Books like Prisoner by Vanessa James

Nicholis Penryn, an embittered recluse living in the remote moors of Cornwall, finds his hardened heart softened by an unexpected marriage to a gentle young woman whose compassion touches him for the first time.

Love, rivalry and destiny collide as two sisters, the wild Gale and the gentle Eden, navigate their fates around the enigmatic Lafe Sheridan—wealthy yet haunted by his Irish past.

TV news journalist Piers Armstrong returns from a year as a hostage to Central America, haunted by dreams of captivity. Suzy Collier, his former lover and editor, must coax him into sharing his story, revealing how time and trauma have altered him.

A contemporary romance that focuses on the evolving relationship between a man and a woman, exploring themes of love, commitment, and personal growth in modern times.

He seethes with raw power the first time I see him--pure menace and rippling muscles in shackles. He’s dangerous. He’s wild. He’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. So I hide behind my prim glasses and my book like I always do, because I have secrets too. Then he shows up in the prison writing class I have to teach, and he blows me away with his honesty. He tells me secrets in his stories, and it’s getting harder to hide mine. I shiver when he gets too close, with only the cuffs and the bars and the guards holding him back. At night I can’t stop thinking about him in his cell. But that’s the thing about an animal in a cage--you never know when he’ll bite. He might use you to escape. He might even pull you into a forest and hold a hand over your mouth so you can’t call for the cops. He might make you come so hard, you can’t think. And you might crave him more than your next breath.