The Veil of Wanting

Desire is a door. What are you willing to open?The Veil between the mortal world and everything hungrier than it doesn't thin for spells or circles. It thins for want - for the ache nobody will admit to, the bargain someone signs at 2 a.m., the vow whispered to keep a person breathing one more night.In this collection of ten standalone fantasy romances, that hunger opens doors. A woman bargains with a fae stranger to save her brother's life-and finds the debt isn't the only thing that keeps pulling her back. A bride married for peace between warring elemental courts discovers the coldest political match can still catch fire. A summoning circle drawn under a desk hauls up a demon with better manners than the academic who called him. A selkie who has buried six mortal loves risks a seventh skin on a man who wants nothing but her return.Fae princes, orc oath-keepers, drow priestesses, valkyries, sea-bound debts, and a four-hundred-year-old dragon who has learned the hard way what happens when he loves something too much - each story stands alone, each ending is earned, and every bond in these pages is chosen, never claimed.Sensual and immersive, The Veil of Wanting is adult fantasy romance for readers who want their magic system built out of desire itself - consent-forward, emotionally intense, and unafraid of the dark corners want can lead you into. Ten lovers. Ten bargains. Ten happily-ever-afters (and a few hard-won happy-for-nows) on the other side of the door.