Happy release day to this beauty!
Thank you Valentine PR for the gifted ebook copy
UNVEIL – Greer Rivers (Releasing October 2nd, 2025)
Available for download and on Kindle Unlimited!
Book Description:
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
A dark Swan Lake retelling where the ‘villain’ steals the girl, set in a world of secret pacts, feuding families, and primal obsession. 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.
My Thoughts: 5/5 stars
I LOVED the Tattered Curtain series from Rivers, so this was a no-brainer for me. This is the beginning of a new series, Frayed Satin, that follows the next generation of characters from the other series. I highly recommend reading them – you don’t NEED to in order to rad UNVEIL but they’re so good and worth the time. More ballet and crime families dark romance for us to enjoy. I didn’t think I’d love this very specific sub-genre, but I’m here for it all. This is a retelling of Swan Lake and has some great mental health representation. I recommend not skipping the author’s note at the beginning of the book.
A drunken poker bet one night leads to a pact that must be followed between the three major crime families – the Troisgarde daughters are to be arranged to marry three of the Fury brothers. Bound in blood and will have disastrous results if broken. Luna is the daughter of the Phantom of the French Quarter (oh hey, PHANTOM) and she has some high expectations resting on her shoulders as she dances for such a prestigious ballet academy. She has been promised to Orion Fury and he has been impatiently waiting for the day that she will be his. He has kept is distance, for the most part, but when an enemy tries to take her from him he takes matters into his own hands. Violence, obsession, secrets, some spice, and ballet make for an addictive read that will be over far too quickly but also feel like you can’t get through it fast enough.
One thing I remember loving about the Tattered Curtain series is that Rivers can create such a dark and perfectly gothic setting. It sucks you in and this was no different. The chemistry between Luna and Orion jumps off the page and reminded me why I couldn’t put down the series before it. Like I said, you don’t need to read those first, but the cameos make it all worth it and the callbacks to some parts. I have a feeling that I’m going to devour this series as well when the next books come out.
Jessicamap Reviews 