Bound Maiden : Daphne’s Chase (Bacchanalia Book 2)

They say I ran from him.

But the poets always stop looking too soon.

Daphne has spent her life running wild beneath the moon, bow in hand, hound at her heels, determined to give herself to no man. Daughter of a river god and sworn in her heart to Artemis, she wants only the hunt, the forest, and the freedom of her own untouched body.

Then Apollo comes to Arkady.

Golden, arrogant, impossible Apollo, god of the sun, of prophecy, of poetry, of plague, who has chased many lovers but kept no love. He arrives to slay a serpent, but it is Daphne he catches in his shining rope. Furious, humiliated, and unwillingly enthralled, she discovers a hunger in herself no vow to Artemis has prepared her to face: the desire to be bound.

But Artemis does not forgive broken vows. And when gods make war over the body of a woman, even love may not be enough to save her.

Bound Maiden: The Laurel - The True Story of Daphne’s Chase, is a dark romantic, explicit, BDSM retelling of the myth of Daphne and Apollo, told in the nymph’s own voice. It is the story of a woman who ran, was caught, and became something no god could ever claim.

This book contains explicit content, including bondage, elements of dubious consent, coercion fantasy, and mythic violence. It is intended for mature readers.