Pearl Bound

<p><strong>Some women are bound by class. Others refuse to be bound at all.</strong></p><p>In the glittering halls of Gilded Age New York beneath chandeliers and velvet drapes danger hides in plain sight. <em>Pearl Bound</em> is a <strong>lush gothic romantasy</strong> that explores <strong>forbidden desire social power and the cost of defiance</strong>.</p><p>Eve Kelly a young Irish immigrant arrives with her mother to work at Greythorne the sprawling estate of the powerful Rennard family. Born into servitude but restless with a force she cannot name Eve is drawn into the orbit of Saskia Rennard the family's magnetic and dangerous daughter. What begins as attraction quickly becomes entanglement pulling Eve into a world where <strong>wealth masks cruelty gender dictates roles and love outside the rules is a dangerous rebellion.</strong></p><p><strong>Fans of gothic romance sapphic romantasy and dark historical fantasy will be spellbound.</strong> With echoes of <em>Mexican Gothic</em> <em>A Dowry of Blood</em> and the decadent intrigue of <em>Bridgerton</em> <em>Pearl Bound</em> delivers a story of resilience passion and awakening.</p><p>For readers of <strong>fantasy with LGBTQ+ romance gothic historical settings and supernatural intrigue</strong> this debut novel will leave you breathless until the final page.</p>