Items25The creator’s order
  1. 1Paladin's Grace (2020)Paladin's Grace (2020) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2020A perfumer and a paladin whose god has died are an excellent match for readers who want awkward, adult tenderness alongside a real mystery. Grace's professional knowledge and Stephen's damaged sense of duty both matter to the conspiracy, while their uncertainty makes the attraction endearing. There…0
  2. 2Radiance (2015)Radiance (2015)Published 1 Jan 2015Brishen and Ildiko enter a diplomatic marriage across a species divide and find kindness before physical attraction. That order is the pleasure: jokes, food and daily accommodations build a relationship inside a genuinely unfamiliar society. The court's hostility gives their growing loyalty…0
  3. 3Reign & Ruin (2020)Reign & Ruin (2020) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2020Naime needs political allies, not a man who will take over her decisions; Makram's feared magic makes partnership both promising and dangerous. Evans lets attraction grow through negotiations, respect for competence and competing responsibilities. The elemental system is part of the political…0
  4. 4Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (2022)Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (2022)Published 1 Jan 2022The marshal who deals with the undead and the undertaker who receives the bodies already have reasons to irritate each other. Anonymous letters allow a different relationship to grow without removing the practical work, loneliness and strange rules of their world. Bannen combines comic hostility…0
  5. 5Half a Soul (2020)Half a Soul (2020) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2020Dora's stolen half-soul makes the marriage season awkward, but it also gives her an unusual view of what polite society chooses to ignore. Her connection with the irritable Lord Sorcier develops through shared attention to suffering, not just ballroom proximity. The faerie plot and the romance…0
  6. 6A Marvellous Light (2021)A Marvellous Light (2021) 9.2/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2021Robin's accidental appointment to a magical civil-service job makes Edwin both his reluctant guide and the person best placed to understand a dangerous curse. Their uneven confidence and different relationships with power give the attraction a fine tension. Magic is worked through an inventive…0
  7. 7The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (2022)The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (2022) 7.7/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2022Teaching three young witches forces Mika to question the isolation her community has treated as necessary. The household's protective librarian, Jamie, has to learn whether making room for her threatens the children or helps them. Their romance belongs inside that wider argument about safety, trust…0i
  8. 8Swordheart (2018)Swordheart (2018) 8.5/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2018Halla's inheritance dispute becomes much stranger when an old sword produces Sarkis, a warrior obliged to protect its wielder. Falling for someone whose freedom is constrained by that object gives the comic journey a serious question about agency. The pleasure lies in their conversations and…0
  9. 9Empire of sand (2018)Empire of sand (2018) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2018Mehr and Amun are drawn together under an authority that wants to turn their inherited magic into imperial service. A romance built around care and consent consequently becomes part of resisting the system, not an escape from it. The ritual magic and Mughal-inspired hierarchy make their intimacy…0
  10. 10Daughter of No Worlds (2020)Daughter of No Worlds (2020) 10.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2020Tisaanah wants the power to free people she was forced to leave behind; her reluctant teacher, Max, wants distance from the institutions she needs. That disagreement gives their slow-growing trust moral weight before the romance becomes physically intimate. Broadbent combines close domestic moments…0