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But it is time for the Prince to wed, and the General serves him again by finding and teaching his young, noble fiancé to be the lady of his heart and mistress of his body."
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That Lady Umiko had loved and desired her prince since she first saw him, this match would surely be blessed with both pleasure and children of the finest Imperial blood. She brings to the wedding a sacred robe of magical silk to protect him and all the generations of his bloodline to come.
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However, Lady Umiko lacks one thing to bring to her love and their private chambers—a form of ancient, feminine power the General may know how to obtain. Together, they must embark on a sacred quest to a place mere mortal men dare not approach, where magical beings stand guard against the unworthy...
Laura Antoniou is the author of The Killer Wore Leather (which won the Pauline Reage Novel Award and the Rainbow Award, and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award) and the creator of the ground-breaking, bestselling (over 400,000 books sold) “Marketplace” series of books about an underground BDSM society. Originally published under the name Sara Adamson, the first three Marketplace books became instant classics, “must reads” for anyone discovering bondage for the first time, and various volumes have been published in Germany, Japan, Korea, and Israel. She has also edited several anthologies of erotic fiction, including Leatherwomen and Some Women. Her short stories have appeared in Best Lesbian Erotica, SM Classics, Once Upon a Time, and many other anthologies. She can be found on Patreon at http://patreon.com/kvetch