The House of Ferro has dominated the city-state of Verona since its creation, made mighty by their magia del ferro, financial acumen, and ties to the imperial throne. The House of Ishikawa arrived on Verona’s shores a few years later, made powerful and wealthy by way of their rare, priceless magia d'acqua. A short time later, murder and vengeance exploded into a feud that has lasted for generations—and by decree of Hardegin-principe, will end now or else.
Royal decrees cannot so easily quell generations of hate and bloodshed, but ancient feuds cannot stop love. Determined to be together, young Ferro Carac and Ishikawa Arata decide to run away and leave their families behind. But on the night they depart, Arata is murdered, and Carac is wrongfully blamed for it, betrayed by everyone he trusted.
Fifteen years later, Carac is long dead of disease while in prison, and Verona is abuzz with nervous excitement over the betrothal of Ferro Selinah to Ishikawa Naoki. Unhappy with the pending marriage, Naoki spends most of his time drinking and sleeping. On the way home from a bar one night, accompanied by the sister come to drag him home, they are attacked by a bandit—and saved by an intriguing man who goes by the name of Dante…
Rating? I guess PG to R? They are connected, though each can stand alone
All Oakley wants is a quiet life, to run his cupcake shop in peace, chat with the regulars, and be left alone otherwise.
Well, he’d also like a lover and a house full of kids, but thanks to his asshole relatives and their attempts to murder prominent members of the Lost Shifters Foundation, that’s not likely to happen anytime soon. So he settles for quietly pining after men who will never look at him that way.
Then a sudden burst of impulse leads to a date—a date quickly ruined by an unexpected murder that is almost immediately followed by another, and another…
(will update as links go live, most are still processing right now)
So one of the things I offer on Patreon is ficbits. One tier gets to put in requests, and I have a running list of those I work from each month. Once I have enough, I publish them in volumes like the above. I just released Volume 3. If you haven’t read any of these before, here’s a list of which stories each volume draws from.
Spellweaver Backwoods
Asylum Love You
Like a Romance Novel Kiss the
Rain Jewels of Bangkok The Toad
Prince The Witch
in the Woods Hold Still The Rose
and the Fox Brightleaf The Troll Black
Magic
Midsummer Baker With Pride The Bastard Prince Embrace Tournament of Losers Ink & Paper The Dragon’s Tamer Making Dragon Stew The Selkie No One Wanted The King’s Menagerie: Lynx Prisoner Wriggle & Sparkle
Two
years ago, while he was away on a diplomatic mission, Davrin’s best friend was
murdered in cold blood. Finally home, with the mourning period ended, Davrin is
determined to have justice—but as a noble, the law forbids him from fighting
Lord Tekker directly. Instead, he must have a champion to face off against
Tekker’s champion. When he issues the challenge, however, no one steps forward
to be his champion, leaving Davrin humiliated and despairing.
Cimar
may only be an archivist now, but he earned his spurs the same as any knight,
and he hasn’t allowed his skills to lapse over the years. Though he did not
arrive in time to answer as champion at dinner, he does see Davrin in the dark
hours of the night—and infuriates the king, Tekker, and his slimy champion
Grayne when he arrives in the morning to make the challenge official.
Though Cimar and Grayne are matched in skill and
their rare ability to shift, Grayne and Tekker have the king’s favor, and
Grayne’s hellhound form is nigh unbeatable. If Cimar is going to win the
challenge to avenge an old friend on behalf of a man he’s always secretly
loved, it’s going to take every skill and trick at his disposal—and a whole lot
of luck.
Marcum sacrificed much to be the
greatest alchemist on the continent and a master of poisons rivaled by precious
few. Power and standing in his father’s court. The chance to build friendships,
find romance. His beauty, which was once considered noteworthy, but now is
ruined by scars and burns. He is regarded with wariness at best and fear at
worst.
Though a recent move to the
kingdom of Blodwen, far from his home of Roseberry, offers something of a fresh
start, still his ravaged appearance and eccentric ways do him no
favors—especially not with Goulet, the handsome, infuriating goblin who will
clearly never see Marcum as anything but an ugly, bothersome know-it-all
unworthy of the tattoos Goulet inks into all their friends.
Then a goblin is murdered, and
Marcum’s laboratory mysteriously destroyed, opening the doors on a nightmare
that should have ended for good more than a decade ago, but now seems to have
returned with vengeance in mind…
So I have been like out of it and just realized that the last of dance series is out, it’s been a minute since I read the series and wanna re-read so obvi (and sadly) <3 press is no longer active so which is the best way to get your books that gets you the most royalties? (For both print and E)
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Direct purchases from places like Payhip, Gumroad, Smashwords get me the most re: royalties, but honestly that’s not something readers should worry about. You should buy where you’re happiest doing so, whatever site works best for you.
fake relationship but its a king and his concubine that was once an amazing soldier but he couldn’t go up the ranks for whatever reason so the king was like listen. hear me out. you can be my strategy dude. u just gotta be okay w walking around shirtless a lot. and soldier dude is like man that’s an UPSIDE and yknow they end up falling in love
some idiot advisor: I can’t believe his majesty lets his boytoy attend these council meetings, it’s an insult to the noble institutions that uphold our nation, it’s an outrage—
a somewhat smarter advisor: you’re just mad bc he pointed out how dumb your naval attack strategy and no one laughed when you made a mean joke about him
Boytoy has gone from a top fighter who was well respected but in constant danger to wearing silks and eating grapes on daises. That fucked up rotator cuff was the best thing to ever happen to him
Bonus points: at least half the other concubines are experts in assorted fields, the monarch brings them to relevant meetings to both play up a reputation for frivolity, and make sure at least one person there doesn’t have an outside agenda.
my harem?
did you mean: my chief strategic advisors
The kingdom is an absolute monarchy but the harem has become a secret meritocracy. The nobles and official advisors kind of side-eye His Majesty because wow some of these consorts must have like…really good personalities. Kings of the past have had their own specific tastes of course; size, shape, age, color, et cetera. More than one ruler has interviewed consorts feet first and Ardwin the Adventurous’s obsession - God rest him - with snuffling armpits like a sow rooting for mushrooms is well known despite never being alluded to in polite company.
The worst part of it is that the new king takes at least part of his harem with him everywhere and it’s so embarrassing. The Counselors of War have never once met with His Divine Majesty without that hulking battle-scarred consort interrupting with muttered growls or scornful snorts. And the Ministers of Finance all flinch at the sight of that fox-faced one, rumored to have been rescued from the gallows because His Augustness took a fancy to his eyes or some such nonsense. General petition days are even worse, with practically the entire harem drifting in and out of the Grand Hall in turns, insouciant and smug like granary cats who know they’ve been given full run of the courtyards and barns.
It’s absolutely infuriating that the kingdom has never before known such a period of peace and prosperity under this ridiculous monarch.
Okay, I haven’t been on tumblr in forever, since they outlawed basically my entire career. But SO MANY PEOPLE have linked me this going “Tavamara!!! It’s Tavamara!!” that I feel compelled to link the stories for interested peeps.
The King’s Harem (where one of his concubines is indeed an enemy general).
There’s also a free story, if you want to start with that. Chronologically, it’s set well after the King’s Harem (and focuses on the concubine of one of his sons) but it stands on it’s own.
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