She came to his house for revenge. She didn't expect to find herself.Three years ago, Fenella Vasaryn was the Velde City Ballet's most celebrated principal dancer. Then a faulty autonomous vehicle ended her career - and the man responsible walked free.Now, financially ruined and with nowhere left to turn, Fenella accepts the only offer on the table: a private residency at the secluded estate of Zander Corvaine, the reclusive tech founder whose company built the vehicle that shattered her knee and her future. He doesn't want her gratitude. He wants an audience for her final, private performance.But Zander has a confession Fenella wasn't prepared for - and it changes everything except the anger.Trapped in a house full of his secrets, working in a performance space he built before she existed in his calculations, Fenella begins to make the most honest work of her life. The piece she creates is about damage and survival. So is the man at the piano.The Gilded Cage of Thorns is a slow-burn, forced proximity enemies-to-lovers romance for readers who want the full emotional account: the anger that doesn't disappear, the truth that doesn't excuse, and the love that holds both.
