{"product_id":"kept-ardis-thorne-9798252828893","title":"Kept: A Dark Stepbrother Romance","description":"\u003cb\u003eKEPT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Dark Stepbrother Romance\u003cbr\u003eby Ardis Thorne \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome people survive what breaks them.\u003cbr\u003eOthers become something worse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAshton never expected to be wanted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot like this.\u003cbr\u003eNot by him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaith doesn't love gently. He doesn't offer comfort or safety or anything that resembles mercy. What he offers is control-unyielding, absolute, and impossible to escape. The kind that strips away choice until there's nothing left but obedience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Ashton takes it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause what Laith gives him is certainty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a world that has taken everything from him-his family, his safety, his sense of control-Laith is the only constant that remains. The only thing that feels real. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut control comes with a cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen violence bleeds into every corner of their lives and the past refuses to stay buried, Ashton is forced to confront a truth he's been avoiding from the start: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaith isn't protecting him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe's keeping him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a story about healing.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not a story about redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a story about obsession, control, and the thin line between devotion and destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContent Warning: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book contains explicit material and dark themes, including violence, kidnapping, coercion, power imbalance, non-consensual and dubious-consent situations, and psychological trauma. Intended for mature readers only.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ardis Thorne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798252828893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Ardis Thorne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172559560959,"sku":"9798252828893","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kept-ardis-thorne-9798252828893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}