Taken is the first novel in the Claimed by Outlaws series by R.B. Fields.
Finished on: 8.3.2026

Plot:
Isabelle’s last con has gone sideways and led to her being held captive in the basement of a tech millionaire. But she finally manages to escape – only to run into The Renegades in the middle of a robbery. The Renegades, that is a biker club, a fearsome foursome known for being the enforcers of the other biker clubs around them. With no good options, they grab Isabelle and simply take her with them. Isabelle is quick to make her own plans, and when she realizes that The Renegades are not quite what they seem – not evil, but very hot – new alliances are forged.

Taken is what they call a reverse harem romance with a lot of sex and a cliffhanger ending. I did enjoy it for the most part, but probably not enough to continue reading the series after this first entry.

I recently went a little overboard on one of those „stuff your e-reader“ days, and the result is a weird mix of books on my e-reader that I barely know what they’re about. But I was in the mood for something frisky, and Taken caught my eye. And it certainly gave me the spice I was looking for, although biker gangs are not usually my thing. I do like polyamorous stories, though, and Isabelle working her way through the entire group, separately and together, was definitely a good time.

Taken has not only some very nice sex scenes (and we quickly and repeatedly get to them), but also some pretty good communication between the characters. It almost stretched my suspense of disbelief just how clearly (almost) everbody communicated their emotional needs, and how quickly boundaries were navigated, but it was just that much easier to sink into the sex.

The guys were pretty hot, each playing into a different romance hero trope in their own charming way. For my personal taste, the focus was a little too much on the brooding, secretly tortured type, but then again, that’s probably part of the reason why I don’t like biker/bad boy stories in general. They are just not my cup of tea. But the guys here can definitely get it, so I’m not complaining.

The plot still didn’t convince me, though. I am not entirely sure that the story surrounding it makes all that much sense, and I couldn’t really rattle up much interest for it either way. When this novel then ends on a cliffhanger, I was a little surprised – I am more used to the books in a series closing one arc before the next book opens the next – and not overly motivated to continue to find out what happens to Isabelle and her guys.

Summarizing: not bad but didn’t really win me over.