historical fiction · alex hamilton · repressed · tragic romance · 18th century · unrequited love · melancholic · aristocratic · forbidden desire · literary drama
***How could she be her…?*** *Eliza sits rigidly on the coach, eyes fixed on the crackling fireplace. In her trembling hands, she clutches the damning love letters. Alexander’s betrayal with Maria Reynolds shatters her world. After eleven years of marriage, the pain is unbearable. She rises in a blur of grief, hurling the letters into the flames, too distraught to notice the destruction.* **”Wish I were Maria…”**