Encircled

Claary Rosebush is a barmaid at the The Baby Blanket Inn, the family business, a pub in Charth, the capital city of Charthan. Her entire world -- and that of everyone she knows -- is turned about when an invading army from Ressaline surrounds Charth and declares all of Charthan annexed. The Ressalines bring changes, dramatic changes. Claary must decide whether to accept them or fight them. This is a fantasy novel of 175,000 words. Author's Notes: Don't buy this book. I'm serious. I didn't want to write this book, but it got stuck in my head, and I had to write it so I could think about other things. There's a longer explanation in the Author's Notes in the beginning of the book. But in short, Encircled has several key concepts that will offend some people. Along the way, there's sex. A lot of sex. A lot of it is pretty kinky sex. In fairness, one of my beta readers admitted that reading this story was, "A guilty pleasure, a very guilty pleasure." She also told me I was going to get a lot of heat if I publish it.