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Run Rabbit Run (Dark Holiday) by Elizabeth Knox-review tour

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Run Rabbit Run (Dark Holiday) by Elizabeth Knox-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 2, 2026

She thought it was just a costume. He knew it was a promise.

Someone Wren Holloway loves owes a very dangerous man a debt he can’t pay. When that man comes to collect, he doesn’t want money.

He wants her. Ezra Vane isn’t the kind of predator who takes what isn’t earned. He offers her a game instead—a chance no one else has ever been given.

Run.

Halloween night. His estate. Hundreds of acres of darkness, and one rule: survive until dawn without being caught, and the debt disappears. Her brother walks free. She never sees Ezra again.

But if he catches her—and he will—she belongs to him. Not for a night. Forever.

She trains. Plans. Studies the terrain. He watches. Waits. Lets her believe she has a chance.

The hunt begins at sundown. By midnight, she realizes the forest isn’t her enemy.

He is.

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REVIEW:RUN RABBIT RUN by Elizabeth Knox is the fourth instalment and stand alone story line in the multi-authored, contemporary adult DARK HOLIDAY erotic, holiday thriller series. This is twenty-five year old, influencer / woodswoman Wren Holloway, and thirty-six year old, Ezra Vane’s story line.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Ezra and Wren) RUN RABBIT RUN follows Wren Holloway, an online influencer and woodswoman as she is forced to pay off her brother’s debt. A Halloween hunt wherein if Wren wins, her brother is free: if our heroine loses, she is trapped until the end of her life but all is not as it appears to be. Wren has a stalker, who is determined to claim Wren as his own, a man who has been watching for a very long time. Wren has ten days to train and map out the hunting grounds but training will not help what is waiting for our story line heroine.

The world building is dark and gritty as Ezra Vane makes it virtually impossible for Wren Holloway to win. Ezra Vane is a predator, a man on the hunt for a woman he wants to call his own but Wren is determined to win at all costs or die trying. An environment of dark and dangerous woods, set against a backdrop of impossibilities, our heroine will fall victim to a hunter who refuses to let go.

The unconventional relationship between Ezra and Wren is hunter and prey. Captured and caged, Wren begins to lose herself to a man who wants to own and possess, determined to destroy her free will, and claim her body in the process. By the end, Wren is no longer the woman she professed herself to be but a woman owned and caged by a hunter who is unwilling to let her go. Giving up, Wren must accept what fate has wrought. The $ex scenes are aggressive and not without some scenes of questionable consent.

The secondary and supporting characters are desperate and broken. We are introduced Wren’s brother Luke Holloway, best friend Rue Bell, coffee shop owner Marlene, Old man Tomlin, and housekeeper Delia.

RUN RABBIT RUN is a story of introspection and contemplation, obsession and possession, power and control, betrayal and vengeance, acceptance and withdrawal. The character driven premise is haunting, dramatic, gritty and edgy; the characters are dark and tragic; the relationship is unique and atypical-there is no love-Ezra wants to possess, while Wren has accepted her new role in life.

–<Heed the trigger warnings.. you have been cautioned<–

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Captive Liberty (Dark Holiday 3) by Elizabeth Knox -review

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Captive Liberty (Dark Holiday 3) by Elizabeth Knox -review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 25, 2026

She survived war. She won’t survive him.

Liberty came home looking for peace. What she found was a trap eight years in the making.

Elias Ashford was her best friend’s brother—the one who watched too closely, wanted too much. She joined the military to escape him.

But some men don’t let go. They just learn patience.

Now Elias owns everything—the town, the businesses, the 4th of July celebration where the whole county will gather to watch fireworks explode over his land.

And Liberty? She’s about to learn that the only freedom she’ll ever have is the freedom to surrender.

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REVIEW:CAPTIVE LIBERTY by Elizabeth Knox is the third instalment in the multi-authored contemporary, adult A DARK HOLIDAY, erotic, dark, romance series. This is twenty-six year old, former US soldier Liberty Cole and businessman Elias Ashford’s story line. CAPTIVE LIBERTY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Liberty and Elias)CAPTIVE LIBERTY follows in the wake of Liberty Cole’s return home after eight years serving in the US military overseas. Bruised, battered and broken Liberty struggles to find a place to live, a job, and any recognition from the people in her home town of Ashford Falls, a town now controlled by the man who broke her heart. Elias Ashford is a change man. The boy he once was died years before, and in the fall-out, a hardened and obsessive businessman stood in his wake but Liberty’s return home find Elias manipulating every aspect of her life, a life that has never once been her own. As Liberty begins to unravel the truth, our heroine discovers that the life she thought she once led, is a life controlled by someone else.

The world building follows the revelation of the truth; the betrayal by, and of one man’s obsession for a woman who only wanted to be loved, but love has manifested into something else.

The relationship between Liberty and Elias is a best friend’s brother; an obsessive,manipulative and questionable hero whose need for our heroine has embodied in the form of captor and controller. Liberty’s life is no longer under her control, and the man she once loved, is not longer the man whom she left behind. The $ex scenes are provocative and intense, and not without some issues of questionable consent.

The secondary and supporting characters include Liberty’s long suffering parents, and Elias’s sister Gracie, and an assortment of townies under Elias’ control.

CAPTIVE LIBERTY is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, obsession and manipulation, forgiveness and love. The character driven premise is dark, dramatic and gritty; the characters are broken, disturbed and struggling.

Heed the trigger warnings….

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Hunt You Down (Dark Holiday 2) by Elizabeth Knox-review

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Hunt You Down (Dark Holiday 2) by Elizabeth Knox-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 4, 2026

I thought I escaped hell when I ran from the Sanctuary.

Hell found me on a Valentine’s Day auction block, where men in black ties bid on virgins like livestock. Where the highest bidder owns you—body, mind, and soul.

Vaughn Sutherland paid more for me than most people see in a lifetime.

He put me in a room with silk sheets and locked doors. He touched me in ways that made me forget my own name. He made me want things I shouldn’t want.

So, I ran. I made it a few hours before he found me.

I expected punishment. Expected pain. Expected him to finally show me the monster beneath the patient facade.

Instead, he gave me pleasure. Over and over until I broke. Until I begged. Until I couldn’t remember why I ever wanted to leave.

Now I sleep in his bed, not the guest room. Now he watches my every move. Now every choice I thought I had is gone—except one.

Submit willingly to his training for the Consortium gathering, or he’ll break me until I do. And the worst part? I’m starting to want to submit.

The Sanctuary stole her childhood. Vaughn Sutherland bought her virginity. And when she runs? He’ll hunt her down and teach her that the only freedom she’ll ever have is the kind he gives her.

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REVIEW:HUNT YOU DOWN is the second instalment in Elizabeth Knox’s contemporary, adult DARK HOLIDAY, dark, erotic, romance series. This is billionaire businessman Vaughn Sutherland, and twenty-three year old Eden Finch’s story line. HUNT YOU DOWN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there maybe triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Eden and Vaughn) HUNT YOU DOWN follows in the wake of the ‘purchase ‘ of our story line heroine. Eden Finch was raised in a religious cult known as the Sanctuary, but two weeks before her ‘arranged marriage’ Eden ran, and believing she located someone to help, found herself on the auction block , where she was about to be sold to the highest bidder. Vaughn Sutherland is a man determined to seek revenge for sins of the past but his membership into The Consortium means participating in events he would prefer to ignore. The sight of a young woman, determined never to submit, forced Vaughn to take control. Buying and claiming Eden as his own was only the first step on the road to revenge but Vaughn never expected to fall in love with the woman whose heart and soul he was about to destroy.

The world building focuses on the preparation and training of our story line heroine in an effort to save her life. Vaughn, in essence, rescued and saved the woman with whom he will fall in love but The Consortium wants proof, and our couple must face the people in charge.

The relationship between Vaughn and Eden begins as a purchase; a forced proximity in the face of betrayal and ownership. Eden is an innocent, and struggles with her attraction to a man who could destroy her life, but as the days and weeks go by, our couple find themselves focusing on a potential future, if only they can escape the threats coming down from the top. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate.

The secondary and supporting characters are limited. We are introduced to Vaughn’s caring housekeeper Mrs. Silva, his assistant Callum,and Consortium member Victor Hargrove.

HUNT YOU DOWN is a story of power and control, betrayal and obsession, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is dark, dramatic and edgy but there is some question of prior knowledge on behalf of our story line heroine; the romance is seductive; the characters are desperate, determined, and colorful.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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