Thomas Laceby is trying to live the life of a gentleman on a pauper's income, but writing stories about the nobility isn't keeping him in quills and ink. But his troubles are about to take on another order of magnitude. Little does he know, the demon Inar has chosen him as his latest experiment in unnatural philosophy.Used to digging up the nobility's secrets, Laceby starts to get glimpses of a disturbing, shadowy world - one that's not for any upstart mortal's eyes.A short...

Kenssie is a demon who feeds from secrets. Lately pickings have been slim, and she has grown so weak that her shield of invisibility is slipping. As the servant of a demon who eats embarrassment she already feels like she's the laughing stock of the demonic world. But the scorn of someone who thinks that Hawaiian shirts are the height of cool is the least of her worries.A powerful fear demon is dead set on making her his slave, a position that carries seriously short life expectanc...

Kenssie just wants her fellow demons to respect her. A little hero worship now and then wouldn't go amiss either. But as the lowly thrall of Rak, an embarrassment demon, she'll take whatever crumbs she's offered.When the demon council turns against her master, Rak and Kenssie are forced to relocate to the countryside. It seems Rak has been holding out against his thrall and keeping a secret that will shake her trust in him forever.When someone from Rak's past returns to cla...

In her home village, Aivee is worse than nobody. If her secret identity as a half-demon leaks out, she's dead. But in the capital city she will reinvent herself as a dancer. She'll be wealthy, and adored by thousands. Nobody will be able to hurt her.Will they?Nori knows how cruel the city can be. She's lost her mother to its plagues, and lately her younger sister has joined the ranks of its disappeared. But she's not giving up. The ruling classes think they can treat people...

Victory has a price. The rag-tag band of adventurers known as the Kaddon Keys have returned to their city, having liberated hundreds of their people and defeated their enemies. But celebrations are going to be cut short.The healer Duando lies in a coma, leaving the group vulnerable. The criminal gang running Kaddon's underground has offered the Keys a truce on condition they don't leave the city, but it's a condition they can't keep.Aivee's heart is breaking over Duando, bu...

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