Overview

Lyra is a handmaiden, sworn to her post and resigned to the idea that no Lady would ever want her for more than her services- that is, until a chance encounter with a cat-eyed Demon ignites a spark within both of them that neither can ignore, turning to her first impassioned, secret tryst. The next time the two meet, it's in the palace's Court, and Lyra realizes too late that the woman who's captured her heart and her body is the wicked Queen of Shadows come to demand a terrible price... Niss intends to take the Princess' hand in marriage, but when the alluring, unafraid Lady she'd debauched in the gardens volunteers to endure the burden of her betrothal, she finds it impossible to say no. It isn't long before the supposed Lady Lyralee is tempting her, seducing her, and causing her to fall harder than she ever thought possible... What comes next is a whirlwind betrothal, a journey to a Court of Fae and Demons, and pleasure the likes of which Lyra has only ever dreamt of. With her newfound freedom comes an unorthodox love and all its expressions, from sweet nights filled with compliments, to blindfolds and bindings, and even to a particular afternoon in the stables with a collar. As Lyra learns more about the mysterious, scarred Demoness, she feels her passion burn down to something deeper, which threatens to consume her very sense of self. Lyra must keep the secret of her station, or she risks losing not just her bride-to-be, but her heart.