Excerpt: Maybe he wanted me or maybe he just wanted another human being to feel good with. Maybe he was desperate, and that was his reason for going upstairs with me. And if so, that was fine. He had plenty of reason to be desperate, far more than I did. We didn’t need more noble […]
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A Spell of Passion or Fear
Find A Spell of Passion or Fear: Bookshop.org paperbackAmazon Paperback & Ebook Smashwords ebook Books2Read ebook options About the book Once, Ariston was a Guardian of the Kalliopolis, the perfect city designed by the Philosophers—Philosophers who, in their wisdom, replaced the imperfect human Guardians of Ariston’s generation with warrior machines. Phaleas Peneste, a poor farmer’s orphan […]
Continue Reading....“The Ace Wins” in Like Fortune’s Fool
Outside the Wall, nobody’s going to help you, and you have to give–or at least risk giving–in order to get. Finding herself in a tight pinch, the Ace of Hearts decides to make a gamble–facing the infamous cardsharp Diamonds over a high-stakes game. It’s not the wisest decision of her life, but she can’t regret […]
Continue Reading....“The Masterless Man” in Like Slipping Undercover
Excerpt And then, making Devan happy—as he certainly intended to—might go a long way to smoothing relations with his Master, or at least filtering any reports the bondsman passed on to him about Allen. Damage control. By the time Allen reached the right apartment number, he had almost convinced himself this was a good idea. […]
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