A Gotham Trilogy
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The first novel length fic in a trilogy : Oswald decides to marry to father an heir to his empire and finds the ideal woman in young, virginal Rose - but his mother is hostile and makes her feel unwelcome. Then Rose finds out why she does not want him to marry, when she claims the family is cursed, as Oswald falls dangerously ill with an inherited illness that could kill him. When Ed Nygma hears this news, he realises he still loves Oswald and begs him for another chance. This leads Oswald to make new plans for his dynasty - as he marries both Rose and Ed and takes on a multi spouse marriage, which is mutually satisfying for all concerned. Then Rose gives birth to Oswald's son.
But as Oswald's health worsens, it seems the only person who can help him is a secret lover from his past - Ivy Pepper, the mother of his young daughter Lilly...And can he really trust Ed, who struggles with his split personality, to look after his family as he fights for his life, or will Ed snap? This fic is the first of a trilogy that tells the eventual story of the Gotham Jigsaw killer - Penguin's daughter...Series
- Part 1 of A Gotham Trilogy
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Set Five years on from Book 1 : Oswald is devastated when a lone gunman attacks, as Ed takes a bullet to the head that leaves him fighting for his life. But as he begins a slow recovery and Oswald devotes his time between caring for Ed and obsessing over killing the man who shot him, the shooter is revealed - and when his identity is known, he is instantly forgiven by Ed and even welcomed into the family, as the child of someone Ed once loved and lost...
As the family mends, bonds grow close and Ed recovers and the years go by - they go back to their happy three way marriage as they raise their children, Oswald's dynasty - but his daughter Lilly has been affected by the tragedies that have happened in the family, affected in a way no one will realise until later on - Lilly is not just like her father, she is far darker in her ways, and a few years on, while her brother Ozzie finds the love of his life, and fate brings Fish Mooney back into contact with Oswald, twenty three year old Lilly is busy making plans she started years before after surviving a fire, into reality - soon the family will have to close ranks and work together to protect Lilly, who is destined to become known as The Gotham Jigsaw Killer...
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- Part 2 of A Gotham Trilogy
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Concluding instalment of the AU Gotham trilogy. Set a year on from the events of book 2, Vengeance. Lilly is keeping her bargain with Jim Gordon - and as the Gotham Jigsaw, is free to carry on killing, with help from her Uncle Ed. For now, it seems the family has no worries - until Oswald's only son Ozzie tells the family he has been diagnosed with the same inherited illness his father fought and over came twenty years before.
As Ozzie struggles with painful treatment, devastated Oswald who fears losing his only son, turns to Fish Mooney, escaping into a world of her dominance and brutality as a distraction from his heartache. Fish welcomes this, seeing a way into the family - and a possible chance to grab some wealth and power for herself.
Then Ozzie, unable to cope with his pain, jumps from the Gotham bridge. A search of the water turns up no body, and later, Oswald holds a memorial service for him. But Rose doubts Ozzie really dead, and when his serial killer sister Lilly learns the truth, will she choose to obey Oswald's wishes and step back, or - as a dark family secret is revealed - will she exact a terrible and bloody jigsaw-style revenge that could spark a gang war to destroy the city of Gotham?
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- Part 3 of A Gotham Trilogy