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Northeast Ohio, 1991.
Things a bookworm can find in a library: Books. Academic quarterlies. Kinky vampire librarians… Wait. Stop. Kinky vampire librarians? Yes. And magic. And the most profound love she has ever known in her life.
But at what cost to her identity?
When the narrator, a recently-disowned bisexual who was thrown out of her family for refusing to let her parents pack her off to pray her gay away, meets and falls for a mysterious older man who becomes a positive influence on her life, she discovers the safe harbor she had always lacked – but then she must choose between growth and security, present and future, self and soul.
Ancilla, a mystical story by Sera Maddox Drake, defies genre categorization and captures the essence of personal and spiritual awakening. Shimmering and erotic, this is a coming-of-age story like you’ve never read before.

“Master, teach me. I want to apprentice myself.”
I can feel him trembling. Am I trembling too? I must be. My voice is. But all I feel is him.
“Is this something you really want, or do you just want to learn how to be a dominant?” Shaking. God, he’s shaking. His raw need rips through me. “You did mention your former girlfriend wanting you to play the dominant. I can advise you without actually asking anything of you if that’s the case. Or is this about that conversation we had a while back about studying magic –”
“If I only wanted advice, I’d ask for advice. I don’t just want advice. I want you. Master, teach me.” I take a deep breath.
Silence falls.
“I want that very badly,” he says at last.
“I’m yours for the taking. Please. Take me.”
The room is still. Too still. The very air is holding its breath.
“Please.”
The only one trembling now is me. $0.99 on Kindle.

We had rules:
No feelings.
No falling.
Too bad our hearts—and bodies—never got the memo.

Ayodele

I came here with dreams and determination. Now I’m one step from losing everything—my education, my future—my time is running out.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Osei offered marriage. Sweet, charming… unfaithful Osei. It would’ve been messy. Risky.

Then Luke steps in.

My best friend’s older brother.

Sharp-suited. Sharp-tongued. Always composed. Always watching. The man who makes silence feel like tension.

His solution? A marriage arrangement. Fake on paper. Real enough to fool everyone.

He gets to escape the loveless marriage his father’s trying to force on him. I get to stay and finish school.

No strings. No kissing. Just pretending.

Except Luke’s hands say otherwise.
Except the way he looks at me says he’s thought about this—us—for far too long.

We move in together, and suddenly the air crackles. He’s in my space. In my bed—just for the illusion, he says. But the illusion is unraveling fast.

Every time his fingers graze mine, I forget this is pretend.
Every time he says “wife” in that deep voice, I forget we aren’t real.

The worst part? I want to forget.

Because if this is fake, why does it feel so damn good?

Luke

I’ve wanted Ayodele for years.

Thought she was off-limits—my brother’s. I kept my distance. Stayed silent. Watched her smile at him while it tore me apart.

Then I found out the truth: she’s not his. She never was.

Now she needs help—and I need a way out of the arranged marriage that’s closing in fast.

One deal. One signature.
One lie that puts her in my life and my house.

I told myself I could handle it. That I could keep it clean. Professional.

But the first night she kissed me on the balcony?

All bets were off.

She’s soft heat and sharp wit. She pushes every button I have—and makes me ache in places I forgot existed.

And the more I touch her, the less I care.

Because this isn’t a marriage of convenience anymore.
This is about claiming the one woman I’ve never been allowed to want.

But if my brother finds out?
I lose him.

If she walks away?
I lose everything.

I thought pretending would be safe.

But the real danger is falling for my brother’s best friend—and praying she falls just as hard.

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