Blooming Rose (Constrained Bouquet #2) | Bella Reves

A fresh start

That’s all I wanted. So I snuck out in the dead of night, trading the last name of my abuser for one of a nobody. It was all going as planned; I found a place to live and a simple job in a tiny, no-name town deep in the forest. Here, my past would never find me, and I finally have the chance to be truly free. Until a chance encounter with my sullen, reclusive neighbour sets me on a path I never expected.

Solitude, interrupted

After my encounter with the Dollmaker forced me into early retirement, I moved out to the middle of nowhere to escape. Escape the stares, the people, the whispers… my life. I was content to live the rest of my days in loneliness and self-loathing. Until she came along. The beautiful, mysterious stranger invaded my quiet town and refused to leave me to my isolation. Now I'm being forced to face my own insecurities for a chance at a new beginning.

Will Rose manage to thaw the ice encasing my heart, or will I be pricked instead by the thorns of her past?

Tropes: Dark romance, Beauty and the Beast Retelling, Small town romance, Grumpy/sunshine, Enemies to lovers, Slow burn