The Prisoner
THEN Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where she married the handsome billionaire Ned Hawthorne. NOW But then, Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, not knowing where she is. Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here, imprisoned, than she had begun to feel with her husband Ned?
Wakes in a dark room having been taken along with her husband, and starts working out why.
The narrative alternates between two distinct timelines that gradually converge to reveal the circumstances of the kidnapping. One timeline follows the protagonist's past experiences leading up to her marriage, while the other focuses on her present-day struggle for survival in captivity.
This is a standalone novel and does not require reading any other books to understand the plot or characters.