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...
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.
Between towering trees and deadly desert, Kez and xir crewmates explore the dangers and wonders of a new, unexplored planet. Kez finds xirself embroiled in an unwitting rivalry over the lovely alien Seely, even as the crew struggles to find a water source. But water and sex might be the least of their worries…
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…
In the jungles of Genaria, Marette and Sakala are two adventurers-for-hire. Once they’ve complete their mission to clear out an infestation of spiders from a local temple, they discover a run-down library, and inside, a magical book full of tantalizing spells…
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…
