyone… unless, of course, those coupons are the fakes she created to help her elderly neighbors afford groceries from the Munch & Crunch, the uber-expensive supermarket that’s replaced their local grocery store.\n\nIt really isn’t fair for her to go to jail. Or to be blackmailed into working for the Munch & Crunch CEO whom she’s supposedly defrauded—a CEO who turns out to be none other than Gunther Ferguson, her high school crush who once ruined both her school record and her life.\n\nLet the war begin.","pitch":"The Love Deal by Misha Bell is a 2023 romance. Tropes: Billionaire, blackmail-to-employment, boss-and-employee-romance, Enemies to Lovers, fake-plus-one-dating, Forced Proximity, found-family-and-sisterhood, Grumpy Sunshine, high-school-history, hurt-comfort, Marriage of Convenience, only-single-sibling, prank-war, Romantic Comedy, workplace-forbidden-romance. Heat 5/5.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"}]}}