The Queen of Raiders (The Nine Realms, #2)

by Sarah Kozloff

Ooma grinned. “I don’t lie with men, old fella. Men around me usually catch on. And if they stay mule-stupid, my dagger teaches a lesson.”

Finally!

‘Grief is the price we pay for love.’ ’Tis a heavy price, but we have had life’s sweetest fruit—now we must swallow the bitter.”