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# Born to be Bound: A Villain Gets the Girl Beauty and the Beast Forced Proximity Omegaverse Dystopian Dark Romance (Alpha's Claim Book 1)

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“Unapologetically raw and deliciously filthy, Shepherd & Claire's dark, gritty story is an emotional punch to the gut!” - Anna Zaires, New York Times bestselling author Born in Thólos’s inescapable underground prison, raised in darkness and made into something unstoppable, I have conquered the city that created me. Violently. With skill, cunning, and absolutely no mercy. And then I saw her . I’m possessed by an urge to keep Claire O’Donnell locked away from the ugly world. To hold her innocence in the palm of my rough hand. To run my fingers through her hair. Capturing my stolen bride, is easy. Teaching her to accept my obsession, complicated. Why does she refuse to submit? And why does that entice me all the more? Fortunately, I enjoy the chase. It will make it all the sweeter when I break her devotion to her people and replace it with devotion to me. “Beautiful and devastating. Poetic. Addison Cain’s Born to be Bound is the perfect example of why she’s a master at the genre. With heartrendingly beautiful prose, a complex and vivid storyline, and torrid love scenes, the story of Claire and Shepherd stole my heart.” - Jane Henry, USA Today bestselling author "You always know when you pick up an Addison Cain novel to buckle your seat belt and prepare for a wild ride. Well, Born to be Bound doesn't disappoint! I was immediately thrust into another world. I loved this book from the first to the last word and I am dying to continue this dark series of sexy alpha's that steam up the pages.” – Zoe Blake, USA Today bestselling author “Born to be Bound is one of my favorite books of 2016. Once I one clicked, I read it four times in as many days, finally kicking it off my kindle so I could get some life done. The writing is addictive, with a fast-paced plot, the well-written post-apocalyptic world, the strong heroine Claire. Best of all, there's a yummy, dominant alpha, anti-hero, Shepherd.” – SRR Well, I'm not sure what the hell I just read, but I do know that it's on my Best of 2016 list and I absolutely loved it. - Summer's Eve Reads “Savage, seductive, and psychologically intense. There is a reason Addison has such a cult following—every word is intimate and disturbingly addictive. Just try to put this book down, I dare you.”

Review: Great emotion-wrenching Dystopian erotica - First off, let me be clear about one thing. This novel is not a romance. Should you start reading this book with the expectation of your classical boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, and they live happily ever after, you will come away hating this series. What this is, is a Dystopian erotica with a few romantic elements tossed in, a very few. Expecting it to fit the classical definition of romance will only lead you to disappointment. Dystopian: an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. -- definition quoted from online. Shepard, our hero is actually more of an anti-hero archetype than a hero, in my opinion. He is the leader, formerly subjugated himself, who broke free only to subjugate everyone else. Those who cannot be subjugated, he kills. He is the head and leader of a newly founded dystopian society where no law rules but his own. To expect him to be any less brutal or vicious than the society he has founded is unrealistic and to ignore the true strength of his multifaceted character. This is an anti-hero who can love just as easily as he destroys, and does not hesitate to act, even if his needs are inherently selfish. He is all that we hate the most in the worst dictators. He is a totalitarian dictator, with all the traits we have learned to despise in such rulers. But he is what makes the world go 'round in this series. He is our catalyst. He is quite literally our Dystopian world's Creator. Without him and the vital direction his raw brutality provides this story, this world could and would not exist. There would be no conflict. Therefore, Shepard could not be classic hero material. He had to embody instead the far more ambiguous traits of the anti-hero. This world quite literally needed him to be the ultimate bad guy. Unfortunately for Claire, his obsessive love has a focus, and it's herself. Both our heroine and anti-hero have such depth and emotion to them. They are far from the static, rarely flawed hero and heroines you see in Romance. Claire is the foil to Shephard. She is light, where he is dark. He is corruption to her goodness. He is strength, she is weak. They are the perfect foils to each other. Mind you, I say this as an avid Romance reader. Shepard does stuff, to the heroine and others, that I would never tolerate in a romance. But again, this is not a romance novel. I approached this novel with an appreciation for what it is, not what I wanted it to be. For who the characters were, not who I wanted them to be, i was immersed in this new Dystopian world. The characters breathed, they hurt, they cried, they lashed out at injustices. They and their world fairly leaped off the page at me, bold in its stark, brutal reality. I can only give the author raves reviews for being willing to touch upon uncomfortable topics, to be willing to explore what most are afraid to touch, and do so with such amazing storytelling skill. And spoiler, yes, our anti-hero cheats, but the actions fit his character, they fit the situation, they fit the dystopian world that he has personally created from destruction with his own hands. Expecting him to be any less brutal than he is, any less selfish, is to ignore how vital that brutality and selfishness is to the creation of this story world. Had he been any less brutal, there may not have been an overthrow of power. He might not be the leader. He and Claire may have never met. There would be no story to be written, no story to be read. Need I mention, before I read romances, I read fantasy and science fiction, and enjoyed them immensely. These characters, this Dystopian world, appeal to my sci-fi/fantasy loving side. I honestly fell in love with this tale and am looking forward to the third installment, hoefully in the near future. Masterful storytelling, Addison. Because you took a chance, and wrote a compelling and dark tale, because you made me actually stop and think, you have won a fan in me.
Review: A Gritty and Brave Dystopian Exploration... - I've read many of the reviews for this book and understand the reactions. However, I feel many of them are misguided, mainly because of the intended nature of the book itself. It is an omegaverse book, it is not a romance. It is not a "love" story in the sense many expect, it is a post-apocalyptic survival story that includes love within a realm of horrific brokenness. So to be honest, I don’t really understand the folks shouting about there not being a HEA, because come-on, not every damn story HAS a HEA. SO, for those looking for a typical shifter-esque alpha, all brooding and angry but with hidden romantic qualities that lead to swooning, keep moving right on past this one. Because “Born to be Bound” by Addison Cain is definitely NOT that. Rather it is about something grittier, more real, it’s about the idea that when things are at their bleakest, there most horrific, sometimes understanding and compassion can evolve. Additionally, it showcases strength of character and illustrates how, in life, the best choice can also be ghastly, violent, and soul crushing, at times requiring the sacrifice of our very selves for the protection and survival of the greater good. Claire and Shepard being merely the vehicles Cain utilizes to paint this extremely vivid picture. “Born to be Bound” is outstandingly caustic. It is beyond dark and not for the easily offended or faint of heart. It contains a dystopian theme so violent, so abhorrently disturbing it will churn your stomach and make your mind swirl with thoughts for days on end. However that is its purpose within the literary omegaverse framework in which it resides and sadly given today’s worldwide social climate, contains an underlying plot not really all that far-fetched. Cain boldly gives a stark and frightening glimpse into a post doomsday world were a biological plague has wiped out much of humanity forcing remaining societies under the protection of bio-domes. It focuses on one bio-dome city, Tholos, and is a master/slave socio-sexual exploration of a corrupt civilization taken over by the very underclass the elites of the society painstakingly oppress for years. And it is bravely raw and realistic. Yes it contains rape. Yes is contains infidelity. Yes it contains violence, and coercion, oppression, injustice, and great suffering. But folks, that’s what a dystopian society is, and this book isn’t at all more outrageous, more violent, or more repulsive than others within this sub-genre. It is an expansion of the archetype of alpha and omega beings, beings imprinted at birth and driven by animalistic instincts beyond their control. Here, alphas are by nature, violent, possessive, and driven by predisposition to mate and claim an omega. Omegas are born tethered by biological heat cycles that instinctually drive them to mate and be claimed. It is an uneven and oppressive power dynamic right from the start. One both parties are born into. And with this birth come the biological markers of their station, such as the nesting instinct of the omegas and the purring instinct of the alpha, each specific to their individual roles but necessary and complimentary to the others well-being and survival. It is eerily allegorical to stations of class and class behavior, and to the very real struggles of the poor underneath the crush of the super-rich of our current world. Especially where in relation to the very real realm of sex trafficking and slavery created by elites and going unchecked. One read of the details into a very real billionaire such as Jeffrey Epstein, brings instant understanding that although a work of fiction, the underlying points being made within this book are not so terribly outrageous. Yes “Born to be Bound” may be more sexually violent than others in this subgenre, but so what. It’s a dystopian exploration, not a damn literary romcom! Did I wish there was more character development to Shepard in this first installment, yes, yes I did. Does it need to be so sadistically violent? No, probably not. But I understood why it was, and read it and related to it for what it was, a dark, gritty, and bravely honest portrayal of the horrors of a society at its worst. Not all romances are designed to be feel good pieces written to give people hope of true love. Some are meant to be warnings of what NOT to do. Some, like this one, created to warn us to beware the evils lurking within the very stations charged with overseeing our safety, contentment, and existence within the realm of day-to-day living. Because the reality is, the oppressive Tholos regime created Shepard, Shepard in turn acted accordingly toward Claire, and ultimately Claire acted and reacted in keeping with all of the above. It is all connected, just as we are all connected as citizens of our realms, and ultimately molded and conditioned to act according to its acceptable edicts.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great emotion-wrenching Dystopian erotica
*by M***E on June 18, 2016*

First off, let me be clear about one thing. This novel is not a romance. Should you start reading this book with the expectation of your classical boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, and they live happily ever after, you will come away hating this series. What this is, is a Dystopian erotica with a few romantic elements tossed in, a very few. Expecting it to fit the classical definition of romance will only lead you to disappointment. Dystopian: an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. -- definition quoted from online. Shepard, our hero is actually more of an anti-hero archetype than a hero, in my opinion. He is the leader, formerly subjugated himself, who broke free only to subjugate everyone else. Those who cannot be subjugated, he kills. He is the head and leader of a newly founded dystopian society where no law rules but his own. To expect him to be any less brutal or vicious than the society he has founded is unrealistic and to ignore the true strength of his multifaceted character. This is an anti-hero who can love just as easily as he destroys, and does not hesitate to act, even if his needs are inherently selfish. He is all that we hate the most in the worst dictators. He is a totalitarian dictator, with all the traits we have learned to despise in such rulers. But he is what makes the world go 'round in this series. He is our catalyst. He is quite literally our Dystopian world's Creator. Without him and the vital direction his raw brutality provides this story, this world could and would not exist. There would be no conflict. Therefore, Shepard could not be classic hero material. He had to embody instead the far more ambiguous traits of the anti-hero. This world quite literally needed him to be the ultimate bad guy. Unfortunately for Claire, his obsessive love has a focus, and it's herself. Both our heroine and anti-hero have such depth and emotion to them. They are far from the static, rarely flawed hero and heroines you see in Romance. Claire is the foil to Shephard. She is light, where he is dark. He is corruption to her goodness. He is strength, she is weak. They are the perfect foils to each other. Mind you, I say this as an avid Romance reader. Shepard does stuff, to the heroine and others, that I would never tolerate in a romance. But again, this is not a romance novel. I approached this novel with an appreciation for what it is, not what I wanted it to be. For who the characters were, not who I wanted them to be, i was immersed in this new Dystopian world. The characters breathed, they hurt, they cried, they lashed out at injustices. They and their world fairly leaped off the page at me, bold in its stark, brutal reality. I can only give the author raves reviews for being willing to touch upon uncomfortable topics, to be willing to explore what most are afraid to touch, and do so with such amazing storytelling skill. And spoiler, yes, our anti-hero cheats, but the actions fit his character, they fit the situation, they fit the dystopian world that he has personally created from destruction with his own hands. Expecting him to be any less brutal than he is, any less selfish, is to ignore how vital that brutality and selfishness is to the creation of this story world. Had he been any less brutal, there may not have been an overthrow of power. He might not be the leader. He and Claire may have never met. There would be no story to be written, no story to be read. Need I mention, before I read romances, I read fantasy and science fiction, and enjoyed them immensely. These characters, this Dystopian world, appeal to my sci-fi/fantasy loving side. I honestly fell in love with this tale and am looking forward to the third installment, hoefully in the near future. Masterful storytelling, Addison. Because you took a chance, and wrote a compelling and dark tale, because you made me actually stop and think, you have won a fan in me.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Gritty and Brave Dystopian Exploration...
*by K***T on August 23, 2019*

I've read many of the reviews for this book and understand the reactions. However, I feel many of them are misguided, mainly because of the intended nature of the book itself. It is an omegaverse book, it is not a romance. It is not a "love" story in the sense many expect, it is a post-apocalyptic survival story that includes love within a realm of horrific brokenness. So to be honest, I don’t really understand the folks shouting about there not being a HEA, because come-on, not every damn story HAS a HEA. SO, for those looking for a typical shifter-esque alpha, all brooding and angry but with hidden romantic qualities that lead to swooning, keep moving right on past this one. Because “Born to be Bound” by Addison Cain is definitely NOT that. Rather it is about something grittier, more real, it’s about the idea that when things are at their bleakest, there most horrific, sometimes understanding and compassion can evolve. Additionally, it showcases strength of character and illustrates how, in life, the best choice can also be ghastly, violent, and soul crushing, at times requiring the sacrifice of our very selves for the protection and survival of the greater good. Claire and Shepard being merely the vehicles Cain utilizes to paint this extremely vivid picture. “Born to be Bound” is outstandingly caustic. It is beyond dark and not for the easily offended or faint of heart. It contains a dystopian theme so violent, so abhorrently disturbing it will churn your stomach and make your mind swirl with thoughts for days on end. However that is its purpose within the literary omegaverse framework in which it resides and sadly given today’s worldwide social climate, contains an underlying plot not really all that far-fetched. Cain boldly gives a stark and frightening glimpse into a post doomsday world were a biological plague has wiped out much of humanity forcing remaining societies under the protection of bio-domes. It focuses on one bio-dome city, Tholos, and is a master/slave socio-sexual exploration of a corrupt civilization taken over by the very underclass the elites of the society painstakingly oppress for years. And it is bravely raw and realistic. Yes it contains rape. Yes is contains infidelity. Yes it contains violence, and coercion, oppression, injustice, and great suffering. But folks, that’s what a dystopian society is, and this book isn’t at all more outrageous, more violent, or more repulsive than others within this sub-genre. It is an expansion of the archetype of alpha and omega beings, beings imprinted at birth and driven by animalistic instincts beyond their control. Here, alphas are by nature, violent, possessive, and driven by predisposition to mate and claim an omega. Omegas are born tethered by biological heat cycles that instinctually drive them to mate and be claimed. It is an uneven and oppressive power dynamic right from the start. One both parties are born into. And with this birth come the biological markers of their station, such as the nesting instinct of the omegas and the purring instinct of the alpha, each specific to their individual roles but necessary and complimentary to the others well-being and survival. It is eerily allegorical to stations of class and class behavior, and to the very real struggles of the poor underneath the crush of the super-rich of our current world. Especially where in relation to the very real realm of sex trafficking and slavery created by elites and going unchecked. One read of the details into a very real billionaire such as Jeffrey Epstein, brings instant understanding that although a work of fiction, the underlying points being made within this book are not so terribly outrageous. Yes “Born to be Bound” may be more sexually violent than others in this subgenre, but so what. It’s a dystopian exploration, not a damn literary romcom! Did I wish there was more character development to Shepard in this first installment, yes, yes I did. Does it need to be so sadistically violent? No, probably not. But I understood why it was, and read it and related to it for what it was, a dark, gritty, and bravely honest portrayal of the horrors of a society at its worst. Not all romances are designed to be feel good pieces written to give people hope of true love. Some are meant to be warnings of what NOT to do. Some, like this one, created to warn us to beware the evils lurking within the very stations charged with overseeing our safety, contentment, and existence within the realm of day-to-day living. Because the reality is, the oppressive Tholos regime created Shepard, Shepard in turn acted accordingly toward Claire, and ultimately Claire acted and reacted in keeping with all of the above. It is all connected, just as we are all connected as citizens of our realms, and ultimately molded and conditioned to act according to its acceptable edicts.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the story
*by V***A on September 18, 2026*

This is a great read. Can’t say much - afraid I’ll give something away. It is definitely worth the time to read. I’m starting the second book as soon as I finish this. Go read it - you won’t be sorry.

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