Seure the Tempered

Out of True #3

by Rien Gray

Follow a fellowship of sapphic knights as they’re seduced by witches, queens, goddesses—and each other—in a dark, lush fantasy inspired by Arthurian legend.

Under the reign of King Theomacha the Exalted, the Land of Maidens flourishes. Her knights protect and explore the realm, seeking artifacts lost to time and fending off wicked, cunning magics.

Seure, scholar and knight, traverses the world on quests of discovery. When an invisible, eldritch library begins capturing local villagers and subjecting them to strange interrogations, Seure tracks the enchantment to its source - a woman named Ganeida, who has been bound to the library for centuries.

They make a bet with Ganeida to break the enchantment that holds her in place, but it could come at the cost of Seure's own freedom - or losing their heart in the bargain.

Seure the Tempered is a 16,000 word high heat F/NBi fantasy romance novella. This book is set in the same series as Valerin the Fair and Martis the Brazen, but may be read as a standalone or in any order.

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, LGBT, Adult, Queer, Lesbian

ebook

First published August 1, 2023

About the author

Rien is a queer, nonbinary author of LGBTQ+ romance, erotica, and horror. They love writing charged sex scenes, consent-informed kink, and hot criminal love interests who revel in the above.

When not writing, Rien spends their time at the gym, making tea, or angling for yet another platinum trophy in a video game.

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Website: riengray.com

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Reviews

[nikki | ཐི༏ཋྀ​​݁ ₊ ݁ . · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Water is both peril and remedy, depending on how deep you go." A smile slipped past Ganeida's grim mien. "Do you disagree?”

this series already has established gray’s lush, eloquent writing style, but this dialed it up.

while the dynamic/kinks are less to my taste, the background, magic, and history for this story were intriguing and i’m definitely invested to see where the series continues next.

[Aster · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favourite of the series so far

[meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

queer and mysterious (with bondage)

[Kelli Glazebrook · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will never get enough of this series. NEVER!

[Dan Fitzgerald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seure is methodical, measured in all things. The perfect knight to investigate why people are disappearing from the countryside, apparently being abducted inside an...invisible moving castle? Which would seem impossible, but Seure is the perfect detective, ready to pursue truth and justice, no matter what form it may take. Even if that form involves, as the content notes warn us, bondage, knifeplay, temperature play, and forced orgasm. I should note that the dom-sub dynamic in this book is particularly delicious, flowing perfectly from the character and story and not in any way cheap or sensationalistic.

A marvel of a book, the perfect marriage of medieval knight tale, romance, and almost-erotica, and a series whose next installment I will await with great eagerness.

[Holly Ess · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved all the representation in this work. As usual, Gray's style immediately drew me in and made me want to know more about the main characters, side characters, and world they inhabit. I really can't say enough about how much it means to read about queer characters sharing intimacy in ways that feel both relatable and novel.

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars. Great last installment to this novella series. Love Gray’s writing style and world building in this series so much. It’s fantastic. This tied with the second one as my favorite in the series.

[Natsora · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love how the knights differ from one another. And how each sorcerer carries their own weight. Yet another brisk foray into this series and I enjoyed it thoroughly

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Seure from Seure the Tempered is asexual!

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