"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..."
Kez is ship’s cook on a stolen ship crewed by pirates. The pirates are on the run from the corrupt Ascendancy government, and they’ve just picked up two new passengers: ‘unicorn’ people, aliens also fleeing for their lives.
On a dangerous, unexplored planet, Kez and the alien Seely are separated from their crewmates after an earthquake. Things don’t look good for their survival: with half-broken equipment and battered bodies, they struggle to hold out, lost in caves deep in the mountains, trying not to lose hope…
While a storm rages outside the wizard’s tower, the scene is set for a magical ritual: the circle drawn, the candles lit—and the wizard’s captive brought to the tower: a handsome warrior who will need wooing if the wizard wants his willing cooperation…
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…
Genaria is a land at war! In the midst of the turmoil, the beautiful widow Llusa signs up to be a simple soldier at a critical fortress—but she can’t hide her nobility from others, nor her past from herself. A handsome fellow soldier understands her grief… and after one desperate night together they renew their determination to fight for their country.
