J.C. Rycroft

A sellsword’s bargain. A burgeoning desire. A future balanced on the point of a blade. Sellsword Des is traveling alone in a dry and dusty southern land after a spectacular bust-up with her best friend. She’s running low on coin, so when a former client, Karina, offers her a job leading her...

Winner of Queer Indie Awards 2023 Best Debut Novel. Shortlisted for Aurealis Awards 2023 Best Fantasy Novel. A bond she didn’t choose. A love she can’t escape. A creature so powerful it bends the limits of time… Smart, sassy, and sanguine. Des Mildue is a traveling sellsword in Rescalin, a...

A dragon stolen. A love betrayed. A legion lost to time… Des is a mess. The sellsword has been betrayed yet again by her ex-lover and separated from her bonded dragon, Squid. And now she’s been turfed out of her last sanctuary. Lost without her dragon, her only comfort lies at the bottom of...

This Longest Night, Nissa must do her duty to her people - but all she wants is the hot, axe-wielding dragon-rider. Nissa is looking forward to Longest Night, with feasting and revelry and the chance that axe-wielding dragon-rider Ria might accept a kiss under her lantern during her clan's...

An actress who can have whoever she wants At the height of her reputation But her desires run deeper As one of the foremost performers in the kingdom of Rescalin, Liv Equitor has come a long way from the gutters of Pastira. Shes fought tooth and nail for her reputation and its protection: shes...