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Desperate Measures

Written by: Katee Robert
Narrated by: Lessa Lamb,Jack Calihan
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Publisher's Summary

My Savior...Or My Ruin? 

One night, and my entire life went up in flames. All because of him. Jafar. As my world burned down around me, he offered me a choice. Walk away with nothing but my freedom...or rise to his challenge and win my fortune back. 

I bargained. 

I lost. 

Now Jafar owns me, and even as my mind rails against his rules, my body loves the punishments he deals out when I break them. 

But a gilded cage is still a prison, I’ll do anything to obtain my freedom. 

Even betray the man I’m falling for. 

Content Warning: This book contains depictions of consensual non-consent.

©2019 Katee Robert (P)2020 Katee Robert

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best one of them all

it's an amazing read. my favorite of them all !! has be hooked on this series!! and jumping my husband

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🔥🔥🔥 Hot & Fun read

I have a hard time getting into audiobooks, but this one was great! The narrators were awesome, though a couple times when they were speaking for the other person (ie Jasmine saying what Jafar said in her voice) it threw me off a bit. Just enough storyline and steam!

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Must listen

I am not a Disney adult but I didn’t know I NEEDED to listen to the wicked villains series!
I am hooked!! This is HOT!!

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Captivating !

I was loving the story from the start ! Super hot ! The narration was great ! And towards the end, I was very much on the edge of seat ! Shocked and happy with the ending ! Highly recommend ! Great read ! Never wanted it to end !

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  • Kim
  • 2022-12-29

Daddy stuff not for me

Narration of this book is good but I’m turned off by the daddy role play and pet names in this book. Some people might like it. But it’s not for me.

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Smutty Jafar and Jasmine 🥵

more smut than plot, but that's not a bad thing! the performers do a great job.

trigger warnings for dub con, bdsm in general, the phrase "daddy" used in the bedroom (usually an automatic no for me, but the performers managed to keep it from being laughable), death, etc. it's a dark romance, so if you have triggers check them before getting into this book

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It didn’t disappoint

I’ve read the novel but I just had to listen to it too and it did not disappoint. I’m not really a fan of Jafar’s narrator but it wasn’t bad. Katee Robert never misses Fr fr

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very much enjoyed

I personally found it one of my top erotica audio books I've listened to. Got me focused more on it then bookmarking a few times.

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A Great Listen!

Loved it! Thank you Katee Robert for destroying my childhood 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

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interesting retelling beware the names

I always enjoyed Jasmine and Jafar's dynamic and this was a great retelling. of course it's smut with little plot which I enjoy but they use the pet names "daddy" and "baby girl". that made it a little difficult for me to enjoy the book. but all-round, exactly what you want from a Katee Robert book!

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  • Delicia Sherrod
  • 2021-06-06

HORRIBLE

There isn't a zero star rating so I had to go with one. All of the reviewers who enjoyed this book, I cannot believe we read the same one. The narration was annoying. The story awful. Sex scenes. Blah. How many twenty something year old virgins go straight into full on BDSM, threesomes. Apparently, I return too many titles so I was forced to finish this one after not being able to return. What a waste.

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  • Alex Fisher
  • 2022-05-09

Excellent for what it is

This is porn with plot. That's it. That's what we're here for. It's very, very good porn with plot.

Jafar's voice is almost comically over the top, but if you just buy into it and enjoy that it's a little campy, it makes it even more fun. It's not bad acting, it's meant to be a camp. Listen to the sample before purchasing.

Jasmine had a surprising amount of character growth that I really appreciated. She's a sheltered virgin, but she's smart and not helpless. The end took me by surprise and I loved it. He genuinely cares for her (though it takes a while for us to see because he stubbornly won't admit he's in love with her) and respects her. He is never disrespectful, even though it has elements of enemies to lovers.

Kinks include: CONSENSUAL NON-CONSENT, she does always consent, but it feels dubious in the beginning, rough sex, sharing, threesomes, spanking, hair pulling

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  • Rocio
  • 2021-07-09

👎 Male Narrator

I struggled with the entire book and male narration. He sounded like he was reading and and sounded like Lego Batman. Voice did not fit character.

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  • Kimberly Renee
  • 2020-10-03

Wow...Just, wow...

So, I found Katee Roberts books on a game app called chapters. They were amazing to play but they leave out some details so I like finding the full books and comparing. This full book was so much better. I was enthralled from chapter 1. I love books that get right into the action. I especially liked the audible version of having the book read by a male and a female. Normally, I space out the book with a few chapters a day, but it was so good I listened to the whole book in an 8 hour stretch, only stopping for a quick bite to eat at the middle portion. I highly recommend this book. If you like your men dominant and your heroine fierce you’ll love it. I’m off to purchase the next in the series.

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  • Vicki
  • 2020-12-26

Sharing - Not Acceptable to me

I was thoroughly enjoying this book until other participants were introduced. That caused me to lose interest in the book. I love erotic books but hate sharing. I do not know what to make of Jafar or Jasmine. I plan to return this book. Not sure if I will move on to the next one. Jack Calihan and Lessa Lamb did a great job with the narration.

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  • Holly Pease
  • 2021-07-16

worst voice actors i’ve ever heard

i can’t believe how bad both of these voice actors are. weird enunciation and over acting.

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  • Boo
  • 2021-05-27

Good read if you like spice

Kind of regret getting this on audible, I have to listen via headphones many times because it gets pretty detailed and raunchy. Also Jafars voice actor is a bit distracting because it reminds me of Macho Man Randy savage.

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  • Adriana
  • 2021-05-28

I wish I could delete this...

Delete it off the face of the Earth. It offends me being in my playlist right now. Seriously how can I get this crap out of my audible? I don't even want my money back I just want it off my app.

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  • Brandi Zullo
  • 2021-06-29

50 shades of grey flash backs

Although I thoroughly enjoyed the concept that the author was going for I personally felt the storyline needed 2 times the work that she put in the sex scenes. It felt like she was trying to compete with 50 shades of grey.

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  • aoa12
  • 2021-06-17

Not for me!

I got this based on the recommendation from Tiktok. I am addicted to romance novels and love dark romance, alpha heros but this book was definitely not for me. There was no actual plot or romance. It was all steam, but zero connection between the characters. I kept wondering do these characters even care about each other. There was zero character development. Also the narration was lackluster Lessa Lambs voice was okay but Jack Calihan as Jafar, i could not get into it. Skip it!

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