Taken by Strangers
(2025)(A book in the In Their Hands - A Dark RH Series series)
A novel by Eden Blackwell
When Aspen Vale—an emotionally guarded data analyst—steps inside The Threshold, she’s promised anonymity, control, and curated pleasure. But rules are made to be broken… and hers is shattered on night one. Stripped of identity, technology, and safety, she becomes the obsession of three masked men who call themselves the Strangers:
The Architect—a calculating mastermind who built the retreat around her sins.
The Butcher—a brutal protector with a taste for pain and possession.
The Poet—a sensual manipulator who wields words like bindings.
As the lines between reality and control blur, Aspen spirals deeper into a twisted psychological experiment designed to remake her from the inside out. Her triggers are not just known—they’re rewritten. Her memories, her safe words, even her fears have become programming.
Tropes: Reverse Harem, Dark Psychological Control, Consent Manipulation, Forbidden Obsession, Forced Proximity
Tension runs high. Sanity fractures. Pleasure is weaponized. And escape? It's just another illusion coded into her veins. To survive, Aspen must do the one thing they never accounted for—become the machine they created.
If you crave dark erotic thrillers with intense psychological edge, emotionally complex characters, and slow, sharp descents into dangerous desire... this story is for you.
🔥 A visceral, addictive dark romance packed with control, corruption, and one woman’s unflinching reclamation of power.
18+ only. Contains graphic sexual content, psychological manipulation, dubcon themes, and intense emotional distress. Reader discretion is advised.
The Architect—a calculating mastermind who built the retreat around her sins.
The Butcher—a brutal protector with a taste for pain and possession.
The Poet—a sensual manipulator who wields words like bindings.
As the lines between reality and control blur, Aspen spirals deeper into a twisted psychological experiment designed to remake her from the inside out. Her triggers are not just known—they’re rewritten. Her memories, her safe words, even her fears have become programming.
Tropes: Reverse Harem, Dark Psychological Control, Consent Manipulation, Forbidden Obsession, Forced Proximity
Tension runs high. Sanity fractures. Pleasure is weaponized. And escape? It's just another illusion coded into her veins. To survive, Aspen must do the one thing they never accounted for—become the machine they created.
If you crave dark erotic thrillers with intense psychological edge, emotionally complex characters, and slow, sharp descents into dangerous desire... this story is for you.
🔥 A visceral, addictive dark romance packed with control, corruption, and one woman’s unflinching reclamation of power.
18+ only. Contains graphic sexual content, psychological manipulation, dubcon themes, and intense emotional distress. Reader discretion is advised.