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The Forbidden Claim

by Kelly Gendron (Goodreads Author)

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US Marshall Jinx Collins is an outspoken, free-spirited, and fearless woman. It's that same fearlessness, however, that tends to get her into trouble. Jinx questions her life prior to being adopted. When those questions lead her to a murderer who's about to be transported into the witness protection program, Jinx decides to kidnap him to see if she can uncover the truth. J...more US Marshall Jinx Collins is an outspoken, free-spirited, and fearless woman. It's that same fearlessness, however, that tends to get her into trouble. Jinx questions her life prior to being adopted. When those questions lead her to a murderer who's about to be transported into the witness protection program, Jinx decides to kidnap him to see if she can uncover the truth. Jed Kane has worked undercover in the human trafficking ring for years. When Jed accepts a job to disguise himself as one of his worst enemies and take a ride from the correctional facility to a secured location, he certainly had not planned on being abducted by Jinx Collins. Jed's uncertain as to how he feels about her touchy-feely hands and loose lips-unsure if they irritate him or if they are awakening his badly behaving desires. Jed knows he must first find out what the fanatical little lady wants with a murderer before he can act on whatever he's feeling. Straight away Jinx is attracted to the resilient and enticing Jed Kane-the only man who hasn't backed down from her candor. While Jinx discovers that the questionable criminal may be able to assist her in finding out the truth about her past, Jed vows to save Jinx from her daring self. Once Jinx starts to understand what Jed feels for her-he wants to own her-she demands that he succumb to the raging frenzy. Jed allows himself to seduce her body, submitting himself to that dominant need. But haunted by a world of unlawful ownership, Jed forbids his cold heart to stake its dangerous claim on Jinx Collins. Locked away in a dark basement, a little boy is waiting to be rescued-and Jinx's past holds the key to his prison. If Jinx can finally find the truth which holds her fears, and if Jed can forgive himself for his past, then not only might they be able to save the boy, but they might also discover that their carnal desires really derive from their own prison... an inescapable prison of love. To My Readers: The Forbidden Claim is a story about a man who for years has worked undercover in a world of malevolence. He's so deep into his cover that when Jinx Collins clashes into his life, he fears he will become the very evil he's been fighting against. Jed wants to own Jinx, and in his heart he knows that is forbidden. He surrenders to his badly behaving desires and allows himself to claim ownership of Jinx's body. But Jinx wants him to take ownership of her heart. By the time I finished this story, Jed Kane had broken my heart more times then I'd like to admit, but in the end I still fell in love him . . . I hope you do too(less)

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Published March 1st 2012 by Red Sage Publishing

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Jun 29, 2012 Guilty Pleasures rated it 5 of 5 stars

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“I am completely floored by this book and could not take my eyes away from the pages once I started. This Forbidden Claim is a suspenseful and erotic story with moments that will grab your heart and squeeze it so tight you won’t be able to breath.

Jed Kane is an undercover agent deep within a world filled with the horrors of human trafficking. It is his mission in life to take down every one of the rings buying and selling humans and he carries each loss de...more Alyn's review posted on Guilty Pleasures

“I am completely floored by this book and could not take my eyes away from the pages once I started. This Forbidden Claim is a suspenseful and erotic story with moments that will grab your heart and squeeze it so tight you won’t be able to breath.

Jed Kane is an undercover agent deep within a world filled with the horrors of human trafficking. It is his mission in life to take down every one of the rings buying and selling humans and he carries each loss deep within him. When he is finally getting close to the person in charge of his latest operation, he hits a bump along the way. Dressed as the very man he despises, he is hoping to catch the ring leader but instead he is captured by a sexy young woman determined to get answers.

Jinx Collins finally found him! The man in the picture; Aztec. A known dealer in the business of trafficking humans, she knows he is evil. But that is not why she wanted to speak with him. She wants to know who the girl in the picture is. She knows her from somewhere, and realizes that the woman may be the only connection she has to a past that she can’t remember. When she finally gets the handcuffed Aztec to a safe place to talk, she realizes that all is not as it seems. The man is a decoy. A gorgeous decoy that she can’t take her eyes off of and there is a connection between them that she just can’t deny.

When Jed turns the tables on Jinx, he thinks he has everything going his way. But when she escapes his efforts, he swears they will meet again. He has to know why she is looking for the girl in the picture. The girl that he has been hiding for years. What is the connection between them? And why after he promised himself he would never get involved with a woman, did not deserve to ever love a woman, was he willing to risk everything for Jinx Collins.

I was blown away by the complexity of the characters in this story. Both Jinx and Jed have very difficult pasts. Jinx was in the foster system but can’t seem to remember much before her sixth year. Her parents made her feel unwanted and she barely ever speaks to them. She wants desperately to figure out her past, and who the girl from her memories is and will do just about anything to find out. As she follows the clues from her past, and some from the present the answers to her questions, become closer than she realizes.

Jed’s past reveals itself slowly throughout the story. He is a tortured soul with an angry heart. He is attracted to Jinx more than he should allow himself to be and is afraid that he will lose control. He wants to claim her as his and own her in every way possible. This is painful for him because he believes that no person should be owned in any sense and he hates himself for his feelings. What he doesn’t realize, is that perhaps Jinx wants him to own her heart and soul, if he would only allow himself to try.

The scenes between Jinx and Jed are powerful and erotic. The electricity sparks heavily when the two get intimate and every time Jed decides he doesn’t deserve the pleasure it is simply agonizing (you might want to beat him over the head a few times for leaving a girl hanging). But oh their moments together are nothing less than awe inspiring and when they are tender, they will make you melt.

Within the story, we also meet a young boy that is being held captive deep in the basement of one of the stash houses. He has been beaten, starved, and forced to do unspeakable things (none of which are actually described). His one redemption; he tells stories to help the other children hold on to hope that one day they will be saved. Your heart will break for him throughout the story and tears will fall for him as his story comes full circle.

This is an absolute must read!!! Like, stop what you are doing and go get it now! It is not just a steamy romance (though it does get steamy) but a thrilling, suspenseful, story of hope that will pull your emotions in every direction.(less)

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May 13, 2012 Imogene Nix rated it 4 of 5 stars

I don’t mind a good Romantic Suspense, so I put my hand up to review this title, little did I know I was going to find a seriously sexy title landing in my inbox!

US Marshall Jinx Collins is an outspoken, free-spirited, and fearless woman. It’s that same fearlessness, however, that tends to get her into trouble. Jinx has lots of questions about her life including the man who could be her the key to her past.

Jed Kane has worked undercover in the human trafficking ring for years. When Jed accepts...more

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Mar 25, 2012 Lynelle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Jinx Collins is trying to piece together her past from before she was adopted at a young age. All she has to go on is a photograph of a girl and memories that have been popping up. She is a US Marshall, and so she has the skills to get what she needs done. She is every strong minded, but this tends to get her in plenty of trouble. While in search for the girl in the photograph she kidnaps a known murder, who is pictured as well, so that she can find the connection and the identity of the girl. O...more Jinx Collins is trying to piece together her past from before she was adopted at a young age. All she has to go on is a photograph of a girl and memories that have been popping up. She is a US Marshall, and so she has the skills to get what she needs done. She is every strong minded, but this tends to get her in plenty of trouble. While in search for the girl in the photograph she kidnaps a known murder, who is pictured as well, so that she can find the connection and the identity of the girl. Or she thinks she kidnaps him and ends up kidnapping Jed who is undercover posing as the man. Jed knows the girl in the photo but is suspicious as to Jinx’s reasons for searching for her.

Jed Kane has been investigating undercover human trafficking for many years now. At the age of 17 he was found by an undercover agent hunched over a man he had killed, and had been hunting down those involved with trafficking humans. He is so caught up in his cover that he thinks of himself as one of the bad guys. Jed has so much rage built up and works hard to have a control over it, but something about Jinx stirs it up and many other emotions he thought locked up that it confuses him.

Throughout, we see glimpses of a boy that is a captive in the human trafficking world. We see from his perspective what he is experiencing, what role he plays, and what his fears are. He’s been shut up so long that he doesn’t see himself as human, that he doesn’t even have a name anymore, he just goes by Boy. His role in the story breaks my heart, but lifts it at the same time.

This story was very good and kept me hooked. I loved the tension, between Jinx and Jed and how Jinx just can’t keep herself out of trouble. Jed really broke my heart with such a negative view of himself and his struggles with breaking down the walls to his emotions and allowing himself to feel he deserves happiness. Overall, WHOA! I don’t want to give anything away so that’s all I have to say. I didn’t see that twist at the end coming. It totally left me in shock and thinking how I did NOT see that coming. I thought this was a great, dark story but what is revealed towards the end, bumped up my opinion of this book. It is definitely worth it to read this!
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Mar 27, 2012 Debra Dermastja rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This book had me hooked from the first paragraph! I loved both the main characters and what they each brought to the story. The constant ups and down gave it so much chemistry! I found I could not get enough of this story.

Jinx is trying to solve the mystery of her past, going only by a picture and a memory in her head she must do whatever it takes to get her answers. Being a U.S. Marshall, she is skilled and strong minded, but sometimes she just does...more Originally posted at www.Goodchoicereading.com

This book had me hooked from the first paragraph! I loved both the main characters and what they each brought to the story. The constant ups and down gave it so much chemistry! I found I could not get enough of this story.

Jinx is trying to solve the mystery of her past, going only by a picture and a memory in her head she must do whatever it takes to get her answers. Being a U.S. Marshall, she is skilled and strong minded, but sometimes she just does not think before she reacts. In fact it is the non-filter that lands her in some serious hot water throughout the story. Once she meets Jed Kane the man she kidnapped by mistake, Jinx is willing to throw everything away to capture more than just the man.

Jed Kane has done such horrible things in his pursuit for the better good; he does not think he is anything other than a bad man, incapable of love. When he first meets Jinx he can’t help but rethink his whole outlook. Why did she kidnap him and why is she so interested in the murderer he pretended to be. Jed does not like what she does to him in more ways than one, but he can’t help but keep coming back for more. Wanting so badly to own her, something he knows is so wrong in his world, he does everything to keep his little lady at bay.

Throughout the story we also get the story of a young boy locked away as a human prisoner in the world of human trafficking. We get to hear his fears and acceptance of no longer being human. He no longer even goes by a name, just Boy, his minds way of coping of the situation he is in. You feel for him and hope he is saved before it is too late. Unlocking who he is and what he does for others like him was not only a shocking story, but a tender one as well.

This story was so good, a consent page turner. I loved the tension between Jed and Jinx, and I loved the way they both fought to top the other. I love how they both want to keep who they are secret to save each other from pain of their pasts. There was a great mystery needing to be solved as you progress through the book, and I could not wait to get my answers, and when they came out, my mouth was on the floor. If you love a drama filled book with great chemistry and budding love this one is for you!

5 out of 5 stars!
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Mar 17, 2012 David Gendron rated it 5 of 5 stars

Well done!!! Enjoyed reading!!

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