The Thrall
by Angela Knight

Commander Sebastian Cole of the interstellar mercenary vessel Starrunner is a good man to have in a fight or in bed, but nobody ever accused him of being submissive. Then he's hired to go undercover as a Thrall—a male sub in a kingdom run by female dominants. His mission: to rescue a kidnapped prince from a queen who has sworn to enslave him. Sebastian's not looking forward to it, but the money's good, and anyway, there's nothing wrong with a little muff-munching between friends.

Domina Zaria Orva comes from a long, illustrious line of female dominants. Too bad all her fantasies revolve around being tied up instead of doing the tying. Still, for years she's managed to keep her submissive yearnings under wraps, hidden from her royal mother and vicious bitch of a sister.

But when Zaria finds herself the proud owner of Sebastian, she will have to find the courage to go after what she really wants. And Sebastian, well, he has to stop playing the game long enough to both rescue the prince and get the girl.

Angela Knight's Bio

Angela Knight is the USA Today bestselling author of books for Berkley, Red Sage, Changeling Press, and Loose Id. Her first book was written in pencil and illustrated in crayon; she was nine years old at the time. A few years later, she read The Wolf and the Dove and fell in love with romance. Besides her fiction work, Angela's publishing career includes a stint as a comic book writer and ten years as a newspaper reporter. Several of her stories won South Carolina Press Association awards under her real name.

In 1996, she discovered the small press publisher Red Sage, and realized her dream of romance publication in the company's Secrets 2 anthology. She went on to publish several more novellas in Secrets before editor Cindy Hwang discovered her work there and asked her if she'd be interested in writing for Berkley. Not being an idiot, Angela said yes.

Whatever success she has enjoyed, she attributes to the marvelous editors she's had over the years. David Anthony Kraft and Dwight Zimmerman at Comics Interview taught her the nuts and bolts of fiction writing. Alexandria Kendall of Red Sage discovered her talent for romance writing and encouraged her to believe in herself. And she will be forever grateful to Berkley editor Cindy Hwang, who has been unfailingly supportive.

Angela lives in South Carolina with her husband, Michael, a polygraph examiner and hostage negotiator for the county's Sheriff's Office. The couple have a grown son, Anthony.