Occupied France Immortal Heroine Cursed Love Standalone Book 12 Long SEO Description for KDP: An immortal widow. A vineyard in hiding. A love fated to end before it begins. The Orchard of Our Undoing is a sensual and tragic standalone gothic romance set in 1939 Occupied France, where a cursed woman shelters Resistance fighters beneath the vines-and falls for a man she can never keep. Nyxa is more than the mute widow tending her grapes-she is a cursed immortal, reborn through centuries of forbidden love and unbearable loss. Her vineyard is a sanctuary for the French Resistance and a graveyard of secrets. When Étienne, a young courier, arrives carrying a locket from a forgotten life, Nyxa's past begins to awaken-and with it, a curse known as the Blood Rose. Torn between her growing love and the ancient laws that forbid her from making him immortal, Nyxa must decide if she will risk breaking the curse or condemn them to repeat their tragic story one last time. With Nazi patrols closing in and a secret order guarding the curse, time is running out. Gorgeously written with historical depth and supernatural yearning, this novel is perfect for fans of The Winternight Trilogy, Outlander, and The Bear and the Nightingale. Keywords: gothic WWII romance, French vineyard Resistance novel, immortal love story, reincarnation gothic romance, forbidden immortal romance, supernatural historical fantasy, dark historical romance, cursed heroine romance, vampire-like immortality, mythic wartime love story