Dishearten: A Dark Ballet Reimagining (Frayed Satin Series)

A dark Alice in Wonderland reimagining where the ‘villain’ saves the girl, set in a world of secret pacts, feuding families, and unhinged obsession.

He's her greatest threat, she's his only peace, and he gambled the one thing he loves most to keep her safe.

Lucy McKennon is a pawn. Daughter of the King of Las Vegas and promised to a madman she’s never met, she’s spent her life following the rules to protect her family.

When violence erupts and her best friend is kidnapped, Lucy does the only thing she knows how. She runs.

Now she’s hiding on a sin island under a fake name, trading in pleasure and secrets to survive.

Except Wander Isle has lured her under its spell, she’s in over her head…

And her masked madman just followed her down The Rabbit Hole.

Hatton Fury is doomed. The last person he wants trapped in the danger of his family name is the very woman who’s supposed to take it. So he’s protected his fiancée the only way he knows how. By staying the hell away.

When Lucy vanishes, he breaks every rule he’s lived by to find her. But the closer he gets, the harder it is to remember that keeping her safe and keeping her can never be the same.

She’s spent years outrunning her villain, but is he the only one dangerous enough to make her stay?

Tropes:
Arranged marriage
Masked stalker
Forced proximity
Touch her and die
Hidden identity
Southern Gothic Underground
Villain gets the girl

Dishearten is Book 2 of the Frayed Satin Series, a Tattered Curtain second-generation legacy series of interconnected standalones reimagining classic ballets with dark and twisty HEAs. Each series can be enjoyed separately. TWs will be available in the front of the book.