PEARL BOUND — A sapphic gothic romantasy set in the twilight of the Gilded Age. Born with power. Bound by fear. Freed by truth. Eve Kelly scrubs floors in a run-down Tarrytown inn—just another Irish servant girl the world ignores. But when a violent encounter awakens something strange inside her, she seizes a chance to work at Greythorne, the remote Hudson Valley estate of the powerful Rennard family, titans of Gilded Age industry. There, Eve is drawn into the glittering world of Saskia Rennard, an heiress bound by duty and aching for freedom. Beneath Greythorne’s marble halls, dark secrets fester—sins of obsession and control that reach across generations. As love and vengeance entwine, Eve must decide whether to stay small or unleash the power her mother once bound in fear—a force that could free her … or destroy her. PEARL BOUND weaves historical fantasy, queer romance, and gothic mystery into a story of class, desire, and the perilous cost of destiny.