Four novellas, each set in one of the author's distinctive worlds. Flight: To be chosen as the lover of an angel is the highest honor in Samaria, but Salome knows the hidden dangers of such a life. Blood: As a gulden man, nothing is more important to Kerk than race and pride--except the prospect of finding his long-lost mother. Gold: On the eve of war, Crown Princess Zara is sent to the kingdom of Alora for safekeeping. But the magical realm and its...

A troubled Warrior Rider named Wen faces her greatest challenge in the last place she ever expected--behind the walls of a great family estate known as Fortune, where Wen has been hired to guard the young heiress. Once there, she will find that fate has other plans for her.

As one of the four princesses of Welce, Corene always thought she might one day become queen. Only circumstances changed, leaving fiery Corene with nothing to show for a life spent playing the game of court intrigue--until a chance arises to become the ruler of a nearby country. After stowing away on a ship bound for Malinqua with her loyal bodyguard, Foley, Corene must try to win the throne by making a play to marry one of the empress's three nephews....