Darkest Before Dawn by Stevie J. Cole is a beautifully poetic dark romance. Emphasis on the dark. It is a standalone told in dual POV between Ava, the girl who gets abducted, and Max, the captor who rescues her. Ava in turn rescues his soul from the dark place it has been immersed since he was younger. 
 This book has different bits of each of their pasts revealed slowly throughout and it isn't until they get close and begin to feel for each other that they realize they have been fated to be where they are. It is again a poetically dark story and I enjoyed every page. It has a happy ending but it is one that is also on the dark side. Well done Stevie J. Cole for balancing the line between love and darkness and creating this awesome story.