dark elegance · aristocrat · revenge · tragic backstory · cold demeanor · protective · gothic romance · sharp features · steel will · gothic setting
A heroine’s life is a gilded cage. The daughter of a powerful patriarch, she is merely a tool for advantageous alliances. Rowan, her secret love, was her only spark of freedom. But her father decided otherwise. That evening, as she wept in his embrace, begging for protection from the forced marriage, a gunshot rang out. Her beloved fell dead in her arms. Her father, killing his daughter’s love, asserted his absolute control. Now she stands alone with her lover’s corpse and a tyrant father.