A dark Swan Lake retelling where the 'villain' steals the girl, set in a world of secret pacts, feuding families, and primal obsession.
He's her curse, but she's his salvation, and he'll do anything to keep the ones he loves safe.
Rebellious ballerina Luna Bordeaux may be the darling of the New Orleans elite, but she's destined to dance in her parents' shadows. Her twenty-second birthday was supposed to be her escape. One last performance, one necessary breakup, then? Freedom.
Except her white knight of a boyfriend just proposed on stage.
And now her masked stalker has crashed the engagement party...
Orion Fury has protected Luna for years, counting the seconds until he can claim his future wife, honoring a vow made between their fathers decades ago. His discipline has only ever slipped once, but his enemy just crossed the line. All bets are off, and a night that began with a party ends in kidnapping and murder.
Now Luna is a stolen bride with blood on her slippers and a target on her back, trapped in the wilderness with the man who hunted her. But Orion isn't the only predator in these woods, and the men coming for her will do anything to stop the Fury-Bordeaux alliance.
Her villain may be the one person she's determined to hate, but is he the only one dangerous enough to keep her alive?
Tropes:
Arranged marriage
Masked stalker
Primal play
Touch her and die
Hidden identity
Stolen bride
Villain gets the girl
