Handmaiden's Fury

She hunts them with beauty, and their own unbridled passion. Keiri may appear to be nothing more than a sensual young woman, but renegade sor- cerers know to fear the Handmaidens and their eldritch magics. Her Goddess grants her the power to drive men wild with desire using the fury of their own lusts against them. Once a man is touched by a Handmaiden, he is never the same. Now, however, dark shadows loom over the city, and sorcery is being practiced in its hidden comers. Keiri's master, the enigmatic Sire Mattias, has discovered that young women are being taken against their will, for dark purposes unknown. It's exactly the kind of atrocity that the young Handmaiden can't resist investigating. Soon, however, even Keiri's gifts are being put to the test. First, she delves into the manse of Orin Devariis, one of the wealthiest and most depraved men in the city. As Orin's manse is mysteriously burned to ashes, pale assassins pursue Keiri on the streets. What are these strange, inhuman creatures who seem immune to her Goddess' gifts? And what do they want with her? All too quickly, Keiri realizes that she's in far over her head, dealing with a ruthless madman who will stop at nothing to claim the city for his own. As she plumbs to the depths of a dungeon of horrors, Keiri realizes that she underestimated how deep de- pravity goes. By the time she learns the truth, it may be far too late.