UNVEIL
Series: Frayed Satin #1
Author: Greer Rivers
Genre: Dark Romance
Release Date: October 2, 2025
A dark Swan Lake retelling where the ‘villain’ steals the girl, set in a world of secret pacts, feuding families, and primal obsession.
He’s her curse, but she’s his salvation, and he’ll do anything to keep the ones he loves safe.
Rebellious ballerina Luna Bordeaux may be the darling of the New Orleans elite, but she’s destined to dance in her parents’ shadows. Her twenty-second birthday was supposed to be her escape. One last performance, one necessary breakup, then? Freedom.
Except her white knight of a boyfriend just proposed on stage.
And now her masked stalker has crashed the engagement party…
Orion Fury has protected Luna for years, counting the seconds until he can claim his future wife, honoring a vow made between their fathers decades ago. His discipline has only ever slipped once, but his enemy just crossed the line. All bets are off, and a night that began with a party ends in kidnapping and murder.
Now Luna is a stolen bride with blood on her slippers and a target on her back, trapped in the wilderness with the man who hunted her. But Orion isn’t the only predator in these woods, and the men coming for her will do anything to stop the Fury-Bordeaux alliance.
Her villain may be the one person she’s determined to hate, but is he the only one dangerous enough to keep her alive?
Tropes:
Arranged marriage
Masked stalker
Primal play
Touch her and die
Hidden identity
Stolen bride
Villain gets the girl
Unveil is Book 1 of the Frayed Satin Series, a Tattered Curtain second-generation legacy series of interconnected standalones reimagining classic ballets with dark and twisty HEAs. Each series can be enjoyed separately. TWs will be available in the front of the book.
“You have no idea how long I’ve wanted to do this.”
My voice is hoarse. “Do what?”
His thumbs lift my chin, pressing my jaw as a low growl rumbles from his chest. “Make you mine.”
*kicks feet giddily*
Now if there’s one thing about me, it’s that I love an obsessed MMC. And Orion Fury is the unhinged kid of obsessed that I absolutely DEVOURED in this book.
Now if you haven’t yet read Greer’s Tattered Curtain series, I highly recommend you start with that first. You’ll have a much easier time wrapping your head around the history of these characters since Frayed Satin is the next generation spinoff.
Our FMC, Luna, is the daughter of none other than Sol from Phantom. She’s a talented ballerina who’s eager to break out on her own but has the looming years long rivalry and a potential marriage pact that’s looming over her head on the day she turns 22. She’s dating a guy who barely stirs anything more than friendship in her but when he proposes, the man who has been stalking her for years finally makes him move. After all, Luna is promised to be his wife and Orion Fury will stop at nothing to both have her and protect her with his life. Especially when a dangerous rivalry between families lands her in the crosshairs of the Wildes.
The story was fast paced and the premise of it super interesting. Unfortunately, I struggled to really connect to both Luna and Orion. And while they did have chemistry, I still struggled to connect to them as a couple. Orion was obsessed from the very beginning and Luna took a minute to get there. But there was just something missing for me to fully connect with them as a couple. I can’t really put my finger on what it was exactly. Perhaps having a snippet of how Orion watched her through the years may have helped develop that bond for me.
The other quibble I had with the story was the part in the woods. I don’t want to spoil it, but it felt very out of left field and I struggled to understand why it had to happen that way and if it really was necessary for the plot.
I had fun reading it, but it just didn’t grab me by the throat the way the Tattered Curtain books did. It did suck me into the series and I’ll definitely be reading the rest of the books. I still enjoyed this one and would recommend for those who enjoy a dark romance with an obsessive and possessive FMC. I also really loved the mental health representation and loved the way it was written into the story.
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