Winner of more than twenty awards, including three 2025 Firebirds, the 2026 Passionate Plume for Erotic Fiction, the 2026 Pencraft Spring Award for Romance/Erotica, the 2026 NYC Big Book Distinguished Favorite for Erotica, two 2026 Global Book Awards, an International Impact Distinguished Author listing, and a Literary Titan Gold Award; finalist for the 2026 Hawthorne Prize, the 2026 Penmasters Global Award for Magical Realism, and the 2026 Readers' Favorite Award for Visionary Fiction * An age gap and a forbidden, slow-burning mentor-student relationship, in an academic occult setting. The conservative early 1990's in decaying rust-belt Ohio sets the stage... She had it all - riches, a college honors program scholarship, a girlfriend - until her conservative, hyper-religious parents discovered the sapphistry and forced her to choose between conversion therapy and disownment. That choice marked the end of her academic career and everything she thought she knew. Now, three years later, she is starting her life over when she meets a shy public librarian in a bookstore. He has been waiting his whole life for her. What unfolds between the two lovers feels almost like magic. Given that he is about to become her tutor in the magickal and erotic arts, perhaps that should come as no surprise. But at what cost? The mysterious older man may be everything she has ever longed for, yet she may be forced to choose between her developing identity and the most profound love she has ever known. Ancilla is a study of hunger. It is a dark, philosophical tale exploring forbidden passion, power, devotion, trauma, sacrifice, and the complicated path toward becoming oneself. Surrender... * “Magic and philosophy sandwiched in between some of the hottest scenes I've read in recent years... Loved it!” - Hannah Gonzalez, Reedsy Discovery “A singular tale, braided with blood, mystery, and intellect, that dares to fuse the sacred and the profane” - The Prairies Book Review “Uncompromising, dense, and erotically charged” - Bookview Review “Love is brutal, bloody, and ecstatic in this passionate romance... BDSM aficionados will love it... A richly imagined, lurid love story that's not for the faint of heart.” - Kirkus Reviews