Rooftop Suitor

He is the last man she expected, on a rooftop, no less. She is drowning in her mother's expectations. What they both need is a change of perspective.

Kathryne flees from horrible suitor after horrible suitor, each one more atrocious than the last. After a particularly vexing engagement with a drunken cad, she attempts a desperate escape from a rooftop. 

When her exit is more dramatic and dangerous than she expected, a gallant hero comes to her rescue.

Kathryne believes she's found the perfect suitor, until an awkward truth crushes the hopes she has to ever find happiness.

Rooftop Suitor is a steampunk short story romance. If you love a chivalrous hero, an uncertain heroine who struggles to rise above a shocking truth, and a modern Victorian flair, then you will enjoy this short story by E.E. Everly.