Oath of Fire

This lush and gripping sapphic retelling of the Psyche and Eros legend combines Greek mythology with a fae court feel.

All Psyche ever wanted to do was help people, whether it’s in her job as a therapist or online as an influencer. So when a mysterious invitation arrives from the most captivating man she’s ever seen, asking for her assistance, she can’t refuse. But Psyche soon finds herself in a world of Courts, full of debauchery and treachery, where her only option for survival is to swear a strange oath to a mysterious masked woman named Eros. 

Now Psyche has to figure out how to fulfill her end of her bargain with Eros, while trying to navigate having a flame-winged goddess show up in her tiny Brooklyn apartment. Uncanny vistas, a spacious mansion, and decadent experiences are all Psyche’s for the taking—so long as she helps Eros, and so long as she never looks under Eros’s mask.

But how long can she keep her curiosity at bay when Eros makes her heart tremble?  

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• "K Arsenault Rivera turns many of the standard conventions of fantasy on their heads...A love letter... lavishly chronicling how two women fall in love.... thoughtfully rendered and palpably felt."
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• "Rivera's combination of urban fantasy and fae-esque elements will appeal to romantasy readers who enjoy legendary love."
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