Rita A. Rubin

Jayce has little memory of life before entering servitude to the Dark Lord, and no hope of ever escaping. Until he meets Alexius, the knight with a heart of gold. He offers Jayce, his enemy, a chance to break free of the Dark Lord's clutches, and Jayce is not about to let such an opportunity pass. When the war comes to an end, Jayce finds himself finally free, with Alexius's help, and surrounded by a new world of opportunity. And the prospect of a new love. The more time Jayce spends with Alexius, the more he finds himself falling for this knight in shining armour.

A thrilling collection of ten fantasy short stories, with monsters, romance and LGBT+ representation. In these stories you will find a fierce battle between a knight and a dragon, sparks in an unusual tattoo shop flying, a healer who finds herself drawn to the banshee heralding the deaths of her patients, a god-killer, a monster slayer realising that not all monsters are as they appear, and more.

It’s been months since Jayce went off to become a member of the Mercenaries Guild and start a journey of atonement. Months since Alexius last saw the man he loves. While Alexius is happy Jayce has found a new purpose in his life, he can’t help but miss him. But spending one rainy night at an inn might bring with it an unexpected reunion. A sequel short story to Of Knights and Books and Falling In Love.

Kas of Veldenier is a Slayer, a travelling monster hunter for hire. Claudia of Trulio is half-human, half-vampyric. Half monster. They should be nothing more than enemies. But when the long-lost remnant of the dragon Ombral turns up, and with it the possibility of unleashing the dragons to wreak havoc on Vil Tresar as they did long ago, Kas and Claudia’s paths converge. Through a shared desire to keep the dragons from returning, they embark on a quest to see the remnant destroyed. Along the way, they will encounter fearsome monsters as well as a burgeoning desire for each other. Can a monster and a monster slayer truly find love together? Pursuing them from the shadows is Serisa, a vampyric who wishes to see the world burn. And she will need the remnant to make that wish a reality…