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In a society that decides your status by the color of your hair, black-haired Shumei clings to the bottom of the social ladder, forever doomed to slave away in the medicine field of a tiny mountain village. However, a catastrophic disease breaks out among their small population and she must provide treatment for the deadly fever. When her supply of medicine runs out, she is forced to make a trip to the medicine field, but traveling outside the village at night is almost certainly a death sentence.

Demons roam the woods and magic is a practice that is widely believed to be one of the Damned Arts. Shumei nearly makes it back safely, but is literally caught by a breathtakingly handsome man...who isn't really human. From that night onward, her dismal, isolated life radically changes. Set in a fictional world loosely based upon 16th century Japan, Caught in the Devil's Hand overflows with powerful magic, mortal danger, shocking discoveries, hidden histories, and soul-shaking passion.

Mai of Toubou is one of thirteen house heads in the empress' court, the first black-haired court to rule after three centuries under the oppression of blond rulers. Though respected by her female peers, men call her a woman cold enough to cause frostbite at the height of summer. Mai cannot deny her distaste for the opposite sex, but neither can she deny the reaction she has every time a certain army officer crosses her path.

Rosuke lived through three hundred years of blond rule by riding the effects of a mysterious curse recently lifted. His skill as a soldier earns him a spot in the empress' army as her lieutenant general, but despite his immense popularity with both men and women, his attention is fixed upon the one woman in the court who wants nothing to do with him.

Return to an exotic world brimming with magic and rife with danger. Experience the heights of passion, explore the new royal court, and follow the brave struggles of those who dare to enter a place of nightmares--a twisted plane known only as Oblivion.

At a loud and crowded club in Tokyo on a chilly Saturday night, Hannah's got the blues...bad. Though dressed to kill, she's drowning her bitter cynicism with hard liquor after being stood up for a date. When she spots the most gorgeous man in the room, she can hardly believe so much male beauty can exist all in one body, but is certain that someone like him is way beyond her league.

Until he asks her to dance. Her cynicism melts in the heat between them as they grind on the dance floor and it's not long before they decide to continue the fireworks in a more private place. In the light of a new morning, however, Hannah realizes that he got the only thing he had wanted from her. Deciding to salvage as much pride as she can, she slips away as he sleeps.

Ryo is stunned when he doesn't find the sexy woman he slept with the night before. Frustrated when he has no immediate way to find her, he decides to track her down. The mystery about his profession gets complicated when it turns out that they both work for the same company...and when Hannah comes across an internal memo that could get her killed.