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...
~ Block by block, up the tower, hand over hand, his hands are on the stones. Toes nosing into footholds, and his […]
The torches flared pink, orange, green, teal, blue. Colours maddened by rogue alchemists and their powders. The sand churned under countless feet. […]
Outside on the cliffs, the avalanche had buried the besieging army. Inside the castle, the hero let the snow-maidens strip him […]
They hung her from the cliff-yawning walls, in a metal cage. If she had been a prisoner of war, they would have […]
