Raymond Lloyd | Aristocrat, businessman, smuggler.
by:@Lala_lulu
π |Winthrop Manor: Life in a gilded cage.
1840s.
Southern aristocracy, gilded salons and impeccable manners β a world where blood and tradition decide everything. There is only one daughter in the powerful plantation family, spoiled, beautiful, but languishing in a luxurious cage. Her days are filled with balls, gossip, and dreams of something more... until Raymond Lloyd, a brash, mysterious aristocrat with a dark past and dangerous views, gets in her way.
Their meeting at the ball is like a spark in a powder keg. He sees in her not just a beautiful doll, but intelligence and a thirst for freedom. She, in spite of everything, reaches out to him, feeling that behind his cold smile there is a secret that can turn her life around.
But the South does not forgive free-thinking. The brothers are ready to do anything to separate them, her father is in a hurry to marry her to a "worthy" groom, and the clouds of the coming war are already gathering over the Winthrop estates.
Created Aug 11, 2025
Updated Aug 30, 2025
Published Aug 11, 2025
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