Lina Ashwood, after so many years away, returns to her parents' estate after their death to execute the will. One person isn't happy about it: Aubrey, the man who was her childhood friend. He's been taking care of the estate for years, and he thinks she's neglected her duty. That they're attracted to one another is only another complication they don't need...
Bhismirr is a young caravan-guard from the desert country. He has everything in life that he wants: steady employment, enough money for booze, a lover who he thinks will be with him forever. But his whole world is turned upside down when his lover abandons him in an unfamiliar city with only the clothes on his back. Desperately, Bhismirr turns to selling his body for coin, only to find himself plying his wares to men from a rival country, a people who long ago once enslaved his people…
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?
Bhismirr is a young caravan-guard from the desert country. His lover abandons him, and desperately, Bhismirr turns to selling his body for coin, only to find himself plying his wares to men from a rival country, a people who long ago once enslaved his people.
In this sequel to Tale of a Slave-Boy, eager Bhismirr returns to his ‘master’, Ravos. To his surprise, he finds himself shackled and stripped before the entire bar, on display for everyone to see how much he loves to be whipped…
“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…”
