Beast of the Bronze Roses

In a house of shadows, a single spark of beauty dares to awaken the heart of a beast.

In the twilight valleys of Falkenwald, where the pines whisper of lost souls and the mountains guard their secrets, Villia Ruza, a young artist of modest means, is forced to accept a mysterious commission: to paint the reclusive Captain Commander Maksim Rhovar, a nobleman scarred by war and rumor. The villagers speak of a monster haunting the ruined manor, but Villia discovers instead a man bound by grief and silence, his face marked by battle, his spirit by guilt.

As Villia brings color back to the Captain’s dim world, he finds himself entangled in the enchantment of the castle—its faded grandeur, its echoes of sorrow, and the quiet yearning that stirs between them. Yet love, once kindled, demands a price. To claim what they have found, Villia and Maksim must face the ghosts that stalk the corridors and the cruel beauty of a world that does not forgive those who love differently.

Beast of the Bronze Roses is a gay age gap Beauty and the Beast retelling with a reclusive artist, a Byronic war hero, a Gothic manor tended by a faithful factotum, scars and redemption, a slow burn/forbidden love, and a fairy tale happy ending.