Volume I, Part 1. Iason Mink: Jupiter's Golden Boy, Head of the Syndicate, and the ultimate Amoian Elite. When Tanagura's leading Blondie takes on a new Pet, all of Eos is abuzz with the news. His choice is none other than Riki the Dark, the infamous gang leader of Bison, a mongrel with no respect for Iason's rank or authority. What will it take to tame the notorious wild boy of Midas? By Best-Selling Author Kira Takenouchi. Note from the Publisher: This is not the same book as Ai no Kusabi, the original inspiration or idea for the series. The world and characters of Taming Riki are vastly ...

While preparing for their special summer trip to Alpha Zen, Riki discovers his true heritage when Iason contacts Midas Orphanage to determine his birthday. The news is shocking for everyone. Will Riki submit to being a Blondie's pet, now that he knows who he really is? Find out in Part 1 of the climatic trilogy to end the popular Taming Riki saga by Bestselling author Kira Takenouchi. Publisher's Note: Thank you to Rachel Livingston of DMP for permission to publish Taming Riki. Ai no Kusabi remains the copyright of DMP and Rieko Yoshihara. We recommend you read Ai no Kusabi before or in ...

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS BOOKS: After Volume I, Part 3, Riki the Dark emerges a hero, and all Tanagura and Midas celebrate the unexpected events of that day. But how well will the rebellious mongrel accept his role as pet to Head of the Syndicate and Blondie Master Iason Mink now? And will Commander Voshka Khosi ever track down his own runaway pet? By Best-Selling Author Kira Takenouchi. Find out in this exciting and long awaited continuation of the popular Taming Riki saga, Taming Riki Volume II: A World Divided, Part 1. Note from the Publisher: Thank you to Rachel Livingston of DMP ...

Riki the Dark: proud, defiant, and unapologetically vulgar and rude. The angry mongrel has vowed to submit to no one, least of all his Master, the illustrious Iason Mink. What will it take to tame the notorious wild boy of Midas? After over a year and a half of discipline and training, Iason has still not managed to turn the heart of the infamous mongrel from the slums. Or has he? By Best-Selling Author Kira Takenouchi. Note: The Kindle edition does not have illustrations or the Guide to Taming Riki, which are available in the print version, also on Amazon. Thank you to Rachel Livingston of...

Iason and Commander Voshka Khosi have had a falling out; will it mean war on Amoi? And will Riki and Iason at last be reconciled as Master and pet? Find out in the thrilling long-awaited conclusion to the Volume II trilogy of Best-Selling Author Kira Takenouchi's Taming Riki. Publisher's Note: Thank you to Rachel Livingston of DMP for permission to publish Taming Riki. Ai no Kusabi remains a copyright of DMP and Rieko Yoshihara. We recommend you read Ai no Kusabi before or in conjunction with Taming Riki.

Commander Voshka Khosi of Alpha Zen is a rising military hero. While on leave on the planet Aristia, his men make an unsanctioned raid on the village of Inui. Although Voshka is furious, he decides to keep one of the boys captured as his special “pet”, because he is convinced, by the young man’s blond hair and unusual eyes—one blue and one green—that he is not really Aristian. He names him Aranshu (Rebellious Beauty) and the youth is brought with him back to Alpha Zen, where the people of the capitol city gather in massive crowds to welcome home the famous Commander. When Aranshu ...

Riki and Aranshu have both run away from their Masters, Lord Iason Mink and Commander Voshka Khosi, who are still on Alpha Zen. Although they have good reasons for doing so, they know that if they are caught, there will be hell to pay. Is this the final end of the romance that has developed between Riki and Iason? Or is there forgiveness and reconciliation still possible? Find out in the thrilling conclusion to the 9-Book Taming Riki series by Kira Takenouchi. (NOTE: There is a final book coming, Vol IV: Iason's Angst, which will be a capstone to the entire series. Vol IV will contain one-...

Most people called it a cult. But for 20 years, Josh and Caleb called it home. In Paradise, there is no television. No fast food. Just long hours of farmwork and prayer on a dusty Wyoming ranch and nights in a crowded bunkhouse. The boys of the Compound are kept far from the sinners' world. But Joshua doesn't need temptation to sin. His whole life he's wanted his best friend, Caleb. By day they work side by side. Only when Josh closes his eyes at night can they be together the way he craves. It can never be.

Necromancer Shae loses more of himself every time he uses his magic. Always cold, always touch-starved, the only thing that helps is human contact. But Shae's dark powers scare everyone away. Even his new paladin bodyguard Arthur keeps his distance. Until Arthur finds Shae unconscious and shivering—and doesn't let go.

The chieftain Kjartan has brought home another slave to his homestead in Iceland. But this time, rather than the usual female concubine, he's chosen Meshika, a mysterious Radimichian boy from the forests north of Kiev. Set in Viking-Age Iceland, Best-Selling Author Kira Takenouchi's Once A Chieftain explores the constraints societies place on human relations, and what one man is willing to give up to partake in forbidden love.