A.J. Demas

Sword Dance

1 - Sword Dance (Jul-2019)
2 - Saffron Alley (Feb-2021)
3 - Strong Wine (Oct-2021)

When in Pheme

1 - Honey and Pepper (Apr-2022)

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  One Night in Boukos
  

  • Sep-2018
  • / Historical Romance
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  On a night when the whole city is looking for love, two foreigners find it in the last place they expected. The riotous Psobion festival is about to begin in the city of Boukos, and the ambassador from the straightlaced kingdom of Zash has gone m...

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  Something Human
  

  • Sep-2018
  • / Contemporary Romance
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  They met on a battlefield and saved each other's lives. It's not the way enemies-to-lovers usually works.

  Adares comes from a civilization of democracy and indoor plumbing. Rus belongs to a tribe of tattooed, semi-nomadic horse-breeders. The...

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  Sword Dance
  

  • Jul-2019
  • / Contemporary Romance
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  Sword Dance - 1
  

  Five years ago, Damiskos’s brilliant military career was cut short, leaving him with a permanent disability and scars that are not all physical. Adrift and still grieving, he tries to find meaning in an unsatisfying job.Work takes him to the remote...

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  Saffron Alley
  

  • Feb-2021
  • / Contemporary Romance
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  Sword Dance - 2
  

  A month ago, eunuch sword-dancer and spy Varazda collided with ex-soldier Damiskos at a seaside villa during a dizzying week of intrigue, assassinations, and a fake love affair that—maybe—turned real. Now Varazda is back home in Boukos, a...

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  Strong Wine
  

  • Oct-2021
  • / Historical Romance
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  Sword Dance - 3
  

  Retired soldier Damiskos and his lover Varazda have been living together in Boukos for a month, and their future is beginning to look bright. Then Damiskos receives a letter summoning him home to Pheme—where his parents are deeply in debt, his ...

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  Honey and Pepper
  

  • Apr-2022
  • / Contemporary Romance
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  When in Pheme - 1
  

  Newly freed from enslavement, Nikias is making a life for himself in the bustling city of Pheme, working at a snack stand, drinking with a group of anti-slavery radicals, and pining for the beautiful law clerk next door. When he sees his crush attack...

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  The House of the Red Balconies
  

  • Jun-2024
  • / Historical Romance
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  Hylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island's main attraction: the six houses where the companions of Tykanos, courtesans both female and male, offer tea and elegant conversation. Yet he cannot ignore them as h...

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