I was meant to be a toy for my three demons.Instead, I became the mistake they’ll never regret.Humans tormented me my entire life on Protheka. I was starved, beaten, isolated.Until a demon rescued me and brought me to a new home.Now, I find myself at the mercy of three monsters, each brutal and terrifying……and eager to please me. They treat me better than any of my own kind did.They look fearsome, but I’m not af...

My whole life I have been the property of evil beings.Until the love of a minotaur freed my soul.I’d lived under the shadow of Dark Elf oppression on the alien planet of Protheka for so long that my spirit was almost broken until I found Romas.He was the survivor of a shipwreck.I nursed him back to health.He was an honorable warrior. Savage, fierce, and yet filled with great tenderness.My heart became his. My body soon fo...

Vengeance made him a monster.Love will make him my mate.Deknol has sold his soul to The Deceiver. I can see it in the powers that he now wields. Far stronger than any magic present on Protheka.It excites me.Because he will use his power to rescue me. To protect me. To pleasure me.The value of my life on Protheka is less than worthless. But when I stand next to Deknol, whose godlike powers crackle the air around him, I...

**He's spent his life devoted to his goddess.It's time he worships someone new.Me.**When his unit brought the wounded warrior, Guilri, to my camp, I had no choice but to heal him.It would be inhumane to let someone so hot die.As he came back to life, I realized my mistake.He was a threat. Not to my body......but to my walled off heart.Only Guilri has been strong enough to tear down my barriers t...

Only a fake marriage will save me from real damnation.I’m lucky to catch the beautiful demon prince Lamian’s eye. He offers me a way to escape the hell dungeons of Ti’lith.To be his fake bride.He needs a fake human wife to regain favor with the King. I need salvation from my torment.But on this hellish world, we dare not fall in love.It would be twisted and used against us.My heart can't give in...

I agreed to be the First Mate on his ship……When all I wanted was to be the only mate in his bed.I was Taneil’s servant for years.And when I earned my freedom, he asked me to be by his side on his sailing vessel on his quest.What he seeks will alter the balance of power on Protheka, and save his race from eternal damnation.I agreed to help him and told him it was because of the job he offered me.But it was always because o...

I thought I needed a champion.In him, I found true love.To free me of a curse, I needed a master warrior.There's only one minotaur like that, one with one hundred victories in the Arena: Magus.Beyond his rough exterior, I found a heart big enough to take pity on me.He fought for me. He bled for me.And ultimately, killed for me.But as powerful as this warrior is with his sword, I see that my minotaur needs...

I thought I was promising him my time.I didn’t realize I was promising him my life.It’s hard being a human woman on her own on Protheka.I managed it by being a thief and stealing crumbs to survive.Until one day I stole from the wrong minotaur.He hunted me down. Chased me until I relented.Then he made me his in every way imaginable.I never thought I’d steal a minotaur’s heart.But as my heart starts ...

All my life I’ve been running from evil.It’s time to start running towards fate.Human women exist for the use of others on Protheka. Being a servant is all I’ve ever known.When I try to flee, I end up in more danger than ever before.Until I’m rescued by a fearsome minotaur warrior.Trigon refuses to let anything hurt me.He protects me. Values me. Claims me.Together this warrior and I will take on the very ...

Celeste King Conner tries to count her blessings-even when she forgets.Told through essays and excerpts from her former newspaper column, Facebook posts, and other musings on daily life, Don't Let This Get Out in Pinckard is rooted in the stories Celeste King Conner grew up hearing and learned how to tell. She spent many a long afternoon listening to relatives talk, gossip, and remember, absorbing the rhythms of storytelling and an understanding that the t...

Only one thing keeps me from turning this world into a nightmare... and that's the angel of a woman I've fallen in love with.Her purity and beauty are the only things that soothe my tortured soul.The world fears me. It doesn't matter if you're a human, orc, or dark elf—you shrink away in terror when I come into view.Only Moira can keep me at bay.I'll kill anyone or anything that tries to harm her. I'll rip them apart as they still breathe an...

On a ruined world, I fell in love with a monster.And now he's back.Not that it matters. He is an orc warrior. I am a human woman. Amid a blasted Earth ruined by invasion, Yggy was always kind to me. His handsome face caused me to fall in love.Until one night, when I realized his love for me would lead to my death.Against all protests from my heart, I had to leave Yggy. But my orc never stopped searching for ...