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Caged Queen: A Dark Captive Romance
He didn't just kidnap me to break me. He stole me to burn my father’s empire to the ground.
Ten years ago, Garret Kensington sold my unit out to die in the desert. He built an empire on our bones. Now, I’m the Architect—the man who destroys empires from the shadows.
My plan was Hijack his daughter. Break her spirit. Use her to burn his legacy to the ground.
Lark Whitmore was supposed to be a spoiled princess in a silk dress. A pawn. But when I locked her in my glass cage, she didn't beg. She didn't break. She stared back. Now, the lines are blurring. I’m supposed to be her jailer, but every time I touch her, I feel like the one in chains.
My husband thinks I’m fragile. My father thinks I’m a trophy. The world thinks I’m the perfect socialite.
They’re all wrong.
When the lights went out at the gala and the monster in the tuxedo took me, I should have been terrified. But Creed doesn't look at me like a prize. He looks at me like a weapon he’s dying to fire. He says he wants to ruin me. He doesn't realize I’ve been waiting for someone to light the match.
Gilded Ruins is a dark, captive romance with a vigilante anti-hero and the woman who brings him to his knees.
Tropes
Kidnapping / Forced Proximity
"Who Did This To You?"
Morally Black Hero
Touch Her And Die
Vigilante Justice
This book contains dark themes, graphic violence, and explicit sexual content. Reader discretion is advised.
Ten years ago, Garret Kensington sold my unit out to die in the desert. He built an empire on our bones. Now, I’m the Architect—the man who destroys empires from the shadows.
My plan was Hijack his daughter. Break her spirit. Use her to burn his legacy to the ground.
Lark Whitmore was supposed to be a spoiled princess in a silk dress. A pawn. But when I locked her in my glass cage, she didn't beg. She didn't break. She stared back. Now, the lines are blurring. I’m supposed to be her jailer, but every time I touch her, I feel like the one in chains.
My husband thinks I’m fragile. My father thinks I’m a trophy. The world thinks I’m the perfect socialite.
They’re all wrong.
When the lights went out at the gala and the monster in the tuxedo took me, I should have been terrified. But Creed doesn't look at me like a prize. He looks at me like a weapon he’s dying to fire. He says he wants to ruin me. He doesn't realize I’ve been waiting for someone to light the match.
Gilded Ruins is a dark, captive romance with a vigilante anti-hero and the woman who brings him to his knees.
Tropes
Kidnapping / Forced Proximity
"Who Did This To You?"
Morally Black Hero
Touch Her And Die
Vigilante Justice
This book contains dark themes, graphic violence, and explicit sexual content. Reader discretion is advised.
292 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 24, 2025
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