Held Captive

Joanne Kells’s novel “Held Captive” is a modern romance. The protagonist of the tale is Aaron, who develops feelings for Nathan, the brother of his best friend. But because Aaron is older, Nathan keeps him at a distance and moves on. Aaron, devastated, seeks solace from a close girlfriend.

It takes a distraught Nathan seven long years to return home and completely change Aaron’s life. The book explores into the intricacies of repressed feelings and the faint hope that Nathan might still have feelings for him.