When Amelie’s father dies, she has no one and becomes homeless. To save herself, she moves to London and lives in hostels trying to get her life together. One day, she meets Carolyn and her life changes. Carolyn takes her in and makes her feel like family. When Amelie takes a new job and meets her boss Ned, everything changes. Ned not only tricks Amelie, he also brings her into his game. This was truly a story that keeps you guessing!

B.A. Paris is one author that everyone familiar with domestic suspense knows! Paris' 2016 "Behind Closed Doors" is one of the original, best works in the genre. The Prisoner, coming in November 2022, is my favorite Paris work since Behind Closed Doors. Don't miss this one; pre-order now!

Much of this read is flip-flop between two time periods. One introduces us to Amelie, a young woman who moves to France with absolutely nothing. Thanks to a stranger's kindness, she soon finds herself with employment and a group of friends. Our second storyline focuses on a woman imprisoned and wondering why . Readers will be shocked to see how these two storylines connect and move forward - a chilling tale of both getting through and experiencing the ramifications after. I appreciated the clean ending.

I highly recommend this new BA Paris -- don't skip what will be one of fall's top reads!

I always gravitate to a B.A. Paris thriller, and I oscillate between blown away and finding it predictable. The Prisoner fell in the middle for me, and that was just fine.

Part 1 goes back and forth from past to present as the reader explores how and why Amelie and her husband Ned became prisoners of their hostage takers. The questions linger about how the two ended up married, why they are hiding from each other, and why exactly no one will pay the ransom for their return.

Part 2 takes a turn and I will leave it at that to avoid spoilers. That being said, there will be a number of plot twists along that way, some that made sense and others that felt a bit underdeveloped.

This book starts quickly with its short chapters and initial timeline shifts, and it draws you in enough to want to finish it in one sitting. Thanks to NetGalley for the digital advanced reader copy!

3.5 Stars
This book is solid 3.5 stars. Amelie becomes an orphan at the age of 17 when her only remaining parent succumbs to cancer. She leaves her hometown in Paris at the age
of 17 and decides to start fresh in London. However she finds herself in a dire predicament, she loses her job and is practically homeless. She then meets a woman named Carolyn who hires her to be her housekeeper. Carolyn has turned Amelie's life around and Amelie is swept up into this new life . Through her new friends she meets Ned Hawthorpe, the son of a
billionaire and owner of Exclusives. The well renowned billionaire concocts a plan for Amelie to marry him in Las Vegas and in exchange, he will give her 100,000 dollars
so that she may pursue her dream of becoming a lawyer .Shortly after their marriage they are both kidnapped.

This story is told in two parts. The first
part is told in two timelines: past and present. The beginning of the book is reminiscent of BA Paris' earlier works , fast unputdownable, and thoroughly enjoyable. However the second half lacked suspense partially because at least half of it was filled with internal dialogue, with little movement of the plot.
Nevertheless, I still enjoyed the story and read it rather quickly and I'm still a fan and will read any new work by this author.

Many thanks to the author, NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing me with an advanced copy of the book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This will be published on November 1st, 2022.

I really enjoyed this one. I have read all of BA. Paris’ books and this was one of my favorites. The book is broken into 3 parts. The first part was amazing and suspenseful! I couldn’t wait to see where it was going. Part 2 was good but definitely fell short. The ending was a little disappointing. However, I definitely recommend reading it. 4 stars from me!

Thank you so much for allowing me to read and review your titles. I really not the opportunity!

I do appreciate it and continue to review books that I get the chance to read.
Thanks again!

Thank you to NetGalley for an arc of this book!

A solid 3.5 stars. This book is reminiscent of BA Paris’ earlier works in the first half. Fast paced, unputdownable, and thoroughly enjoyable. The second half reminds me of her book about a birthday party. Plenty of internal dialogue for about 30% of the end of the book, with little movement of the plot. I didn’t really care for the second half, and skipped a few chapters to get to the big reveal. By the end, I didn’t really care for the reveal, but I was satisfied by the ending.

While I usually love Paris works, this one fell a bit flat for me. I enjoyed the writing style and short chapters, but I was never fully invested in any of the main characters.

Stellar! Kept me on my toes from the start and really reminded me why I fell in love with BA Paris in the first place. Non stop twists and turns and excitement

I was really excited to read this new book by BA Paris. I didn't hate this book but I didn't really love it either. On a scale from 1 to 10, I'd say a 6.5. It wasn't like edge of your seat thriller but was a good story. The reveal at the end was almost too unbelievable.

3.5 stars
Amelie leaves Paris at 17 after her father passes away from cancer as she has no other family. After some bad luck of losing her job and housing, Amelie meets a woman named Carolyn who hires her to be her housekeeper so Amelie can save for college. Flash forward a couple years and Amelie has wonderful friends, a great job, and overall a perfect life. In a turn of events, Amelie gets married to a very rich man and not long after their wedding they are both kidnapped. They hope her husbands father will pay the ransom but what will happen if he doesn’t? This story is told in two parts. The first part is told in two timelines: past and present. I enjoyed the story and read it rather quickly but it is not my favorite from B.A. Paris. Some parts drug out a bit to me but I’m still a fan and will read any new work by this author. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an ARC of this book.

This was a good, suspenseful, fast paced, binge read or weekend book. It was a quick easy read that had me very interested in what was going to happen next and how it was going to all play out. I have read three of our authors other books, the first three published, so when I had to opportunity to read and review this one I was very excited.

Goodreads tells us “The Prisoner—a stunning new thriller about one woman wed into a family with deadly intentions.

Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where she married the handsome billionaire Jed Hawthorne.

But then, Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, not knowing where she is. Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here, imprisoned, than she had begun to feel with her husband Jed?”

I thought this book was very detailed without being too confusing in terms of the mystery aspects. I enjoyed our protagonist and the other characters involved. The descriptions were great and the settings were very easy to visualize. My imagination ran wild with this one. There were elements of surprise and suspense that kept me on the edge of my seat and I was very intrigued. I can’t imagine how much thought and planning goes into a book like this, especially after all the reveals. While most books have a genre or trope, or more than one, I thought this book had some very original aspects and I can already think of someone in particular I will be recommending this book to.

Many thanks to our author and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an advanced eGalley copy of the book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This will be published on November 1st, 2022. I hope if you choose to read it you enjoy it also.

This book starts out running and it was an exciting ride to see what happened next. I really enjoyed trying to figure out what was going on. Part 2 wasn’t as good as part 1 and even though everything was explained, it felt like it dragged. 3.5 stars. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

The Prisoner was highly engaging and intense at times. The dual timeline helped explain the background and kept the plot thrumming along. This format stopped about 2/3 of the way through and so did the propulsion of the plot. My interest waned a bit and I just wanted to know what happened. I found the plot to be genius, if not far-reaching at times. There also seemed to be no ending; the story just stopped. B.A. Paris has written a couple of great books and this has the potential to be one of them.

The Prisoner
by B.A. Paris
Thank you so much to @netgalley and @baparisauthor for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I did read the book, start to finish, BUT, it just didn't seem realistic much of the time. Amelie seemed most of the time, as if she may be an adult. Wise, but too wise. I just didn't see it as one I could sink into 100%. I did want to give it a 3. 5

Amelie Lamont is down on her luck when a chance encounter with the glamourous Carolyn changes everything--culminating in her marriage to billionaire Ned Hawthorpe.

But the stakes change when she's kidnapped and wakes up in a pitch black room with no idea who--or where--her captors are. Or worse yet: what they want from her.

B.A. Paris's latest, The Prisoner, is a quick read, but not one I found particularly satisfying. I did enjoy the format, and the slow reveal of past and present colliding. But I think I went in looking for a bit more suspense and tension and neither are there. On the contrary, Amelie's "captivity" is pretty easy, with an overall resolution that ties up too nicely. At times the dialogue feels forced and unnatural, which halted the flow for me as well.

I'm also desperately looking for characters I can root for and these weren't it. This cast felt really flat and were fairly unsympathetic. One the one hand, you have the guy who's such a dirt bag he's basically a caricature and on the other is Amelie, who's trying hard to play the weakling victim (when what did you expect walking into a marriage with someone you didn't know??) when she's supposed to be this hardened orphan.

I'm going to say that based on past books, this just isn't the author for me, but I do appreciate St. Martin's Press making The Prisoner available to read in exchange for a review on NetGalley.

I liked this. If I have one criticism, it's that the end struck me as a little abrupt. Overall, I enjoyed the book.

This was a very good book! I loved every bit of it from beginning to end!

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

The Prisoner by BA Paris is another twist, heart-pounding thriller by a queen of suspense. I was really rooting for Amelie and as for Ned... well, I don't want to give anything away. This is a quick read I highly recommend!

So I liked this, but I'm not sure I loved it. The big twist at the end was a bit anti-climatic for me, and I wanted there to be more suspense and excitement throughout the book. That being said, I definitely read this one quickly. It didn't drag so much as I just wanted more! I also had a bit of hard time really connecting to or liking any of the characters. I've now read 3 B.A. Paris books and they've all been solid 4 star reads for me. I'll definitely be trying more of hers! Thanks so much to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for the early review copy!