Foreign Exchange — Vanessa Cardui

While attending university in exotic Ralaath, Liera fell in love with Lady Maash. Now she moves in Maash's rarefied circles of artists and landowners, nobility and libertines. Liera's learned enough about Ralaathi customs to get by under most circumstances, but she doesn't know what's expected of her when Maash lends her to her friends the Krin and Lady Jalah.

Luckily, Lady Jalah -- a jeweler who's as expert in the art of tormenting young ladies as she is at shaping metal and setting stones -- is there to take Liera in hand. Liera is decorated and restrained, kept in a constant state of pain and anticipation, as Jalah trains her to serve herself, her husband the Krin, and their friends. By the time Liera returns to Maash, she'll have a thorough education in the more twisted side of Ralaathi customs, and a better understanding of her own hidden desires.