Dancing With Dark Shadows

Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds,

born to high society,

has fallen onto harder times

fraught with loss and enmity.

Auburn haired, petite and widowed,

Bessie struggles to survive,

whilst risking all to keep herself

and son, Anthony alive.

Being disowned by her parents

through her choice of who to wed,

she encounters situations

which will fill her heart with dread.

Though her best friend's older brother,

Greyson, gives some timely aid,

his reputation as a rake

marks his kindness, a charade.

In her search for home and safety,

running from obsession's claim,

Bessie finds herself embroiled in

a criminal's toxic game.

Her pride in all she sacrificed

for a man to idolise,

is ultimately shown to be

deception, secrets and lies.