In this sequel to 'Slave to the High Priest', High Priestess Itasa and her illicit lover, Sable, prepare for a sumptuous festival. How long can they keep their love a secret? And what will happen when Sable's master, the High Priest, finds them in flagrante?
“Since that first hesitant touch, he often, somehow, found me. In a deserted stairwell or classroom, alone at the bus stop, in the suburban woods we hiked in. I’m not being entirely honest, because somehow I managed to be where he was, alone… as if waiting for him. As if this was some kind of silent game we played, where I would wait, and avert my face coyly when he found me…”
Set in the same fantasy world as the ‘Ritual series’ — young Marissa is bored, unwilling to wed, and with few marriage prospects. But one night, during an elegant ball at court, a scandalous couple returns from exile—and Marissa’s night is transformed by a sensual, illicit encounter on a secluded balcony…
At the end of the events of the ballet ‘Swan Lake’, Prince Siegfried has betrayed the swan-princess Odette. Now he is entirely in the clutches of Odile, the black swan, a sorceress who has Siegfried’s body and soul at her disposal.
A wolf is chasing Autumn through a snowy forest, but when he catches her, she finds out he is not all he seems. He is an ancient, immortal werewolf, and it turns out that he’s the best lover she has ever had—even if the scars of his past leave him less than gentle.
