Six Burning Candles
Published: 02/28/26
Genre: High-Fantasy Monster Romance
Tags: Sapphic, Angsty Sapphic’s pining, Brat x Brat Enthusiast, voyeurism, ‘Confessional’ smut, Wax Play, Magic ‘toys’
Warnings: Religious Trauma (Fantasy Religion), attempted kidnapping, acts of violence, explicit sex scenes, Death of a parent (mother), crisis of faith.
A B O U T
"Avaris for good rest, Eluvia for good health, Bo for a good harvest, Vien for strength, Lucien for wisdom, and Davros for peace of mind. I lit a candle for all of them and only wished for you, Trouble..."
Keida, the Lunar Cleric, of the Order of Avaris, and a frost Fae is a stickler for the rules. So when the Hierophant Rex commands she oversee the order and his daughter while he sees to an ominous vision he's been given by their Lady Avaris, Goddess of Night, she takes it seriously. Problem is that Melrose is anything but...She's a flirty, messy satyr with whimsical dreams of designing wedding gowns and everything Keida desperately wants.
The Lunar Cleric can't give up her life's work, the possibility of being the Hierophant Rex one day, for something as silly as love...until one kiss pushes her over the edge. Now she's risking excommunication to have more of Melrose. As tension grows high with the appearance of a Cardinal, unannounced, it's become apparent there is a deathly game afoot...Can Keida keep her ward safe, not just from danger, but her own wanting fingertips.