They do, and they fight for it. By the end of book two they are together and open about it. The series isn’t finished, so I won’t promise how the war ends, but their love story is the heart of the whole thing.

It does, and it’s a hard one. I won’t say more than that, except that most readers want Kaneko in hand before they reach the last page, which is why the three-book set is above.

Each book has one fully on-page scene, with plenty of longing and banter around it. Call it three peppers, with the focus on the two of them rather than the bedroom.

Yes. This series goes to dark places. There is violence on the page, and Kaneko deals directly with slavery and coerced intimacy. The books earn every bit of it, but if those are hard limits for you, I would rather tell you now.

Both. The romance is the spine and the empire is the world it lives in. The story is told in first person by Yoshi and Kaneko, so even when the plot is large, you are always inside one of their heads.

January 2027. I’m writing it now. If you start the series this month, you will be caught up right as it lands.

The three-book set ships free, as does any order over $25. A single copy of Yoshi ships for a flat $4.99 anywhere in the US, and most orders arrive within three to five days.

I don’t at the moment, I’m afraid. Signed paperbacks ship within the US only. Outside the US, the ebooks are available everywhere.