focuses on the paranormal in her latest collection of ôerotica with soul,ö in three novellas that explore sex beyond reality. In ôHarmless Pleasure,ö a street magician shares her magic with the all-powerful and decadent ruler of her land, who seems determined to corrupt her with his ways. In ôDead Man's Chest,ö a woman obsessed with pirates gets her chance to fulfill her wildest fantasies with a mystery man who claims to be a pirate's ghost. In ôConjugals,ö a girl raised to deny her culture's Conjugation Ritual--joining of two souls before birth--discovers she must come to terms with the irresistible soul mate she has never known.