I had such high hopes since I loved Behind Closed Doors so much. This book was very slow read with very little happening to keep you engaged or intrigued and very repetitive. You just just felt so sorry for Amelia and the life she has had and all the tragedy she faces that it made me sad to read.

Jed is one awful person that you can’t kill off fast enough. You figure out pretty early in book what is going to happen so there wasn’t any surprises or twists.

Expect the unexpected is a perfect description for this author’s work. I’ve been a fan since their first release and look forward to each and every story. This one is no exception. It grabs you front the start and all you can do is hold on for a wild ride. The twists and turns keep you wondering till the end because every time you think you have it, you don’t. Another terrific story you went to click because who doesn’t love a good suspenseful and mysterious read.

I love Paris's twisty mysteries, and I enjoyed this more than some of her previous books. Good mystery that kept me guessing until the end, trying to piece together little clues and hints throughout the book. Amelie, the main character, is likeable and strong in her own way, naive and young but not whiny. I loved that the typical ending point in a mystery novel just...wasn't. Definitely one I'll recommend in the library and to friends!

The Prisoner follows Amelie, a young orphan who has started her life over in London. Amelie marries a billionaire and her life seems to be turning around, but then she and her husband are kidnapped. The story alternates between Amelie's time in captivity and the past.
I will say that this book really surprised me. I have read a few of BA Paris's other novels and haven't been blown away, but I enjoyed this book. The story started off slow, and I was initially a little bored, but then when the twists started they didn't stop. There were so many twists, in fact, that I was a little confused at times.
Overall, I liked this book. It was a very quick read once the plot picked up and the story was original and not what I expected. Even when I thought I had predicted what would happen next, I was wrong. However, I was a little disappointed in the ending- I felt like it was very abrupt and left a lot unsaid.
I would definitely recommend this and feel it is one of BA Paris's better books.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book

Amelie has had a hard life. Her mother died in childbirth a while ago and her father has been ill for most of her life. When he dies, she is left completely alone in the world, so she decides to set off for London to get a job and save enough money to go to school to become a lawyer. She's only 16, so it is difficult for her to start over in the big city. She's working as a waitress and moving from hostel to hostel when she catches the eye of Carolyn in a cafe. Carolyn is a busy career woman who's recently gone through a break-up. After speaking briefly with Amelie, Carolyn offers her a live-in job cooking and cleaning (sounds like the start of a Dateline episode to me). The story jumps between this backstory and the present time, where Amelie and her husband Ned are being held separately in dark rooms, after apparently having been kidnapped. She has no idea where they are or why they are being held. Ned is the son of a wealthy businessman and also wealthy in his own right, but he has made enemies along the way throughout his career. Amelie must figure out how to escape and also try to work out who took them and why.

The story was interesting, but I found the explanation at the end of the book somewhat rushed and confusing.

This book is jam-packed with suspense and takes you on a wild ride where nothing is as it seems. I recommend Paris to fans of Shari LaPena and J.P. Delaney.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

B.A. Paris is one of my favorite author’s so thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s press for the ARC of this book!

This book starts off strong and you’ll be hooked immediately. It is about Amelie, who was orphaned at 17 and basically living on the streets, when she meets a woman who takes her in. This woman changes Amelie’s life and she gets back on her feet and lands a job working for tycoon, Ned Hawthorpe. Without giving too much away, Ned convinces Amelie to marry him to get his family off of his back. Sadly, Amelie quickly realizes Ned is not who she thought he was! She is taking prisoner due to Ned, and well, you need to read the book to find out what happens next!

The book held my attention throughout and I enjoyed the read. Amelie is such a strong, root-able character. I wish I knew what made Ned so evil, and that the author touched on this more. His character was so interesting to me!

Overall, a worthwhile read and I recommended preordering it now! B.A. Paris never disappoints!

I enjoyed this book. I think it’s one of this authors best. I can not wait for more! Thanks to publisher for allowing me the opportunity to read this book!

This story is told in two parts. The first part is "the kidnapping," and the second part is "the reckoning" We are introduced to Amelia, who has had it rough with her parents dying and herself being on her own before she was an adult. She is moving from Paris to London, and when she overhears some talking, she finds herself getting a job cleaning an apt. Probably not the best, but hey, it is something. As our story goes on, she makes friends and eventually finds herself in a bad predicament. She ends up marrying a man named Ned, who has tons of money but seems shady from the get-go. Why were they kidnapped? Who is behind it? I did want to know more about how did Ned become the person he became? What happened in his life to have him act this way? I really liked Amelia's determination to not give and to fight back.
I do feel like I need more answers to some things that I was given, but the story's pace went really well.

When I think of mystery, I think of books just like this one, that gives all the thrills. This is a perfect book to snuggle up with on any day.

I read B.A. Paris’s books for the slow burn mystery filled with tension and unease. The Prisoner had all of these things and more! It starts off with the main character Amelie and her husband Ned being kidnapped from their home. She is held prisoner in total darkness and the story goes back and forth between the present and the past. I enjoyed Amelie as a character and wished the other characters were as fleshed out as she is. It made it hard to care about anyone but Amelie and some of the events of the story fell flat because I wasn’t invested in the other characters. The short chapters and slow burn mystery made me want to keep reading and I finished this one in a day. If you are a fan of Behind Closed Doors or The Last Mrs Parrish, you have to check out The Prisoner!

Yes, there's an untrustworthy and terrible husband. Yes, there's an ingenue-adjacent heroine who defies all odds. Yet somehow this thriller manages to feel fresh? It's not Paris's best, but certainly worth picking up this thriller about a woman who gets taken prisoner and is held in a dark room for an unknown length of time. A quick but engaging read.

Oh wow. This was a mind bending book.
I love this authors way with words. I could not put this book down. It was amazing! Gah. I need to wrap my head around this.

I enjoy B.A. Paris’s novels, so I was eager to get my hands on her latest - THE PRISONER. From the get go, I was hooked. The story starts with a kidnapping, a newlywed held hostage in a bare room with a mattress on the floor shrouded in darkness. The story after is a slow burn, but I was okay with that. I was still hooked by the high from the kidnapping and the eyebrow raising events, days leading up to it. Yet… the rest of the story was a bit stagnant for me and didn’t quite pick back up. The characters were surface level, lacked development, which made it hard to sympathize with anyone, especially with the MC. Her circumstances weren’t fully explained, just accepted as truth and that was hard to get past.

2 stars⭐️⭐️

After losing both her parents at an early age and living on the streets of London, Amelie finally catches a break– a kind woman gives her a job, a place to stay, and friendship. Before long, Amelie gets married to handsome billionaire, Ned Hawthorne. But things take a dark turn when Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, kidnapped right from her bed. Who has taken her, and why?

This book takes place in two time periods: the past, where we learn how Amelie meets Ned, and the present, where we spend most of the time in the dark while Amelie eats and bumps into things and tries to escape. Eventually Amelie opens a letter with instructions and things get a little interesting, but the final explanation drags and is rather underwhelming.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

First of all, I LOVE this author. Her books have been some of my favorites. And this one hooked me from the very first page.

But then, sadly, it didn’t stay that way.

I hated Ned—there was nothing about him that allowed me to understand why Amelie would have married him.

The kidnapping…just left me frustrated. It took too long to get to the reason. And I was underwhelmed.

Not my favorite by her, but will for sure read everything she writes!

I’ve only read one other from Paris (Behind Closed Doors) and The Prisoner didn’t rank quite as high for me. That being said… The Prisoner was still a hard-to-put-down thriller that I devoured.

Overall a 4 star read for me! Towards the end, I did feel like I was ready for it to wrap up and finish, but it didn’t feel like it was dragging by any means. Can’t wait for pub day and to ready more from Paris!

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, from St. Martin’s Press and #NetGalley. Thank you for the opportunity to preview and review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

B.A. Paris knows thrillers like no one else. The Prisoner is the latest in their long list of must reads if you haven’t quite yet. If you’re an established fan, you know their nail-bitting, edge-of-your-seat must read style. Set a night aside just to read this thriller and enjoy.

Thank you Net Galley and the publisher for an ARC of The Prisoner.
I was intrigued with this book from the beginning and as it went on I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. This is one of those books that you can tell the author has put a lot of thought into it. There were a lot of different scenarios to keep track of and try to figure out what exactly was going on and who were these kidnappers ? Yes, it’s far fetched but exciting. I would highly recommend this book.

The Prisoner is extremely fast-paced and unputdownable and I loved every page! The story alternates between Amelie’s present day nightmare as The Prisoner and her near past recalling the details of how she came to be in her current situation. I stayed up much too late reading this and now it’s my favorite of all B.A. Paris books. Highly recommend!

Thanks to NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for my unbiased review.