Warlocks are adept at making deals.Stuck in the backwater town of Gravemont, her quest for an ancient tome stalled, Octavia Baudelaire can't believe her luck when a trio of adventurers stumble into the tavern. Locks to pick? Doors to bash? Monsters to slay? Done. In return, she'll join their party and offer her arcane expertise.What Octavia didn't expect was the connection. Alces, the bombastic leader, is all ideals and charisma. Sumner, the cocky thief, has a flir...

Translating cryptic texts is easy; translating the heart, however...It's been two months since the trio of unlikely heroes recruited Octavia Baudelaire, warlock bound to the Primordial of Desire, to join their quest for fortune and glory. Recovering kidnapped villagers from vengeful raiders? Done. Conquering ancient towers full of cursed horrors? Dusted.While fighting demons and hunting down rare alchemical agents, the four find their bonds continuing to grow. Alces is full...

After the events on Arctis, and the whirlwind media circus that followed, Bella is adjusting her priorities and trying to get back to life after managing to start a relationship with not one, but two gorgeous and affectionate driadës, a plantlike alien race. The driadës, Gjylyo and Goje, encourage Bella to seek out new partners when the three of them can't be together. As Bella starts to come out of her shell, both with her lovers and the people around her, her work life begins to get very...

A strangely sweet and delectably seductive collection of women finding love—or at least passion—in unusual places.Take of tour of unexpected sensuality in this anthology starring werewolves, androids, daevas, and other strange lovers by cheeky and geeky storytellers Clea Salar and Tallis Salar. Girls, Robots, & Monsters features an archaeology student finding a daeva in the latest exhibit, a smart apartment that developed a personality and all the desires t...

Bellatrix Tres is supposed to be on sabbatical right now. Instead she takes a contract job with Zenodyne LLC, a private firm hired to assess and investigate an unidentified alien temple discovered by a mining operation out on the Rim. The job is an amazing opportunity, and a smart move for her career. However, when she finds out the rest of her crew are aliens, and includes two of the strange and gorgeous driadë, she starts to have a little trouble focusing. It doesn't help that both the d...