Still Beating, Jennifer Hartmann 
Book
Contemporary
Romance
Thriller
Book
Contemporary
Romance
Thriller
Updated: 4 July 2025
No rape or sexual assault
Rape or sexual assault mentioned in passing (in discussion and/or implied)
Sexual harassment (e.g. verbal or non-consensual touching/grabbing)
Sexual relationship between adult and teenager
Child sexual abuse
Incest
Attempted rape
Rape strongly implied/details surrounding a rape discussed in detail (i.e. the events before/after)
Detailed/vivid description of rape

Description

The main characters (male and female) are kidnapped by a serial killer with an obsession on making the people he kidnaps fall in love. He repeatedly rapes the main heroine. Later on, he starts to force the main female character and the main male character to have sex. This is acknowledged as rape by the man, but the woman does not want to acknowledge it as such because she feels like he did not have a choice, (and because she gives the male character permission before each encounter) otherwise they would have been killed. The rape scenes are not particularly graphic, and the aftermath greatly acknowledges the trauma of both of the characters, although the sexual trauma is more focused on the female character, while the male character is more focused on the trauma of being kidnapped and being forced to assault someone.

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