Retired soldier Damiskos and his lover Varazda have been living together in Boukos for a month, and their future is beginning to look bright. Then Damiskos receives a letter summoning him home to Pheme—where his parents are deeply in debt, his brother is being hunted by loan sharks, and an unwanted arranged marriage looms. And that's before Damiskos is charged with murder. Fortunately, he's not alone. Old friends are back in Pheme. And Varazda—eunuch, sword-dancer, and spy—has solved mysteries before. But saving his lover from execution and from marriage will take time, and with only days until Dami's trial, time is running out. Strong Wine is the third book in the Sword Dance trilogy, the conclusion of Dami and Varazda's story from Sword Dance and Saffron Alley. This time with fake fortune tellers, real courtroom drama, and ... fertilizer?

Sometimes love is hard to hold on to and family not easily defined. Unspoken truths, unrequited feelings, unfinished business—it's all too easy to get 'stuck' in life's struggles.Doc's Place is a neon oasis in the middle of an industrial district—a bar where people with seemingly only one chance left, often find redemption, family and, sometimes, even love.Join Nick, Lily, Doc and Eddie as they each search for answers in this Halloween romance.