Documents the Gilded Age love story of an heiress who fought for women's rights and an architect, tracing their upbringings, their pursuits, and their advocacy efforts on behalf of the poor and disenfranchised.

"What a pretty flower to keep locked in a big, rocky tower." Nineteen years ago, I was plucked from the heart of a bloody massacre that spared nobody else. Small. Fragile. An enigma. Now ward to a powerful High Master who knows too much and says too little, I lead a simple life, never straying from the confines of an imaginary line I've drawn around the castle grounds. Stay within. Never leave. Out there, the monsters lurk. Inside, I'm safe...though at a cost far greater than the blood I drip into a goblet daily. Toxic, unreciprocated love for a man who's utterly unavailable. My savior. My protector. My almost executioner. I can't help but be enamored with the arcane man who holds the power to pull my roots from the ground. When voracious beasts spill across the land and threaten to fray the fabric of my tailored existence, the petals of reality will peel back to reveal an ugly truth. But in a castle puddled with secrets, none are greater than the one I've kept from myself. No tower is tall enough to protect me from the horror that tore my life to shreds. To Bleed a Crystal Bloom is a dark Rapunzel reimagining full of immersive imagery and breathtaking angst.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

Efrem is older and a deadly criminal—everything my parents despise—but he’s all I want. I gave up everything to be with him. My parents are strangers to me now. But if that was the price of dating Efrem. I would gladly pay it. Efrem said he loves me, that he would do anything for me. But he betrayed me. And his betrayal cost me dearly. In an instant, I see New York’s dark underbelly for the ugly hell it is. However I’m determined to make things right, to protect the people I love and reform the bonds I so carelessly broke. But everything’s different now. I can no longer trust the people closest to me. And nothing is as it seems. Am I too late to redeem my terrible mistakes? And now that I know the stakes, what will my vow of sin truly cost me? Sinner's Vow is the first installment of the Vow of Sin series. The reading order is as follows: Sinner's Obsession, Sinner's Vow, and Sinner's Revenge. The series is complete!

Reproduction of the original: Romance by Walter Raleigh