Overview

Ander wakes in a strange bed, in absolute darkness. He has a wound in his shoulder, a slave boy at his side, and no memory at all of how he came here. His ship has sailed, stranding him in the great imperial city of Amaranth.

During a slow recovery, he learns that he was hurt saving the life of the Emperor's ward, Leona--but his own life is now under threat. And so is his heart, as the hot sweet slave boy Brat wriggles his way ever deeper under his skin. But Ander has no job, no home, no clear future--and passion alone can never be enough. Leona has ideas, though; and in the end the Emperor himself will take a hand...