Lady of the Rose: A Dark Gothic Romance Obsession and Transformation

She was born to love without limits. He intends to become the limit.Amoret has spent years waiting for Britomart-the fierce Welsh swordswoman she loves in secret-to choose her in the light of day.Then Lord Busirane asks her to dance.Older, powerful, and recently widowed, Busirane offers everything Britomart will not: public devotion, marriage, and a place at his side. One reckless night is enough to bind Amoret to him-and carry her away to Thornhallow, his black castle above the sea.At first, her new life feels like freedom. Busirane gives her beautiful rooms, lavish feasts, and every lover she desires. But every pleasure passes through his hands. Every door opens because he permits it. Beneath his tenderness lie blood magic, locked chambers, and an obsession that reaches toward the one part of Amoret he cannot possess: the woman she loved before him.When desire becomes captivity, Amoret must survive the husband who has reshaped her heart-and reckon with what she is willing to do to the woman who once trusted her.Freedom leaves her with a ruined castle, a vast inheritance, and no certainty about what love should feel like. Then Leopold Scudamore-the quiet, one-armed brother of her former lover-offers something no one ever has before.A choice without a trap.But forbidden magic has a price, and something hungry is waiting in the Welsh woods.Lady of the Rose is a dark, high-heat Gothic historical romantasy featuring a bisexual Venus-blooded heroine, obsessive older husband, first love between women, blood magic, an enchanted castle, a one-armed scholar-warrior, recovery romance, captive women fighting back, and a hard-won HEA.