Gilded Promises

By: Julia K. Wolf

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Light and darkness are not what she was taught—and the truth may cost her everything.

Faerie is beautiful in the daylight. That does not make it kind.

After months of darkness and terror, Iseul awakens in a sunlit palace surrounded by flowers, fine linens, and the quiet power of the Summer Lord who claimed her through a fae bargain. Her wounds are treated. Her hunger is eased. Every comfort is provided.

Except her freedom.

Among the fae, she is a curiosity—kept, pampered, and spoken of as a possession. Lord Danann calls her his pet and watches her with cool fascination, offering protection instead of choice, luxury instead of escape. Over time, Iseul begins to tell herself that this is mercy. That his distance is simply the nature of the fae. That his attention means she matters in a world that treats humans as lesser beings.

As she heals, her world narrows to gilded rooms, watchful servants, and the beautiful lord who insists she is special. And when desire begins to blur the line between captivity and comfort, she dares to hope for something more.
But hope can be the most dangerous illusion of all.

Gilded Promises is a slow burn dark romantasy novella about gilded captivity, fragile trust, and the seductive danger of believing that safety and love are the same thing.
Book two in The Darkness in the Light series.

Author’s note
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A slow burn dark fantasy romance.