{"product_id":"forced-faces-elowen-daire-9798196973635","title":"Forced Faces: Courtesans of Perubia: Emotionally Grounded Slow-Burn Romantic Fantasy of Trust and Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003eDina is a young elven girl taken from her home and forced into the life of a courtesan. She does everything she can to escape, clinging to every chance, every crack in the system that might lead her out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she meets one of her clients. A mysterious stranger with striking vitiligo across his face, a tattoo that tells a story of its own, and a shameless, disarming smile that never quite leaves his lips. Zeron moves through Perubia's rooftops as if the rules do not apply to him. He watches too closely, speaks too freely, and refuses to treat Dina as something that can be owned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were never meant to become anything more. But when they do, the roles they were given were never meant to hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a city ruled by factions, secrets, and silent expectations, choosing each other may cost them everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh-Stakes Romantasy Featuring a Vitiligo MMC and Emotionally Real Romance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut what is an \u003cb\u003eemotionally grounded romantic fantasy\u003c\/b\u003e?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are \u003cb\u003enot clean romances\u003c\/b\u003e, because passion and\u003cb\u003e sexuality are not treated as something shameful\u003c\/b\u003e. But they are \u003cb\u003enot empty spice either.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these stories, passion matters, and intimacy carries emotional weight. Relationships are built on trust, choice, vulnerability, and genuine connection rather than toxicity mistaken for love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe emotional intensity is high, the attraction is real, and intimacy is allowed to exist naturally within the story. A romantasy that keeps the tension, danger, passion, sharp-eared fae, and captivating men readers love, while approaching relationships, trauma, intimacy, and emotional connection in a more grounded and believable way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe kind of fantasy you can recommend both to your friends and to your partner, knowing they'll each find something real inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for readers who love A Court of Thorns and Roses, The Cruel Prince, Blood of Hercules, A Court This Cruel and Lovely, From Blood and Ash, or The Serpent and the Wings of Night, but are looking for something that dares to step outside the usual formula.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamiliar enough to feel like home.\u003cbr\u003eDifferent enough to feel new.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elowen Daire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798196973635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d","brand":"Elowen Daire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173745828095,"sku":"9798196973635","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forced-faces-elowen-daire-9798196973635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}