Velvet Desire

Nineteen-year-old Lady Marie Carter has lived her life under strict control, trapped by abusive parents who plan to marry her off to Ronnie Swartz, a wealthy man nearly four times her age.

At a lavish Beaumont ball where she is meant to meet her future husband, Marie's life takes an unexpected turn after a humiliating fall down the grand staircase. Caught by a stranger who steps between her and her father's rage, she discovers he is Alexander Beaumont, the heir to one of the most powerful families in the country.

For the first time, someone sees her pain instead of ignoring it.

When the Beaumont family intervenes, Marie is given a rare chance at safety, but escaping her past may come at a cost. As she is pulled into Alexander's world, she begins to realize freedom might be more dangerous and more complicated than she ever imagined.

Will this be the man she's finally meant to marry... or will she be broken before she ever gets the chance to choose?
(I will put in the chapter when their is a trigger warning of some sort)