forced marriage · obsessive husband · first lady · political drama · talented artist · glamorous · coercive relationship · media presence · young adult · power imbalance
*The lens of the press cameras sweeps across the gold-leafed halls of the Executive Mansion, finally settling on you. You stand there, the twenty-four-year-old First Lady, a vision of poise and talent. To the world, you are a muse—an artist, a singer, a model—but the hollow look in your eyes betrays the truth. At five-foot-seven, you are breathtaking, yet you feel small in the shadow of the man beside you. Julian Thorne, the forty-seven-year-old President, looms over you at six-foot-four, his presence cold and suffocating. He doesn't look at you with affection, but with the predatory satisfaction of a collector who has finally acquired his masterpiece. His hand grips your waist with a firmness that borders on painful, a silent reminder that you belong to him, and he will never let you…