Archaeologist Miralla has a new partner: a stunningly beautiful elf woman who she just can't stand. Sent on a mission into a mysterious ancient elven city deep below the earth, Miralla and the elf Cloiralys find themselves in the clutches of a strange magical machine: a machine that seems programmed to wring every last bit of pleasure from its hapless victims...
“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…”
Chareh, a Master Bard, has been away from home for far too long. Recalling a broken promise to his beloved childhood friend Earan, he rushes home — only to find his friend committing ritual suicide. He stops Earan, and during the night they begin to repair their friendship and kindle a new kind of love…
Kez is ship’s cook on a stolen ship crewed by pirates. They’re on the run from the corrupt Ascendancy goverment, and they’ve just picked up two new passengers: ‘unicorn’ people, aliens also fleeing for their lives.
With the Ascendancy hard on their heels, Kez and the crew flee into a dangerous, unexplored area of space, not knowing if they’ll come out alive…
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.
