Angelina Carter and Aaron Hunter have both been captured by a madman who has, and is going, to torture them to the extreme to get what he wants. They have to get away from him and quick, but even if they do, Sebastian has a terrible secret that may just tear apart the love Aaron and Angelina will come to develop.  Will the fragile bond be strengthened or will their scarred pasts shatter their future? Angelina,, or Angel as she is called, is an emergency room physician. She is kidnapped while walking out to her car one night. Sebastian, the sick man behind the capture wants her so that she can heal his other prisoner back to health in order to torture him again.  What Angel sees shocks even her, and that’s hard to do. The man is bruised, broken and severely beaten, but underneath all that she sees him to be strong and handsome. She fights to save his life, but not because she has been promised freedom if she does, but because she cannot stand to see another human being suffer so terribly.

Hunter has no idea why he was kidnapped and tortured.  He knows Sebastian wants something out of his father’s journals, but the bastard won’t tell him what it is he is looking for, and if Hunter doesn’t come up with answers soon his short life is going to be over. While he begs Angel to let him die, he secretly fights to live for revenge, and because he wants to help his beautiful savior to get out of the prison they are in, and well maybe to show her his gratitude too.

Captive Angel had me on the edge of my seat the entire read.  I'm a sucker for a book with the heroine being in the medical field. Angel is strong, she doesn’t whine or cry at what life has thrown her and she doesn’t wait for a man to rescue her. I also like that Hunter and Angel develop feelings pretty evenly throughout the novel and neither falls instantly in love, it is actually given time to grow, and the reader will really feel this bond. The two of them do instantly decide on one thing however, and that is to escape the madman holding them captive, and when they do, look out, they are a powerhouse to contend with. The escape is one of my favorite scenes in the book.  Be warned though, if you have a weak constitution about torture, or attempted/implied rapes, this book might make you a little squeamish.  Be that as it may, Wendy Stone really did a good job of not only developing great characters but a great world, as this novel is number one out of three.  My only issue with the story is that after Angel and Hunter escape, Sebastian ends up kidnapping Hunter's sister.  When they find this out it seems like they take their time getting her, which is insane because they both know what he is capable of doing. Warning, this is the part of the story that you may be uncomfortable with. However, I didn't let it detract from the story line and thought to myself, wow what if Shanna (Hunter's sister) actually had her own story. Low and behold, she does. I'll be reading that one as soon as possible.  Wendy Stone has a great start with Captive Angel and hopefully will only get better from here.