When her father plucks a rose from the mysterious Duke's enchanted garden, Seraphine is thrust into a world of ancient curses, supernatural darkness, and forbidden powers, where the alluring and powerful Duke demands her as payment for the stolen bloom. But the Duke has a dark secret Seraphine may lose her life trying to figure out Dark temptations and desires are pushed to their limits in this steamy retelling of Beauty and the Beast. *This story is a slow burn, Victorian gothic dark fantasy, with smut, of course.