A bold but sensitive exploration of how goddess imagery can lift women out of despair about their own bodies anad sexuality through celebration. "Put aside the big books now, the books on ceremonial Witchcraft, the intricate works on ritual crafting, spells and incantations, the profound books on techniques to mesh your magickal and daily life. They are all important and will leave you enriched beyond your expectations, and you may read them later. But for now it's time to play. The Goddess inside of you, the Goddess Who IS you, wants you to sink into a hot tub up to her neck in musky suds, to laugh with a playmate, to nibble a sweet, and to trail imaginary wisps of stars in the air with the tips of her toes."

A bold but sensitive exploration of how goddess imagery can lift women out of despair about their own bodies anad sexuality through celebration. "Put aside the big books now, the books on ceremonial Witchcraft, the intricate works on ritual crafting, spells and incantations, the profound books on techniques to mesh your magickal and daily life. They are all important and will leave you enriched beyond your expectations, and you may read them later. But for now it's time to play. The Goddess inside of you, the Goddess Who IS you, wants you to sink into a hot tub up to her neck in musky suds, to laugh with a playmate, to nibble a sweet, and to trail imaginary wisps of stars in the air with the tips of her toes."

His father and older brother slain at the hands of a would-be usurper, a young Saxon king must prove himself in spite of his own self-doubt. He struggles against monumemtal setbacks, wars, betrayal, but also finds love and friendship and stalwart allies. All the while his queen, the love of his life, is relentlessly pursued by a darkly sensual mercenary who will stop at nothing to win her away from her lord.