Description

Twenty-year-old Rosemary Green is the granddaughter of a wealthy industrialist and the daughter of a human father and a royal Fae mother. When her expected supernatural transition fails, Rose learns that her remaining lifespan may be only three years. She hides the diagnosis while continuing to run her bookshop, volunteer and compete in underground boxing matches.

Rose’s controlling grandfather attempts to arrange her marriage to Ethan James, a wealthy blind painter whose family can rescue the failing Green business. Neither Rose nor Ethan wants the arrangement, and they initially agree to reject the marriage. Rose believes her grandfather selected a blind husband because years of abuse and colorist criticism have convinced her that she is physically undesirable.

Searching for excitement before her time runs out, Rose joins Shivering Twilight, an online BDSM game. Using the beautiful avatar “Blue Angel,” she becomes the submissive of its secretive owner, Master D. Their virtual sessions involve commands, nudity, restraint, spanking and sexual stimulation that Rose begins experiencing physically outside the game.

Ethan admits that he killed four men who intended to sexually assault his sister Karen. Although frightened by his abilities and violent past, Rose recognizes that neither of them is fully human. They agree to explore a relationship combining friendship, attraction and their online dominant–submissive arrangement. The book ends after their first real kiss, before Rose reveals her Fae identity or they resolve her terminal condition.