"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..."
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.
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.
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.
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…
