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"Fabulous fantasy"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted June 9, 2004

Arukan is a country made up of clans, some nomadic and others wedded to the land. It is a harsh world made up of castes with the baseborn children belonging nowhere and reduced to begging or prostitution to obtain food and shelter. Kevla Bai-Sha finds men for her Read more...

"Splendid tale of exotic magic and human courage."
Reviewed by Anne Barringer
Posted June 12, 2004

Kevla Bai-sha, whose surname means "female without father," knows only hardship and hunger as the daughter of Keishla, one of the halaans (prostitutes) in Arukan. Every day, she stands under the fiery sky and "calls" for visitors to sample Keishla's many talents. However, one such day she finds herself confronted Read more...

"The saga of the dance begins..."
Reviewed by Kelley Hartsell
Courtesy Love Romances
Posted November 28, 2004

The saga of the dance begins in this, the first book of a series. Kevla Bai-Sha began her life as little more then a beggar, until fate brings her face to face with a new destiny. She meets the khashim, her father, though that detail of her parentage is as yet Read more...