The better you behave, the happier you’ll be.” Warnings: unsafe BDSM (in all senses of the phrase), a Master/slave style-relationship, and consensual breath play. Of All the Odds is a non-traditional love story and modern-day fairy tale of the Grimm variety. But can one of the fae truly care for a human? Or will Ichabod’s ferocious love for Sebastian prove to be the end of him? Their reunion is as erotic and dangerous as their time together, with the two exploring the depths of dominance and submission, of pleasure and pain, of sadism and masochism.

Having their deaths on his conscience weighs on him, but to fail would mean the end of his existence… and he isn’t ready to let go when Sebastian might return… Every day to prolong his life, he must trick an oblivious outsider into choosing a card from a cursed deck - a card that spells everything from a stomach full of bees to a full body swap… to death.

When Ichabod bested him at a card game, Sebastian abandoned his human lover, leaving him only with a cursed deck to keep him alive.įor a hundred years, Ichabod has waited for his fae lover to return to him. Though they can masquerade as human, their behavior inevitably betrays them as something utterly other. When the fae play such deadly games, falling in love with one of them can have devastating consequences…įickle and capricious, the fae lack a true understanding of human emotions. Warning: Graphic Domestic Abuse and Violence. He wants what is best for Evie, but can he pass up the chance to find love that heals instead of harms? Sparks fly between the two of them, but with his dependence on Tate, Skylar isn't free to follow his heart. Knowing he can't give his sister all that she deserves without Tate, Skylar stays with him, relying on bad puns and a worse sense of humor to keep up the charade.įor his sister he will do anything, even if that means acting the responsible adult and going back to his old high school to meet Dexter Weston, the hot math teacher who can make even algebra interesting. But Tate is not the man he seemed to be, and even his whispered I love yous and generous gifts do little to soothe the pain he causes. Making ends meet seemed impossible until Tate Chandler took them in - his knight in shining armor who promised to make life about more than just surviving.

Skylar Orion's life has been complicated ever since his mother abandoned him and his sister Evie. She also tries entirely too hard to be funny, and she mercilessly inflicts her terrible sense of humor upon anyone who speaks to her. Her muse is a sadomasochistic slave driver who thinks it's terribly amusing to give her the best ideas when she just got comfortable and warm in bed, and she passes on that torture to her readers. She believes that love can corrupt and power can redeem. Phoenix has an unhealthy fascination with contrasts: light and dark, heroes and villains, order and chaos.

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