Gilded Cage

<p><strong>Elara Beaumont was once a beauty queen crowned under dazzling lights with a future full of promise. </strong></p><p> </p><p>Now she serves coffee in a small-town diner her dreams fading with every clattering plate. When Jason Mercer a figure from her glittering past offers a shadowy escape-wealth power and a chance to reclaim her former glory-Elara sees a lifeline. But as she steps into a world of hidden agendas dangerous alliances and moral compromises the cost of ambition becomes a deadly gamble. </p><p> </p><p><em>From diner booths to rain-soaked alleys Elara's journey unfolds as a suspenseful battle between the woman she was and the one she dares to become-where every choice could be her crown or her undoing.</em></p><p><br> </p>