A soldier courts a young woman on the eve of battle. An aircar chauffeur
tests the boundaries of his enslavement. A despairing captive in a Renaissance
prison must choose whether to obey the deadly command of a lord. . . .
Sweet Suffering is a cycle of fantasy, historical fantasy, and science fiction series on friendship, heterosexual romance, gay love, and faithful service amidst hardship and transformation.
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Princeling is a fantasy series set in a world where war has lasted for generations.
The series is part of the Sweet Suffering cycle. ¶ Princeling
genre/theme tags (with minor spoilers).
NobleWhen Corbin is taken hostage by York, the King of Fossenvita, he refuses to surrender to the sadistic King's demands that would allow York to win the war between the world's two kingdoms. Only thus, Corbin believes, can he help the petties of Tascania, on whose behalf Tascanian nobles such as himself are fighting the Fossenvites. Rather than lose his honor, Corbin accepts York's "gift": a wounding that will prevent him from ever again fighting with his blade.
But Corbin lives in a world that has been at war for generations, in
which only the nobles who command the battles and raids are considered
to have honor. Stripped of his title and his ability to fight, Corbin begins
to see that the petties alone may hold the answer of how he should live
his life. Maimed as he is, though, Corbin cannot seek answers from the
petties unless he receives the help of one man: York's son Firmin, who
has warned Corbin that he will betray him.
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Corbin has a purpose for hiding from public view, a purpose that has
not even been guessed by his closest confidants: Firmin, the devious son
of Corbin's greatest enemy, and a pettywoman who will offer Corbin a chance
to voice his thoughts to others. Yet Corbin cannot hope to fulfill his
purpose without the help of other petties . . . and he cannot hope to live
if they guess that he is the man who has destroyed their lives.
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Darkling Plain is a collection of fantasy tales about young people in times of conflict.
The series is part of the Sweet Suffering cycle. ¶ Darkling
Plain genre/theme tags (with minor spoilers).
Right
or RightAs Linnet is drawn into memories of a dark young man she once knew,
she must deal in the present with a boy who is headed toward danger, as
well as a child-like baron who may force her to betray her past.
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Crossing
the CliffWhen he and his master stray into forbidden territory, Erastus is thrust
alone into a community that is on the brink of war. His only hope for bringing
peace is to ally himself with a young boy . . . a boy who has stolen what
Erastus values most.
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Romantic and poignant, Master/Other offers speculative fiction stories exploring the dangers and sweet bonds of power.
The series is part of the Sweet Suffering cycle. ¶ Master/Other genre/theme tags (with minor spoilers).
PleasureEgon had a position that won him respect, friends who raised his spirits, and lovers who gave him pleasure. Then a man came into his life who would take all that away from him. If Egon was lucky.
As a slave, Egon has already reached the highest
position he will ever achieve: he is the household's airship chauffeur.
Forced to confront the contradiction between his ideals and his behavior,
Egon must make a choice between continuing to pursue immediate pleasure
or willingly submitting himself to another man for the sake of a higher
goal. What Egon does not yet know is that his guide on this journey into
the unknown is hiding a secret that will transform both their lives.
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Debt
PriceNo one would pay his debt price to gain him release from prison. So he sought to pay it himself by offering the only thing he could, his body. But one man would require more.
Convicted of helping to wage a campaign of terror against the lords who oppressed the commoners, the prisoner comes to realize the full implications of what he has done. All of his attempts to mend what he has broken will fail until he meets a young lord whose own struggles have just begun.
Set in an imaginary world based on Renaissance
Europe, "Debt Price" takes the reader from the gritty punishments of prison
life to the delicately balanced world of a farming estate, showing the
slow healing of a prisoner who knows both what it means to be abused, and
what it means to be the abuser.
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